Day Nineteen: I lounged around and read books all day, so I’m cheating by putting up a photo my sister-in-law took of our house on the 4th of July. I’m amazed at how much the greenery has grown in just a year!

Day Eighteen: A fast run to Costco and a stop at our favorite coffee place to pick up beans. Yeah, I opted for the scenic shot.

Day Seventeen: and that means I’m officially in the Studio working on the Fall Launch. Hard to fathom when it’s 93 degrees outside!

Day Sixteen: Miss Sophie thinks we put on the sprinkler just so she can attack the water. I’ll confess, we support her delusions and she lets us dress her up in cute clothes.

Day Fifteen: Peace flags and a view of the river through my window.

Rumor has it, there’s a change in the air. And let’s face it, when we’re talking weather forecasts, it’s all conjecture. If you’re to believe those well-paid liars at 11 pm, tomorrow is the start of a sun streak bringing temps that are definitely summer-like. Not the nearly frigid 60’s that North Coast Oregonians are resigned to call warm— but hand-to-god steamy, yummy, let’s strip naked and streak through the streets balmy 80’s. And not just the random, isolated day of lovely, but a whole darn week of loveliness. Well, five days anyhow.

And while I remain completely skeptical, I also remain resolutely optimistic. Should we actually get a string of  real summer days, the weather might not be the only thing making the 11 o’clock news.

Day Fourteen: Happy Fourth of July! Cake and Champagne and Fireworks on the porch.

Day Thirteen: Life’s not so hard when your man cooks. No doubt, I’m a blessed girl.

Day Twelve: What? This is me working. Ok, it’s actually me taking a break on the porch. Shouting at my T.V. is hard work!

As much as I’d like to write a wordy post, and I do have a few  brewing, I’m swamped getting ready for the 4th. You know, it’s the “Pre-house-guests cleaning blitz”.  Compounding things, I’m a bit behind because I spent part most of my day watching soccer and screaming at my television. IZ is  claiming to now be deaf. My child is both mortified and slightly impressed at his mother’s vociferous enthusiasm for Uruguay.  All this to say, I’m guessing I’ll be back with words after the holiday.

I’m still posting photos from my 94 Days of Summer project though, and I’d love it if you were vociferous in the comment section!

Day Eleven: Photos piled up on the dining room table waiting for a good dusting.

**I might be back later with a wordy post to this. I’m in a full cleaning blitz attempting to put the sparkle back into our house as my adorable sister-in-law will be visiting Sunday.

Day Ten: Miss Sophie waiting her turn to see the vet tech. Our usual veterinarian is on vacation and Miss Sophie wasn’t so sure she liked waiting for the new guy.  Now we get to hurry up and wait for the eye meds to start working. And that just about sums up my day: hurry up and wait. I hope tomorrow is more productive!