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Happy Anniversary to my husband Joel!

When I told Joel we were invited by my girlfriend to go out on their boat and to the lake house for the weekend, he was extremely reluctant. Fortunately it fell around the time of my birthday, so I used that for leverage and he agreed to go.
We made the drive and arrived in time for lunch on the boat as Kathy picked us and our cooler up with the golf cart. We arrived at the boat with Kristen, Milt,...

We interrupt this summertime blog post for this update... We are still in the month of June and I am thrilled to say we have: 
Completed all our yard workAdded a Pergula to the deck (done by Gordon)Added new lightingtook a vacation to South CarolinaCelebrated 3 kids graduating high school and college!And now with all of July and August left we get to enjoy our yard, deck and celebrate with friends!
And...

It seems the kids and I do a lot together, but to get Joel away from the business doesn't happen quite as often. While he has gotten better about taking vacations, he still doesn't like to take too much time away from work. This year we took my mom with us to Hilton Head, and with her ailing memory, it too became a struggle for us at times. I'm not sure how many more trips we will be able to take...

Quiet... what is that?
There has been so much build up and planning until today at 3am when Chelsea and I drove to the airport and she began her journey at Wellspring California. Leading up to this departure we tried fitting it all in.
Our vacation in Hilton Head which already seems like such a distant memory was just two weeks ago.
The wildlife that we saw was an adventure in itself. From gators,...

I've been missing my blog quite a bit lately. It has been my online journal for years now, and somehow I've fallen off of my regular updates.  A part of it is facebook, and a part of it is just my busy life, but I miss the days of writing and reading blogs, and I'm going back!
Crazy week, and I don't think I could fit in another thing...
After returning from vacation, I have one week to finish everything...