Still on the Planet!

Wow...it has been years...literally! I am still here. I finished grad school! Perhaps we can blame my hiatus on that, yes? Coach is still, well, coaching. The sweet bean is growing up and is now considered a tween, what?! Is that even possible? I assure you it is. Coach has changed the type of basketball the team plays and his team has led the NJCAA in scoring for the past two years. It has been pretty cool, if you can get over all the criticism I hear weekly from the crowd. I have thick skin so I am over that. I will hopefully be updating more as I know how much you all love my sarcasm and general snarky-ness. Smooches to you all.

The beginning

Tomorrow starts the beginning of grad school. Orientation at least. Deep breath...ready or not here I come.

We're HOME!

Vacation went well except for one minor incident. 

Coach took Claire to the pool. All was well until he remembered his cell phone was in the pocket of his swimsuit! So, needless to say, the cell phone did not recover.

We have since replaced said cell phone. This is the second cell phone in Coach's possession that has ended up in the water. When they start making waterproof cell phones, I will be the first one in line!!

Other than that, we all came back relaxed with too much fudge in our bellies! 

Vacation

We are on a well needed, over-deserved vacation. We are at Mackinac. It has threatened rain but so far the sun has prevailed. I love vacation and wish I could freeze time. I know that in a few short weeks school is looming. I'm not ready to send Claire back. I like spending time with her and summer seems to fly by too quickly. Also, this year I'm a little nervous about starting school again.

Mostly it's just because when we're busy time seems to just tick by without second thought. I like lazy afternoons where time can be savored. I like vacation for that reason.

Sausage update

My stupidity has only caused a purple mangled finger, one that is not broken. Yeah, for that! I still have a splint on it because somehow when you hurt a finger or a toe you inevitably hit it on everything. I'm not sure the laws of the universe surrounding this phenomenon but I know it is true. 

I'm a little bummed I have to miss my horseback riding lesson this week but there is NO WAY I can ride a horse when my hand is purple past my knuckle. Next week, then. Dinner with friends will help make up for my disappointment!

Sausage

My finger looks like a purple sausage today. It was a grocery shopping accident, I'm ashamed to say. I got it caught between a grocery cart handle and a freezer door handle at Walmart. The result is not pretty by any stretch of the imagination. 

I'm a squeemie person. I don't like injuries, blood, needles, and the like. Today I went for x-rays and pray that it's not broken. My ego, and finger need to heal.

Gone...baby...gone

My Sweet bean is gone for the week. She's camping with her father. It's the longest week of the summer for me. 

It's also project week. So far I've painted the front porch rail and the bench. Still on the agenda: Painting the floor of the screened in patio, the back door, the garage door and part of the front porch. 

Wow...I better get cracking!