North Florida Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and we have lights!

Today, Andrew, our friend Steve, and I competed in our second North Florida Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Our team, The Wordsmiths, were Runners Up, finishing just 5 points behind the winners. We hope to come back next year and take the Team Division title! The Tournament proceeds go to a local non-profit organization.


We got to meet crossword puzzle creator Merl Reagle, whose puzzles are featured in the San Francisco Examiner and The New York Times.

Merl was kind enough to autograph one of his puzzle books for us, and joined us for a photo:



After the big puzzle competition, we stopped by The Cottage, since the electrician had earlier today installed our new light fixtures. We have lights and working electrical outlets again in the kitchen and the bathroom!



The new pendant light over the dining area:

Although the globe looks yellow in the photo, it doesn't actually appear that way. It has low-energy CFL bulbs, like the other fixtures.



The bathroom ceiling fixture, ventilation fan, and sconce are all functional now.




Only thing is, I will have to pick up some more light bulbs, since I didn't buy enough at Super Wally World a couple nights ago, and that's why the sconce has only one bulb at the moment. By the way, this sconce was a real bargain, just $19.91 at Sam's!!


The plumber will be here Monday.