Category: Family

I’m sitting here half-watching the cartoons the kids have on.  The Wife is finishing up a sweater that was initially meant for the boy but, because the pattern she followed resulted in something too small, is going to the lass instead.  She’s been very disappointed with the sweater because of the sizing issues.  My own view is the sweater is a nice looking sweater that she’s done a good job with- she can’t be held culpable for being misled on the size due to the pattern.  The lass likes it anyway, and the boy will get his own sweater after this one is finished.

The Wife’s vacation started this past Friday at about 4:30 or so.  The weekend was fairly unremarkable, but yesterday we ended up at the Air Museum.  Lots of antique aircraft.  Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure myself and the Wife enjoyed the trip more than the kids.  Stuff like that can be a crap shoot it seems- will it hold their attention?  for how long?  Will there be something that really grabs their imagination?  Usually, if anything does grab their attention, it will be something that really isn’t all that interesting to myself.

So anyway, that was yesterday- which ended with me at our rental unit cleaning paint off of the trim which the former tenant had so kindly put there.  That’ll learn me to let the tenant do painting.  We hired a painter to fix some of the other damage that I can’t fix- like the popcorn ceiling.  I get to go back their tomorrow so he can get started.  I’ll also be taking care of other odds and ends.

Today we spent at the beach.  It was hot.  Easily one of the hottest days of the summer.  I have to admit, I was a little bummed that we finally topped 90 this summer.  I was hoping we wouldn’t just because, how often do you go through a summer that’s as cool as this one has been?  If you’re gonna do it, then do it right I says.

Took the kids up to their swimming classes at the Y today.  They had a good time as usual.  The group they are in has 6 kids in (I think) and they all enjoy the pool.  Of course, they’re all around 4 or 5, so that’s to be expected.  The instructors had them jumping through hoops today- literally.  They brought out some hula-hoops and laid them on the water and had the kids jump through the hoop.  I guess to reinforce having them jump AWAY from the wall as opposed to straight up- which results in a nerve racking close encounter with the wall for anyone watching.  My daughter was guilty of this enough for even me to remind her to jump out into the pool.  They also used the hoop vertically so the kids could practice gliding through the water.  After this exercise it was more of the usual laps back and forth practicing their swimming strokes.

Rain.

July was full of it up here.  I don’t know if any records were set, but I do know it was near the top for total July rainfall.  Also, no 90’s today, which means April was the last time we had 90’s.  The local news informed us the other day that since this sort of stuff has been recorded, only in 1920 and 1932 have June and July passed by without a day in the 90’s.  To which, I think the most appropriate thing to say is- kinda cool.