Dialing in on the final product with a couple of clients this week, which makes me feel good. It’s always nice when a project comes together in the end and everyone is satisfied with the outcome. I am expecting final fixes/edits for a report at some point this week, so I’ll be happy to scratch one more item off the to-do list. Perhaps another report will surface in the next two weeks or so. Not certain, but it’s possible.
We hosted a couple of cousins (outdoors of course) for some swimming, trampolining and lunch. A slight miscalculation lead to a second party being invited on the same day, but seeing as we were cooking for so many already, and the yard is spacious, what’s an extra five into the mix. All bar one is vaccinated, and that particular individuals family had Covid two or three weeks ago, and have been on the mend for ten days or more (or so I was told). No fights, no bloody wounds, so all around a good visit with friends and family. I’ll take it as a win.
The kids are on day two of their outdoor swimming lessons. I’m not sure how much a three week course can do for them, but they soak up stuff they enjoy like sponges, so maybe getting both kids to swim using their arms and legs simultaneously will be worth it in the end. The youngest is more confidence than skill at this point. So any help from a swim instructor will be greatly appreciated. If it’s not me teaching them, or my wife, the kids will actually listen and follow along. It gets to be like pulling teeth with them if I’m the one leading the instructions. Gladly pay a certified specialist to get them water safe around the pool or the lake.
Heading into the last days of week four. Five left to go, and the temperatures are set to go up! Going to need to think about the state of their back packs, pencil cases, consumable stock piles of paper, erasers and pencil crayons & crayons. Look at sizing indoor and outdoor shoes. Do coats and hats still fit. Sort out all the ruined school clothes from the still viable pieces. Late August, and very early September will see a flurry of activity regarding the children. Of course my wife will be back at work before August is through, so that will fall to me. I have the kids in a dance, music, acting camp the last week, so I can tackle that stuff unimpeded. I’ll get through it a whole lot quicker if left alone to tackle it with music playing as i work.
Early September will see me ramping up my house cleaning. Cabinets doors, walls, baseboards, waxing & polishing the floors, after sweeping and vacuuming thoroughly with ever chair up turned and off the floor. Moving the couch and tables to get every last scrap of crud off the floors. Windows will get washed inside and out. Laundry piled as tall as I am in preparation for the first day of school. All the new clothes will have to get washed and sorted. Closets upturned and decluttered. The toy box actually used to store toys that I don’t throw away or ship off to the cottage.
Once all that is done, then the leaves will begin to fall and the lawn, exterior will be an area of concern. Plus I’d like to go buy some hardwood lumber and make a few more furniture projects before winter hits and the shop becomes too cold to use. That’s getting months ahead of myself. Best enjoy the sunshine and family time now, as it really is so fleeting. Getting darker earlier and earlier the further into summer we get!
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