TGIF

                      Morning view from the bus stop, about 7 AM

Hi.  It's Friday evening here, about 10:45pm, and I'm beat.  I have a bunch of new photos to show, but I tried to edit them, and then hit a wrong key and they are all gone.  I'll go through them again tomorrow. No more energy for that now.  I hope everyone has had a good week, and will have a great weekend.  Thank you Martha, Charmaine, and Becky for becoming "followers".

House in progress

We've been here since early August and still have decorating to do. Here you see some photos of the ground floor of the house, but keep in mind that most photos and artwork are not hung, nor is furniture necessarily where it will stay. 

Halloween fun in our new neighborhood

                      Our very own "Spook-tacular" evening of fun!

It's late October and I've been very poor at keeping in touch.  The girls have finished their first quarter of school.  Sarah is taking tennis lessons and Alexandra is the Technician/stage crew for her Dance Crew at Bassett Middle.  Friends and great neighbors abound here.  The setting borders on being idyllic - the kids can go out and roam the neighborhood - even after dark!  Our street is so quiet the kids literally play, skateboard, chat, in the middle of the street.  Finally the weather has become a bit cooler - 40's to 50's at night and daytimes from 70-80 F.  The low humidity gives us the most awesome blue sky.  Daily I am amazed by the views as I walk.  The mountains look different at any given moment... be it sun or shadow, very early morning, breaking daylight, or looming storm.  The somewhat bland and brown view of El Paso by day suddenly comes to life and sparkles at night becoming mesmerizing.  This place is growing on me.