it's hot here!

let's see ... what's been going on since april? not a whole lot. it's summer and we live in the desert. it's hot. thank god for air conditioning and swimming pools! here are some random tid-bits:

i cut off my waist-length hair (up to my shoulders) and coloured out the gray. i donated the cut part to locks of love (they make wigs for children with cancer). ds has grown back all his hair which he'd lost during chemo.

dd is having several hundreds of dollars worth of dental work done. so far, she's been a champ. dh is still not working and is having a minor stroke about the cost.

both kidlets will start kindergarten in a couple weeks. they alternate between excited and nervous. they had a full-blown graduation ceremony for preschool with caps and gowns and little diplomas. good grief!

the major event has now been rescheduled (for about the sixth time!) for mid october. i've about given up on it ever really happening. it's been three years.

my little sister got married in july and i was able to travel to california to attend the wedding. you could've knocked me over with a feather when i found out i was going to be able to go! it was utterly fantastic to see all my family and friends! and we spent a day at the beach. i really miss the beach. i'm homesick again.

did i mention i adopted a sweet little pitbull ("pimple" according to dd, lol!) last november? i also have my mom's dog and a cat i rescued a year and a half ago. they all went with to so cal. i drove the kids and critters in the ark and dh drove in sanity alone. the cat travels incredibly well! she really likes being in the car.

so that's the low-down skinny from here. i hope life is treating you all well! until next time ...
xoxoxo
:) M

p.s.
i still have a handfull of xmas cards i haven't gotten mailed from last year, so don't be surprised if one shows up in your post. i wrote them in march, i think.