Summer is quickly passing

You know summer is approaching in it's end when the aisles of target and walmart get stocked with discount "back to school supplies".  I love that commercial that came out some time ago, the one where the dad is riding the shopping cart like a scooter while tossing school items in at random.  The dad has a great big smile and the background music is singing "it's the most wonderful time of the year",{ a familiar Christmas jingle} All the while a school age boy and girl walk slowly behind the cart and gleeful dad, with this "I- am -deadman-walking" looks on their faces.  Trust me it is hillarious.

I am excited about a new school year, and yet, that means Al will be back on evening shift and I on days.  It also means my life will get a whole lot busier with adding a 40 hour school job to my 8 hour support staff job.  I do like the structure it gives my life though, and it helps me work out more, as I am in town every day and able to get to curves, where I work out or use the weight room at work.

I still have a month to lull around and enjoy the sweet days of summer.  I really need to take in a farmers market or two before they are done for the season.

On a positive note, I did get a lot of decluttering and organizing done around the house. Some long over due projects.  I still need to shampoo and clean the carpets,assist Al in getting the garage done with the recently acquired cabinets we are adding out there, and later when it cools down some we have to clean out and gut out the cabin.  What we have done so far amazes me when I open an organized closet or use our once neglected basement.  Oh I definitely need to dust....

Scott and Angie were here on a recent stay and helped me dust cobwebbs with the whoolly they had given me.....They both have allergies and they both were sneezing and suffering with allergy attacks.  Our new kitty was a part of that, but we also seem to live on a dust plain.   ( we live in the boonies on a dirt road in the front yard and a flooded wet land in the back yard)  needless to say it is a war against the elements.