5 thing Friday - thunderstorms, Mabel, The Girl's new place, skunks, coasters

 Its been a busy couple of weeks for us, but I am determined to post regularly - it helps me stay sane.

This was our view last Friday evening.  It was taken on the road just outside of the pumphouse, between thunderstorms.

We left Austin around 5 p.m., eating dinner in Liberty Hill as we made our way up to Highlands to collect Mabel.  We thought we had waited long enough at the restaurant there, but we got caught in a hellacious thunderstorm anyway.  Once we got to Highlands, there was short break in the rain and we hooked her up as quickly as we could.  We drove through lightening and rain all the way home.

Not unstressful.

We pulled up into our driveway at Camp Rustown around 9 p.m. and didn't even bother to unhook her before we headed into the house to collapse on the sofa.

The next day we headed over to The Girl's new apartment to let her movers in.  She and Teddy were about an hour behind them.  We picked up Chik-Fil-A and pulled up a patch of floor.

She has a nice-sized patio with a view.

I hope she will be prosperous and happy at her new place!  I think her worklife balance will be much improved, and I'm not gonna lie, it will be great to have her live closer.

We had a slight problem with a skunk that decided to give birth under The Barn at Highlands.  We had no idea that's what it was - we thought rat - and we fogged under the building.  The baby skunks died and the momma dug another tunnel under there to try to save them.

It is not our objective to kill wildlife, so it pains me.

To keep that from happening again (we hope) we extended those patio pavers along the margin of The Barn overhang in back as we did out front.  We need one small square for the end of the row, but for now there are some rocks wedged in there.

Its so empty in here without Mable.

We raked the whole area down and hauled up the patio table we had sitting at our breakfast outlook.  We will get a big picnic table to live in here someday.  That way, we will have a place for more than two people to eat out of the rain and full sun, and we can set up giant Jenga.

The Girl made me a couple of soft and pretty coasters, and this one lives on my desk.  Anything my peeps ever made for me with their own hands is precious to me.  This coaster no less so.  I treasure such gifts.

TGIF and hallelujah!

Gina