Too darn bloody hot

Heigh-ho,

Just a quick hello to tell you that I'm alive, relatively well - albeit, as the post title suggests, too bloody hot. Summer sucks. Just so you know. Ooh, but I do see the bright sides of summer too. Just today, Pelle and I took my brother's dog for a walk (or rather, the hound took the lead and dragged us through the woods for a mile or three. I managed to look up once or twice and noticed that it was really, really lovely out there, and decided right then that I need to go back tomorrow armed with a camera to collect photographic proof of the beauty of the world when all is lush and green and sunny and bright).

This summer vacation is turning out to be very different from what I expected, in a very positive way. Pelle has had to get used to this new regime of not having to do anything, and the slightest disturbance throws him off balance, but the times we spend at home, just the two of us (and the felines, of course) are very nearly perfect. Pelle will be 8 next week, and I'm making all sorts of crafty preparations. Really looking forward to August 2nd!

Okay, on with the post. A little health warning is in order (I would advise any of you with a dicky ticker to look away now), because I've been contemplating... and doing some... stitching! Thanks to Harmien (who is, as you probably know by now, unfortunately blogless), I'm starting to see the joys of stitching again. Not 30 minutes ago, I found myself looking at the new additions over at 123 Stitch, something I haven't done in months and months and months! Harmien and I make it a habit (sort of, kind of) to work on The Village of Hawk Run Hollow whenever we get together, and we got together twice in the last couple of weeks, and I'm actually making some progress!

Still only the crazed cow and the mystery mammal (still asuming it's a mammal, though haven't found out which one exactly yet), but you can definitely see the start of a house there! As of our stitching session yesterday, a door and some more wall has been added. Good thing about that progress, too, because this BAMF of a BAP is to be finished within 4 years! Harmien and I have been calculating (nothing dramatic, just with the use of our fingers and toes), and have come to the conclusion that we will be celebrating 25 years of best friends-ness in 4 years' time. As a way to mark our anniversary, we've decided to have the Village finished by then. Seems do-able, doesn't it?
Ha!
Little do you know.
About me and Deadlines.

Well, this post is unexpected enough as it is, no need to add more about all the things I've been up to knit and crochet-wise. Possibly next time. I leave you with a summer's greeting from my dear boy. Enjoy your lazy hazy summer days, if you are so inclined ;o)

Yours swelteringly,
Annemarie.