Almost the weekend ...

Of course I started off Monday saying I would be busy ... and I have. I really need a good weather weekend with my husband to get some of our home jobs done. Right now I have a a huge pile of dirt and rocks sitting on my driveway that need to be properly placed into the backyard. Rain would greatly interfere with that.

This is one of two raised vegetable planters made by my husband and 2nd daughter. We are hoping to put them into this sunny spot where we seem to have trouble keeping grass (partly a dog issue and partly a water run off issue). We'll add the dirt and pea gravel to help out with all of that.

This is another eyesore in our house. The front door is wood/glass and the wood is fading and splintering. This weekend we are hoping to sand, use some wood putty, paint (dark charcoal), and replace the hardware (and kick plates). No more brass ... YAY!

See ... bad splintering.

This is my front bench which needs a little TLC. It has partially been power washed, but needs to be finished and lightly sanded. I've already repainted the flower pots and put some nice geraniums in them.

In other news ...

My older two girls have been completely consumed with play practice and rehearsals. This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday they will participate in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Mostly this is a high school production with some middle school actors. My one daughter is in the chorus and the other is part of the crew. Putting on a play is a lot of work and hours. Seems like any activity my girls do requires a lot of hours.

Auggie the puppy is doing well. He is getting quite playful and sometimes decides that we are his chew toys. When this happens we are all constantly redirecting him to eat HIS stuff. He was starting to sleep through the night, but 2x this week he has decided that evenings are quite exciting. Needless to say ... I AM TIRED. I also have been suspecting that Auggie is deaf. I know puppies don't like to listen, but other little clues led me to feel this way. I never said anything to my husband and he even mentioned it to me. This puppy sleeps hard and can remain in a sound sleep even if you scream over his head. Next week we head to the vet and hopefully I will find out if my suspicions are true. AT that point I will need to start training him with hand signals instead of voice commands. SO, this puppy just got a little harder to take care of ... sigh.

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Feeling every bit of 46 ... ugh!

When I was 45, I was feeling fabulous. I was fit, energetic, and I thought I could easily pass for 40;) Age was just a number and I certainly didn't think I felt or looked my true age. Then February 11th came and I turned 46. I have sciatica on my left side, my left knee is stiff, and I have plantar fasciitis in my right foot. I've resorted to stretching all the time and popping the occasional anti-inflammatory. There are dark circles under my eyes that I've had to start putting concealer on. My hair is growing out from last years 45 year old short hair, but it's just in an awkward stage. I can't decide if I want to cut it again or let it grow out. I even thought of styling my hair differently by doing a different hair part. That was a terrible idea because I was SHOCKED to see how much gray is now growing in the center of my scalp. I also think my metabolism is slowing down because my mid section seems a little thicker ... ...

"The Loveliness of The Seashore"

What is the "Seashore" like? "Where the sky meets the sea ... The seashore is a place where the sea and the sky are the same smoky gray until ... the morning sun breaks through. The hot noonday sun feels warm as a big soft cat covering you. And it seems there is nothing in the world except the sound of the wind and the rising and falling of waves." Over at Dawn 's there are so many wonderful books suggested on her blog. Earlier this month I couldn't help but to peek at some of them ... thanks Dawn! *The above quote came from The Seashore Book . The ocean moves in and then moves out. This place where water, sky and earth meet is never the same. The tide comes in, the tide goes out, each wave that returns pushes against the incoming swell as it is pulled back into the endless depths and swallowed into the vastness of an unknown deep. Such is each day of our "daily" lives. I grew up enjoying the sights, sound, and the surf of the NY/Jersey "shor...

A scattered post ...

I throw myself into stuff all the time. It can be anything from the start of a swim season, a new school year, the election, a vacation, an exercise routine etc. I'm kind of in a phase where I really don't know what my focus should be. I turned on the television and honestly, I have no idea what is on this fall season ... NO IDEA AT ALL . If I watched television in the past few months, it was something kid related or Fox News. I NEED A NEW FOCUS. My current thoughts ... reading a fictional, just for fun book stepping up my exercise routine thinking about our Christmas wish lists and shopping baking more ... I really am slacking in this area ways to save money so that we can get a new (second) washer and dryer for the upstairs (not a fancy kind because this would mostly be used by my oldest two children)... I actually have hookups. I wonder if a lot of people go through a sort of "lull" period this time of the year. Surely it doesn't last long with the start ...

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