Oh…my…blog! We are having a REAL summer this year, not one of those crappy fake Seattle summers that finally shows up in August and disappears in September. I am loving it.

Last week we did go on that bike ride that we talked about. Hooray for following through with plans!

It makes me nervous when he does this. Only because as I child I once rode my bike, hands-free and with my eyes closed, into a parked car and slashed open one of my ankles. I still have the scar. What a geek.

This is how you spend 70 dollars at Cost Plus and barely get anything: by buying a 5 dollar box of candy just for the cute packaging. I tasted one: disgusting. Well, what did I expect, really.

This avocado vinaigrette was worth the cost, though. Mmmmm.

Sunday morning trail jog/walk with the little girls. I can’t say I’ve been enjoying my 10K training, per say (anything over two miles bores me), but I’m getting it done. Slowwwwwwly.

Re-read this sucker in one sweaty hammock sitting. Should I buy “Postcards from the Edge”? Is it any good?

The hammock was definitely one of our best purchases over the years. How did I survive for so long without one?!

Yesterday I finished with work so early that I had time to take the pets for my training run at the park, take them to Edmonds for a fun afternoon on the beach, and take 1/2 a nap before my husband finished with his work day. Okay, granted, I’m not making a lot of money right now…but it’s hard to care when it’s this beautiful outside!

Silly me, I laid a fresh white towel out on the sand and was immediately covered with wet, sandy dogs. Clean towels attract dogs at the beach like a magnet! Especially this Bear Schnub. At the Edmond’s Marina park, it’s not unusual for trains to pass, and Bear Cub doesn’t care for the train sounds. At all.

What’s up Wednesday? One day closer to camping this weekend. Josh is whining that the forecast for the mountains is in the 90’s, but that sounds dreamy to me. How many times have we gone camping and it’s rained? Or been freezing? Or foggy? LOTS. Bring on the hot weather, baby-o. I just ordered some hideous pink “water shoes” from Amazon for 11 bucks and I can’t WAIT to hit that murky lake bottom. Yeah!