The weather has been so nice the last two days thanks to the outer band of Hurricane Gustav!! It has been windy, but not so much that there is any damage. I doubt even a branch came off a tree. And it has been cool and cloudy, but no rain. I was actually kinda bummed that we didn't get any rain -- it all stayed to the East of us. I took these pictures last night of the clouds from Gustav. It in a weird way it is kinda cool to think that these clouds came all the way from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean! 
I took these pictures on the way to Paula and Frank's new house! Paula has worked for my Dad for a good 16+ years and she and her husband followed us here to Texas to continue to work for us at the course. They got a house on the other side of town from us and arrived from CA after the long drive (with 4 dogs!) last night. The truck full of their stuff (and some of my Dad's stuff) is due tomorrow and my Dad flew in today to help unload the truck. I think he is only staying a day or two -- I am not even sure! :)
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This morning Lily and I took advantage of the cooler weather and took a 45 minute walk around the neighborhood. We were just going to go to the park, but I decided instead to just keep walking. I needed some exercise and she was content in her stroller. So it was nice to get out. She was enjoying the wind in her face. Initially, it took us 15 minutes to get out the door because a baby lizard, about only an inch and a half long, kept running in the house. I have a fondness for lizards because growing up my grandma's backyard was always full of lizards and I always think of that whenever I see one. Plus they eat the yucky bugs, so in my book that makes lizards great! That being said I did not really want one living in the house and I also did not want the cats to get it and kill it. So I captured it in a cup and freed it about 10 feet from the front door. The little turd, ran right back in the house and I had to catch and free him all over again!
After our walk, I decided to finally attempt to get some weeds pulled in the front. This has been on our to-do list for some time now, so you can imagine how bad it has gotten. I was even more motivated to clean up the front yard after a mom in my playgroup yesterday referred to our house as the one with all the nice landscaping. I was like, it used to be the one with the nice landscaping; now it is the one with the weed farm in the front! Why did we have to get the house on the block with the most intricate landscaping?? That sucks. So Lily and I went out to pick weeds. I was a little apprehensive about how she would act once we got outside. The yard is on a slope, so she can't really play in the grass and I didn't want to keep chasing her up and down the sidewalk. First I brought her out in her stroller and she just sat and watched me for 10 minutes or so while I weeded the bottom half of the yard. Then she started to get a little fussy, so I let her out and she just stood there on the walkway like a good girl. She even started to help! She would "pull weeds" or leaves off bushes (close enough) and put them in the bag for me. Here in Texas you have to have special brown bags for yard waste. You get them at Lowes or Home Depot and then set them out with the trash and they pick them up -- not sure why we just don't have a third trash can for yard waste (like in CA)? Anyway, she was so cute helping me out and having fun too! And I actually got most of the front yard done! But we had to come in once Lily, who got a little too adventurous, tried to walk through the flower bed and slipped. She got dirt on her hand and knee and freaked out!!
She hates being dirty! 
I nearly filled a whole bag! Of course, sometimes I am not sure what are weeds and what was planted on purpose -- so I may have pulled some plants as well. Oops!
So that has been our busy morning!
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