One Summer

Where am I?  Where have I been?  What have I been doing?

We went to Hayward, Wisconsin for our yearly fishing vacation with Grandma and Grandpa.  Much fun was had by all - with the possible exception of Grandma, who was feeling poorly due to a lingering case of shingles.  But I think she had fun, what she remembers of it anyway!

While we were gone, our house did not burn down, which is of course, awesome. 

We met Shea, our newest cousin and nephew.  A little ball of cute, that one is.  Unfortunately, Dan and Kim were keeping too close an eye on him for Sara and I to sneak him in the back the truck and bring him home.  First time parents - psssh.  All attentive and whatnot.

Both kids attended Scout camp.  Both had a great time.  Only one came home bruised and broken. 

Sara visited with her neurologist and all is well. 

Baseball and softball is over and this week brings football tryouts.  No rest for the wicked, I say. 

We got a new washer and dryer.  Our old ones had been purchased in Virginia Beach when we got married 18 years ago.  So I guess I can't really complain. 

I painted the ceilings in two of the bathrooms this week.  If I ever meet the policy writer that said just to paint every wall and ceiling of a bank owned home one single color, I will punch them in the throat.  Painting ceilings is brutal.  Once that's done, we're down to selecting wall colors.  Which I'm terrible at.  Sara's current bedroom colors choices are neon orange and lime green.  (We'll work on that.)  Jacob, of course, is leaning toward dark blue and orange.  You can take the boy out of Detroit, but apparently, you can't take the Tigers out of the boy.

I've won 3 books on Goodreads.com giveaways.  Seriously.  Two were advance releases, which pleases my book-loving soul in a way I can't describe. 

Somewhere in all of that, Mitch and I continue to keep our jobs.