What have I been up to?

Okay, Betty wants to know what I have been up to.  My "peep" want to know she says.

Answer:  Working, moving, working, moving, working, moving (ad nausea), traveling to Texas, getting sick, flying back to AZ, working, not sleeping, sleeping, awake again.

Boring?  Yep!

But on the up side, if I could find the picture down-loader thingy that my husband stole off my puter, then I could post pics from my travels to Texas.  I also have pics of my new house, the sunrise from my patio (breath-taking), and the little snake that visited us today that caused so much commotion (police department and snake lovers convened upon my humble abode), and it wasn't even poisonous.

I really have to blame my neighbors for my apparent near hysteria this morning, or my lack of sleep (at time of discovery I had been awake a whopping 20hours).  They so nicely welcomed me to the neighborhood a week ago and then proceed to tell me about all the wonderful rattlesnakes I should be on the lookout for.  What?!  Rattlesnakes?  It's not like I live in the desert of anything.  What the heck are they doing in my yard?  Oh wait...I live right next door (literally) to the Reserve.  I guess I'm the invader and not the invadee after all.  But still...I don't like spiders and snakes.  Hey, they can spray against spiders, why can't they spray against snakes.  Sounds reasonable to me!  Course don't tell Paul the Snake Guy.  He took his newly found prize (pole snake he informed me, not rattler) up to Payson.  Fine.  Have a nice trip.  Bon Voyage!

And speaking of neighbors, how the heck did a family with two children move into probably the one cul-de-sac that consists of entirely of retirees?  Oh, because we fell in love with the house/view.  These guys are literally gone 1/2 the year to parts cooler.  My next door neighbor (gleeful snake reporter) left this morning and won't be back until "September or October".  When they get back the across the street neighbors will leave for Australia or New Zealand.  This guy and that guy are gone to where ever.  You know what I say?  Sissies the lot of them.  Can't stand a little heat.  And you know what, it hasn't even been that hot this year and we are already into the monsoon season.  That's okay.  Nobody in my business like they were in OK. 

But I feel for Hannah who goes "there are NO kids at all for our neighbors?!"  Caleb doesn't care.  Give him the cartoon network and the kid could be entertained for eternity.  Let him go swimming everyday and he is in 6yr old heaven.  Let his friend, Preston, come over "every Friday" and he is practically comatose with joy.

Course Hannah chose her path when she decided she wanted to go back and forth between here and OK.  How the heck can you meet people and make friends when you are only here half the darn time?  I told her she was going to make friends if I had to pick them myself.  Teens!

Another thing about my neighbor.  She hugs me!  I've never met her before last week and she hugs me!  What is that?  Okay, maybe she is starved for friends, but doesn't she know the "bubble space continuum theory"?  Why are you hugging me?  And she walks up at god-forsaken hours like 5:30am and 6:40am and goes "Hello" or "Good Morning" when I'm not looking.  Now for those who don't know, I have hearing loss (nerve damage and otosclerosis - look that one up).  Don't sneak up on me if you value your life.  I'll have to use my powers on you.  Seriously though, I jumped about 50feet this morning and said "You've got to stop doing that, you're going to get hurt!".  It's almost like she has a death wish or something.  Would you sneak up on a person with a gun, a knife, etc?  Don't walk up on me and catch me unawares.  I can seriously hurt you (TKD for those who are wondering).  Wouldn't that be nice to be known as the neighbor who beats up little old ladies?