Summer Time!
Welcome! We remember Toni Taddeo with her Tuesday 4... Hosted by Annie!
Let's discuss summer this week...
1. What emotions and feelings does summer conjure up for you?As a past teacher, summer meant respite and time of regrouping. Even though I' ve been retired for a long time. (18 years!) I still feel the same about summer!
2. What's summer weather like in your neck of the woods? Well, it can be wonderful, fresh, clear, and just dreamy, but it seems that lately summers are so hot and humid I stay indoors most of the time. I detest humidity!
3. Got some special summer meals you and your family enjoy?
We eat a lot of salads during the summer. I buy tons of fruits and mix them up in drinks and various menus. We eat foods that are mainly refrigerated like cole slaw, macaroni salad, chicken salad. etc. I do not particularly like to cook big meals in the summer..!!
4. What do you enjoy doing in summer? Sports, trips.. do you go on vacation? Last year we planned our trip to Ireland but we didnt get to go.. I believe we have put it off til next summer. Our daughter is doing the planning! We do not do beach trips in the summer... way too hot and crowded. I love spring trips just like the one we took last month! We like to have friends over for a cook out but we generally eat in the house where it is cool! If we plan a trip it would be to the mountians where we have many family members we love to visit. Every other year we have spent one vacation going to see our daughter and grands.. last year we saw them once when they travelled here in July. We facetime, praise God, and this year they are coming again in August.. We plan to spend some time during the holidays with them. Drat, drat, drat this pandemic!
It's been a few years since I've operated on the school year schedule, but like you, working or not, summer still means a break in my mind. Your girls are precious! And you are right about thanking God for nearby family. Our son doesn't live so far away, but we don't see him or his children. Our daughter and her family live next door to us and I thank God for that every day.
ReplyDeleteYour granddaughters are so adorable! I know it must be very hard not to be near them. But I know you cherish the times you are able to be together. Your summer menu sounds good. I need to do more of the salad routine for summers too, although even those kinds of salad require some degree of cooking to prepare. We like to grill meat more in the summer, as long as our son is here with us to do the grilling. He's an expert. A mountain trip sounds WONDERFUL! I wish we had some family in the mountains who would welcome us for a vacation! We are seriously wanting to find a cooler place to spend some time in the summer to get away from the heat and humidity here in Florida. But everything costs money, and we really don't have it to spare, so we stay here and make the best of it. Thank the Lord for our AC, which broke down on Mother's Day, and turned out to just be the thermostat needed replacing! Praise God!! Enjoyed your post. Happy Summertime, where the livin' is easy...
ReplyDeleteOh, Pamela, praise the Lord it was just the themostat.Thank the good Lord for a great son who is also a great griller!!
ReplyDeletePraise the Lord for having your girls close! SUmmer will be here before we know it!!!
ReplyDeleteI am not a summer person, no way...even when we lived down south I was like blah, LOL. I hope you have a beautiful rest of the week.
ReplyDeleteHi Schotzy:
ReplyDeleteI'm late commenting.
We like to grill in the summer.
Your granddaughters are adorable.
I know you are looking forward to
their visit in August.
Have a good week.
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