It’s been a busy Summer!  I can’t say that I’ve accomplished anything but if being dead tired at the end of every day counts for something, I’ve been doing something.  I haven’t written much about political or national topics, not because there isn’t anything to write about but rather, I feel war weary.  The recession, the oil spill, the earthquakes, the floods and wars are enough to make anyone want to crawl into a hole and hide out for a while.  I’m just waiting for the locusts, frogs and flaming hail to descend.

I’ve been busy in my backyard with a new patio and pergola.  I even dug out the old pool from the shed and it keeps me entertained.  I wade around and scoop up the dead bugs and leaves.  I water the new bushes and tend to the flowers.  I smack off the moquitoes and pull weeds out of the rocks.  I’ve decided that container gardening is for me!  No more big gardens that require bending over, chopping out weeds and being swarmed by insects.  This year, I’ve actually taken pretty good care of my plants. Usually by July, my vegetable garden resembled a vacant lot overtaken by rogue weeds.

My husband and I have been house shopping as well.  We’re hoping to find a country home for my husband’s landscaping business and I still haven’t given up on my dream of owning a horse.  I also want a work shed to create my stained glass.  Working out of the basement isn’t ideal.  When it isn’t wet it’s fine but I still would prefer a better ventilated space to solder.  It’s probably not a good idea to have lead around the kids either!  We’ll probably put the house on the market in the Spring if everything goes well.  So, I’ll be busy cleaning and painting the house from top to bottom and tossing out 15 years of accumulated “things”.  If we do move, I’m sure going to miss the house.  I get attached way too easily to inanimate objects.  My husband is one example.  (Couldn’t resist.)  If the new owners even touch one of the trees or bushes I’ve planted, I’ll weep.