winding down

just as the calendar is ticking down on summer,  summer has finally arrived.

i will not complain.

i will sweat and smile, oh yes i will.

S M I L E  :))

i would much rather sweat and take an extra shower or 2 ANY day over shoveling or shivering or being in a closed up house.  i can be barefoot all day.  who cares?!  my van is filled with sand.  again, who cares?!  my skin is sunkissed, not cracked and pasty.  i smell like sun lotion and salt and sweat.  i like that.  we can ride in the jeep with the top down and the doors off.  my kids play and play and play til they drop into bed wearing nothing but their cute undies and sleep the sleep of happy tired little ones. i take a late COLD shower, lay on my bed,  my fan humming over my head, my window wide open,  while crickets sing me to sleep.  that my friends is heaven to me.  fall is pretty and nice yes, and i do love blue jeans and a great sweater,  but it is far too fleeting and we all know what it leads to...  so for now i will soak up these lazy hot days. even the rains have stopped.   

if you need me you can find me under that fan.  

or here...

  yes definitely here.

happy monday.