Wednesday, July 29, 2009

A change of scenery

Recently, I got a laptop as a graduation gift. Awesome! I have had a wonderful time moving around to work instead of being chained down to my desk for hours and hours a day. I have experimented with working in the backyard while the kids play, in the kitchen, watching them through the window with their neighbor-friends. But, here is my favorite spot to work now:




It is such a happy spot with a sunny window and a view of my roses. Unfortunately, the roses have been infested with beetles recently and I lost many flowers, but that seems to be resolving itself now with no intervention on my part. Beetles are bad, but did you know cardinals eat beetles? I have been delighted on several days to see cardinals sitting on the branches of the rose bush, eating the unwanted bugs. Hummingbirds like the red flowers as well. I actually see a new batch of roses forming as I type this, so hopefully my feathered friends will come back to enjoy the new flowers the same as me.

I am so thankful for this gift - something I have wanted but not needed for quite a while. Hopefully, it will also prove useful for school things this semester. I will be in class for 8 hours each day day Tuesday and Wednesday, so perhaps I will be able to use the laptop on occasion on campus as well. Happy days!

Monday, July 6, 2009

Camping

We went camping (for the first time) over the long weekend. It was a big success - aside from the rain that held off just until it was time for us to pack up Sunday morning....guess we should have gone home Saturday evening as we had originally planned, but no one wanted to rush home. Here are some of my favorite pictures: