The thoughts running through my brain this morning:
YAY! She won't be bored.
Sigh. My girl is growing up so fast.
Wahoo I have free time!
I have no idea what to do-wait, I know-I can blog!
(Especially since I am long overdue).
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| Ready to roll! |
We've had several adventures with a couple of basic meltdowns tossed in the
mix. She was a bit bored this time
around but it ended up on a higher note when all the kids around here settled
down for the rest of the summer and began their daily games of zombies,
army, and Minecraft.
I've been posting tidbits on social media over the
summer so most of you have gotten a glimpse of how it's gone. Update: the peppermint oil worked. My car is now spiderless.
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| My girl turned 10! |
This past
weekend, Mariah had a birthday and entered double-digit territory. I'm feeling sense of loss as she's my
youngest. I'm also amazed at how fast the time has gone. It seems like
yesterday we were celebrating kindergarten. My girl is growing up!
We were going over some things for this school year
and I had to have the talk. You know the
ones moms have with their daughters:
BOYS
She's
complained for the last month about the boys acting stupid and
dumb. I had to explain to her that boys
are kind of silly at this age and to just go play somewhere else. She told me
she plans to terrorize them at school and I immediately asked what she meant.
"I'm going to chase them at recess all over the
playground."
Oh,
Mariah, you might want to rethink that
strategy.
And so it
begins.
In other news, two of my favorite bands have
released EPs over the summer.
Dead End Sky released Tomorrow Can't Wait and my
favorite track is still Always followed by Only One Tear Left.
Letters From the Fire released their self-titled EP
and I've absolutely fallen for the track Waiting followed closely by Zombies in the Sun.
My beloved LUX series by Jennifer Armentrout was completed
over the summer. I felt all ends were
tied up well and it was not lackluster or contrived. One thing about this author is that whenever
she writes a series, it's well thought out from beginning to end before she
goes to print.
Many of her
books follow a similar pattern but she has a real gift for making them unique
so reading them is not redundant. She is one of two authors that I have
loved every book they've written. The other is Anne McCaffrey.
What's coming up for me:
My own writing has been sporadic this summer and one goal I have is to work my novels this
fall.
I also plan to get out and about to assorted
locations to see what Autumn colors I can photograph. I also want to work on
photographing people. I've been asked to
shoot several events this summer and declined because I'm afraid it would end up
in disaster. So I want to get my
confidence up before I take one so important.
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I will also be putting a lot of effort into learning
how to use my Adobe Elements so I can take the step into Lightroom/Photoshop. I
thank you all for the compliments about my existing work that you've given
me-they mean a lot. I always said I'd
stay au-naturale, but to get a bit more of what I want in a finished product a
tiny bit of editing would clear up the things that irk me. (washed out skies,
hazy backgrounds, etc.)
There are a few other things going on in my life
that I will blog about soon, but in my goal of keeping it as close to 500 words
as possible, they will have to wait.
Until next time,
Robyn :)
Note: Due to circumstances I have had to alter my
workout regime. I am happy to report my health
is slowly heading an encouraging direction!
