"Peaceful, easy feeling"

Check me out! I'm swinging!
Good times.
Daddy and Buck celebrate the play structure.
Today, Thunder is 5 months old. Can it be that time goes so quickly? Soon, it will be solids and sippy cups. Today, he's rolling all over his play mat and making gurgly, laughing sounds while he tries to suck on the rubber teething toys. I am making long-grained wild rice in the cooker and trying to organize our activities for the fall.

I re-read the novel "The Outsiders" today. We chose it for the neighborhood book club. I am a little ashamed to say that I actually cried during one part. I haven't read that book in years and it is just the sort of smaltzy teenaged angst that I love. It took me about 5 hours to read it cover to cover, which also helped. SE Hinton is such a good writer of teen fiction. I have made a pact with myself to read 1 book/week this summer instead of being sucked into silly summer TV shows. Add a few years onto my brain, as it were.

It's cool today (50's/12ish) after a week of warm weather. It is finally summer - RKZ finished the playground and the deck is next. Already had my first margarita of the summer with Joie! (she'll love that nickname). OK, I had my first 4 margs of the summer. Lovely.