June seems to have slipped up on us, and I just noticed we haven't posted since May 20. Well, part of that is because I joined Facebook world in late May, so now I tend to use that for keeping up with friends rather than the blog. However, I know some people, especially family members, aren't on FB, so guess we better keep the blog posts going at least periodically!
Let's see, May 22 was our 5th anniversary, and we spent it at work mostly (boo!) but then took a happy little drive on Colonial Parkway followed by a picnic (in the new car, sunroof down!) on the York River - complete with sandwiches from Colonial Williamsburg's one and only The Cheese Shop. I don't think we did much else that weekend that I can remember (man, my memory is going - that was 2 weeks ago yet it feels like ages ago!). Ben gave me a papasan chair for our anniversary, and I am thoroughly enjoying that (he is too); it's a great thing to come home to after a long day at work :)
The past couple weekends we have spent doing massive cleaning, rearranging, sorting out of old papers and stuff, and then throwing whatever we can away. It took longer than we thought and we aren't even done yet, so this weekend will be partly spent doing that. It is so refreshing to get rid of things that you really don't need and have only been keeping "just in case." My theory is that if I run across something that I didn't remember I had, and if I haven't needed it in the past two years since moving here, chances are I probably won't need it in the future--or if I will, it won't be the end of the world to get rid of it. Oh, yes, and another part of this project has been to go through our computer files as well--consolidating, organizing, and getting rid of duplicate documents. We did that in anticipation of getting new memory for our laptop (thanks to Ben's parents!)--which we successfully installed without losing any data, but which we were trying to play it safe with in case something did happen (one never knows with computers...).
Otherwise, we have been enjoying going on evening walks (when it's not raining, as it seems to have been doing most of the past week) and just soaking in some sun on our porch. There is a lot of wildlife around here that seems to come out even more in the summer: raccoons, deer, frogs (LOTS of 'em), bunnies, and baby geese and ducklings. I'm including a few pics of the goslings here - they aren't the best photos but they really were sooo cute with their young, furry feathers.
This summer promises to be relatively uneventful and low-key, as we aren't planning any major vacations due to Ben's new job and not having the time off to take. It's sort of sad, but sacrifices must be made early on for the benefits later, so we are trying not to complain and to at least be glad for the weekends!
Well, that's all for now. Hope everyone has a good weekend!
Pretty carnations Ben got me on a particularly stressful workday (which has been pretty much every day lately!):
Ben, a cat-lover, found a cute kitty in Colonial W'burg who was just waiting to be petted:
Bruton Parish:
Pretty silhouetted home and trees:
Pretty flower in the Colonial W'burg garden:
A moth (photo by Ben):
Colonial home:
Another colonial home (this one looks different than many of the others in CW - it's brick and has a huge, distinctive, gnarly tree in front of it):
Famous colonial home (I forget the name of it):
