August In A Nutshell
This is a depressingly short post because I accomplished hardly ANYTHING in August.
‘cringes’
What happened?? How could August be over?? And WHY WASN’T I MORE ORGANIZED AND PRODUCTIVE???
I do hate unproductive cycles.
I mean – what on earth was I DOING all August???
I wish, Maru.
But anyway – onto the meager nutshell.
Warning: Major Gif-Zone ahead.
I participated in Victoria Lynn’s blog tour for Ruffles and Grace.
I was very excited to be a part of this celebration and I am so proud of Victoria for reaching so many followers on her lovely blog.
Swimming
So this is where some of my evening time went. For almost two weeks I got to swim every night in a “borrowed” pool and it was WONDERFUL, AMAZING AND SPLENDIFOROUS.
Experienced A Solar Eclipse
Since our business practically shut down on this day (as did most of the nation) we had a little mini holiday. My dad and siblings decided to brave the roads and drove for several hours to get to a spot of complete totality. My mom and I stayed home to avoid the crowds and because I was feeling crummy. Nevertheless, we had an amazing view from our driveway. While we never experienced complete totality (there was always the tiniest sliver of sun visible) we were able to watch the moon travel in front of the sun. It was an amazing and eerie event. It got noticeably colder and darker – but not a night-time dark – more like the darkness before a storm and yet . . . different. It was strangely quietly, few car sounds, no animal sounds, there was a definite sense of waiting in the air. It was magnificent and I kept thinking of what it will be like when Jesus returns and makes the sun nothing and destroys all that we know to make it new again. Humans think we are so efficient, so powerful, and yet all it takes is for our sun to disappear to make us realize again how finite we are. While I was watching the eclipse, I kept thinking of Psalm 8:3-4. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?
Reading
As of several days ago, I have read 201 books so far in 2017 and have upped my yearly challenge to 250 books . . .
Can I do 300? We’ll see.
Probably not, I’ve been having eye trouble and need to rest them more. But I might have a shot at 250 – we’ll see….
Blogging
I posted twice a week. I absolutely loved doing this but I can’t keep it UP. I build my posts and put a LOT of time into each one of them – time that cuts into my other writing – so I’ll have to cut back to five or so posts every month.
‘cringes’
What happened?? How could August be over?? And WHY WASN’T I MORE ORGANIZED AND PRODUCTIVE???
I do hate unproductive cycles.
I mean – what on earth was I DOING all August???
I wish, Maru.
But anyway – onto the meager nutshell.
Warning: Major Gif-Zone ahead.
I participated in Victoria Lynn’s blog tour for Ruffles and Grace.
I was very excited to be a part of this celebration and I am so proud of Victoria for reaching so many followers on her lovely blog.
Swimming
So this is where some of my evening time went. For almost two weeks I got to swim every night in a “borrowed” pool and it was WONDERFUL, AMAZING AND SPLENDIFOROUS.
Experienced A Solar Eclipse
Since our business practically shut down on this day (as did most of the nation) we had a little mini holiday. My dad and siblings decided to brave the roads and drove for several hours to get to a spot of complete totality. My mom and I stayed home to avoid the crowds and because I was feeling crummy. Nevertheless, we had an amazing view from our driveway. While we never experienced complete totality (there was always the tiniest sliver of sun visible) we were able to watch the moon travel in front of the sun. It was an amazing and eerie event. It got noticeably colder and darker – but not a night-time dark – more like the darkness before a storm and yet . . . different. It was strangely quietly, few car sounds, no animal sounds, there was a definite sense of waiting in the air. It was magnificent and I kept thinking of what it will be like when Jesus returns and makes the sun nothing and destroys all that we know to make it new again. Humans think we are so efficient, so powerful, and yet all it takes is for our sun to disappear to make us realize again how finite we are. While I was watching the eclipse, I kept thinking of Psalm 8:3-4. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?
Reading
As of several days ago, I have read 201 books so far in 2017 and have upped my yearly challenge to 250 books . . .
Can I do 300? We’ll see.
Probably not, I’ve been having eye trouble and need to rest them more. But I might have a shot at 250 – we’ll see….
Blogging
I posted twice a week. I absolutely loved doing this but I can’t keep it UP. I build my posts and put a LOT of time into each one of them – time that cuts into my other writing – so I’ll have to cut back to five or so posts every month.
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