John, Brian, Mike, Dan, Attila
This has been a very productive and relaxing weekend, both at the same time. Ati went to Palm Springs - Indian Wells - for the Pacific Life Open Tennis Tournament. He watched Rafael Nadal defeat James Blake; Mardy Fish defeat Roger Federer...just to name a few. It was a guys weekend and his childhood buddy - Gyuri - also joined him from Budapest. I miss him alot! Attila - that is.
My world was different. I rented a construction garbage bin, and tackled the little job of cleaning out the garage. Thursday, I came home from work and the purging began. I nearly filled the bin that first night. Friday continued with much the same. Anyu came over early afternoon to help. Between the two of us - we got SO MUCH done! At 6:30 we came in the house, bathed Tisza's feet for 1 hour. She was filthy! Small price to pay - she really enjoyed the entire day outside - chasing the cats around; obliviously running through mud. Needless to say - we were all very pooped. Anyu and I made a kick-ass salad and salmon burgers...and shared a bottle of Tokaj white wine. Mmmmmm. We tried to watch a DVD, but kept catching each other falling asleep. Off to bed we went.
Saturday (this morning) was a blast! We slept till 9:30, made coffee and sat out front on the swing...listening to the sounds of spring. About a week and a half ago, Attila and I noticed that a geese pár have moved into the the forming pond beside our house. I love this! "Our" pond attracts such a variety of wildlife. I can hardly wait for the frogs!!!! Anyway, these geese are just doing their thing, and along comes another pair. They decide it is romance time. The first pair are pretty much cheering the second "romantic" pair along. Three more show up. Not sure what kind of relationship these "3" have. The three were walking along the side of our driveway. Well, Pubi-I guess-didn't like that they were on her property. She kindly escorted them off. Hilarious.
Things settled down and as Anyu and I were sitting on the swing, Pubi and Pezsgő come around the corner. PUBI HAS A MOUSE IN HER MOUTH! AWESOME. She showed us and disappeared into the garage, Pezsgő tagging along behind her. Pubi just caught herself lunch...CRUNCH-CRUNCH!
After Anyu left, I laid the leftover stone-tile into the gaps along the path leading to the fire pit. As I was doing this, I looked up and saw the cats playing...playing WITH something...something is another MOUSE! This time Pezsgő had it. Well, not for long. If you take your eye off it for just a second, it will be stolen. Now Pubi had it. And that was the end of the mouse. Pubi didn't bother going to the garage - this time she ate it right there in the field. No sharing.
I spent the rest of the afternoon sitting on the deck. It was pretty nice. Definitely sunny - not a cloud in the sky (well, just a few little ones); and breezy.
Tomorrow I have a few things I want to finish before picking Attila up from the airport.
Aaaaaah!! What a great feeling of accomplishment.
