mojosmom

Oh good lord. I must have dreamed that I wrote about Father's Day because clearly I did not. It was a very nice day. The four of us sat around the dining table and built Lego. Jason received two new sets, both quite large and very fancy - a cool dragon on a rock, and a tree from Legend of Zelda. I built a variety of sets, from the Hocus Pocus house to random free-with-purchase sets to flowers. So many flowers. We're going to use Lego (and knock-off Lego) flowers as table decorations at the wedding.

Last weekend I took a quick trip to Wilmington, Delaware, for a one-day membership summit. It was being put on by Region 19, so I only found out about it Jeanine forwarded me to the email, but it promised discussions about membership recruitment and retention, financial matters, and how to make rehearsals more fun. I ran into two Hearts there, which was fab, and generally had a wonderful time. Lots of great ideas. I need to type up my notes and send them to the M-team.

Speaking of VF, we decided to decline the wildcard offer. Which is fine. We have plenty of things to work on in the meantime. Plus, Claire promised two new songs for next Regionals! Super excited about that.

For the last few weeks, Jason and I have been engaged in a joint art project. We got a couple of small sketchbooks and each day we slip a Pokémon card in the other's book. We draw our respective critter, then in the evening we show each other our drawings. The next day we swap cards, then the day after that we pick new ones, so we only have to pick out a card every other day, and in the end we've drawn all the same ones. I suggested the swap because I realized that if I wasn't drawing them too, I would soon forget which Pokémon I'd already picked. It's been a whole lot of fun. Only takes like 10-15 minutes, so it's easy to knock out during lunch. And there are over a thousand Pokémon so we don't anticipate running out any time soon.

The house is quite pleasant these days. We got a new sump pump so we don't have to worry about flooding. The HVAC doesn't need to work quite so hard since we got new insulation and sealed the ducts. We had a motorized awning installed over the back deck so it's much nicer out there. We've been good about making sure it's taken down before bed, just to be in the habit, but it has high wind sensors so it should go down by itself if the weather gets too crazy. We did have some condensation issues in the basement, so we got a dehumidifier and turned the thermostat up a few degrees. Hopefully that will help, since it's not like the weather is going to get cooler anytime soon. Jason also bought a small freestanding firepit so we can make s'mores and use up the firewood in the backyard that came with the house and is doing nothing but collecting spiders. And maybe burn some of the large amounts of cardboard in the garage. Wyatt will enjoy that.

Not much else to share, really. Tomorrow VF is singing the national anthem before the fireworks; Saturday is D&D (Eick is taking over DMing for a little while, which ought to be interesting); Sunday is quartet practice. Later this month I'm off to Vermont to visit my sister, then I'll be home for a couple days before being whisked off to GenCon.

Oh yeah, and did you know the wedding is only 11 weeks away? Yipe!