Today’s photo post is accompanied by a little piece I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the humid heat of an Iowa summer combined with the indescribable heat of a hot flash. It’s more an experiment in painting with words than anything else, and I hope I’ve achieved what I set out to do (which is to attempt to convey the misery of having a hot flash in high summer). Comment away and let me know how I’ve done!
Impressive, no?
I stepped out of my perfectly climate-controlled office…
It’s been a long day, thanks to another stupid headache and two grumpy boys, so I present you with a picture of Shadow, because everyone knows that looking at cat pictures makes you feel happy.
Shadow is a very silly, upside-down sort of kitty. He’s also very soft and would make an excellent lap cat, if only Seymour weren’t so allergic. Oh, well – at least now we can have cats, as opposed to before when we lived in town.
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Seymour’s cousin came over Saturday night so that we could go out on a date. It was utterly fantastic!
She stayed the night and had breakfast with us Sunday morning. Happy fun family times!
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Princess Opal is not amused.
But we were. 🙂
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Look at the beauty I found in my mailbox today:
I love getting mail that isn’t a bill. It’s such a shame that people don’t write letters the way they used to – there’s just something about a handwritten letter or postcard or what have you that lets the recipient know the sender really cares. I mean, how many emails and text messages do we dash off without really thinking about them? They’re quick and easy to send.
But a handwritten letter requires much more thought and effort, and the results are definitely worth it. It’s like Hallmark’s old slogan, When you care enough to send the very best. Anyone can type up a quick note. But a well-written and legible letter is something of a dying art.
I’d like to thank my friend, Alisa Sibrova, for this wonderful postcard. Las Vegas is a fun place, and one I wouldn’t mind visiting again someday. 🙂
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Cricket likes to take toys to daycare. “I have to share my toys at daycare, Mommy,” he tells me when I ask why he’s leaving the house with his pockets packed with toy cars.
I like him (and Thumper, and Bubbles in his younger days) to leave his toys at home, where they won’t get lost. At least if they get lost at home, we stand a chance of seeing them again – not usually the case at daycare, and he’s lost several of his cars this way.
So we’ve reached a compromise: He can bring his toys with him, but they have to stay in the car, where they won’t get lost (permanently). As a result, Thumper has become not only become Cricket’s bedtime defender, but also his carseat warmer. He took his time this morning making sure that Thumper was in just the right position to keep his spot warm all day long.
And it worked, too – it was so hot in the car when I got off work tonight that my seat was warm! 😀
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So, last night was Bubbles’ first football injury. He got tackled and landed on the ball, bruising his ribs. Poor guy was heartbroken when the doctor in the emergency room told him he couldn’t play football till his family doctor released him to play, which won’t be till next week at the earliest.
I’m just glad he didn’t break anything – football’s a rough game. And with any luck, he’ll be back at it in time for his first game next weekend.
Don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and check out her firsts! Have a great weekend! 🙂
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My boys love their kitties:
Sometimes, though, they love them a little too much. A couple minutes after I took this, Socks managed to free herself from Cricket’s grasp.
Still, she fared better than Bubbles did today. But that’s a story for tomorrow’s post.
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As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and so it is for the Summer Reads Blog Tour. Here to wrap things up is our lovely host, Lisa L. Wiedmeier, with a few thoughts on what has been, for me – and hopefully for you, too – a fantastic time.
I keep staring at the calendar to my left, staring at it and wondering where the weeks have gone. Are you doing the same thing? *shakes head* Twelve, almost thirteen glorious weeks of summer have already flown by and in those weeks we’ve had the pleasure of meeting other great authors and hearing a whole lot about what their favorite reads are. When I started planning out this Blog Tour with Sam, we had decided that we wanted to give to you the opportunity to learn about our other author friends, and pass on to you the pleasure of perhaps finding new reads, some off the beaten path, for your enjoyment.
As this Summer Reads Blog Tour winds down…
Today marks the first day of the new school year, and it’s already been a bit wild.
Between cleaning up after some naughty kitties, tracking down those last few supplies, and chasing little brothers around, it’s been rather hectic. But it’s good to be back in a routine, too.
Here’s to another great year! 🙂
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 