Summer life whips along
Jul. 30th, 2011 09:19 pmJust an updatey post thing...
Back from a few days at the beach for our annual Girls Trip (me, my mom and my two daughters) - weather fabulous, if windy, quaint bookstore was quaint, artsy shoppppes were artsy. Replaced my defunct rainbow wind-spinner thingy which I have missed having on my clothesline when hanging up laundry, so all is well. Rotten to wake up today all bleaurrrgh, but at least it didn't happen while on vacation and I'm almost back to human now. Germs are most annoying at times.
Teen son did a good job of keeping all the pets alive whilst we were gone, though I should have remembered to define tomato plants as 'pets' I guess... still, a few pitchers of water and they rallied. He's getting his turn now, off camping with his grandpa.
Starting to regret offering to host a church baby shower a couple weeks from now, looking at the mess my house is in it seems rather discouraging to think I need to get it into "company" shape by then. Pooh. Very glad for the baby, however, a real answer to prayer for a couple expecting her! I expect this little girl will be the church mascot for a while.
Picking blueberries time again - brought in another big bowl, pears are starting to swell nicely, Gravenstein apples are already getting their red and yellow streaks, greengage plums are fat and ripening... can't believe another harvest is already approaching! I still have stuff in the freezer from last time, I've been so disorganized this year. Ack. Didn't expect the library to snarf most of my hours, though...
Has your summer vanished into the mist the way mine has?
Back from a few days at the beach for our annual Girls Trip (me, my mom and my two daughters) - weather fabulous, if windy, quaint bookstore was quaint, artsy shoppppes were artsy. Replaced my defunct rainbow wind-spinner thingy which I have missed having on my clothesline when hanging up laundry, so all is well. Rotten to wake up today all bleaurrrgh, but at least it didn't happen while on vacation and I'm almost back to human now. Germs are most annoying at times.
Teen son did a good job of keeping all the pets alive whilst we were gone, though I should have remembered to define tomato plants as 'pets' I guess... still, a few pitchers of water and they rallied. He's getting his turn now, off camping with his grandpa.
Starting to regret offering to host a church baby shower a couple weeks from now, looking at the mess my house is in it seems rather discouraging to think I need to get it into "company" shape by then. Pooh. Very glad for the baby, however, a real answer to prayer for a couple expecting her! I expect this little girl will be the church mascot for a while.
Picking blueberries time again - brought in another big bowl, pears are starting to swell nicely, Gravenstein apples are already getting their red and yellow streaks, greengage plums are fat and ripening... can't believe another harvest is already approaching! I still have stuff in the freezer from last time, I've been so disorganized this year. Ack. Didn't expect the library to snarf most of my hours, though...
Has your summer vanished into the mist the way mine has?
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Date: 2011-07-31 08:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-04 10:25 pm (UTC)They get 2 weeks of a regular semester in every week of summer class.
I've got ONE WEEK of vacation before Faculty Stuff starts next week -- and then classes start the week after that. *sigh*