Sometimes I think to myself that I have to be one of the luckiest people alive. I love the outdoors and I can't imagine living where I was surrounded by concrete. I am a bit of a loner and really enjoy being on my own that's one of the reasons that I was so happy to move to this rural setting. I mean HH is not the biggest metropolis with just over 1000 people I would have to say it doesn't meet metropolis standards at all, but when we moved from town to where we are I was as happy as a pig in sh--! I love the fact that I can strip down to the buff in front of a window that has no curtains and not have to worry about a neighbour seeing me. They are all too far away to see anything. I love the fact that I can get up in the morning and have a cup of tea on the deck with nothing on other than a wee nightie. Nobody is going to see me and that in my books is great.
I look out my window and I can't see any sign of people at all well except for Hubby's pile of brush which we will be burning in the late fall when there is snow on the ground. We are about 6 kms away from the nearest town and while that is not a great distance it is actually just about right to avoid community living while being close enough to a community to partake when the mood strikes.
Today we are having a party for Hubby who turns 46 on the 31st. I did start out trying to keep it a secret but with the house in such slings I had to do some cleaning up and I knew he would start asking questions so I told him with the intention of getting his opinion on what I should cook (pork or beef) on the barbecue. As it turns out I ended up having to do some of both since the grocery store didn't have enough of either. I wanted to have something special to do in an effort to celebrate Hubby especially because a week ago he asked me right out of the blue how old he was going to be. He couldn't remember if he was going to be 46 or 47..... that's scary. I knew that it was time to make a big deal of his birthday. We rarely have a party for the dear guy since his birthday falls at the end of the summer when there is no money to support such an event. But this year I am scrounging together enough to make a big deal of the man who brightens my days.
We have about a dozen or so people coming if they all turn out and maybe a few who will come later in the evening. It is a perfectly spectacular evening for a party. It has been hot all day like middle-of-the-summer hot. 27 degrees is really hot these days. We suspended work on the house today and just cleaned the deck and made the living room not embarrassingly dirty. Hubby is gone for a shower and I will be heading there soon too, since we have to be somewhat presentable for our guests.
I know that summer has come to a resounding end when we celebrate Hubby's birthday. I will miss summer but I am looking forward to the tramps through the forest in a few weeks as I start my daily walks and I look forward to the quiet evenings of autumn when we sit by the lamp light and read while the girls work on homework. I also look forward to a steady paycheck and plenty in the pantry. What I do miss this year is the work of the garden. This is not the first year that we did not have a garden. Last year we didn't but the animals were using it and they were so new that we did not resent them using our garden area for living accommodations. I really really want to plant spuds and peas and carrots, beets and beans next year. So the alpacas will have to move over. There will be no house renovations next year and so I hope to have more time for the joys of gardening and more importantly harvesting.
Soon we will be experiencing regular frost in the mornings as we take the girls to school.... you know, days where puddles are frozen over and the trees will be dropping their leaves. This also means getting back to spinning and weaving and knitting. I will have to organize my Knock Out Knitters again for regular Thursday night knitting and I look forward to that. I will also organize spinning and weaving meetings and maybe somewhere in there, I might get another paper making day. Fun fun fun.
The Sears Christmas Wish book is out and time to start thinking about the dreadful time of the year (Christmas). I actually intend on being ahead of the game this year. Ha ha snort! That's a joke... ok?
Well it is 5 and our guests will be arriving in short order so I had better get into the water and make myself presentable...
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