Day 2737 | Haunted Barn

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We’ve been busy volunteering for our 4-H club’s haunted barn fundraiser and last night was our scare night (our other shifts have been set up and the family fun day). The scaring is the real deal, though, and we thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to make people scream. This year we were stationed in the corn field. We did some jump scares, some corn rustling, and some surprise running. I don’t know why anyone would want to be scared like that, but I appreciate that they pay our club money to participate.

Day 2731 | Weaving

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My mom’s birthday was in March and I thought it would be a fun idea to do a weaving tutorial with a talented artist in the area. Little did I know this simple idea would not be so simple to coordinate. Six months later and three reschedules, but we did it. And it was very cool. What a beautiful and complicated craft. It was fascinating to see it come together.

So, there you go…happy birthday, mom!

Day 2726 | Book Festival

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That’s right. The book festival is back and it is consuming most of my work time these days. I do really enjoy doing it but, man, sometimes it’s a bit much.

Luckily, I have two more feline friends to “help” with my random projects. Take this book photo shoot, for example. Murphy had a lot of suggestions to improve the shots (most of the suggestions just included inserting himself into the set up).

Day 2725 | Canoe Bay

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My super smart and talented husband managed to hook us up with a sweet weekend away at a fancy northwoods resort, Canoe Bay. It was a couple of days of doing basically nothing except all of the nothing things we never have time for: reading, playing games, chatting, sleeping in, sauna-ing, hiking, and even canoeing [on the bay!]. I managed to sneak in a massage AND a nap, too. Can you handle it?

Special thanks to my mom and dad for entertaining the boys all weekend. We were all living our best lives. Minus the kittens. They really missed us.