Hidey Hoe Neighbor! How Goes Thou Summer?

Okay, maybe I misspelled Hidey Hoe...But doesn't the "thou" simply HAVE to be included in the next sentence?

I'm glad you agree...

So. I've been busy this summer...

I don't know what I did, but I'm suffering from severe burnout on my life in general, and as far as I can tell, I haven't actually finished anything I've started....

I made lots of jelly...It's still sitting on the hutch in my dining room along with a pile of Archies I need to carry to the attic and swap out for a new stack for the girls to read...

I have to make more jelly with this juice still sitting in my fridge, taking up precious room in an already overcrowded space...

We started painting the house. We are basically done except this one stretch over my daughter's window...

Please don't tell my brother in law that we have yet to finish after he drove 5 hours to get here and help us get the majority done...

We (meaning Studmuffin) tore out a yucky flower bed that Holly had torn up. He then prepped the ground and I helped him put in the flagstone and sweep in some crushed granite between...Notice I've neglected to scoop that last pile of granite...

We made a fire pit...Okay, Studmuffin made a fire pit...He's going to take small pieces of flagstone to fasten on the top to make it, I don't know what it's supposed to make it, but it's sure to be great!
However, we have yet to finish this particular project...

I planted a garden. A garden I have no time or energy for. Therefore, it is sad and neglected. And full of weeds. I'm asking myself why I planted a garden. And, we had record rain and high winds, which gave my tomatoes fungus and blew what blooms were there off. I did pull off the dead leaves, but I don't know if they'll recover...

I'm sick of squash.

On a lighter note, the girls have accomplished a lot this summer...Popcorn's hair went from sandy blond to green and is now a lovely honey color...

Bookworm turns 10 Saturday. She has big plans for her party. The theme is Survivor. I say the mother who survives this party that will follow a week of her mother in law in ICU without losing her temper will be the greatest survivor...