Making More Stuff.

One of the things we were planning to make last weekend, great new camping memories, did not get made. We have been having some rare June weather which translated into about a forty degree temperature drop at our camp in Pinecrest with the certainty of rain and the possibility of snow! No thank you said we! Even more of a bummer was that we had recruited another family to camp with us this time. We spent lots of our Saturday with them anyway, at the bowling alley, and after that we camped out for a few hours at our favorite pizza place. We will try to camp again in August, we have reserved a campsite at a great place on the beach. We have never camped at the ocean so if the weather wants us to, we'll be making some awesome new memories there. I'm already dreaming of the great pictures!

We're making a total transformation in our backyard. When we moved in here eleven years ago, Tony wanted to build a covered patio off the back door but I didn't want it so it didn't happen. I thought it would be a shame to cover the high windows in the living room. This many years later I have had a change of heart, we really need the extra shade and the extra living space out there, so it's finally getting made. Tony is also building a fence to separate the side yard/garden from the swimming pool. If you haven't been here in a while, you'll hardly recognize the place!

It should only take another day or two and I'll be sharing the result...stay tuned.

I'm off to take Emily to school [she's a summer school volunteer], work at the nursery school for three hours this morning, attend a PTA board meeting early this afternoon, and later to Wyatt's final t-ball game with a pizza party after. I'm going to need an extra cup or ten of coffee for this kind of day!