What I'm Reading This Week #34
Hello you sassy beast! Ready for another flip flappin' fantastic weekend? Yes indeedy, Ally Sheedy. It's been a week of working ahead for me as I try to work on ideas for holiday posts. I know, no one is ready for Christmas but spit balling stuff is actually getting me excited for the season. I like to try to give myself the month of December off from writing new posts (except updating weekly happenings) so all I have to do is respond if needed. It lets me take a little mental break during the holidays to try to enjoy what I can then hop back into the new year hopefully rested and ready to roll. We did book our 30th anniversary trip, which is the same one we had to cancel this year and of course got travel insurance. It's just nice to have something to hopefully look forward to and it makes you go "where the heck did 4 1/2 years go?" because it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating our 25th. Do people even celebrate their 30t...
I'm with you on both of those. So much rain made many days unbearable and steamy a lot and paddling out of the question. I just want a nice mostly dry fall with sunny days and cool but not entirely cold temps. Oh and can we get fall foliage for more than a week before that big windstorm comes along and ruins it all, please?
ReplyDeleteWe need rain here, we had a super dry summer followed by a couple of monsoon style storms that dropped almost half our year's average precipitation over about one week and in about 2 hour spurts (we got over 2 inches in an hour in the worst). Followed by more nearly 100 degree days and zero new precipitation. I don't like humidity much either though, so I guess I'm just too picky for my own good.
ReplyDeleteHighs - The trip to Yellowstone was fantastic! Also, even though my hand was almost shaking as I wrote the check getting central air conditioning installed was definitely a high point and with the continued heat I'm grateful for it every day.
Lows - The summer seemed really really short. Everyone I talk to seems to feel the same way, so I know it's not just me thinking that. I got a lot of projects done around the house, but felt like it was all super rushed and I didn't do some of the things I had planned to do. Specific low point... the basement flooded three times due to a water heater failure, and then twice when we got those monsoon style rainstorm and now I've been waiting weeks for the guy I hired to try to fix it to show up.
Yeah I hope we never have a project that makes me want to rip my hair out. When we painted a few years ago I felt like that. We didn’t have the right tools and it was a pain.
ReplyDeleteHigh of the summer- seems like I had more time off between vacation and taking care of mom.
Lows - more time off without any money
We are starting to have some beautiful days around here. Clear skys and that dry breeze that says fall is in the air. Hope your days are dry and cool:)
Highs: Getting to two outdoor craft shows in three months, which I never do. And getting my spare room 75% cleaned out so I can use it for the antenna tv due to DISH issues with a network. It's become my little fortress. lol
ReplyDeleteLows: The wicked heat and humidity in August and this month as well as the deluge of rain the entire summer (as I look outside at more rain) which closed the dog parks due to rivers flooding. That has been a bummer for the pooches.