The Week in Review: June 23-29

Work, school, work, heat, laziness...how was your week?

Knotty

I'm really into french knots. It took me forever to figure em out but now I'm feeling a little bit knotty. Whee!

I hope this weekend is less hot. A lot less hot. My goal is to stay cool and do some of the usual cleaning, straightening and hopefully some creating...oh, and school work. Happy Friday!

Good Morning to You

The heat, the crazy heat is finally retreating. Last night however I slept most fitfully because of my sad unhappy heat hating feet. Boy howdy are they ugly right now! Risking a "too much info" moment I will share with you that I have eczema on my feet and if it is really hot and I am super stressed...my hands also. My poor, poor, flintstone feet. They are rife with unhappiness and so much ugliness. This is one of the main reasons why I stopped yoga a few months ago. I got sick then stressed then my feet grew barnacles. It was icky and uncomfortable and now I am doomed with these house guests of sorts who won't GO AWAY! My feet, they look frightful. Really frightful and then they just hurt. If you have eczema, you know what I am talking about. Wearing shoes has me wincing with each step. I hate wearing socks but the socks go on to protect them when I'm home and when the heat hits triple digits well...yeah. Anywhoo, I'm not complaining, not really, more like bitching because I didn't get any sleep and I can't wear any pretty shoes. The mourning dove on the bird clock just sang it's melancholy song so I am assuming it is seven in the morning which is a great time to be up. I however have been up since five or so yet I didn't stumble out of bed until six. I'm a groggy, groggy girl right now but the mister opened the bedroom shade and if you look in from the living room it is almost like a small spotlight is lit upon the bed, the sunshine is so pretty.

Today I start a new class at school. It is a required class and doesn't sound nifty like a class on Women in Art or Play, Language and Literacy. It does however sound like I may gain some useful skills like clarity in my thoughts and voice. It is a class on communication and while I'm nervous about what I may have to do, I am excited to continue with the process of finishing up my degree. I may graduate next year! Go me! I wish you all a lovely week and if I were any less groggy I would have written something a bit more musical than an ode to my icky feet. Happy Day!

The Week in Review: june 16-22

Hello! Hello! Hello! Last week was the first week of summer vacation with the kidlets so it was super busy. Long days and lots of fun and then the weekend arrived and it got HOT, HOT, HOT! So hot that my days off were wasted slugging about like a wilted flower. It was too hot to do anything. Luckily, this week will cool off a tad. Usually the heat here starts off hot and then gets hotter, not the other way around. That way, by the time the triple digits hit we're sort of used to it. Click here if you are interested in the details of the week in review.

Happy Solstice!

Well, it is official. Summer is here and boy howdy was yesterday hot! Our garden is getting a little on the burnt side but it's all good. We're growing cucumbers and since we have so manny the mister has been making pickles. Fun! Happy Summer, happy solstice and keep cool if yer hot and keep warm if yer cool! We're off to the beach for a picnic breakfast!

the week in review: june 9-15

Birthdays and school and garden stuff...oh my! Hope y'all had a most happy week! Clicky click here if you want to see the mosaic with commentary...

friday's flickr fix june 13

I love flickr and I adore my flickr favorites. FFF is proving to get more and more difficult as more and more people opt not to share their photos. I get it, I do but it still makes me sad. The above photos are lovely, aren't they? To view the duet in a larger size check it out here. The photo on the left is by fluffscupcakes and the one on the right is by *Zara.

Happy Friday folks!