Summer

So I'm sorry (to the two people who read this blog, especially Philip) that I haven't been writing this summer. It has been kind of busy. I had to help my dad catch up on all the stuff that had been forgotten because it was not of enough importance to maintain while I was gone. This consumed most of May. Then in June we did our hay. That was not as bad as sometimes because we did the majority in large square bales (3*4*6) that were stacked in the pole barn with tractors instead of hands. This was really nice. I did put in a few long days on the tractor though. The hay got a little wet, which sucked, but it stayed pretty green, so it wasn't a loss. We were done before my birthday, which was nice because too often we have to put in hay that day. I had a pretty nice birthday. Heather took my out to dinner the night before and we watched the Corry fireworks. Then on my birthday we all went to TJ's to play pool in the afternoon and my dad, mom, and I went to Dutch Treat for dinner. A plus was that my mom got out of the hospital on the 29th so she could come with us for all the fun. She seems to have made a full recovery from her stroke, though she still calls Melissa Marlissa more often than she used to. I think I basically wasted July, but maybe that was a good thing. Though I guess I do remember that at the beginning we sold all of our 7 puppies and Philip and Janelle were here for quite a while. Then I went to Canada last week and had a lot of fun. It took about two hours less to get home than it did to get up, which is kind of ironic because the border into the US is usually harder to cross than the one into Canada. I have been picking a lot of vegetables and fruit this summer and freezing it. I hope to eat healthier at college this coming year and I figured that the fruit smoothies that my aunt Dawn suggested my mom make would probably be good for me too. Thus, instead of having to buy a whole bunch of fresh fruit I will have most of what I need in my freezer. Well, that's a pretty good update I think.