Sunday, June 28, 2009

Wow

It's only been, what, 11 days or so since my last post?  (Catholic school flashback - making a confession and having to say how long it had been since my last confession... )...

lots of things happened while I was away... there were birthdays Ben at 13
Ben turned 13, which I find utterly shocking, and I aged a little more too - let's just say that 50 no longer seems as old as it once did...

there was a trip royal hacienda's infinity pool which was heartbreakingly cut short due to Swine Flu - and if I may digress for a sec, without minimizing the effects or spread of this disease, what I saw in Mexico confirmed for me that the biggest problem with it was media overreaction - royal hacienda resort, mayan riviera
there were no signs of anything, not even concern, where we were, not at the airport on the way home or on the planes as we scooted home on the last flight out of Cancun until June... do I feel like we dodged a bullet by leaving early? Hell, NO.

Frankly, this, spotted on the highway from Cancun, scared me more than anything else I saw really?  Not even a new hairstyle??!!

There has been gardening, and new transient occupants in the garden strawberries calla lily mom and baby.

There's even been some construction
Before: Bathroom pre-reno
After: midway through renos - well, it's not 100% after, but I'll post a final pic when it's actually done.

Heck, there's even been knitting and other fibre games, but I'll be back with those in a bit - right now I'm off to paint a wall or two...

2 comments:

Sandra said...

enjoy your strawberries - the bunnies enjoyed ours...
and we are about to undertake the bathroom reno - all three of them... Dog help us all...

missscarlett said...

ha!!

Love the Gino Vinelli billboard.
Is that a current photo or one from '78?