Where has summer gone

I cant believe it is the end of July!! Where has summer gone?

Usually by now we are eating fresh veggies out of the garden, but this year yeverything is way behind. By this time we are usually getting ready to start canning. Pickles, salsa, spaghetti sauce etc.... I have some new canning recipes I want to try this year, a green tomato chutney and green tomato pickles. mmmmmmmm ... Fried green tomatos tonight for dinner!

Weather and movies

The weather here in Minnesota drives me crazy, if we are lucky there might be one full day of sunshine once a week. This is not good for someone who suffers with SAD(seasonal affective disorder) other wise known as lack of sunshine. I grew up in Colorado where we have sunshine 360 days out of 365, so it hit me hard moving to Mn.With the weather being bad it means no yard work so I am glad there are so many good movies out right now. We have seen Star Trek and it was great! Going today to Angels and Demons cant wait…still have Wolverine to see…whew Hugh Jackman hot hot hot!!

April first ~

APRIL FOOLS!!! NAUGHT......

This is the scene today April 1st. Not a happy sight for me...I am ready for summer. We have at least 12 inches and they are saying more today.

Time

It has been a while since I have written here. Time seems to get away from me, there is always something to do or a problem to take care of.

I am on Facebook......a girl I have known since Junior High contacted me, we were pretty good friends then...it was kind of a love/hate relationship with her on my part. She was everything I wasnt then...self confident, pretty and she knew how to handle herself around the boys. It was all the teen age angst we all go through. She got married right out of high school, to my boyfriend at the time best friend, I dont think the marriage lasted longer than 6 months and they were divorced. After High School our lives went on different paths and I havent really had any contact with her. I have mixed feelings about reconnecting with her...I am sure it is just the old teenage angst raring its ugly head.

I know time and life has changed both of us and we are not the same girls we were back then.

It amazes me how after being out of school for 35 years all of the insecurities from that time can pop up. I will click on the friend button and put the angst back in the closet it belongs. Welcome back to my life Cheryl.

Spending time together

Chuck and I spent the day together in St Cloud. It was nice to have someone to talk to, it gets pretty lonely going everywhere by myself. I take Shiloh sometimes but she isn't a great conversationlist .
We went to the RV show and looked at motorhomes we couldn't afford. They have gotten really nice on the inside, marble floors, flat screen TVs, and all of the room the slide outs give you. I miss our motor home we had some good times in it. The trip with Cheri and the boys to Mesa Verde and all the trips Eulogio took with us in the summer to Minnesota, and the infamous koolaide corner on Hwy 76.
We are talking about going to something next weekend. It is nice my husband wants to spend time with me. We always have a good time talking and laughing.

Love Dust

Chuck says this is made from "Love Dust". He drew it outside our bedroom window on my birthday. He always thinks of things like this to do, pretty creative. He is pretty special guy.

Sunday was my 53rd birthday. I have days when I feel that old and other days where i cant believe it. I guess in my mind I am still in my 30s. Life is so different now than when i grew up. We could play anywhere in the neighborhood, we went out after dinner and played hide and seek. We had a freedom kids now days will never experience.

Spring

I am looking forward to Spring 33 days and counting. The winter seems to last forever and spring/ summer fly by. There are never enough days in summer to get every ting done. This year I am determined to get my flower beds back from the weeds. The grass grows better in them than it does in the yard. I know there are some gorgeous flowers in them some where.

This is my favorite rose it is called "Black Bacarra" it has been really hard to keep alive here in Minnesota. We moved over 100 roses from Colorado and maybe 20 of them have survived. Hurry up Spring!! I have lots of things to do!