I forgot the best part of spring/summer! (At least in TX, don't know about the midwest.)
THUNDERSTORMS!!!! yup, love 'em. Big ones that pop up out of nowhere. Awesome. That's all.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass . . . it's about learning how to dance in the rain." - Anonymous
Friday, June 11, 2010
SUMMERTIME!!!!
Hey there....long time no speak.
I love summer. Mostly because I'd rather be hot than cold. Not that I particularly enjoy TX summers all the time. Upper 90's is pushing it even for me. But I love it for other reasons. Although, in TX, there is no such thing as spring or fall. After it gets warm, it heats up super fast into Summer weather. And winter only happens for about 2 months. In Texas, there are 2 main seasons with 1 mini season. Hot, cool/cold for 3 months, with a mini spring that lasts for about 6 weeks, give or take. Fall doesn't exist in North Texas. Not enough rain and stays warm for too long, so all the leaves just kinda die instead of turning.
Now in the midwest, I'd say Fall is my favorite, just because of all the colors here. In fact, you could say there are 3 mini seasons of Fall, as the colors change every couple weeks until all the leaves are gone.
But summer is my favorite because of all the things you can do outside. I love being outdoors, as you all know. I want to hike, canoe, and kayak...all of which is on the agenda while I am in WI this summer.
Well, I was home in Dallas for about 2 weeks. It was a lot of fun....and hard work. And hot. My mom had surgery on both her foot and her shoulder within a week, so she couldn't get up and do much. Don't get me wrong...I love helping out, plus I got some sun (I'm so white!!). Scubbed the front porch (of all dirt and bird poo from the barn swallows that we breed in our porch overhangs. Cool to watch, but makes a big mess every summer.), planted flowers, remulched the flower beds, trimmed, blew out both garages....seems like I'm missing something. But that's the main of it, me and my sister slave monkeys. FYI, to all you Jillian Michaels facebook haters (you know who you are) "monkey" is a term of endearment. So don't hate.
As awful as doing all that sounds (and my sisters did much more yardwork like mowing and such than I did, partly owing to the fact that they are there all summer, note credit due), especially when it's anywhere between 95 and 105 degrees...not exaggerating...it was kinda fun. I should be careful about admitting this because I might get sucked in more, hehe, but I liked working outside. Except mowing. I hate mowing with a riding lawn mower. Call me crazy. Let me tell you the story. Our old riding mower, Moe, hated me. Every time I tried to mow with him he would shut off, not turn on, or have some other mechanical issue. EVERY TIME!! So the lawn ended up taking FOREVER. It could be me, and I know all of you are laughing, but I haven't been able to mow the lawn without something happening on a riding mower. Push mower, I love. I'm a pro. (Well starting it is hard, but other than that) Ride mower....rather not. Eventually Moe died and I haven't been able to even learn how to drive our new one. It's one of those John Deere foot pedal ones, with buttons instead of knobs. So maybe I'll learn to drive it one day. Maybe not.
I like doing most everything else. Or maybe I should ammend. I don't like the yard, but I like the gardens. Flower and veggie. I enjoyed planting flowers for my mom and trimming everything up, mulching and overall making them look pretty. I even got some weird satisfaction out of scrubbing the porch. You know that weird satisfaction you get from dusting baseboards or sweeping up big crumbs on the floor? Yeah, it's that same feeling. By the way, the best way to get rid of bird poo is degreaser. Makes it so easy.
