first day

yesterday was the first day of fifth grade!

so different from the first day of kindergarten.

summer brew

i have to give thanks to laura and drew for this one...

here's the recipe for my most favorite summer drink. every sunday evening we mix up a batch and take it to hartwood acres (location of the county summer concert series). we sit on the lawn, listen to music, look at the stars and drink from plastic cups that blink red, blue and green.

6 bottles of beer
1 can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 can (use the empty lemonade can) vodka
mix and serve over ice.

a lemonade/beer beverage with a kick. yum!

5 days and counting...

yesterday we spent the day at idlewild park. i love that place! see, there are only 5 days of summer left (as far as ross is concerned, anyway) so we are crunching in as much fun as we can. between now and wednesday our plans include a carnival, a canoe trip, a camp out, a housewarming party, a concert, a trip to the zoo, a back to school haircut, and a movie (clone wars...ross' choice). life is good.

that's my name

linda, lin, aunt linny, mrs. ivey, dinna, bink. those are my names and i answer to them all! but my favorite name is the one i answer to most often...mom. the words 'hey mom' (pronounced mum) mean listen up... there is something i want to share with you; 'hey mom, guess what,' 'hey mom, i'm hungry,' 'hey mom, when is dad coming home,' 'hey mom, will you get me some toilet paper?' hey mom. i hear those words 500 times a day. i'm going to miss them when ross goes back to school next week.

and that brings me to why i'm blogging. lately i've been less than stellar about keeping up with family and friends (you know who you are. sorry) so inspired by some great family bloggers (that's them over there to the right) this is my attempt at sharing... my shout out, 'hey mom.'