Southern Living Yankee

This is the pool at our condo complex. See how empty it is? It's been like that most of the summer and now summer is almost over--it's not right! Aaron starts school tomorrow, and I'm sad about that--summer's way too short. I think he has mixed feelings--glad to be with his friends all day, but not so crazy about the schoolwork. Yes, he's perfectly normal. Brooke and Chris arrive Friday for the weekend, and we'll all be glad to see them. We had a great time with Mom & Dad Hardy last week. Didn't have time to get in the pool with them, but we did finally get the boat out to Caesar Creek Res. You know what? I think I need to put that pool to use. I'd better not keep it waiting! Thanks for checking in on me.

We were driving home from Cinci when it happened. You know the routine. Brakelights in front of you, bump behind you. Pull over to the side of the road, exchange insurance info, get psyched for hassles. We're thankful no one got hurt. Especially since we were in the left lane of the 3 or 4 lane northbound rush hour traffic. With cars flying past at 60+ mph and no safety lane available, every car that passed us increased our chances of being hit again. The cars were driveable so we got out of there. And I thought my trunk was small enough to start with. Oh well . . . Thanks for checking in on me. (By the way, we are having a lovely time with Mom & Dad Hardy visiting here this week). Drive safely!

Just slide the cursor of your mouse over onto Fudd's picture below. Left click once or twice and watch out!

Eenie , meenie , miney , mo-- What do I pack and what must go? That seems to sum up what I've been doing this week--if you can imagine the suitcase as my brain. I've been de -cluttering and prioritizing, trying to streamline what I need to do to make this book happen. Fudd (the cat) is a good picture of the pesky ideas that want to fill my brain and my time instead of the stuff I really need to take on this writing journey. I'm being vague, aren't I? That's because it's pretty vague to me, too. But I'll press on. I think at this point, that's about all I need to do. That's enough. So, just keep praying I can see the road ahead and the signs pointing the way. I'm thinking it'll all work out. And, family, our own family blog seems to be a pretty popular idea according to the vote. I think my mom would be a great one to set it up and manage it, don't you? (I love you, Mom.) Thanks for checking in on me. Fudd thanks you, too.