Our shower rebuild is finally done. We simply removed the old fiberglass shower insert and had the space tiled to match our master bath shower. Addition of an all glass door, to clean up the look, completed the job. We are very happy with the end result and it even resulted in a little more space in the shower which is a nice bonus. On the work front, I must say that a four day work week is just about perfect and would love to figure out how to do them year round. That aside, nothing too dramatic this week at work for me although Joann had a tough week needing to be in New York and New Jersey for two days. She is currently handling her day job along with struggling through the intricacies of the merger with Wyeth as she is leading the integration of the HR functions. Most of the rest of Pfizer is holding its breath to see what the final decisions will be with respect to remaining employed. While we are used to doing this it never gets easier.
We came home last week to foot high grass and a garden that has the same number of vegetable plants and weeds. 
Unfortunately, we continued to have wet and cool weather all week so it wasn't until yesterday that we were able to finally get the yard mowed. Took a lot longer than usual since we had to stop every now and then and move the cut grass out from under the mowers and the yard needed a good raking afterwards. We didn't manage to get into the garden for some weeding which will be today, weather permitting (although it is looking very cloudy right now).
Unfortunately, we continued to have wet and cool weather all week so it wasn't until yesterday that we were able to finally get the yard mowed. Took a lot longer than usual since we had to stop every now and then and move the cut grass out from under the mowers and the yard needed a good raking afterwards. We didn't manage to get into the garden for some weeding which will be today, weather permitting (although it is looking very cloudy right now).Had a busy social life this weekend. Stuart and Tiffany joined us for dinner on Friday (for those keeping track of our culinary talents, the menu was salmon with sweet potato fries - on the grill with a salad from the garden, blueberries/strawberries with pound cake for dessert). Then we went to the Garde Arts Center in New London to enjoy the "Capital Steps". This is a comedy group that does political humor. The cast members work in government - or at least did at one point. They skewer both parties along with global figures. It helps to be up on happenings around the world to get all the humor so it does make you think along with being hilarious. As a sampling - the opening number was "ObamaMia" set to, yes you guessed it, the classic Abba song. Saturday night we went over to Sheri and Bruno, who have Sheri's younger sister Kerri visiting, for a nice evening dinner (again, for those worried about our caloric intake, dinner was flank steak - apparently a family speciality for Sheri/Kerri - along with asparagus and roasted potatoes, with individual key lime pies for dessert). As you can tell from the dinner menus, we ate quite well for us this weekend. Maybe Dairy Queen for dessert tonight is called for to balance out all the good food.
One item that was accidentally left out of last week's post was that we have 100% confirmation that Mom is "Not from Topton". While we were all pretty sure of that beforehand, it was nice to get confirmation from the source. Obviously, this is an inside family joke and for those not in the know - it came from asking Mom about the location of a gas station in Topton at which point we got the famous line. The key to the joke is that Topton is a whopping 2 miles or so from where Mom did grow up. But as stated - She's not from Topton. Well that seems like enough news for this week.
