News from around the house

On the Air Force front: we learned that we will probably be waiting until the T-39 accident investigation is over before Tobin can finish his last two flights and get winged.  Probably.  Things can always change.  That means about 2 months off for Tobin.  In the meantime, we are trying to get some leave so we can go on vacation.

On the home front: I’m officially a housewife at the moment, taking a hiatus from work that involves paychecks for a while.  Here are some pictures of what we’ve been up to in our free time:

Strawberry picking!  Did you know sometimes these berries are available in JANUARY down here???  Crazy, huh?  And they don’t have two seasons, just one.  We barely got there in time to get some.

Sewing project again!  We sewed light-blocking material onto the back of our curtains, using Grandma Norma Jean’s sewing machine.  It worked like a charm!  Tobin did the sewing, but we cut the cloth and pinned it together.

Proof!  I was there helping.

And there are always the dogs.  Here are some pictures and videos of what they’ve been up to.

First introduction to a turtle.  Tobin found this guy in our backyard.  Well, Rogue did, and was barking up a storm until Tobin went out to see what was up.

They didn’t know what to do when the turtle took off.  We released him outside our fence soon after this video.  I don’t think the turtle or the dogs would have been happy about having the other around any longer.

Here are the rest of the videos we took, but the best 2 are linked above:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuGnhFOJ9vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kUPJpuACfM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyg7AxqnZ8I

We got the dogs a new doggie door, one that fits into our sliding door frame.  We got rid of the one in our window, which keeps the study a lot cleaner.  We like this a lot better so far.