Fast Summer...!!!

Summer, what do you think you are doing?? It's August already?? Everyone at work today was talking about how we all couldn't believe it, how the summer has gone too fast, we haven't had enough hot weather yet, etc... Why do we always need to be complaining about something? I know that I work with a bunch of government employees and it's definitely in their nature to find something to complain about. I am positive that if every day of this summer was 10 degrees warmer, the summer would suddenly become: TOO HOT, a sticky & humid one, miserably expensive because of high electricity bills due to keeping the air conditioning on, etc...

BAH!!!

Enough! This summer has been FANTASTIC! I know it's flying by, but gosh! isn't that what happens when you're having fun? Who the crap wants to complain about having FUN? I know there are things I would still like to do before the end of the summer that I probably won't get around to, but I refuse to think about what I didn't do and to focus on all the great stuff I did.

1. flew out to California

2. saw the Twins play more than once

3. watched my BFF get married

4. helped prepare for BFFs wedding!!

5. got to go out on the lake at least once so far

6. finished physical therapy!

7. fell asleep during a thunderstorm

8. helped plant a garden (does pulling weeds count?)

9. going to see the Brewers play in a couple weeks

10. got a rad tan

11. almost done with my first year at DCMA!!!

12. received awards for being a good employee!

13. got a super sweet boyfriend!

I could totally keep going! What a great summer, right? And I am keeping a full-time job going, too! Definitely didn't think that could happen (glad I was wrong about that).

Long story short: Summer 2009 rules. :)

Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them. Ps 111:2

Hello, New Blog!

It has begun! I have started a blog after several years of blog-hibernation. Now that I have graduated from college and I'm supposed to be living in that real world, I figure now was a good a time as any to start one up.

I'm at home with my family in Wisconsin this summer until my new job wants me to start. I am currently being cleared for security and from what I hear, that could take months. I'll be employed by the federal government! Yow! I am filling out all kinds of forms, which keeps me busy enough in between running errands for my parents.
Yeah, it's a good life at home. :)

Rachel and I are also working on planning her wedding bit by bit (6 more weeks!). Today we started landscaping! Two of the flowerboxes in front of the house are what we worked on, but we can't plant anything there until the house is painted. Apparently, the house will be painted before the wedding, but we're hoping that doesn't mean the day before. We want flowers!! The wedding won't be at the house, but the rehearsal dinner will be, and we want everyone impressed with how well we keep our house... *snicker snicker*...

The backyard is the biggest deal, and we haven't planted back there since... who knows when. I was probably running around in diapers at that time. I have fifty feet of planting space along the rock wall in the back, and I really want full beautiful hostas!! Unfortunately, they're expensive, they start off itty bitty (even though they grow really well after that), and deer LOVE them. Considering the lifetime war we've been fighting against deer, this could pose a problem. From what I hear, Pulmonarias (cowslip) aren't as savory for deer, and they look somewhat similar. AND Aconitum Carmichaelii (monkshood) are fully poisonous to all who eat them... sounds pretty tempting.

I love this stuff. It's fun to research plants, go to the garden centers to buy what you want, and spend the day on a planting project. I even took out the weedeater today for the first time ever!!

There is a hornet stuck between my screen and the window. what do I do??

Adieu!
Hannah