Summertime

It has been a while since I have posted any new posts, but with good reason: last week was so hectic! Sunday through Thursday was VBS, Friday was a shopping trip and sleepover at Debbie's house, Saturday was the Father's Day Hoedown (which was a great success), Sunday was church and Youth Group, and the rest of the week was spent recuperating. So you will pardon me, I'm sure, for my lack of updates.

So with VBS out of the way, it's time for a nice, relaxing summer!

Yeah right.

There's CCFC projects, church projects, our brother Nick coming over, the county fair, The National Miniature Convention in Indianapolis, horse shows, dog shows, a possible trip to Tennessee, and right in the middle, my birthday.

True, all the events listed above are fun, and I am looking forwards to them (well, most of them...), but the fact remains that all of those things and more, to be squeezed into less then three months, will provide a very busy, and most likely chaotic summer.

Right now we are in a momentary lull, with nothing happening for a while. But one of those days on the calender, circled in ominous black pen; when it comes, so will all the others, practically at once, pressing down upon us like a massive ocean wave, trapping us under the crushing black waters, until finally we surface, gasping for air as the winds grow chilly and the leaves turn orange at summer's end.

Ahem.

Anyway, most likely I will continue having trouble posting frequently on here. Hopefully, though, I'll find some interesting things to post about. I'd rather read one fascinating, awe-inspiring, amazing post a month, then an every-day account of me being bored and unable to think of something to write about. But with all this stuff going on this summer, I'm sure I'll think of something.

I love summer. Regardless of the lack of relaxation time, the heat, and numerous biting insects,
summer still remains on of my favorite seasons. Let's throw in a dictionary definition, just for fun:

sum·mer [súmmər]
n (plural sum·mers)
1.
warmest season: the warmest season of the year, falling between spring and autumn. It runs from June to August in the northern hemisphere and from December to February in the southern hemisphere.
2.
warm weather: the warm weather associated with the summer season
3.
period of great happiness: a period of greatest happiness, success, or fulfillment in the life of somebody or something
4.
year: a year, especially of somebody's age (literary):
a man of 70 summers

Hmm... I think there's some stuff they didn't cover here. I mean seriously, when someone says 'summer' do you think, "The warmest season of the year, falling between spring and autumn"? Let me add a bit:

5. A time for activities such as camping, swimming, playing beach volleyball, reading on the front porch, walking around barefoot, catching fireflies, eating watermelon, celebrating the 4th of July, having picnics, watching fireworks, going to the county fair, roasting marshmallows, driving with the windows down, eating Popsicles, going to family reunions, wading in the creek, playing Frisbee, and much more.

There it is. Summertime, in a nutshell. But now I must leave you, faithful reader, for other things must be done. But I shall return in time to write again.

Blogs I Follow

Greetings, Readers.
First of all, I apologize for not writing any new posts for such a long time. But sometimes, the way life is, when you get a free moment you just want to sit and do nothing instead of thinking of something original and nice to write. And life has been very busy lately. But that's not what I'm going to write about...Not today, anyway.

As you most likely can see, situated on the right side of the screen before you there is a list, the title being, 'Blogs I Follow'. So it is about these blogs that I am writing about today. The newest blog I'm following was created today by my sister, Sarah, AKA Hoosier Horse Girl. You will find our writing styles quite different. Sarah will be posting a lot of pictures, something that I don't really do,

1. Because I write so much that it doesn't seem like I have room for pictures,
and
2. Sarah usually beats me to posting pictures, so it would be silly to have the same pictures of two sites.

Anyway, check out Sarah's blog, just click the link on the right.

The Homeplace is our family business in Plainfield, Indiana. The Homeplace has dollhouse miniatures, antiques, and country gifts. My mom is in charge of this blog, and does an excellent job. Drop by the shop in person sometime, we'd be glad to have you. (unless you're some evil person trying to stalk me...we wouldn't be glad to have you then) Visit the site by---you guessed it, clicking the link. The graphics on The Homeplace blog were done by a friend, Aya, who has the other blog I'm following:

StrawberryKoi Vintage. It's all about vintage clothes. It is way awesome. Aya posts very frequently, and includes darling pictures of all her vintage outfits. She also has Youtube videos on how to do vintage hairstyles. If you like vintage in any way, shape, or form, you must click that link on the left and visit.

But that's all for now. I promise to write more!