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June 28, 2009
What a week
Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon have all passed away this past week. Farrah and Michael in the same day. I was totally shocked about Michael, but now it sort of doesn't surprise me so much as he has been on a downhill spiral for years now and looked just awful. I'm sure it was drug related, time will tell. Poor Farrah finally succumed to her cancer, she put up quite a fight though and I had seen her documentary on her journey with this dreaded disease just a few weeks ago.
The weather stinks! The humidity has arrived and we've been running the A/C quite a bit. Every day it rains or gets to looking like it's going to rain, then it clears for a bit and then back to clouds. We've had a few thunder boomers pass through, but nothing too bad yet.
Hannah was sick with a stomach bug yesterday and spent the day on the couch and didn't go to the campground as planned. She did go today though and played with Shayla til around supper time.
Devon has been running the roads and decided to just not come home last night from work til I called looking for her at 3:30 this morning! She certainly knows how to push her luck with me that is for sure. Dear God give me the grace to endure with my sanity intact this next full year! She did manage to pull off a pretty good end of the year report card though, but it's the company she keeps that's getting her into these tight spots with Mama! She knows better, it's just a matter of how far she is going to push me...
There was a suicide this past week too. David Willis. His entire family is realing and understandable so. I ran into Sherrie at RJ's yesterday after work and she said Caitlyn is doing ok. Lots of troubling stuff in that family and now this...it's becoming such a sad sad world --- no it IS such a sad sad world...
I can't believe the 4th of July is nearly upon us. We plan to go to the parade and then up to the campground to spend some time with friends and maybe overnight in our new tent. I need to get that out tomorrow and sew it!
Otherwise the summer has started off not so bad. Our gardens our growing and the flowers look nice. Tomorrow after my car appt I need to weed the veggie garden some and plant the girl's sunflower seeds up there.
It's going to go by fast though...this summer time of ours!
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June 20, 2009
Summer is officially here!
So June has turned out to be pretty much rainy as usual! A few thunder storms have rolled through and a few nice sunny days too. The humidity so far hasn't been too bad. We do have the A/C in our room and Andy tends to use it at night. I have three different nightgowns hanging on the bathroom door as each night tends to be a little different in temperature.
I had yesterday off and this weekend and it's been very relaxing and lazy! Andy finished fixing up the porch and I've been puttering out there putting things away and throwing stuff out as well! Always so much clutter!! I've also tackled my upstairs desk, UGH!!! Too much junk up there to even begin, but I made somewhat of a dent in it all.
Devon had her four HUGE wisdom teeth out yesterday and she's been laying low all weekend. She has some big holes in her head and her mouth is quite sore, but they all came out fairly easy...well I guess they did anyway. Originally the doctor had thought it was going to be worse, but come to find out they had read the WRONG x-rays and he told me this after the surgery and said not to worry if the insurance didn't pay it all as it was their error and they would write off the amount not covered. So, good enough. Her teeth weren't as bad and I won't have to pay extra either way.
Tomorrow is father's day and the first day of summer and the longest day of the year! I'd like to go out on the motor boat, but it will depend on the weather. Andy and Hannah went fishing with it this afternoon and went all over the lake to Newport and Prouty Beach.
Last week a wretched little bat found his way into Devon's room in the middle of the night as her top window wasn't locked and she was in our room around 1 am screaming about it! Turned out he spent the night in her room with her and she kept the light on! The next night around dinner time she ventured back in there and saw him clinging to her ceiling just above her bed so Andy caught him in his fishing net and set him free. UGH UGH!!! That is like the 4th bat in this house in 11 years! Buggers!
Well, here's to a nice Father's Day to everyone and may the sun shine just a little! God Bless.
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June 06, 2009
Gardening ...ALL DAY
I was up early this morning, not long after Andy got up around 7:15. Usually we sleep in a little on our weekends off, but this morning we were beckoned up rather early!
Had a quick breakfast and checked my email, facebook and did some housework/laundry and then it was off to the beautiful outdoors! And what a gorgeous day it was. The sun was shining and I got my first bit of color for the season while weeding, planting and mulching!
Hannah and I went to a couple of different flower shops to look for some more perennials and a nice big flowering petuna for out by the mailbox. I spent most of the morning and early afternoon gardening away and even planted more cucumbers and our squash in the veggie garden. Andy worked all day too, finished the front of the house where the porch needed some repairs and worked in the yard and then tonight was working more on the old trailer he got for his rowboat. Soon we can hook it up and get it out on the lake to do some fishing.
It clouded over some around 4 and I felt a few rain drops when I was taking in the laundry from the clothes line, but it didn't amount to much. It's been a great weekend so far and tonight I'm tired and ready to get to bed...
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June 02, 2009
5 Reasons I love June so much
1. It means summer is officially here! The snow is gone, except for maybe atop Jay Peak and the flowers are blooming, I can begin to weed in earnest, my many many flower gardens. I can choose new perennials to plant and think about different ideas for my annual planters as well. The grass is growing and will need to be mowed and I so enjoy the peacefulness of my beautiful yard.
2. I get more excercise, it's the start of the year where we can get out and walk and bike ride. We live very near a local bike path and it's a great ride along the lake and the other way is shorter, but surrounded by open hay fields and trees and a trickling brook.
3. I sleep better at night, the days are longer, I'm more active during the day and at night when dusk comes, I change into my nightgown, go upstairs to my quiet darkened room, turn the TV on for background noise and read or look at catalogs I've received in the mail until I fall blissfully asleep under my ceiling fan.
4. I eat WAY healthier. There are fresh fruits and vegetables more readily available from local growers and farmers markets and into July, after planting our own garden, will come our veggies that we can cook on the grill. And grilling...LOVE grilling all kinds of things!
5. The gorgeous sunsets from my front porch windows overlooking the lake. I can enjoy these just about every evening uless the weather happens to not be so nice. The sky turns purple and pink and the colors are fabulous.
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