Sweet Summer Vacation

Ahhh....is there anything as sweet as the first morning of summer vacation? I think not!

I allowed myself the pleasure of sleeping in this morning until the terribly late hour of 7:15. Some of you are shaking your heads, I can see you, thinking that 7:15 is not late at all, but rather ungodly early. It's all in the perception, I suppose. When a person normally wakes at 3:45 to start the day, 7:15 feels like half the day has been wasted. Today, however, I've allowed myself that indulgence.

I don't plan to allow it to become a habit as in years past, though. I am determined to get up and go to bed at something resembling "normal." I'd like my sleeping to fit in the hours of 11:00-6:00. We'll see how it goes. Most summers I fall into the habit of staying up very late and then sleeping in. This summer promises to be different in the fact that our daughter and her family will be moving in next door this month and our littlest grandson will be here all the time.

At this point my summer is wide open. I haven't made any big plans. We're not even sure if we are going to go away for the weekend we'd planned this month to check out the Country Living Fair and the ginormous flea market in Rogers, Ohio due to the condition of my husband's knee. He is supposed to begin physical therapy next week. I guess it will be up to the therapist if he should do that much walking. I know it's not up to my husband, because he will say "Let's go!" no matter how much pain he's in.

One thing I am going to work on over the summer is learning to be a copy writer. I joined an online group that teaches about it. I'm hoping I can learn enough to earn some extra income from it without having to buy all the other (rather expensive) courses they offer.

The other thing I know I will do for sure this summer is spend mornings on the deck with the Lord. There is just no better way to begin the day. Unless it is raining, you will be able to find me out there doing my own studies, preparing for the Beth Moore study I'm leading (at least until we finish at the end of the month), journaling, and maybe studying the writing thing and blogging. Those last two are dependent on how hot it gets on the deck and if there's too much distraction going on since by the time I get to them the sun will be fully up and the neighborhood will be awake.

Anyway, my summer is pretty much a blank, open book at this point. There's plenty I'd like to do, but will it happen? Who knows!

My Summer Possibilities List

• Get out to the local parks with my camera (and most likely my daughter and grandson).
• Garage sales, auctions, flea markets.
• Write (like I used to)
• Used book sales
• Learn how to lay tile (maybe I can work on that bone of contention bathroom myself.
• Gardening
• Read, read, and read some more.
• Watch movies I've been meaning to watch.
• Reconnect with our extended families.
• Find a church.
• Try new recipes.
• Exercise
• Walk the dog.
• Free concerts in the park
• Local fairs
• Farmers Markets
• and on and on....