Share Four Somethings - July 2024

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Near the end of each month I try to share Something Loved, Something Accomplished, Something Improved Upon, and Something Noticed.  I was busy on the weekend and didn't get it done, and now I'm in the final hours of July so I'd better get busy! I'll add my Something Read and What's Coming Up Soon at the end, as usual, and I'll try to keep it all pretty short because it's almost August!

Something Loved

Celebrating (although it was very low-key) Canada Day to start the month. And the more boisterious celebration of Independence Day. We enjoyed time with friends and with family, and lots of fireworks.

I absolutely loved our trip back to Maryland last weekend to see family and friends. It was not a long trip, but it was good to be with my people again, especially my sweet granddaughter.

Something Accomplished

I don't know. Little things like actually making the phone calls to sort out things like our house insurance and car insurance - or at least make progress on those things. Getting to work mostly on time even though I struggle to get out of the house in a timely manner, and my favorite route to and from work is under construction. 

Something Improved Upon (or that needs improvement)

I have worked on getting all my chorus music memorized and be consistent in doing the things I learned during our coaching workshop, so I feel good about the memorization and vocals. I still feel like I'm flailing a bit with some of the choreo so that still needs work. It's hard to find time to practice that! 

Something Noticed (In our Lives or Around Town)

The boardwalks and other improvements to Taylor Farm Park are coming along, and it's the place to be locally for birdwatching. Especially water-loving birds. We've noticed ducks, geese, egrets, herons, blackbirds, goldfinches, buntings, sparrows, killdeer and plovers, blue jays, cardinals, woodpeckers, hawks, and the list goes on! 

 I don't know for sure if I've seen Green Herons before, but if I have, I didn't correctly identify them, because I didn't realize they were so small! Isn't it wild how their long necks seem to just disappear when they're not stretched out? 

Oh, and this little Downy Woodpecker was at my suet feeder. She sat there so still for so long we wondered if she'd fallen asleep. I think she was just waiting for golden hour and the setting sun to hit her just right. 

Something Read

Once Upon A Prince by Rachel Hauck

Here are the books I'm currently reading:

Harvest of Rubies by Tessa Afshar

Sisters of Fortune by Anna Lee Huber

All of my reading news is at Just A Second if you're interested.

What's Coming Up Soon?

Our anniversary is at the beginning of August and we're celebrating tomorrow with a date night to a comedy club. 

We have a vacation home booked for five days later on in August, and all the kids and grandkids will be there for at least the weekend. They can't all stay for the whole time, but I'm so excited about this! We're hoping to make a family get-together vacation like this an annual thing if all goes well.

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