This summer was supposed to be our lazy summer.
HA!
Lots of laying poolside and reading.
HA!
Instead, we had days of "Whoa. The bathroom floor feels weird next to the shower.."
and "Sam...Honey, WTF happened to the bathroom floor? Where IS it?"
Michael came home to a bathroom missing a floor..down to the joists.
I need to mention we don't have central air, and it was roughly 198 degrees with 613% humidity the day I tackled the bathroom floor.
Made me cranky.
More cranky.
Then we had a day of replacing the kitchen ceiling...another 198% day with 613% humidity.
Cranky doesn't begin to cover it.
Home repair certainly tests the strength of your relationship. If we ended the work day and DIDN'T want to take a 12 pound sledge to each other...it was a good day.
Things have been absolutely chaotic this summer.
Beyond my norm! What the hell!?
We decided we need to focus on a hobby together..we hike/camp/etc together, but we needed a quickie hobby..something we could hop in the car and spend an hour doing.
I used to LOVE shooting. The gun range (or the gun range at my uncle J's house) was Good Times.
Good SAFE times..we're crazy, but good crazy..not dangerous crazy.
Hell, we're not even worrisome crazy.
So. Research and trips to Cabela's and the local gun shop...and we're back on the range.
MAN, did I miss it!
*Michael wins the Awesome Husband Award for being completely supportive and encouraging, taking advice from A GIRL, and being proud of my skill instead of crappy that I'm currently a better shot than him.
We have a state game lands range about 5 minutes away...
We can hop in the car and spend some quality time doing something we love. Plus, we're meeting some great folks at the range.
We pull off the road and watch the wildlife around the creek...chat...watch sunrise or sunset...
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| hanging out by the gun range..she knows she's safe there! smartass deer. |
glad you've got a hobby going that you can share.
ReplyDeletehey, is pig around this summer or has she disappeared?
I would've been soooo grumpy too. The week we didn't have power for 8 days and it was so freaking hot I ended up with an extended migraine and crying in the doctor's office. Heat just does it to me!
ReplyDeletedeaf deer? And yeah, what happened to Pig?
ReplyDeleteShooting always relieves my stress!
ReplyDeletecool to have a quickie hobby you can both enjoy! and it sure is a quickie...bullets move pretty fast!
ReplyDeletehey, your summer sounds crazy like ours! no rest and not enough hours in a day!
i'm curious like everyone else...where's pig??
Well at least your humor is intact. :) I used to love shooting. Skeet, my Dad thought it was fine until I out shot my brothers. Then he wouldn't let me go anymore. It was a male pride thing.
ReplyDeleteI think it is so nice you and your husband have a hobby. Maybe my husband and I will do that again, he loves shooting, I on the other hand can't hit the broad side of a barn. I don't know what happened.
So glad to get caught up on what has been going on. Glad you posted.
The deer is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGlad you two have a hobby to share...as long as you don't do it on days of crankiness! :)
Sounds like fun! I haven't shot a gun since Basic Training:@)
ReplyDeleteGlad you found a hobby to release some stress!
ReplyDeleteWow! Bathroom remodel. That's a true test in SO many ways. Hope you had backup plumbing or at least an outhouse to supplement those long times when everything was turned off and/or in shambles. Isn't it amazing how many duffus decisions are necessary to fix and change such a small place in your life? Glad you survived. Maybe next summer you'll try something easier like summiting Mount McKinley.
ReplyDeleteI'm also glad you were smart enough to GO SHOOT SOMETHING after all that chaos.