The other side

of summer that is..the downhill slope, past the tipping point...in other words, there is less left than there has already been!  Under five weeks at this point!  Is it bad I'm getting kind of excited for school to start?  There was a discussion on a good friend's facebook thread about that today and it was quite interesting how it was fairly evenly divided amongst us who was already counting down and who was not!  Don't get me wrong, we're still having a good time but the constant bickering gets to be a strain after a while!  Although E has a theory about that~for the first time in 4 years, they will be in different schools and maybe this is their attempt to show love, you know...like when you were a kid and a boy hitting you meant he actually liked you~ sounds like a great explanation to me...and I haven't got a better one so let's go with that!

As for us, we had a nice a quiet fourth around here due to sinus and ear infections and a relatively slow last week except for my cooking up a storm.  Well, not really cooking, crockpotting actually!  We didn't feel like grilling every night and so I have been trying out several recipes and it has been delish!  We had chili, pulled BBQ pork, yummy turkey meatballs and hashcass(B's name for the hashbrown casserole).  All cooked in my wonderful crockpot although not all done in the amount of time I planned, they worked out none the less and everyone loved them!  We also did a special red, white and blue tribute on the fourth~and it was yummy too!

As always hope you all are well and...

Blog ya later-

K

Summer

Ahh, that sweet word that we mournfully draw out in the fall when we are bemoaning its end, dream of in the cold dark of winter when it is just a speck on our horizon of the new year, giggily anticipate in the spring as school comes to a close and all of the wonders of the late nights and fun filled days dance through our minds, and then....enjoy for a moment before what we call reality sets in!

Don't get me wrong, but.....summer has been packed and crazy and full of kids and ...I miss my friends...I miss having my kids gone for 8 hours a day and being able to think and complete something without having to start and restart it 20-100 times, I miss having a leisurely cup of coffee while I surfed the latest news, I miss not constantly having my intelligence on everything called into question, and mostly I just miss my sanity.   Ok, I kid...some.  They are good kids and we have had fun with cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends so far and it just became July so I think that is pretty good overall. 

I think summer....while it is really nice, and I love bonding and crafts and pool time and silly stuff with the kids, is a reminder of sorts of when the kids were little and I, "K", ceased to exist, or at least it felt that way.  They are around me every waking moment and quite often I am having to do for them.  I'll admit as they have gotten older they have gotten better about doing for themselves, but they do still like to have me choose.  Everything is a contest you know....and so every fight, issue, decision, whatever, is a contest of sorts and one must be very careful of this and generally refuse to choose...that could be a chant!

And I suppose soon enough they won't need me to take them anywhere or be around and I suppose I will lament that then...but, right now it sounds not too bad sometimes!  In fact one of my favorite times has been walking in the morning!  Gets me going and is quiet with no demands except those on myself...nice :)

Anyhoo....have a wonderful weekend and Happy Independence Day!
 I know what movie I will be watching.....

Blog ya later-
K