I've also discovered that I'm becoming a little bit OCD about the kitchen. Well, not actually OCD, but termed in the loosest way. When I'm done with something, I have to clean the counters and make it look pretty. I have to wash everything right after I use it (something I'd never been great about doing). It now bugs me when ppl leave dishes in the sink or by the sink. All this I blame on my Landlady that I live with up at school. She has some house rules, one of them being the kitchen must always look nice when you are not in it. So no dirty dishes anywhere, clean up your messes, wash everything right away and put in dishwasher or dishrack, etc. There are 4 different places to throw waste items. You have to wipe off the bathroom sink with the sponge after you use it. These rules have changed me. Now, even when I go to other places or restaurants, if I make a water mess by the sink or leave crumbs where I ate in a restaurant I have to wipe them up. Thank you Diane Ragains for showing me the error of my former ways....I think, hehe. :)
We also saw Wicked the musical. If you have not seen Wicked.....GO SEE IT!! And bring binoculars if you are far away because it is worth watching their facial expressions. Everyone knows the music is amazing, and Alphaba singing 'Defying Gravity' on Broadway is the 7th wonder of the world. But the play is soooo funny and very clever. Not to mention a whole new vocabulary of made up words. Even has one kinda corny love scene/song in the middle, though the actual love story underneith all the action is not corny at all. Anyway, go find out for yourself.
What else...my cousin graduated high school. Got to see a lot of old friends. Went on a date, though I won't post on any of that here for obvious reasons...there is always the chance that whoever I date will find my blog and that would kill whatever mystery factor I possess. I'm so bad, hehe.
Henry the fish is doing well. He is in his 'summer condo' right now. I'm taking him up to WI with me, so he can't be in his bigger tank that he normally is in. Oh yeah, for those who don't know, I'm working up in Door County, WI near Egg Harbor. I'm going to be a counselor for a summer music camp called Birch Creek. It consists of 4 2-week camps: orchestra, steel pan/percussion, Jazz I and Jazz II. I'm' way excited. Basically, I'll be in charge of the students (ages 12-18) when they are not doing music stuff. It will kinda nice....usually I go to camps as a student. This time I can still be around music but not directly involved with it, which will be a nice break. I love being outdoors so I'm excited to focus on those activities. Don't worry, I'll be practicing my harp, probably during all my 'free time'. I have a lot of big stuff lined up for my next recitals in both the fall and next spring, plus doing a competition inn Denton, TX next summer. So I'll be plenty busy with music anyway.
Well that's about it. This is a really long post, but if you think about how long it's been since I posted, it's way overdue. And I'm going to do a much better job this summer, since there will be so much going on that I'll actually want to write about. I'll try to post some pics that I took at home, there there aren't very many. I'll take loads at WI. Also, don't forget to check out my photoblog soon for more pics I've taken recently. I'll try to post them in the next week. Toodles!!
I love summer. Mostly because I'd rather be hot than cold. Not that I particularly enjoy TX summers all the time. Upper 90's is pushing it even for me. But I love it for other reasons. Although, in TX, there is no such thing as spring or fall. After it gets warm, it heats up super fast into Summer weather. And winter only happens for about 2 months. In Texas, there are 2 main seasons with 1 mini season. Hot, cool/cold for 3 months, with a mini spring that lasts for about 6 weeks, give or take. Fall doesn't exist in North Texas. Not enough rain and stays warm for too long, so all the leaves just kinda die instead of turning.
Now in the midwest, I'd say Fall is my favorite, just because of all the colors here. In fact, you could say there are 3 mini seasons of Fall, as the colors change every couple weeks until all the leaves are gone.
But summer is my favorite because of all the things you can do outside. I love being outdoors, as you all know. I want to hike, canoe, and kayak...all of which is on the agenda while I am in WI this summer.
Well, I was home in Dallas for about 2 weeks. It was a lot of fun....and hard work. And hot. My mom had surgery on both her foot and her shoulder within a week, so she couldn't get up and do much. Don't get me wrong...I love helping out, plus I got some sun (I'm so white!!). Scubbed the front porch (of all dirt and bird poo from the barn swallows that we breed in our porch overhangs. Cool to watch, but makes a big mess every summer.), planted flowers, remulched the flower beds, trimmed, blew out both garages....seems like I'm missing something. But that's the main of it, me and my sister slave monkeys. FYI, to all you Jillian Michaels facebook haters (you know who you are) "monkey" is a term of endearment. So don't hate.
