I am going a little bezerko/nutto/crazy-pants-mcgee en casa these days. I hate transitions and I am in the middle of a lengthy one right now. I'm no longer working for teaching temps which means I am at home 100% of the time. Holy shamoly Rocky! My main priorities are to work on my Master's paper, keep the house clean, and to practice Spanish (eek!). I do these things daily minus the Spanish part because whenever I start practicing I feel like I am falling into a black hole of despair. In other news, Matthew just texted me with dissapointment that he cannot use his apps in the bathroom. Yes, we have text! woot woot! Texting is my new hobby of choice. Matthew has one of those fancy phones with internet and is pretty much connected to the thing these days.....painful! I was able to get his eyes peeled off the phone for a second yesterday to take this pic...



The only other picture I have taken recently is this one of the Golddweebs who were over the other night for dinner to celebrate JB's birthday. We had spicy bleu cheese burgers, corn on the cob, potatos on the grill, grilled zucchini, salad, grapes, and chocolate cake. Most everything was made per Jon's request.



He said it was a feast. I was happy to oblige and have something other than daydreaming to accomplish during my day! Ahhhh....back to reading research papers...

the quiet moments

Spending time with a significant portion of my family is always a little crazy, especially at the cabin. There's just a lot going on. *Come help get the dock in! *What are we making to eat?! *Who wants to play a game? *Talktalktalktalktalk.... With all of the commotion, I barely even thought to grab my camera.

Until I stole some time out on the hammock...



and watched the sun shift in the trees...



Meanwhile, Matthew was reading up on our trip to Yellowstone...



...and eyeing my mom's sweeping...:)...this is such a Matthew face...



...while dad admired the lake...



...with a beer in hand...



...mom joined him to admire as well...



...essentially, they are the creators of chaos...



The following day, I played Upwords with my mother...



We have a tradition of playing this throughout the years, many times at the cabin. I can remember playing this at a hotel somewhere with my mom for the first time, when I was about junior high age. She was the master at Scrabble, I wanted to beat her at Upwords. I ended up slaughtering her with a couple of high scores and she would go on to say she let me win.



No one ever wants to play along with us. SO it has been about 15 years of us playing this game against eachother. I have won every single time, and that aint no lie. Mom was winning in the beginning and I thought that it was really going to be her year...but no, I was victorious..



..and she would agree.