well..here we are.. the summer is officially over for all practical purposes. today was the first day of school. my kids, and i all had a restless night. you'd think after experiencing the first day of school as many times as someone my age has... i'd handle it better. remember just a few short months ago when i was impatient for school to end?????
i guess the reason the first day of school is so stressful is due to the unknowns.... for the kids and for me.
i wanted to post a few more pictures from my trip last week to the ocean.... one night i was there a storm blew in from the mainland.. it came up so quickly.. and it was fairly violent. the storm itself only lasted about an hour.. the view you see here is from the condo.. looking out over the atlantic ocean. (its actually looking directly towards england :D )
speaking of england.... only 4 nights left until i'm on a plane flying to see my friends!
this past weekend.. i took my boys fishing a couple of times. sam turned 12 last week, and although he ONLY wanted video games for his birthday.. i decided to get him a new fishing pole and a tackle box full of everything you could possibly need to catch anything that would bite. i even got him his very first real knife.... the count down on is now to when we head to the ER for stitches :|
anyway... so far we've only done catch and release.. mostly because 1) we haven't caught anything worth eating and 2) i really really don't want to clean any fish. if sam decides he wants to eat them.. i'm going to have to teach him how to clean his own fish with his nifty new knife.
we've had the best luck so far at a local lake. the biggest he's caught so far is a 2.2lb bass. mostly he keeps catching little perch and sunfish..... i'll have to do some research to figure out the best fishing holes near here.
alex is less than excited to go fishing. i suppose being a 15 year old boy is by definition a time when the only things that excites you are girls.. and computers. i actually caught him nearly smiling.. so i quickly took a shot.
hannah thought the entire idea of fishing.. or in her words "causing undo pain to innocent creatures) was barbaric.
she is still a vegetarian... but not quite as strict as before.. she used to be vegan (no animal products at all)
at some point i suspect she will outgrow this.. but i respect that she at least has something she believes in.
i have a ton of work to do so that i can be ready to enjoy an entire week in northern england. i just got word that markus arrived safely. i will leave here saturday, arrive sunday, and probably be walked to death by wednesday.
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Well you will be pleased to hear that we only do little mountains in England. On the downside that means we can do half a dozen a day. :p
Hey if you like fishing the hotel you are staying in has a fishery. They stock mostly trout I think. I can tie some string to my old pool cue and dig up a bag of worms from the garden? let me know and I will get you some wellys.
See you Sunday.
:)
If this actually happens, I expect to see some photos. ;)
fishing with a pool cue and garden worms.. let me see.. should i feed the worms to the fish..and stab them with the cue when they aren't looking???? ok you guys...3days... stop having all the fun without me!
how dare you go and get thrown out of a castle without me..... if i was there i would have suggested they put you both in the dungeon ;)
Ohhh boy do I have some juicy scuttlebutt for you when you get back! Msg me. :)
Ummm .. are you COMING back??
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