As awful as doing all that sounds (and my sisters did much more yardwork like mowing and such than I did, partly owing to the fact that they are there all summer, note credit due), especially when it's anywhere between 95 and 105 degrees...not exaggerating...it was kinda fun. I should be careful about admitting this because I might get sucked in more, hehe, but I liked working outside. Except mowing. I hate mowing with a riding lawn mower. Call me crazy. Let me tell you the story. Our old riding mower, Moe, hated me. Every time I tried to mow with him he would shut off, not turn on, or have some other mechanical issue. EVERY TIME!! So the lawn ended up taking FOREVER. It could be me, and I know all of you are laughing, but I haven't been able to mow the lawn without something happening on a riding mower. Push mower, I love. I'm a pro. (Well starting it is hard, but other than that) Ride mower....rather not. Eventually Moe died and I haven't been able to even learn how to drive our new one. It's one of those John Deere foot pedal ones, with buttons instead of knobs. So maybe I'll learn to drive it one day. Maybe not.
I like doing most everything else. Or maybe I should ammend. I don't like the yard, but I like the gardens. Flower and veggie. I enjoyed planting flowers for my mom and trimming everything up, mulching and overall making them look pretty. I even got some weird satisfaction out of scrubbing the porch. You know that weird satisfaction you get from dusting baseboards or sweeping up big crumbs on the floor? Yeah, it's that same feeling. By the way, the best way to get rid of bird poo is degreaser. Makes it so easy.
I've also discovered that I'm becoming a little bit OCD about the kitchen. Well, not actually OCD, but termed in the loosest way. When I'm done with something, I have to clean the counters and make it look pretty. I have to wash everything right after I use it (something I'd never been great about doing). It now bugs me when ppl leave dishes in the sink or by the sink. All this I blame on my Landlady that I live with up at school. She has some house rules, one of them being the kitchen must always look nice when you are not in it. So no dirty dishes anywhere, clean up your messes, wash everything right away and put in dishwasher or dishrack, etc. There are 4 different places to throw waste items. You have to wipe off the bathroom sink with the sponge after you use it. These rules have changed me. Now, even when I go to other places or restaurants, if I make a water mess by the sink or leave crumbs where I ate in a restaurant I have to wipe them up. Thank you Diane Ragains for showing me the error of my former ways....I think, hehe. :)
We also saw Wicked the musical. If you have not seen Wicked.....GO SEE IT!! And bring binoculars if you are far away because it is worth watching their facial expressions. Everyone knows the music is amazing, and Alphaba singing 'Defying Gravity' on Broadway is the 7th wonder of the world. But the play is soooo funny and very clever. Not to mention a whole new vocabulary of made up words. Even has one kinda corny love scene/song in the middle, though the actual love story underneith all the action is not corny at all. Anyway, go find out for yourself.
What else...my cousin graduated high school. Got to see a lot of old friends. Went on a date, though I won't post on any of that here for obvious reasons...there is always the chance that whoever I date will find my blog and that would kill whatever mystery factor I possess. I'm so bad, hehe.
Henry the fish is doing well. He is in his 'summer condo' right now. I'm taking him up to WI with me, so he can't be in his bigger tank that he normally is in. Oh yeah, for those who don't know, I'm working up in Door County, WI near Egg Harbor. I'm going to be a counselor for a summer music camp called Birch Creek. It consists of 4 2-week camps: orchestra, steel pan/percussion, Jazz I and Jazz II. I'm' way excited. Basically, I'll be in charge of the students (ages 12-18) when they are not doing music stuff. It will kinda nice....usually I go to camps as a student. This time I can still be around music but not directly involved with it, which will be a nice break. I love being outdoors so I'm excited to focus on those activities. Don't worry, I'll be practicing my harp, probably during all my 'free time'. I have a lot of big stuff lined up for my next recitals in both the fall and next spring, plus doing a competition inn Denton, TX next summer. So I'll be plenty busy with music anyway.
Well that's about it. This is a really long post, but if you think about how long it's been since I posted, it's way overdue. And I'm going to do a much better job this summer, since there will be so much going on that I'll actually want to write about. I'll try to post some pics that I took at home, there there aren't very many. I'll take loads at WI. Also, don't forget to check out my photoblog soon for more pics I've taken recently. I'll try to post them in the next week. Toodles!!
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