Taking Stock

Are you enjoying your summer yet? Have you found yourself on a patio yet? Jumped in a lake? Sipped on sangria? Found yourself already complaining the endless heat and humidity? That would be me, that last one. But in spite of the heat and endless stickiness, I am enjoying my summer immensely. I thought I'd take stock today, inspired by Pip at Meet Me at Mike's. You know I love a good list.

Making: Does putting together Ikea chairs for the girlies' desk count as "making"? I think it does.

Cooking: Apple, peach, and blueberry crisp (inspired by Gwyneth's "Anything Flourless Crumble").

Drinking: Water with ginger, lemon, and mint. And always coffee with a little milk. (Mostly. See below.)

Reading: Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn and book one of Game of Thrones

Wanting: To make friends with someone who has a swimming pool.

Looking: At the portfolio of Alyce's creations today. It includes a passionate poem about the sun.

Playing: Not enough boardgames. I love boardgames and we only have scrabble.

Deciding: How to best nourish my body. More on that soon.

Wishing: That my apartment had central air-conditioning.

Enjoying: How much reading I've done since finishing the school year in May.

Waiting: For the next road trip with the girlies!

Liking: The taste of black coffee more than I thought I would. I'm trying to lose the milk.

Wondering: How to help Shira through some severe separation anxiety.
Loving: The colours of summer. The greens alone make me weepy.
Pondering: The reproductive organs (thinking about school this fall)!
Considering: Not dying my hair.
Watching: The Red Sox play the Yankees
Hoping: That I won't get lost in the chaos and forget to enjoy the loveliness of summer holidays.
Marvelling: At Alyce's ability to climb any tree.
Needing: Some more energy!
Smelling: Toronto in the summer, the good (endless gardens) and the bad (garbage in the heat).
Wearing: A black-and-white stripped sleeveless cotton dress that's helping me cope with the heat.
Following: The World Cup, counting the days until it's over. It's just not my thing.
Noticing: That habits are a very hard thing to change.
Knowing: That I have the best family ever. (Sorry.)

Thinking: That I'd like to visit the ocean again.
Feeling: My incisions from my surgery last week. Ouch.
Admiring: Matty's new haircut. He was starting to look like a hippie.
Sorting: Through so much stuff all over my house.
Buying: Good food.
Getting: Homemade soup deliveries after my surgery last week! (Thank you Pauline and Sarah!)
Bookmarking: Always more recipes.
Disliking: Recovering from laparoscopic abdominal surgery.
Opening: Old boxes filled with the artwork of my children.
Giggling: Every time Shira giggles.
Snacking: On dark chocolate with sea salted almonds.

Coveting: Many new pairs of shoes. Like these.
Wishing: That I knew how to heal my body.
Helping: The neighbourhood snails, saving them from treacherous sidewalks and ill-fated perches.
Hearing: Birds, squirrels, giggles, yells, air conditioners, little feet.

Tell me what's going on in your world!
Be well xo