Cough! Cough!

As I sit here at the computer, my usual view of the surrounding hills is now blocked by a blanket of thick, brown smoke. Yuck! Fortunately, so far we are safe where we live, but there are several fires burning just miles from us. Yesterday I gathered all of the boxes of photos, cd's of photos, etc. and placed them all in the office just in case we need to eventually evacuate. I don't think any of the current fires burning pose a direct threat to us, but the way the drought conditions have been this year and the possibility of another thunderstorm heading our way this weekend could change things pretty quickly.

On a lighter note...
Summer is here! And I'm lovin' it!
The kids are going to summer school, so they are gone from 8:00am - 2:30pm. Freedom! I have really been enjoying my quiet days so far. Of course my big list of projects I have intended on getting to has sat untouched thus far, but who cares? I certainly don't! It is amazing how fast the time does go though.

I have done a little scrapbooking, but not as much as I would've liked so far. Here are some of my latest layouts:





I even did a couple of layouts using pictures of me when I was about 8 years old. I definately want to scrap more pictures of me from my childhood. So fun!




I was also busy making photo scrapbooks for all the dads this Father's Day. I made a slide show so you can see the results. I really like how they turned out. I got the idea from a website, so don't think I'm really this creative. I wanted to keep them really simple. I even made some of the "papers" for this on the computer. I wish I had more time to do more of the creating side of digital scrapbooking.

I've also been busy getting ready for the upcoming soccer season for Raegan's Division 3 team. Another one of her coaches and I have been taking a coaching class that ran last weekend and also this weekend. I'm learning alot and really like the instructor. I've also been playing in a summer adult coed league. There are a few of my regular teammates on this team, but for the most part, it's a totally different team. In this league, they are allowing some younger guys to play. In our other league, you can only have one man under 30 on the field at a time. The women can be any age as long as they are at least 18. In this summer league, they are allowing each team to play 2 guys that are between 18-25 and two between 25-30 on the field at a time. Holy Cow! Talk about feeling old! These young guys are so dang fast! So far I haven't felt like I can't keep up, but the game is definately faster than I'm used to. It's been fun, though and we have a really good team. We've been creaming every other team so far. I think the score on our last game was like 10-1.

We are going to take a vacation at the end of July. We're heading over to Glacier National Park in Montana and then up into Canada a bit. It should be a great trip. Of course we planned this all before the gas prices decided to take a huge leap, but I hope it doesn't ruin our trip. Our friends, the Brittons, from the Isle of Man will be flying in to meet us in Montana and then travel with us. That will be great, and I know we are all anxious to see them again.

Well, gosh, aren't I long winded today! I guess I should go glance at my project list, huh? Not that I'll actually do anything from it, but I need to refresh my memory on what it was I put on the list.

Oh, and before I leave, you may have noticed I added a new lead song on my playlist. It's the new single by Gavin Rossdale (otherwise known as Mr. Gwen Stefani). I really like this song, and like even more the picture I found of him! Sexy man! Yeah baby! Enjoy (both the song and the picture!)