Back to the Grindstone and all that.

Things I have been up to lately...

1)  Oh WAIT.

I don't HAVE to make lists anymore!  Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.  Sweet relief!

As fun as they were---I am happy to have a list break.  Bet you are too.  Am I right or am I right?

Thank you for all my birthday wishes!  You all really made my day!

Turns out, 30 ain't so bad.  Truth is, I'd happily turn 30 ANY day if it meant getting a love note.    (Though the skunk one really stumped me pretty good-until Matt said it was a FIGURATIVE skunk, not a literal one.  Doi, Rebecca)

 

Matt took off on Friday of last week AND on Monday and Tuesday!!! making a superbly wonderful week that felt very much like it was mine, my own little birthday week.

Even though much of that "vacation" time was spent doing very large jobs around the place (more on those later...) it was sweetened with togetherness and speckled with frivolty.  

I sat on a blanket and painted.

I read.

We went on walks and wrestled in the yard and had wheelbarrel races.

I had my first greenhouse trip of the year, a balm for my summer-loving soul.

We snuggled on the couch and watched movies.

We had strawberry daiquiris at home.

 I thought very little about dinners.

We had played in dirt.

We hung hammocks.

Each night we came into the house all covered in dirt and hot and exhausted and very very content.

It was grand.   

I just realized how listy this post actually is.  Oops.  

 I guess old habits die hard....