Well, I will start with an update on Wil. That line about Spain was all that was going through my head when I found out that Wil was off the coast of Spain. I don't know why but it cracked me up. Anyways, there long trip is almost over. They are off the coast of Spain, where they met up with the Charlottetown (the ship that they are replacing) getting fuel, parts, mail and doing repairs and anything last minute before their final push to the waters off Libya. I was blessed to be able to talk to him twice. He was glad to be in port but he was still very busy. He was working hard at trying to get all of his systems repaired before leaving again. As of yesterday, things were looking up...most of the repairs were complete and he was feeling better about the status of his systems. Unfortunately, he had been so busy in port that he hadn't had a chance to explore the area he was in but hopefully he will get to explore before he leaves. They will be leaving from Spain and making a very brief stop in Italy and then it is on patrol they go. They will not go in to port again for about a month so that will be my next conversation with him. I gave him a hard time about getting pictures to me but what I didn't realize is that the ship has been having problems with the satellite and so they haven't had enough band width to send pics so if that gets fixed then he will send some as he can. Otherwise, we will get to see them when he gets home. Anyways, I am glad I got to speak to him and that he got to speak to both girls as well. It was great to hear his voice.
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Well, as I was talking to him, I was standing on our back porch. It was a lovely day and I was just enjoying the sunshine when all of the sudden I saw a flurry of wings and there was a beautiful little hummingbird. A hummingbird! It was so beautiful and tiny and it darted back and forth from my tomato plant to one of my hanging flower baskets. It was precious. So if you follow my facebook posts, I am addicted to birds right now. I have 4 feeders (different types for different birds) and most recently I added a small bird bath (a birthday gift from my mom). But now I will have to go get another shepherds hook and get my hummingbird feeder out. I had it out earlier this year but didn't see any humming birds but now that I have proof, I will have to start trying to attract them and feed them. I am an equal opportunity bird feeder. I go out every morning and put food out for my birds. I have to ration it because they eat so much that I could go broke feeding them but I do enjoy watching them out of my front window.
Well, we are gearing up for school which starts the day after Labor Day. On Monday we will go to Tiana's school for a uniform sale to get her a couple more pieces of clothing to wear and then we will take them to an alterations place to get them fitted to her. She doesn't appreciate it right now but she is what I would classify as petite so normal clothes are a bit long and baggy on her. Oh I wish I had that problem. Yesterday we signed her up for a dance class. She took a belly dancing/hip hop class at a school last spring and really enjoyed it so this year she will take another hip hop class and then I think she will take the bellyfit class again and I think that Tabitha is interested in joining her this year. At this point I am doing what ever I can to get the girls involved in stuff and busy. It means alot of driving for me but I would rather drive them around like crazy than having them sitting at home idle. It is much better for everyone.
Fall is in the air here. It is much cooler in the mornings and isn't getting as hot during the day. I am super close to turning the air conditioning off for the year. Last night we had a super rainstorm in the middle of the night and it is cloudy and damp today. I am hoping it will rain again, we need it. The grass is pretty brown because it has been very hot and dry lately. Well, as I am writing this, it has begun to rain like crazy..YAY!
The next two weeks are going to be focused on getting the girls ready for school. The lady that I share the job with is going on holidays for 3 weeks in September starting the first week of school so I will be working full time for 3 weeks so I need to make sure everything is set. I do have to say that full time will still give me a bit of time during the week and I think the doctor is going to skip working Fridays for the month to give me a break so it really won't be bad but it is still enough of a change that it will throw the schedule out of whack, especially with school, dance classes and youth groups starting up at that same time. September will come and go and I may not even realize it.
Today is church and then we are heading up to see some friends for the afternoon. Then on Saturday, the girls and I are going on a dinner cruise around the 1000 Islands. I am very excited about that, I only wish Wil was joining us.
My love to all!
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