Seriously, our life is so opposite of exciting, I know.
This weekend I brought the sewing machine along to the lake and spent Saturday sewing curtains. The fabric has been in the closet for over a year. (Procrastination.)
Anyway, yeah.
Jay took the kids swimming, over to the sand bar on the island, bike riding, while I sat in the dining room sewing.
before
that's a dishcloth around her freezie because it's too cold to hold.
But it's good. It feels surprisingly good to have it done--the same the feeling as when you open the door on a clean refrigerator. Ahhh.
after--later we even moved that stupid dog kennel out of there and brought in the dryer. sam likes to lie down in that kennel sometimes, so we didn't want to get rid of it entirely, but it gets very little use.
Today was a quiet day. The sleepover guests went home this evening after dark.
My sister and her daughters met us at the little pool this afternoon, so we sat in the shade and watched the kids swim. My beautiful niece came back and spent the evening with us. She turned fifteen yesterday, and she's tall, with dark hair and eyes, polite manners, is insightful and funny.
okay, see that pole in the middle? tim had on goggles and turned to splash into the water and went head first into that thing. he bit his tongue, hit his forehead hard, the poor kid. he staggered out of the pool to my arms, but shortly felt foolish and wrapped a towel around his head until he felt better. unh. who knew that could even happen?
The crew baked while I took Tim to softball, and they ate everything they made. They're good bakers. We enjoyed the bits that were left.
At the end of the night I drove my niece home in the dark. They live out in what once was the country. Even now, with housing developments all around them, the big farm on the hill is operational and it smells like my aunt's house, animals, milk, and warm grass. Their road is very dark with crunchy gravel, yellow lights in the windows.
We said good-bye and headed home again through the summer night, warm wind lifting our hair, Freddie Mercury on the radio. Back at home, we tucked Julia and Tim into bed, said prayers, and fetched the damned Yo-J.
Okay, this is a Julia story: One night last winter, I said I'd get the Yo-J while she was putting on her pajamas. She said no, no, no. "First pray the prayers. Then kiss us and shut off the lights. THEN I'll yell for Yo-J."
Yeah, it felt like a plot designed to annoy.
Sigh. Beautiful, perfect July. love, Val
Fabulous curtains! I have fabric that will someday be curtains, too. Only I've been carting it around for over 3 years now. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great time you're all having there. :)
I love, love, love your curtains. :0) And I love that someone else stores procrastination sewing projects in their closet other than me!
ReplyDeleteYour big doggie fits in that kennel?
Oh, and all your pool pictures look so refreshing! We don't have any kind of outdoor pool around here to indulge in. I will live vicariously through your family.
The dog likes that kennel because it's her baby bed...she tucks herself in there when she's really tired and needs to sleep--something that pretty much never happens in the city, only at the lake.
ReplyDeleteI do love that little pool. It's the most awesome little pool. Today it was almost 100 degrees and we don't have a/c. We fled to the Little Pool. Then I fell asleep on our bed before softball, during the news.
Hunh? What?
B.G. was at the wading pool with his Tuesday babysitter, so we swam with them and I got to kiss his cheeks.
I'm glad you like the curtains because you're good at this stuff. It's really, really hard to deal with a dark green livingroom adjacent to a kitchen with 80s PINK counter tops.
This is why it's been plain white enamel for a few years. Seems safest, lol. love, Val
You know what is funny? I was looking at your pictures and thinking how good the colors in your kitchen looked with the green of the grass outside. I didn't know your living room was dark green. I guess I like that combo, but then again, I liked the 80's. :0)
ReplyDelete100ยบ weather and no air conditioning! EEK! I'd live at that pool. We have a little window air conditioner and a small living space, so it gets us by on the scorching days.
Oh, the living room is not actually dark green. I said that wrong--the walls are that pine board stuff, but there used to be a dark green area rug and the curtains were green print.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that cabin was all 80s, slowly going away now. I didn't mind the 80s either, except for those stupid mauve and light blue geese. love, Val