Entertainment Rental

Have you ever noticed that life in the blogging world seems to take a hiatus as soon as Summer starts? Part of me wants to complain because I love reading the stories people have to post. They seem to make my day go by so much better. (And no, that isn't because I think my life is better. The stories just make me smile.)

The other part of me understands that as soon as summer rolls around there are a million and one better things to do than sit around staring at the computer. (That doesn't actually mean I get the ambition to do any of those million and one things though. One can dream.)

Unfortunately, I don't think there are really any amazing stories to update you on. Fielding and I were supposed to go on a great trip to Capital Reef. One Fielding planned almost exclusively on his own. And had we gone, I'm pretty sure I'd have some great pictures to share. I got sick though with a sinus infection/cold and Fielding ended up taking care of over the 'vacation' time we'd planned. He was so nice to take care of my whiny self. (I'm a terrible sick person. Definitely one that should be left behind to die so I don't draw attention from zombies or bad guys.)

Beyond that, Fielding and I's life has been blase. He shifted his work schedule and I accepted a new one. I know I should be more excited for it, but it just hasn't fully sunk in yet. My last day was today and my new job starts Monday. Maybe by then it will start to feel a bit less surreal.

Oh, sorry. I guess overall this whole post is about how...blah, regular, vanilla, etc. our life is. Luckily, I can live vicariously through rental children (i.e. nieces/nephews) that are returned to their parents after I'm done laughing and teaching them terrible things. Colin learned to throw snails over the fence while we were all weeding at my parents' and kept coming over to see if I'd found another one. Lily has reminded me that 'ugly' is a bad word and we don't say it. (Unfortunately, I just replaced it with the word unattractive. One day I'll learn.) And tonight is supposed to be a slumber party with Gage. (Hopefully, I'll get some stories out of it to tell.) He crazy, sporadic, and loud. Just the kind of kid I need to create some madness. Bring it on.

Otherwise I'll have to find something else and then what will I do?

Summer Days

Wow! Why is it when summer comes around I seem to lose track of the time since I last wrote a post?

This last month has been crazy busy, but in all the best kinds of ways. Let's see. Where to start...
I 'volunteered' Fielding and I to help out at one of my coworker's houses. She and her husband just bought their house a few months ago and they've been busy making improvements to their yard. We helped them move some rocks, finish a chain link fence, and clear a flowerbed. Mostly my goal was to get Fielding and I out to do something, but Fielding became ambitious.

The next thing I knew Fielding started working heavily on our yard and coming up with plans for what he wants to do in the future. We now have 1.75 weeded flower beds, a smattering of mint, and one raspberry cut we may voluntarily give up if we can steal some cuts from the neighbor. They have Bear Lake raspberries and Fielding even likes them. (That's saying something 'cause Fielding HATES raspberries.) Fielding also bought a hedge trimmer, but with how prickly the hedge is it's just terrible work. He also took the time to thatch (rake all the dead stuff out) the grass so he could seed it for new grass. And from what I can tell, the thatching and water is working because we have baby grass. I actually excited to see how it all works out. Hopefully this ambition will last through the rest of summer and we can move on to bigger projects for next year.

Outside of that, Fielding and I have been spending a lot of the weekends down in Herriman with his family. We have hit up the new reservoir pretty much every weekend. I love it. It's like going to the beach without having to drive 12 hours to get there. Last time we invited my youngest sister and her son, Colin, and my youngest brother. It was great times. Though all of the Roe's seemed to go home with sunburns. (I know it's bad, but we all hate sunscreen.) I also (unfortunately) promised Fielding's dad that I would go paddle boarding the next time we're out. I still don't know how I feel about this, but I hope it goes as well in real life as my mind thinks it can. Doubtful, but I guess I can dream.

But the reservoir isn't the only reason to go visit his family, outside of good conversation they always seem to have delicious food. There are the raspberry bushes for a quick treat and when you have the time Ray (Fielding's dad) always seems to be able to cook up delicious food. He's got grilling and dutch oven down to an art. And I'm always a fan of delicious food.

Beyond that mostly I've just been sitting around waiting for people to pop. Jeniece had her daughter in June and my sister just had her Buddha baby yesterday. Now all I have to do is sit around waiting to hear when the next sibling will pop. Oh well, I guess I'll just stay away from the water. =)