cricket chirpings

May202013

Made dinner just in time, we grilled out and ate on the patio. Just as we were finishing, major thunderstorms rolled in. I love the smell of rain!

grilling thunderstorms lightning rain summer

May142013

It’s not summertime at our house until I either burn myself on the lawn mower or need stitches.

Last year it was stitches. I’m hoping that is an every other year trend and I can just stick with the burn this year.

Of course I burn myself over the old scar. That takes skill.

summer mowing burns stitches

July232012

Goodbye, Illinois! Hello, Iowa!

roadtrip iowa summer

6PM

I love that I can check out movies like “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Newsies”, and “Mame” and my son is so excited he hugs me. Here’s to a great roadtrip.

roadtrip summer colorado

8AM

As you can see, we had a great time at the derby. I was covered in mud by the time the night was over. We also rode every ride and ate so much it was ridiculous. It was also so hot I needed to drink 5 lemonade shakeups. It was a necessity.

fair summer hot hot hot

8AM

This weekend was jam packed with activities. Date nights with my husband, work, the fair, demolition derby, church, dark knight returns, Walmart, swimming, packing for Colorado and some more work. I’m tired. Exponentially tired. But it was worth it. I had so much fun.

crazy weekend demo derby summer life

June272012

Dropped Monte off at the groomers, dropped JJ off at rehearsal and am now sipping coffee, painting my nails and getting ready to start a new book. Windows down, pandora radio playing…ahhhhh

summer busy mom gotta love life

June202012

Just got back from the pool. I love evening swims, especially with my husband. While we miss JJ, it is nice to be alone and chill out just the two of us.

We are now tucked into bed and getting ready to read until we fall asleep!

night swim summer love

7PM

Another room clean and organized. I’m exhausted. Beardy is picking me up after work and we are gonna get some Chinese food and swim at my aunt’s house.

Only the kitchen, office and bathroom left to tackle. Oh, and the windows too. I can do those later. I just want to do the big stuff while JJ is at camp.

date night swimming summer

June192012

Got up early to work in the yard. It has been sadly neglected and needs some TLC. It’s only 10:15 now but I’m drenched in sweat, gotta love the Midwest and its glorious humidity.

pulling weeds gardening summer life

June182012

Just finished baking my Amish Friendship Bread. It flopped and I don’t know why. Major disappointment.

For those of you who don’t know, Amish Friendship Bread is passed along from person to person without the original recipe. You are given a bag of “dough” in which you mush daily to mix the ingredients or add ingredients for a series of 10 days. On the 10th day, you add more ingredients, put some dough in four bags. One to keep and three to share. With the mix that is still left in your bowl, you add more ingredients and bake.

For whatever reason, my bread didn’t cook right and flopped. It tastes good but it looks weird. I hope the rest of my bags are ok and they cook properly for whoever I share them with.

P.S.- Online summer school sucks. Three more weeks and I’m free of this stupid headache of a class.

Amish Friendship Bread Summer Life I hate online class

June82012

Necessity. Today is the last day of VBS and I am dragging. I think I am still trying to catch up from how insane this past semester has been and working second shift so much. I am just so tired but not sleeping well at night. So, this coffee (which is killing my stomach…stinking dairy allergy) had better hold me through for awhile.

I have so much to do at home but I just feel like picking JJ up from rehearsal and hitting the pool.

So what should I do? Online homework, laundry (oh so much laundry), sweep and mop the floors, organize the bedrooms OR take a book and read while floating in the pool?

coffee summer to swim or not to swim?

June72012