Whoa, summer's almost half over!

Wow, the summer is really flying by! This is Whiz Bang weekend in Robbinsdale, our fair town. Last night Luke's band played a few numbers at the local stage, under the town water tower, just about an hour or so before the Minnesota skies unleashed a strong storm. By that time I was safe in my friend Kimberly's basement, watching a movie with our bookclub (Memory Keeper's Daughter--a book we read several months ago).

Today I'm enjoying my first really "do nothing" day. Which means I should be doing a lot. We're having a little gather to celebrate Luke's birthday tomorrow (his birthday was July 7). I need to get cracking cleaning and pick up a few things.

I think I blogged about Tim buying a house in north Minneapolis for a really good price. He's very excited and is fixing it up for our son Mark. It's in a pretty good neighborhood--had some of the copper taken from it, but will be a nice place for Mark. It is solid with hardwood floors, so Tim's ripping up all the carpet.

Tim's aunt passed away this week after a long battle with cancer. Tim's mom is from a family of 17 or so children (two moms), so a couple of Tim's uncles are close to Tim's age. This aunt was only 51 years old. The service was beautiful and we enjoyed a nice catered lunch in the downstairs of the funeral home--a lovely and spacious location. It was a very special tribute to her life. She (Char) was at Christina's open house just a few weeks ago, and even made it to a family 4th of July celebration (we were at Cornerstone). She died on July 6.

Well, I better try to get something done around here. All week I've been working and then running around in the evenings and collapsing into bed around 10 or 10:30. I don't even really remember what I've done at night--running errands with Tim mostly and looking at the "new" house I guess.

Hope you're staying cool this summer--we finally got our AC fixed--there was a leak near the condenser. So it was nice and cool here for our hot humid day yesterday. Hurray! This is a wonderful thing since we've been unable to pinpoint our AC problem till now. Now Tim can be comfortable.

Till next time,

Suzi