TToT – Hiatus

August 8, 2015 Off By Lisa

Apparently, I’m on hiatus.

Not even kidding. Look back at my blog calendar since June and you will see a significant lack of posting. The TToT still makes it in each week, but lately that’s about it.

Oh, I have ideas…loads of them. Drafts, too. Half-written, abandoned, “meh, nobody will want to read this” kind of drafts. Few, if any, have (or will) see the light of day. I miss the link-ups that have become favorites, but thinking about getting back into them feels…hard. So I don’t.

So let’s just call it a hiatus. A summer hiatus, maybe.

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Because the other option was shutting down the blog and quitting the Internet completely for ten different reasons. But I like the TToT, and if I quit the Internet, that goes away, so…

Let’s get to it. But it’s going to be the sort of TToT you get after I’ve forgotten it’s the weekend, spent the morning out at the mountain, had lunch and a shower, and am now desperately fighting the urge to take a nap. The urge to just say “ah, mañana….” is great, but I think we all know that won’t happen, either.

Onward…

I am thankful that my Hub is sweet. He poured himself a cup of coffee earlier this week and ended up giving it to me. It was the last coffee in the house until someone hit the store, but he gave it to me anyway.

I am also thankful that when we are not in need of a store run and have plenty of coffee, he can easily be talked into making a pot. Because he makes THE BEST coffee on the planet. Ask anyone who’s had a cup. It’s true.

I am thankful for beautiful summer days yesterday and today, some time outside with my family, and some great raptor sightings. We enjoyed a short but lovely trip to our CSA farm yesterday and a trip to our mountain today.

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I am thankful for our CSA and the awesome fresh produce we get from them. I don’t have to think hard about what’s in season – just show up and pick up and I plan my meals around whatever we get. Eggplant chips with za-atar – delicous! These taste really great with some garlic scape pesto, too.

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Speaking of vegetables, I am thankful that my corn smut allergy has been relatively minor so far this summer. *holds breath, knocks wood, and all the other things*

I am thankful for some new work leads (and results) lately. Still hoping for these and others to continue to develop, but it’s a start.

I am thankful that Zilla is un-busy this month. I’m glad she loved all the summer programs she had going on in July (and WHY were they ALL in July anyway??) and it was good to have some quiet days with everyone out of the house except me and the Rottens. But I’m glad she has this whole month to be on a more relaxed schedule until school starts.

I am thankful that the Rottens keep me company when I’m home by myself. They are helpful little buggers.

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I am thankful for Clark’s negative-G challenge or G-force challenge or anti-gravity challenge. Posting my morning weight on the web for all to see? Yikes. OK, I really only post the last digit and the decimal, but still. But it’s helpful. Ten pounds down since start of summer isn’t a bad thing.

I’m thankful for Zilla. For so many reasons and in so many ways. Period.

And the Hub. Him, too. Ditto.

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Your turn – what are you thankful for this week?

Is it back to school time for you or do you have summer break time left? What do you do when your brain and your blog take an unauthorized hiatus? Do you think my Rotten Cats are cute? Does anyone even read these questions?

You know the drill – share ’em or link ’em! 

 

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