Summer...Glorious Summer!!!

I have walked with a friend in The City, 

 Hiked in a local preserve,

and saw lots of Banana Slugs....note my sunglasses for scale.

I have gone to 7 a.m. yoga, tried out a boot camp type class on the pool deck complete with tractor tires to flip over, push ups and sprinting and all kinds of torture in 10 centers over the course of an hour. I can now touch the top of my feet when I am warmed up....the goal at the end of summer is to touch my toes....I am one of the most inflexible persons in the world!

I have sewn, embroidered and played around in my sewing room, I have sold things on craiglist and ebay...I have avoided cooking, have been getting my dog fix by dog sitting this cutie...

who has stolen the hamburger buns off the counter and devoured them...but he has been forgiven and he now cannot be left in the kitchen unattended.....Goldens always behave like they are starving!

Soon we head out on the road trip we had planned for last summer...the summer spent in the hospital, with little sleep and worried that The Captain would not recover and taking years off my life. But in comparison, this summer we are beyond excited to be going on our trip...and I have had time for myself...and us.

Yes...school looms on the horizon, but first- v.a.c.a.t.i.o.n!!

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*ROAD TRIP*

SuMmEr

SuMmEr...finally!
Lots of sun...over 100 degrees in fact. No more camp...or moving children 230 miles from storage to new house...dental appointments finished...kiwi boyfriend flew back to N. Zed last night...and Daughter #2 will fly down there in 6 weeks for another year on a Work/travel visa....so for now it is just time to do whatever I want for 2 weeks until we climb HALF DOME!! 

I am excited! I applied for permits way back in February...and when I got the dates, July 17 seemed so far away. It is the first of our summer adventures. Now if the weather just complies we will make it to the top...me, The Captain, Daughters #1 and 2 and two friends. We will leave from the parking lot at around 10 p.m.- last year it was 80 degrees when we left the lot. Last year I didn't know I was going until a half an hour before we left home....and I had ridden in a 100K bike ride that morning....so this year I will NOT do the bike ride that day but the weekend prior. We will hike throughout the night and be on the top of Half Dome for sunrise. This year I will have my good camera for photos.

What are your summer plans?

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*CLIMB THE CABLES TO THE TOP*

 

Let SUMMER Begin!

On Friday I loaded up my car with Club Ed books and craft items and bid farewell to that classroom until next summer. The sun was shining and I was on my way to work out with The Captain in no time at all.

Today I spent enjoying the sunshine, sewing and reading up on word study for second grade. We went to breakfast with our friend and his mother who is visiting from Guatemala -doesn't help that I know only a few words of Spanish -but it was a good time. Then tonight we went to a spaghetti feed for an Avon Breast Cancer Walk...and The Captain won a "Pamper Me Beauty Basket" and I won a $20 Starbucks Card....funny how I don't drink coffee but always win or get those cards as gifts...but I will use it in New York for my favorite unsweetened black ice tea lemonades for breakfast while I check the internet.

Tomorrow Daughter #1 and I will run in a 5k at Stanford...which benefits Lucile Packard Children's Hospital where Daughter #1 spent 3 years of her life...and she will now run as an honoree. I will be testing out my ankle- I have run barely a mile a few days this week and it is still tender...but should be fine for a slowe 5k...and I can always walk.

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*ENJOY SUMMER!*