Furlough - Get it While It's Hot

What a hot week! The weather has completely thrown off our furlough plans. It's too hot to dig up the back and front yard and too wet to camp! So what does that leave us? - a trip to Marbles, family snuggle time in the bed, tilling, smooshing the green bugs on my broccoli plants, picking beans, a little teaching, a trip to BJ's, ten times the cooking we usually do, tv watching, fire ant killing, raking, music listening, water pipe fixing, pottery, home oil changing, playing in the water hose, diaper changing, room cleaning, and a lot of sitting around in pajamas in the evening.

It's been great, and even though we haven't accomplished all we hoped, Daniel has loved having both parents and the greater variety of activities. He has turned into quite a little monkey and is climbing on and off of everything. While he used to have the magic ability to see through counter tops and reach for things, he now can peek over the tops to grab exactly what he wants, whether it is a bunch of bananas or a bag of chips.



I'm not sure what Daniel and I will do Monday when Joe goes back to work. I've dropped off the play date radar as we were out of town last week and have been in the bubble this week. So here's a shout out to my mommy friends, "Helllllloooooooooo out there! Want to make plans?" And to everyone else, stop by my pottery website. It's pretty. If you want to make plans too, Daniel prefers adults anyhow.