Small world.

Anyways, it's nice to win some free stuff again.

Finally heard back from the car donation - 500 bucks value, actually a little more than I thought it would get, so that's good - that money will go straight to the kids and I'll get a little tax break.

Currently reading, book #9 on the list for the year: Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels by Laura Everett. I'm not going to give up my car seeing as I just bought one, but I like cycling around too. Best of both worlds as they say. I also ordered a back pillow and a headphone stand.

Lately I've been watching a channel that we discovered a while ago, Reelz, and more specifically a program called Autopsy. Basically the station is like iD except dealing with celebrities.

Oh, and for the record, that pasta strainer I got a while back works awesome!

Also I learned later today that I won a catered event from Upper Crust Pizzeria, I remember dropping in my business card months ago - guess I finally got picked, so free lunch on me sometime next week at work! Whoop!

2016: May - 5; June - 12; July - 6; Aug - 8; Sept - 10; Oct - 11; Nov - 7; Dec - 0; 2017: Jan - 0; Feb - 3 (!); Mar - 5; Apr - 7; May - 12.

These are counted as round trips.

Here's some more egrets taken from last weekend.

Picked up LD's new car yesterday, dealing with those things takes all day it seems. Glad we are both done with that stuff now.

Unnerving to hear your car say you have an email and then it reads it back to you, and that you can reply to it by using just your voice to craft the reply and tell it to send.

I am now the owner of a 2016 Toyota Rav4 XLE!

How does IT keep doing it!?!?

We should be moving into the open-concept space by the end of the week and will start from there on Monday going forward.

Noticed a new visitor to the feeder yesterday, a Carolina Wren! Finally got around to planting some rosemary and some firespinners (Delosperma) out on the back patio. Also, wasn't today supposed to be a pretty nice sunny day? It's cold raw and overcast for sucks sakes. Good job meteorologists...again.

One nice thing today is we went to Bertucci's for lunch and LD had some leftover to take home, but the waitress dropped it so they gave us a new pie for free (roasted eggplant - yum!) so dinner is set for tonight!

Fallen tree by the shore in Plymouth, MA

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Had a good time last night over dinner, maybe imbibed a little much but not too bad - like I said, very good time with M&M and LD. Today we hot a couple of dealerships - I'm leaning more and more toward a RAV4 between 2014-2016 year. LD's also looking!
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I've been noticing a red bellied woodpecker occupying a hole in a tree here - I think there may be eggs inside - I'll need to keep watching it to see if I can eventually get to see any babies.

Heading to Plymouth tonight to meet up with M&M - maybe grab some scenic shots while I'm there.

Some English Daises at the back patio we planted last week. More planting to do as well.

In the late afternoon, got to see this little guy occupying himself. Interestingly enough, so far, as last year, they don't seem to be eating any of the crops in the raised beds.

Oh boy, by this time next week, I'll e at my new desk in the open concept office move. Yipee! Been busy packing up boxes of what's coming with me. I did end up ordering that strainer after all and it should arrive midweek. I'll let you know if it was worth it.

I was planning on spending the day in town today but the rain has put a damper on those plans, so I'll get to catching up on things around the local.

Castle Island Light, Newport RI

Going through some old pics lately.

Hmm, bike seems to be not gearing right. Most likely the cables are worn or some adjustments are sorely needed, not surprising since I've never really serviced the thing since I bought it back in the nineties. It's still rideable - just doesn't change gears properly if at all. Maybe I'll mess with it later - I have a feeling the issue is with the Shimano shifter mechanisms on the handlebars, probably should take it to a shop at some point.