We had to raise the ground level at the back of the house by 1 foot when we had the grading done. That meant we had to raise the air conditioner unit as well as the propane tanks. (Yes, I did blog about this before.) The technicians for the company that put in the a/c did not check the putty around the hoses when they raised the external unit. I called the "quality manager" five times and spoke to him once when he said he would be out "that day" to fix the putty. He never came so I had to write a letter. Guess what? Instant response!

When I took Tawny out tonight to go potty, she sniffed at this rock on the driveway. I thought, how would that rock have got there. Then I looked a bit closer and saw eyes. Since rocks very rarely have eyes (unless they are fossils) it clearly wasn't a rock. This toad did jump to move, but it also kind of walked -- and that's when I took this photo.

In other news....
The only choice we have for high speed internet is Simply Surf. Another company that was potentially an option, but would have cost far too much for installation - between $750-$960 - has actually gone bankrupt so is no longer an option. A Simply Surf technician was by today to check signal strength and will be back next Thursday to get us set up.

Also, the company who will be installing the fence is coming next Thursday to start the installation.

We are still waiting for the company who did the lousy job of caulking to come and finish the job.