Flying By

Today is the first day of July -- can you believe it?? We had activities every weekend in June, so the month seemed to come and go in an instant. Fortunately our July is less booked, so we can get our bearings and soak up summer a bit more this month. Then, as I like to say, our month of fun begins....

• The last weekend in July is our 1-year wedding anniversary, which warrants a nice dinner out anyway - and I'm pretty sure the bakery that made our wedding cake gives a free mini cake in honor of a one-year anniversary. Woohoo!

• The first weekend in August we are going to Door County, WI for our annual family reunion. It has become a highlight of the year for us - sunrises and sunsets on the lake, drinking beer and playing board games, big breakfasts, and a cool old bookstore is at the heart of town.

• The next weekend we'll be off to Paris. And the weekend after that we'll be in Brussels. And the weekend after that we'll be settling back in at home and reminiscing with photographs.

In the meantime, I'm trying to get into the habit of running, which I'm finding difficult with SB on summer vacation and always home. It is hard to motivate myself at 6am when I could just stay in bed with him. Fortunately or unfortunately, I signed up for a 6-mile run, the most ambitious run I've registered for to date, in late September. I still have time to get in shape for it... but cannot delay any longer! Wish me luck.

PS. Recipes to come soon. This weekend I made walnut bread that was quite gorgeous, if I do say so myself, and a savory pasta with shiitakes and swiss chard. And this weekend we are picking strawberries and making our second annual strawberry-rhubarb jam. Love this jam, and so excited to make it again this year.