Spent yesterday giving the girls summer haircuts and pumping up a nice sized blow up pool to battle the summer heat. Love all their new looks and so thankful for my neighbor’s air compressor. I would have passed out if I used the bike pump for more than ten minutes. Now if I could just figure out a way to rig the pool to stay put at the bottom of the tree house slide, we’d have a water slide presto! Just not sure how safe it would be as of yet. 

The last time we tried to rig a Mr. Turtle pool at the bottom of the slide, even padded the interior for a soft landing, poor little light-weight Sarah landed in the pool and popped right out, onto the driveway, on her little bottom. Ouchie! Not exactly how we had hoped it would work. This pool is much larger and the blow up walls taller and better barriers for potential crashing. Hmmm? For now, we’ll leave it on the driveway until I think of a plan that passes Hubby’s safety inspection. He wasn’t too happy when he heard about Sarah’s sore tush. Yeah. This mommy needs to hang up her engineering hardhat and keep her day job. 

Speaking of… 
The girls left today, to spend a week with their cousins in Delaware. Bittersweet parting when we hug and kiss each other for the tenth time. Just to get one more squeeze in. 

My goal this week is to write till my fingers freeze, my wrists scream stop or the screen reads the two words “The End.” Whichever comes first. Hopefully the latter. With all the chaos and work involved with Papa’s health, my writing has been shoved to the bottom of the priority list. Barely squeezed out the blogs as of late. Somehow. 

If the stories have been a little scattered, the connections a little far-fetched, or the topics a little all over the place (oh wait, that’s the usual!), thanks for understanding. My goals for this week are simple: to work out, eat simple meals, and pump out the pages. Have no intention to cook. And every motivation to write every minute hubby is working. When he leaves for work, I leave. When he comes home, I’ll come home. We’ll live like yuppies *remember that term! for a week. 

Smoothies for breakfast. Sushi for lunch. Dinner can include cheese and crackers. Hummus and veggies. Coffee. Gotta have my coffee. And a movie night or two. Spidey, I’ve ignored you long enough! 😉 And maybe even a little kayaking date if the tide times cooperate. And walks. Looking forward to some summer night strolls to connect. And sleep. Nothing like uninterrupted sleep. 

Let the pages production party begin! Not planning to bore you with a daily word count or anything, just thought I’d share the happenings this side of lovely Locust Valley. 

Happy Summer Days all. Sip lemonade. Jump in a sprinkler. And stay cool. 🙂

**What’s your favorite thing about summer time? 

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