The summer of bummer

I realized, when giving someone the rundown of what I've been up to in the last couple of weeks, it's really been kind of cruddy summer. Plans cancelled, friends hurt, husband unable to golf, kitty dead, all kinds of household annoyances, cold and relatively rainy summer. Hopefully, this weekend will be a turning point, and we can banish "The Summer of Bummer" for the rest of the season.

Last weekend, we pulled up the parquet on the kitchen floor, trying to prep for a new floor. Guess what we found? More floor. Yep, 60 year old linoleum under about a quarter inch of glue. The wallpaper-happy-glue-crazed prior owner strikes again. We were hoping that by removing the parquet ourselves, we could significantly reduce the cost of the new floor, but perhaps no...we'll have to see. Let the quoting process begin! On a happier note, our garbage men rock, and will take anything away, including overloaded barrels of wooden tile.

Sunday, I took Ava to the water park and beach at Kensington. Here she is, shivering under her towel. 72 degrees and windy isn't the best weather for pool play....

This past week was birthday festival at the Fox house --- Casey and I took off his birthday, the 16th, and mine the next day, and got to do a host of things we like to do - eat out, go see HP movie, go to the zoo, go out to dinner, etc. Very nice. We also managed to be somewhat productive, and shopped for fridge, etc. We're such party animals these days.

Note to my dear readers: Save the date: Saturday, July 16, 2011. Planning ahead for Casey's 39th and my 40th.