Settling in...

Whew! We're finally somewhat settled into our new house and have internet service again! That's why I've been awol. :) Even though we don't have a forest directly behind our house, there's a small conservation area nearby, and we still see lots of birds! In fact, on one of the move in days, we saw 4 red-shouldered hawks. One of them was even sitting on the road! There's also a mockingbird who sings his little heart out every single morning in the tree at the corner of our yard. It took me a little while to figure out what it was since mockingbirds mimic other birds' songs. (hence the name ;-)

Another fun animal sighting - Tricia saw a bobcat in the edge of the trees at work last week! We were both in our cars, and she tried to get my attention, but it was too late. Oh well. She's lucky!

The shuttle came back on Thursday, and I finally heard it! It sounded like a really big tree branch cracking twice. No... not even a really big tree branch... a tree branch so big that it doesn't exist. But the type of sound was the same despite how loud it was.

So those are my udpates. The biggest excitement in our lives right now is the house. It may be a while until we have another adventure. I'll keep you posted on the little things until then!