August Happenings

August is like the Sunday of Summer…..unknown

I am finally back in town.  As much as I love to travel, transitioning back home is a bit of work. Luggage to unpack, bills to pay, dead plants to discard, laundry to do~~in addition to the mental shift of getting back into the swing of things.

My latest adventure was to Washington, D.C. where I helped settle my oldest in his very first post-college apartment. He starts his new job soon and is embarking on a wonderful journey in our nation’s capital. His apartment is in a fabulous, hip section of the Navy Yard, close to the Metro and numerous restaurants.

But he needed everything-sofa, bed, dresser, desk, television console, coffee table, kitchen island, and assorted 1st apartment things.  Thankfully, IKEA is an affordable option and was only 30 minutes away.  However, we opted to assembly everything ourselves. What were we thinking? Who knew a sectional sofa came in so many pieces?

Here is the apartment on Day 5~~the good news is that we (my son, his roommate, and his mother) worked well together and got it finished! #loveIkea #hateIkea #exhausted

We are experiencing exciting weather in Phoenix.  It is our monsoon season= rain/wind/flooding.  We’ve also had a few haboobs ~~ intense dust storms.  Bella Terra is looking quite tired this time of year due to the heat and the unpredictable weather. The minute the yard is picked up and cleared, another storm blows through.

The wind has been so strong that part of the hen house room came off and a garden obelisk toppled over.

My middle daughter has moved back home and is living in the guest cottage for her last year in college. She surprised us (long story) with this sweet little bundle.  Meet Hemingway. He has his own Instagram account….Hemingway, the GSD. (German Shepherd dog).  After our initial shock, it’s hard not to love him. #puppylove

My youngest daughter has already started her senior year in high school.  We are knee-deep in the college application process….sigh.

August is one of those months.  It’s part of summer but no more summer vacations.  Routines and schedules are back.  Traveling is over.  But it’s too hot here to really do anything exciting. Temperatures will not cool down for another month or so.

I’ve been reading ALOT and must share these two books with you.  They are part of a trilogy but I haven’t gotten to the 3rd book yet.  Recommended to me by my friend, Rick (who always has the best book suggestions), I cannot put this series down.  If you like fast paced, espionage thrillers, these are a must read.

Red Sparrow (Red Sparrow Trilogy Series #1)About the author.

Jason Matthews is a retired office of the CIA’s Operations Directorate.  Over a thirty-three-year career he served in multiple overseas locations and engaged in clandestine collection of national security intelligence, specializing in denied-area operations.  Matthews conducted recruitment operations against Soviet-East European, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean targets. As Chief in various CIA Stations, he collaborated with foreign partners in counterproliferation and counterterrorism operations.

I am working on the second book in the trilogy~~it is equally as good as the first.

Palace of Treason (Red Sparrow Trilogy Series #2)

The last book is The Kremlin’s Candidate.

The Kremlin's Candidate: A Novel (The Red Sparrow Trilogy Book 3) by [Matthews, Jason]

I am always a bit sad when the less structured days of summer are over.  Even though mine has ended, I am hoping your summer will linger on for at least a few more weeks.

 

 

 

 

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8 Comments

  1. Your son’s apartment is super cool! Y’all did a great job with furniture choice and placement! I didn’t realize that Arizona has a monsoon season, wow, they must be really powerful! Thanks for the book suggestions! Adding them to my Amazon book list! and I’m reading this post late, but by the look of things, the weather should be almost cooling down now no? August is well on its way out of here… 🙂

    1. We had so many storms this summer~~reminds of when I first moved here nearly 25 years ago! Actually, this morning it did feel a bit cooler so I can tell autumn is coming. We typically have a warm spell between now and the end of September, but every degree it’s cooler, I’m happy!

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