What happened to June?!?

Things got away from me in June. I have no excuse for my lack of posts, but I now have a chance to write a few paragraphs to catch you up on all the drama.

The week of Memorial Day, Matt had to work at the ProLogis house for the golf tournament. And just like every other year, it rained, so no progress made on the deck or the yard. A few weeks later he fired up the new power washer and we discovered that it is not the final solution for taking the paint off the deck. Our plan of complete paint removal and then staining has gone out the window. Time for plan D -- painting again. This has not begun since neither of us wants to actually start the project of painting the deck. We do not tend to agree on how the process should work so our solution is to ignore it until I can't take it anymore and buy the paint. Instead of screaming brick red, we are going to go for an understated gray. This should put the emphasis on the surrounding gardens and not the two story beast in the backyard. We also moved shade cover from the bottom level on the deck to the top. Hopefully in three weeks we will be getting a canopy system installed that will make the summertime more bearable. The canopy will be a nice bright yellow that you can probably see from space. If anything, when you fly into Columbus, you should be able to spot our house from a few thousand feet.

Finally, this week Matt is in Florida with a group from the church. They are helping to repair homes damaged by last year's hurricanes. This community is primarily older residents that cannot perform the repairs, so they have had their FEMA supplies for quite a while and need help with roofing and drywall installation. Matt left on Saturday morning for the long drive down and called from Georgia Saturday night to say so far everything was fine. Unfortunately, things are no so golden at the house. I have a depressed dog that keeps looking for his "poppy" and does not sleep well through the night. So I don't sleep well through the night. I am hoping that he will settle down tonight and get some rest. Either that, or I will have to take him on my run tonight and just wear him out.

On the bright side, I have a crop of lettuce to harvest when I am ready. On the dark side, I seem to be growing more thistle than anything else. Once I find the digital camera, I will be able to provide some art.