Rain, Food & Friends

  Today was the day of the first "guy trip" of this year.  My husband and his buddies had been looking forward to this day for a month now!  My husband and three friends were going pile into our car and take a "roady" a few hours away to Pittsburgh to go to the Pirates vs L.A. Dodgers game!
  Everything was all set for this trip.  Everybody was going to meet at our house, I was going to get donuts and make coffee for the guys, I got my husband's baseball jersey, hat, glove out the night before.  I mean everything was ready.
  The trip was a total "go" until this morning.  Yes, we awoke to the sound of rain hitting our bedroom windows.  First thing we did was turn on the news to watch the weather report.  The forecast was nothing but rain and thunderstorms all throughout Ohio and most of Pennsylvania!  UGH!  Next thing you know, we received three seperate phone calls from the other guys saying they didn't want to go because of the rain. 
  My husband is one of the most die hard baseball fans I've ever met!  He was practically on his hands and knees begging, trying to convince each guy that "there's only supposed to be a little bit of rain" or "we can wear ponchos, we'll stay dry enough, really" etc...  I felt sorry for him.
  I then told my husband to call the guys and invite them over for lunch and baseball watching (we have the Major League Baseball package through our Satellite Dish company).
  Each guy accepted.  I made some homemade pizza and nachos, we had drinks etc...  A couple of guys brought their wives with them and we ended up having a great day of Baseball, Pizza & Friends!

Working hard

  I've been gone the past couple of days, but for good reason.  I've mentioned my older brother Mark in past posts, and he is the reason I have been absent.  No, he isn't here visiting (he says not even a sister can bring a "California boy" to some place named "Ohio"!), unfortunatle he'll probably never "grace" me with his presence out here, I love him though! 
  My brother has given me a gift.  The gift is a job!  He has owned his own company since 1981 (he works out of his house), anyway he has just hired me as his "executive officer"/ "webmaster" of sorts.  My first order of business is to completely redisign his company's website!
  I have absolutely no experience in web design, yet when he offered me the position I jumped at it and said "yes" immediately without realizing what I got myself into! OMG!
  In a way it's the perfect situation for me, I can work from home and set my own hours.  I get paid for the time I spend building and maintaining the site, and get a portion of profits made from the site.  Sounds great!
  The past 2 days, visions of colors, codes, templates, fonts, logos, products etc... have been swimming around in my head like fish in an aquarium.  My head is spinning!  I am making head way though! Yeah!
  I just keep thinking that working from home is perfect for me, and who knows, maybe I can start my own web design business!  It definitely doesn't hurt to learn a new skill, and I always like a challenge.  But, right now the sun is shining and while the day is young, I'm going to take advantage!  The computer will be waiting for me when Lilly and I get back from the dog park!