What's on my Mind: How do you define happy? Can you be happy in an imperfect situation? Do the behavior and actions of others affect your happiness? What are the ways that help contentment remain through all senarios?
Thankful for: A beautiful day and an awesome 4th of July Parade! Old time cars, Veterans, high school band, horses, motorcycles, tractors, dancers, civic groups, everything you need for a wonderful hometown celebration. Fantastic firework display in the evening as well. Nice job North Branch Days Committee!
Creative Endeavors: Worked on a few more collages for my Fair entries.
Latest Project: Started a major repair project. There was once an old chimney for a wood stove on a platform at the entryway of the house. Rob knocked out the top of the chimney long ago but the hole in the ceiling remained. I finally took on the challenge with Fox's assistance and a quick consult from my father-in-law and neighbor. Biggest pain was the styrofoam insulation balls that come cascading down from the attic! Knocked out a wall to have easier access since I was working over the stairs. Got the drywall up eventually. Phase 2 complete for now.
My 3 Sons: My baby boy is now one step away from teenagerness, turning 12 today!
July is camp / camping month. Ethan is doing the 4H Overnight Camp and assisting me during Day Camp, Fox is counselor-ing at both camps, during that same week Benjamin will head to Alabama for Space Academy. Then Fox will be traveling to Grand Valley State University for a cross-country camp, the younger boys and I will probably do some enrichment activities in the area during drop and pick up. And to top it off they will all spend the last week in Port Austin with gramma and grandpa as is tradition.
The first Born: Back on closings lately, still mumbling about wanting to get back in school but no major movement made to get it happening yet.
Employment News: << cricket, cricket>>
Hoping to Improve: My training schedule. Doing the Freedom Run tomorrow with Fox and Ethan but don't feel very prepared....it will be what it will be, for me. Hope the boys have a great run and get some good times.
Food for Thought: "To change the printout of the body, you must learn to rewrite the software of the mind." ~Deepak Chopra, M.D., Perfect Health
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