Archive for July, 2010

Summer Lovin’

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Well maybe not so much Summer Lovin’ as Summer getting by’in. It’s pretty fricken hot, people! And this photo is actually from our beautiful Spring, when the air was cool and I wore socks everyday. It is my desire to eventually move to a place where I can actually look forward to summer the way they do in Martha Stewart Living. Picnics, bbq, patio chilling, summer concerts in the park, long walks and lots of lemonade mixed creatively with seasonal fruit juice. As it is now, I don’t even go outside except in the early morning and late evening. In between those respites, I spend a lot of time working at the computer, eating cold food and watching movies. Not that those things aren’t great, but you know… too many days of being indoors and I start to feel pretty glum.

Which is why God invented San Francisco. To chase all our smog-filled, hot valley cares away. My new thing, well I’ve done it once, is to rent a car just for the day ($23 economy with Enterprise) and blast off for the foggy streets of SF. Wearing a cardigan and feeling the moist ocean breeze on my face, I can wander around “outdoors” without my skin burning vampirically.

Bastille Day!

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

4th of July

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

So I didn’t get a chance to come on here and say Happy 4th of July – but I’m hoping you had a good one.

I made it down to the local parade this year and stood for about 20 minutes in the full sun before deciding maybe I wasn’t that “into” community and went home.  Still it was fun while it lasted and great to see so many people who weren’t bothered by the heat and ready to support the neighborhood.

When I got married it was one of my goals to really celebrate each holiday, you know with the Martha Stewart decorations and a yummy home cooked meal.  While that seems to have gone by the wayside a bit, I still think it’s important to create family traditions, no matter what your definition of family.  So I’m gonna try to get more into the next holiday… which is what… Labor Day?  Hmmmm, that might be a tricky one!