Vacation

Tomorrow morning we're leaving for here:See you later!

Summer

This picture makes me feel that summer is really, truly here. Homegrown organic vegetables that I personally tended are pictured to the left. Yum.

The garden is really beginning to be productive. I'm already wondering how to use up all of the zucchini. This is a good problem to have.

M's cast has come off. He is extremely happy, because now he can scratch. Poor kid had a heat rash underneath the cast. This is not a surprise, as we have had an extremely hot summer. He is now in a splint to protect the bone (4 weeks cast, 2 weeks, splint), but it is an improvement. Showers (not that he cares) and swimming are now completely allowed, as the splint can come off.

However, that is not what made him happiest. He went to camp right after the cast came off. He knows half of the counselors already, all of the summer staff, and a good part of the other boys. Bouncing does not begin to describe his happiness at being cast-free. We managed to get him to camp just before dinner, so the rest of us also stayed to eat. L is disappointed that he isn't allowed to stay. He knows everyone, too, after all. L's the darling of the counselors and the staff, too. He was almost ready to take some of the staff's offers to let him stay with them. He decided that he probably should come back home with us, finally.

Somehow I am going to ride my bike tomorrow. It will be beastly hot, but I'll figure out something.

Oh--the consecration of the church went extremely well. It's beautiful, and it already feels like God lives there. Good things can come to those who wait and hope. It may take awhile, but it does happen, eventually.

Lazy week

I haven't done as much as I thought I would. I wound resting because of this stupid cough.

I only was able to ride my bicycle twice. But I did get in 30ish miles.

I finished the Badcaul sock. Here it is, in all of its glory:
Since I am a person who can't stand to have things unfinished (well, for pairs of socks, anyway), I have cast on and completed the second toe.

The boys will be home soon. I miss them. The dogs miss them. But it was nice that we all had a break from each other.

The garden is doing pretty well. I have picked two tomatoes, and have a few that will be ready soon.

The church is more or less finished and is being dedicated tomorrow at 4:00 pm. Finally!

Before everyone arrives, I have to go to the grocery store, so this is where I'll stop. Hope you all have a great weekend.

MY Vacation

My real vacation is this week. The boys are at G&G's going to zoo camp. I am not at G&G's, so...

It's been a nice quiet week, so far. Yesterday, I went to weed the garden without help (well except for the Ipod) and managed to weed all of what I have left (the corn was MOWED DOWN), so it looks pretty good at the moment. Here's the first fruit of my garden:Tonight we are going to have it on pizza. I have a tomato that will be ready to be picked soon. I'm trying to decide what fall crops I'm going to plant when we get back from Pawleys.

B and I also were able to go out for dinner without any distractions, which was also nice.

I was going to ride my bike today, but there's so much rain that I think I'm going to wait. If it clears up, maybe I can go after dinner or something.

I should be turning the heel on my new socks today. It will be my first short row heel. I hope that it goes well.

Summertime and the living is easy?

Not here, it's not.

This week has been extremely busy. I spent lots of time trying to weed the vegetable garden (and still haven't weeded all of the corn) just to see new weeds grow. On the bright side, we have blooms on all of the vegetables, so we should see some produce soon. We also had a good soaking rain, which helps considerably. And I've finally been able to get back on the bike, which really improves my mood a lot.

L has decided to knit again. He's knitting a washcloth:










and a blanket (?)






I've been knitting, too. I've been working on the socks from my secret pal (the pattern is Badcaul) and I'm about halfway to the heel. I have never knit short row heels before, so that will be new. The lower picture is a close up of the stitch pattern.

I am also working on the shawl (it's bigger, just looks the same) and the Kilt Hose for P. I have 4 more inches on the leg of the Kilt Hose before I am ready for the heel on that sock. I think that they are really nice.

M is busy too--but I'm not sure if he's doing the driving crazy or being driven crazy.

The church is coming along. It's still not quite finished, but it's getting close.