Accident's happen.. and a weekend of camping.

Well for some it's been a great weekend of camping in the pristine Mount Hood area by Trillium Lake while others, namely me, decided to have a quiet weekend at home listening to my audio book, watching with dismay, the Presidential Debate and the subsequent pundit point of views that debated more than the debaters who won... all I know is that the American people haven't. (700 billion dollar bailout.. I wish someone would give me 7 billion forget the 700 billion.)  So there I was deciding to make some dinner while the politicians rattled on without ever actually answering a question that was asked and I managed to splash boiling water over my entire hand.  Ouch with a capital OUCH!

  So even though I managed to plant all my spring bulbs, (fingers crossed that the actually bloom) and took a pleasant walk into Westmoreland, I spent the better half of my weekend nursing my hand.  Of course Darren freaked out saying I should have gone to the hospital, but seriously, other than soaking my hand in a bowl of cold water for many hours and taking some tylenol there wasn't much else you could do, it's not like my skin is falling off (yet) although it did/does hurt.  Still in order to make everyone happy I am going to see my doctor this afternoon just to check it out.  (Don't think he'll do much really that I'm not already doing)  

While I was disfiguring myself the others, Darren, Owen & Morgan took the car and went up to

 Mount Hood for a weekend of camping and kayaking on the lake.   And from what I can gather they had a really fantastic time, carving wood - Darren sliced his 

finger, going out on the Lake in the kayak - I understand it was freezing but so pretty, freezing especially in 

the mornings and in the middle of the night when then needed to pee.... since the trailer was sold, we don't have the luxury of an indoor toilet anymore.. or a bed.. part of my reason for not going and also I thought it would be nice for the kids to have some alone time with Dad, before he goes to Finland for 1/2 a year next year.

Still other than that life is plodding along into fall.. although you wouldn't think so with 90 degree temps today.. Next week I think it will be time for pumpkins.

  

I'm BACKKKKKK!

Did you miss me?  Come be honest, after almost 3 months of no blogging you must have missed me just a little bit... No!  Well hardly surprising seeing as the only people who read my blog are the very people I spent most of the summer with?  Am I right?

Okay quick synopsis of my life since I last wrote, Darren went to Shreveport from the end of June and got home about a week ago only to leave again Friday (Sept 12th) to fly to Helsinki to scout for a new movie.  He'll be back next Friday (Sept 19th) and hopefully will be home for a while before heading back to Helsinki for 5 months.  Me and the kids, went to Europe for most of the summer, first to the UK

 which was a blast and extremely expensive

 and then to Italy

 which was a hoot and so fantastic that it would take me way to long to describe all the wonderful sights and sounds and smells and feelings of being there.  Suffice it to say that to two things that will always remind me of Italy are Sunflower fields

 and the hum of bees.

  Anyone who has ever been to Mike & Rita's place will know what I mean.

  Of course the warmth of the sunshine and the relaxing atmosphere also added to the fantastic

 vacation we had.  Then another 10 days in the UK (one week with Paul & family) and 4 days in noisy ol'e London where we travelled primarily by bus (it was great - the kids particularly loved traveling on the top deck of the double deckers)

 and then home.  One week to recover before school started again.

And there you have the last 2+ months in a nutshell.   Now I will eventually inundate you with stories and photos, but this is a taste for now.