Digging Out

We have been home for over a week now, but I am still digging out from underneath my long To Do list.  I have been busy, but haven't felt like I have accomplished much.  Yesterday was different.  I did some major cleaning in and outside the house.  We washed both our cars and I said a final farewell to the Minnesota bugs gracing the front of mine.  I wasn't sad to see them go.  Following up that burst of productivity, I awoke rejuvenated this morning and finally pulled almost 500 pics off my camera before starting my work day.  I got through most, but didn't have time to set up a blog post until now.  Because five o'clock somewhere has finally reached five o'clock here.  Yay!

While we were in Minnesota, we jumped.

We ran.  Or rather, Todd ran and I rollerbladed next to him.

We enjoyed the view.

I enjoyed watching my boy grow up a little bit more as he was allowed to navigate.

We enjoyed some fabulous sunsets.

Did a little kayaking in the wannabe kayak.  I wasn't brave stupid enough to bring my camera in that.  Especially with a girl child on my lap.  We did not tip, but water coming in from the oar got us a bit wet.  Made a note-to-self to not be brave next time and leave my camera on the shore.

And we put our feet up.  My feet were up a lot, actually.  The kids were off and running with grandmas, aunts, uncles, cousins and new friends.  They were wound up and high on life, stretching the days well past darkness (and boy did darkness come late Up North) and playing volleyball or basketball until they could no longer see.  I caught up on some reading, as well as cleaning out my computer of photos that were not needed which freed up close to 20 gigs of space.  So even though my feet were up, I still managed to be productive.  Yay me.  :)

I have been on the torch twice since coming home (once each weekend) and have made a total of 40 beads.  With the exception of four, they're all sitting in the sink waiting to be cleaned.  I'm not sure when my next shop update will be, but not setting a date so I don't have to offer up lame excuses later.  Getting the beads cleaned and then photographed would be helpful.

And on a parting note, I had a Sally Field moment of "She loves me, she really really loves me!" this morning after I read Mallory's post.  Mallory has been in my thoughts a lot over the last few months as she has stood by her daughter's side fighting off cancer.  Her daughter was just declared 100% cancer free last week.  After living through multiple cancer battles in my own family over the last two decades, I rejoiced with Mallory like she were my own family.