Friday, July 25th

Sorry, It's been a while. I was talking to Melissa last night and I remembered that I had started this blog but had not written anything for a while. Work is slow today, so here I am. Lets see... what have we been up to this summer...

Well, we haven't been camping for one. We talked about it the other day and finding the time when all of us are at home with nothing to do is the problem.. we are all just so busy! We are looking at next month though, if we only get out for the weekend that would be nice. I would like to take the dogs with us, I know Hank likes to go camping. This weekend I'm going to pick more Blackberries. Last Saturday I picked about a gallon up in the mountains and I'm going to get more. Then Sunday I'm going up to Oak Harbor to trade some berries for some crabs that dad has been getting out by Deception pass. I'm also going to take some firewood to him. I cut some earlier this year that is small enough for their glass fireplace that they burn during the holidays. Then I'm going to come home, but on the way drop some crabs off to a friend that gave me a salmon yesterday. Good trades all around.

Melissa is sewing today - working on an order that is going to England. She is so excited, and I'm excited for her. She is having a good time with her business and we even went to look at a shop in town that was for rent. But after thinking and talking about it she is going to put that off for right now. She is still going to do the farmers market in Des Moines this weekend as last time she made a decent profit and had a good time.

My contract at work is about up and I'm waiting to see if they are going to extend me or not. I kind of think they will, but I need to get an answer soon so I'll know whether to send resumes or not. I'm kind of undecided if I want to stay here if I had a chance to do something else. The money is good but there is so much going on here that most people have difficulty getting everything done. It might be that corporate culture getting in the way also, but I know that the people I work with have a lot to do. I really find it hard to get my projects the attention that I think they need.

Ok, without going in to a lot of detail that's about it. Hopeful;ly I'll remember to update this more often.