August 29, 2010

Long, Hot, Busy Summer

Posted in Holidays tagged busy summer, coconut ice cream, cooking, cottage, front porch, Lake Michigan, reading, relaxing, summer, swimming, talking at 3:53 pm by Liliana

Walking by the lake

This has not been a summer to sit in the hammock and relax – not for my family, nor for me.

It has been a wonderful, eventful and adventurous summer.

But it has not been the kind of summer I have always idealized – long, lazy days of idling, reading, talking, napping, cooking, swimming, thinking. In fact, I don’t think I’ve had that kind of summer since I was seventeen years old. But I always have it in the back of my mind, a vision to relish and idealize.

These are some of the things we did do this summer:

• My sister and her family rented out their house and moved in with my family.
• My brother-in-law started graduate school.
• My niece Nicole graduated from high school and is about to leave for college.
• My daughter Nena and nephew Sasha graduated from college, moved, got new jobs.
• We had a huge graduation party for all three graduates.
• Our basement flooded and is in the process of being fixed and retiled.
• We had lots of visitors all summer long.
• Sam and I helped Mike and Karen move to Boston.
• Jeff and I took Sam to a number of college trips.

I am sure that I am forgetting something, but right now, I can’t think of anything else.

The fact is, I am on vacation this week. I am at our cottage near Lake Michigan, relaxing and idling to my heart’s content.

This is how I hope to spend the time.

• Sitting on the front porch for hours, drinking coffee and looking at the birds pecking seeds from the bird feeder.
• Walking by the lake in the early mornings or at sunset.
• Swimming in the warm lake water.
• Talking to my daughter about the newest books she’s read and the latest songs she’s been singing.
• Reading.
• Buying fresh produce at the farmer’s market.
• Cooking something new and unexpected.
• Congregating at the long dining table with my family, eating a beautiful meal.
• Talking.
• Watching a good movie at the old movie theater, eating tons of popcorn.
• Walking to our favorite ice cream store on a hot afternoon. Eating nothing but coconut ice cream.

Happy Summer to all!

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