Hi everybody! Didn't want you to think that I gave up on here... ha ha.
We have had a busy and eventful Summer, and I will give you the very briefest of highlights since the furnace guy is coming and then I need to hit the studio:
1. Studio, you ask? I am in the throes of a major Steelers Hoodie production--8 orders due the end of this week. They were supposed to be done and shipped by the end of JUNE, but....
2. Our Summer was majorly interrupted by Susie getting acute appendicitis at Summer Camp in NY. We zoomed down there June 30th to find out Susie's appendix had burst--one of the worst abdominal traumas the surgeon had ever seen. She was in the hospital in Northern PA for ten days. I was basically a refugee for two weeks--thank goodness my parents live near there so the girls could stay there and come back and forth to visit. (I did not, would not, COULD not leave Susie!) Scott ran back and forth taking care of work, the house, the dog and the kids. Mom and Dad provided food, clothing, shelter and cheerleading. And....FRAPPE'S. Yes, there are restorative powers in McDonald's caramel frappes. I've proven it.
Susie was very scary sick, and even needed a second operation to clear up a secondary infection, but now she is ok and doing better each day. (AMEN!) Thank you so much for all of your prayers, cards and words of support.
3. We were given Dr.'s blessing to return to CT the middle of July where we have been whooping it up, Winsted style, ever since.
4. Season tickets to Six Flags have proven a very worthy Christmas present. Susie can't swim or ride the worst, er, best, rides, but she is a good sport and finds many things she can do there. We attended the Mitchell Musso concert there last week--(he is a co-star of Hannah Montanna...cute teeny bopper dude) it was cute. Scott and I embarrassed Susie and Dan by showing them how to act at a concert. Alannah and Aidan were very glad they were at their Dad's for ten days and missed that!
5. Our home life has kept us very busy in our garden which is 4 times bigger than it was last year. Our garden is churning out a king's bounty on a daily basis. We are having fun keeping up with canning pickles and freezing beans and squash. The kids are master bean pickers. Tomatoes are just starting to overwhelm us (never a problem). The corn is probably going to be ready in a few weeks if we can keep the skunks from knocking it over when they dig for grubs. I guess that is better than Dad's problems with racoons who eat the corn.... ours is just growing lying down on the ground. Other fun things in there: peas, beets, summer squash, winter squash, lima beans, collard greens, hot peppers, sweet peppers and cabbage, rhubarb, onions, leeks and horseradish. The Dr. at my annual appointment said I should take a daily vitamin.... yeah, right! I will eat a fresh tomato every day, thank you!
6. We are still enjoying the fire pit with weekly cookouts and neighborhood s'mores. Neighborhood firework displays are dazzling. The kids have no end of things to do.
7. Vacation Bible School is this week and all four kids are either attending or helping there. I remember loving that as a kid, so I am glad that my kids seem to love it just as much. Susie loves the music, crafts and bible stories. Dan loves the games and snacks. Aidan loves....the counselors. (SIGH!) Alannah has had appointments all week, so today is her first day and she is helping with the 3 and 4 year olds. I bet she will need a nap this afternoon.
8. It will be my (big, scary 40th) birthday in a few weeks, and so far Scott's mom is coming to visit. Scott and I are going to see Tom Petty in concert in Hartford. I think we are going to have some kind of cook out or something... there is a lot of whispering and wheeling and dealing going on.... The big town fireman's field days are that week--a seriously big deal around here. Dan saw the signs with all the pictures of the carnival and events and Scott told him that was my birthday party. It was pretty funny--he has Dan believing that the whole town is invited to my party!
9. I guess that is the most of what is going on. The Summer goes way too fast, even though school here is starting "late" this year--September 1st. It still has flown way by too soon. Alannah starts band camp the week before that--she is joining the color guard. I think that is a great idea!
Hope you are all well and enjoying Summer as much as we are! Stay cool!
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