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And in with some new sneakers. We got our money's worth out of his old sneakers - I think they were purchased way back in October of 2008 and the bottom soles were starting to come apart.
We purchased the new pair at the local Kohl's. I love that store!
OK, I only got about 10 pictures taken today. I think I was worn out from yesterday's blueberry picking and all the photos I took there!
But here is a quick recap of our July 12th:
Morning:
Breakfast with those blueberries, with vanilla yogurt, sliced peaches and rolled oats. So yummy!
See the time? Even on Sunday we get up pretty early. And my phone has been giving me fits recently - the battery won't stay charged and I bought a replacement battery with the same results. Yeah, the replacement battery might be a dud, too, but at this point the phone is 3 years old and I am thinking about upgrading.... to an iPhone. Erica wants a phone, too, so we spent time on-line checking out different phones / plans, and by the end of day I had a huge headache because of the phone situation.
Rascal was enjoying a morning snooze by the window. It was a beautiful morning, with a cool breeze. Sorry the picture is blurry - but Rascal always gets up when she sees me, so I was lucky to get even this shot.
Hey, it's me again with a self portrait, taken right after I dried my hair. Why do I think of Vanna White when I look at this picture?
It's afternoon now, and Brian decided he wanted to rearrange his room. Brian outlined all the changes and Scott did the heavy lifting. Here is the result:
But, as part of the rearrangement, Brian purged many of the kids' / baby books he had in the bookshelf. I need to sort them and put them in the garage sale pile now.
I practiced violin (something I haven't good about all week long) - I am working on the Franck Violin Sonata in A Major. A nice romantic piece.
A day doesn't pass without some sort of Slip-N-Slide [SNS for short] action. See that strip of matted down and brown grass? That's where the SNS has been used. Brian is setting up a *NEW* SNS (I bought TWO new SNS's today - at the request of my children, who read the Sunday Sale ads, noting many are on sale).
This SNS features a swirling spray of water onto the slide. Note - the arch falls over due to the back pressure of the water. Brian later dubbed this the "Useless SNS". 
The kids gave up on the two new SNS's and spent the rest of the day watching old Harry Potter movies, in preparation for Wednesday's premiere of the Half Blood Prince. We plan to go on Thursday.
So there you go - 10 pictures from our day. Hope yours was great, too!
It's been at least four years since we made a trip out to the U-Pick Blueberry Farm in White Heath. My friends from book club raved about this year's great crop, so we set out Saturday afternoon with friends Kathleen, Mel and Sara in tow.
The skies opened up and rain poured down on the fields as we were getting our blueberry gathering buckets ready, and later we determined this was a good thing, as the rain cooled things down and washed the bugs (Japanese beetles) off the bushes.
Mel sets off down a row of berry-filled bushes:
While Erica and Kathleen head the opposite direction: (Definitely away from me!):
But they can't escape Mom with a camera (aka the camera nazi):
Look at these beauties! Freshly washed by the rain.
And after about an hour hard work, we have these:
About 5 pounds of sweet berries (and that doesn't count the ones I ate along the way).
Mel enjoys some of the berries she and her mom, Sara, picked. The boots are hand-me downs from Erica and they look so cute on her!
The farm also grows herbs, corn, raspberries and green rhubarb - I wonder what Sara will make with it:
Checkout? If no one is there, you weigh, calculate, log and put your money in the box. 
One of my favorite pictures from today - three pretty maids, all in a row. And a kitty, too!
I get to host our Ladies' Book Club meeting tonight, and I am making a simple bruschetta with fresh basil from my garden. But not just chopped basil, but Basil Chiffonade (that just sounds fancy, doesn't it?).
The technique: stack the basil leaves:
Then cut into strips.
Easy! And the strips of basil look so nice with the cubes of tomato.
My friend and neighbor, Jill, loves the show, So You Think You Can Dance. She also has a generous (maybe crazy) spirit when she invites all of her boys friends to her home. The running joke in our house is that Jill's family should be able to take another dependent deduction for Brian, since he spends so much time over there.
Tonight, Jill had seven young boys over. What do you do with seven boys? You crank up the music and make them dance! [To Welcome to the Jungle, even!]
Jill is in the background, enjoying the boys' break dancing moves. She only wishes she had a video camera.......
Meet Pete, the Riding Stable's owner's trail horse. We often see Pete leisurely grazing in the fields as we pull into the stable. Today was no different, even with the inclement weather (thunderstorms and lots of rain).
I walked over to get closer vantage point and Pete must have heard me:
He kept his eye on me as he trotted closer to the stable - do you think he doesn't trust me?
Erica started reading this today - she was introduced to Percy and The Olympians last summer (I read the first book, too - very entertaining) and has completed all the books in the series. Based on her complete immersion behavior, I expect she'll have it finished tomorrow.
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