summer fun

i decided today that i truly love the whole blog concept. it's so fun to be a part of people's thoughts, and i enjoy writing about whatever is on my mind. ahhh yes, freedom of speech, what a luxery.

so it's monday morning, another week beginning. sometimes i can hardly believe how fast time goes by. i'm always amazed when summer rolls around. winter in saskatchewan is cold and long ... i'm really not a huge fan of it. but june - september usually makes up for our saskatchewan hardships.

this summer i'm looking forward to a few particulars. like what, you ask?

Kristin's Top Ten Summer Favorites

#1 camping
#2 suntanning and basking in the hot sun
#3 drive-in movies
#4 sunday night at family camp
#5 landscaping Jeff's yard (we just seeded the front lawn so far...i can't wait to watch it grow!)
#6 campfires (this gets it's own number b/c although it falls under the general catagory of camping, it is also an activity unto itself, therefore deserving of separate recognition).
#7 swimming at outdoor pools with jenna and kayden and lynnel of course!
#8 Dairy Queen chocolate chip cookie dough blizzards on a really hot day
#9 Marquis Down - horse races Friday nights - so fun!!! if you want to, you can bet on the horses, and win a pile of money. i usually do it until i lose a total of $5 bucks and then i chicken out.
#10 pulling out the summer wardrobe - no more turtlenecks and jeans - hello tank tops and fun skirts and cute sandles!!!

2 things i am not looking forward to this summer:
-working 8:30 - 5:00, monday to friday
-mosquito bites

but only two because summer is too great to bugger it down with negativities.

this weekend jeff and i did 2 great fun things from the list - #3 and #5. at the drive-in we saw The Longest Yard, with adam sandler and chris rock & various other famous faces thrown in here and there, and also Sahara was playing. i slept through Sahara, but jeff thought it was okay. he was wishing we had brought lynnel to the drive in so that he would have someone to talk to while i was snoring. anyway we played a little game that my silly family plays every once in a while, particularly when jenna is over. it's very easy and it took up all the time while we were waiting for our movie to start. i call it:

"I Like ______ Because..."

it's a good game because you find out all the positives you can think of about a particular situation. we played "I like the drive-in because..." my sister started this game one day at supper. i think it was along the lines of "I like this table because...". yah she's a weird one that girl. but creative. jeff won, i guess he is more creative than i.

as for #5, we did yard work all day saturday, and it was fun.

i'm going for lunch now!