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We've been slowly but surely getting the house in order. The parlor was done, and then became not quite done because we needed a new bookshelf. Anyone who had been to our apartment in the last year knows exactly what I mean. So, we bought a couple of bookshelves from Craigslist (which is a fabulous resource). The Good Mr. Dr. stained one of them but it's been raining every chance we've had to bring it up from the basement. So, the parlor remains almost done.

We've also purchased some futons so that people have a place to sleep when they arrive. It's happening slowly but surely. Still need to get things like pillows and towels. I'm going to put up the family pictures tonight and figure out where the sculptures are going.

In other news, I have successfully defended my dissertation. I have some official stuff to do, like make a few changes and submit it to Proquest. It all should be done in the next week.

The Good Mr. Dr. will be heading to Canada on Sunday for a few days at some fancy-pants university to do something with his students. I will not be joining them. I plan on going shopping at Ikea.

Now that spring has come, we've been getting a lot of birds. Finches (or as my people call them, meep-meep birds), cardinals, blue jays, and other birds that we've never seen before. The Good Mr. Dr. was dutifully going out every morning to feed them. Bird watching from the kitchen window is a great way to avoid working. Our backyard became so popular that one of the bird feeders has already fallen apart from use. That's o.k.. We've got more feeders just waiting to be painted and put out there. We've also bought a copper-looking one that we hope can stand up to the bird traffic.

That's all from here.