My elderly cat breathed her last, sadly. I still expect to see her every morning and every night when I come home from work and its been a bit over a month now, I think. That was not a pleasant day.
I managed to get the rest of the blue carpet up and the wood floor underneath was beautiful. Also discovered there is wood floor beneath the white yucky bedroom shag. A project for later.
Adventures this summer have been close to home as finances are tight. The mortgage went up, income went down, the typical bullshit.
Jon and I went to Belle Isle with our friend Ruth and her family. It was really rainy and cool but they got to see the Scott Fountain running, at least for a bit, it was turned off as we looked at it because it was just damn windy that day. We toured the Aquarium and the Conservatory, laughed at some poor yay hoos whose wedding was going to be incredibly wet. Then Joe went fishing while the rest of us went inside the Maritime Museum which is really really neat and that we need to visit earlier in the day so we can see the rest of it. We walked in shortly before the museum closed We also toured the Nature Zoo with its turtles. A good place to go.
My birthday happened. Jon got me some pretty flowers, some nice booze, and my parents in law got me a new wallet. We also drove to see my parents for a short, short weekend visit.
A few weeks later, Ann Arbor had its annual Art Fair. Off we went again. All but Jon who, unfortunately, had to work. It was abominably hot, but always interesting. We popped into the Museum of Natural History while we were there to cool off and because there was a storm brewing. It was much much cooler after the storm passed. Didn't take many photos. But we were all drenched in sweat anyway. Ruth bribed James. But he looks quite resentful that he had to have a photo taken.
Jon's parents became boat owners. So one weekend we went out to the lake so Jon could be taught all about boats in case we wanted to borrow it. Kensington is always pretty. However, my father in law is a lame teacher and Jon got frustrated. I sat relaxing on shore while they ran aground, and my father in law fell out of the boat and they took on a bit of water.
Jon's birthday happened. I went birthday shopping for him with my friend Jen. Spotted an unusual product. And got him some Legos. Jen and I sword fought with foam swords but mine broke and she won.
Today, Jon and I went back to Belle Isle. The island was CROWDED as it was a lovely day with low humidity. We took the opportunity to venture toward the lighthouse, apparently the only marble lighthouse in the country, that we somehow always missed.
I should probably have taken my real camera as I am always disappointed at how my cell phone camera takes photos. But, then, I have to carry it around. Sigh.
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