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The chair I had ordered from Lazboy in June was finally delivered this week.

Today I made a kitchensink unique quiche with my new bounty of garden goodies and farm fresh eggs.  I started by sauteing onions and garlic in olive oil then adding some sliced yellow squash.  I folded that into my custard and cheese mixture and added some fresh basil and cilantro.

I also spent most of the day cleaning parts of the house, it feels good to have that out of the way but I still have a bit more to do, and I have to *ugh* vacuum.  It feels like housekeeping is never done, especially since moving from the apartment into a house!

Lazboy called me on Friday to let me know that they might actually deliver my chair (the one I had ordered back in June) next week!  I asked them if they were joking.  I guess we will see!

Today after meeting up with my friend Tracy (who is by far the nicest and kindest person on this planet) I went to pick up a small preview share of my weekly CSA from KYV Farms; the first of many I am hoping.  KYV Farms is small CSA close to where I live.  The farmer is very passionate about growing good quality produce.  He has a day job so this is purely a labor of love, he mentioned today that if he gets 200 members next season he would love to farm full time.  So if you are in Jacksonville and are interested in joining a wonderful CSA please contact them!

Seasonally, it’s funny for me to think of being able to pick up cucumbers and bok choy in mid October but I guess Florida has two growing seasons.  Who am I to argue!  I also purchased a dozen fresh eggs and hurried home to make garlic ginger bok choy!

Today is Darrell’s Birthday!  Once again he is not spending it here at home so Kitty, Max and I celebrated on our own and wished him a happy one on the phone.

Darrell got a new camera for his birthday!  He got a sleek ultra compact Canon PowerShot SD550 which he had been begging me for! Actually he got my ‘hand me down camera’ since his old  Canon PowerShot s400 finally died.  I bought myself a new Canon Rebel XSi for a fair price and can not wait until it arrives!  I am excited to take some pretty pictures but sadly it does not come with a ‘food’ setting.

Max and I are still attending obedience class and have mastered the ‘down’ command where Max will lay down if I bribe him with a tasty treat.  He loves chicken! We are having a hard time with the ’stay’ command and are getting better at leash walking.  We went to a “Doggie Social” yesterday at this beautiful home on the St. Johns River.  All of the dogs played and played except Max, he just greeted new dogs (there were at least 10 of them there), explored the yard, peed on as many things as he could, and begged for human attention.  I am glad that he is not one to start fights or be rough with other dogs.  He seems pretty content to do his own thing.  Yesterday, I was walking Max near our home when he started to crowd the sidewalk.  I stepped onto the grass  and into a hole and then fell down and skinned my knee.  ow

We’ve been really busy hanging out with Max and getting Darrell ready for his next trip for work so I haven’t posted about our new toy: Wii Fit!

It took me a while to find a Wii Fit (well three days). It is a blast to play and if you play long enough you do start to sweat a little. Check out the above photo of Darrell hula hooping!

On Monday I noticed that Tracy, who takes amazing photos like the one above, had blogged about a super sweet dog named Max who had been abandoned at a park. Tracy being the complete and total animal lover that she is took Max home and did everything she could to find his owner but never found him. It sounds like he did not want to be found.

Darrell and I have been wanting a dog for awhile and have been planning on finding one after we had moved into this house so it was perfect timing when I read Tracy’s blog about Max!  We all met and we decided to take Max in.  Max is a very loving and large dog, he is great with Kitty even when she growls at him and he also has great manners.   He is so large that when he places his paws on my shoulders we are the same height.  We are starting obedience school tomorrow so we can both learn how to behave.  Wish us luck!