I have not kept up on here like I usually do. Mainly because I am still experiencing nerve damage to the fingers of my right hand. It is getting better, but it’s such a slow process. It makes it harder to do everyday things and typing is one of them.

We are having a slow, very hot, summer. Here are a few things that we have been up to and as boring as they may seem, I still like to journal them so that I don’t look back on this time and think, what in the world did we do the summer of ’24.

Watermelon. Donny brought home this giant watermelon. It was huge. I was skeptical because it had seeds and I’d been seeing all of the videos about the awful, rubbery, disintegrating melons on social media. Y’all, this was the BEST watermelon that I’ve had in such a long time. The past couple of years we’ve only gotten the seedless variety and have been disappointed. If you like watermelon then go get the seeded ones. I think everyone has caught on because at our local grocery they had crates full of the seedless and they were on sale for $2. There were only a handful of the seeded ones left and they weren’t even on sale.

We have a little frog that hops into the corner of our patio every night and just hangs out there eating bugs.

The morning glorys around our bottle tree have come back and are doing so well.

We had to run to the mall to grab Jack a swim suit for our upcoming trip and I tried my first Korean corn dog. It was so good! I got the mozzarella one.

Milo is still determined to make friends with Monkey, but she is having none of it.

The cats are probably the only ones enjoying this hot humid weather. This is how they are living their best lives.

Jackson and I have managed to get out and go on our thrifting dates. I found a vintage rooster picture made with actual feathers in a hand carved frame. You know I like weird artwork that no one else has and it was only $1.

I also picked up this gold leaf frame, also $1.

Any time I find Talavera pottery I will buy it. I just loved this cross and it was only $3.

My very best and most favorite find that I’ve had in a long time are these Birkenstock sandals. I had debated between the Birkenstocks and the White Mountain ones for a while and ended up choosing the White Mountain. I had looked at these exact ones online, but in brown. Since I already had the brown White Mountain ones these silver ones would have been my next choice. These were in excellent condition and only $8.

If you have any cork sandals, I highly recommend getting the cork sealer. I found mine on Amazon and it really helps preserve the life of your shoes.

Now we’re going to keep an eye on hurricane Beryl. We leave in a week to head to Corpus Christi and our airbnb is right on the bay. Fingers crossed there’s no flooding.