Happy Thursday!!  It is almost the weekend and I hope the weekend brings cooler temps!! It is 90 + degrees here and very humid, for someone who does not have central air it is a little to warm!!  We do have several window units we use to cool some rooms, but for some reason the big one that cools the main room downstairs keeps blowing the circuit this afternoon, so not much relief from the heat!!

We had this same heat yesterday and took advantage of it to wash off the deck. And boy was it dirty! We have a large deck, I am guessing maybe 36 feet by 16 feet. It needs to be resealed this year so I thought I would get the hose out and start cleaning it. It is a ground level wood deck with spaces between each board. Each one of those spaces was filled with dirt, leaves, sand, and other gunk. I had to get in between each one with the hose. Which wasn't so bad since it was so HOT out and I am originaraly a farm girl, so getting dirty doesn't bother me either :)  The tots and I am actually had a great time splashing water and getting wet with the fresh well water from the hose.  I will admit I am sore today, as it took me 4 hours to clean that deck. And those 4 hours were spent crouching down and crab walking to get it clean.  When I was done I looked like the Loch Mist Monster, but both my tots had a great time "hosing" mommy off.  For them the day was worth it just to be able to spray mommy with the hose.

We have been picking raspberries and peas nightly, what a blessing to have this year. The raspberries are from the school garden, and the peas from ours, usually our garden doesn't do well, so we are taking full advantage of them.  This is also the 1st year we have helped in the school garden. What  a  great experience for the kids! And since we live in town our garden is small and we are not able to plant a lot, but the school garden is fairly big, so that helps.  Next week the summer school kids will have first pick of  produce from the school garden and when school starts they will be able to use fresh produce in their meals! I LOVE that!!

My older kids will be back from the grandparents on Saturday, so life will again get busy here :) But I have enjoyed the time with just my tots! 

Live Life,

Happy Mom :)