Disposing of income

Yesterday, while Amelia was at school, Diana and I went to check out a "new" chain department store that had opened in town. The store looked so clean and orderly that a part of me thought it might be fun to work there a few hours a week. (But for minimum wage?) I found some summer items on sale for ridiculously low prices and actually liked a few things after trying them on.

As usual, Diana wanted to help mommy out and offered to carry my clothes to the dressing room. She seemed really over-burdened by mommy's clothes, but insisted she was doing just fine. After making our purchases, I brought Diana over to Amelia's school to look at the animals. She had a great time talking to the chickens, the peafowl, the goats and the sheep. I enjoyed listening to the huge, black pig snoring away in the covered corner of his pen.

The weather was reportedly up to 95 degrees in our home town yesterday. I felt antsy, hot, and a little bored and was eager to hit the road for a trip to just about anywhere. Luckily I found out, when Mike came home, that he had the same idea. I called my mom and after some rushed packing we headed down the coast.

Though the weather was unusually erratic this morning, this afternoon the thermometer on the porch told me that we were enjoying a temperature that hovered around 72 for most of the day. Walking with the family to the beach we were surprised to discover that it wasn't much colder near the ocean. The girls had a great time, and I'm crossing my fingers that the weather will hold up again for tomorrow.

Lisa