Vacation

Vacation has started and I'm thrilled. I've already taken a 4 hour nap once home from work tonight. It was the kick off of my vacation. Now, its after 11pm and my hours begin to change and reverse from day and night. And I've even made some plans! A cookout on Sunday for Labor Day, which represents the official end of the summer to so many. After this weekend, so many return from their vacations, kids go back to school, the leaves are changing, apple picking time comes along, the nights have already started to cool which is wonderful. Autumn is also my favorite time of year. I don't mind that the summer now nears it's end. I enjoy what is ahead too much. So, besides a cookout on Sunday, which will be my own celebration of Labor Day, the end of summer, the start of my vacation and the joy of autumn in the air.

I also am making plans, (Yes, i did say "plans", which is something in itself that I don't normally do) to go to the Fair on Monday with family. I haven't been for years. I dislike the heat of the day and the crowds and lines but, I'm on vacation! And i'm in the mood for a few autumn like things such as a fair. I enjoy the craft parts of them and displays.

So there is Sunday and Monday. Of course tomorrow, Saturday, I'll do some things around the house and some cooking but I enjoy that also.

I don't have further plans from that. I might take off for a day with my sister, our cameras and out to lunch. But then again, I might even take myself up to my favorite place up north for a few nights. I also would like to take a day trip, or even over night, up into Vermont's Quechee Gorge. I'm gonna go with the flow of how I feel. This vacation is, as with any of them, so needed as I feel drained. One thing I do know for sure is that I won't be going into work this week and I'm not going to be focused on it.

So stay tuned for plans and results of the days of vacation!

The girls started school the other day. Ashley just had her birthday last Sunday. Got them much school clothing and supplies and really enjoyed my time with them. Noah just got his first pair of shoes; a pair of white puma sneakers size 4! What a big boy. He will be 6 months old this Tuesday, the 8th. He has started sitting up on his own and he is rolling all over the place now. Tammy moved his crib out of her room into the loft. Slowly, Noah is taking over the house. We're going to build a wall on the loft and make it into a regular bedroom for him. He seems to be sleeping better just in his crib in the loft as he is going to bed earlier now. They grow so fast. I'm really trying to take my time with Noah and enjoying every minute that I can, knowing that each moment, each day passes and it will never return again.

I've been working on some slide shows. I'm learning more and more with each one that I create. I've really been enjoying making them. I'm also working on a scrapebook of my flowers. Hopefully this week, I'll get to work on both, some. So much to fit into a week's vacation, its exhausting!