Checking In

I know it has been a long time since I have blogged, but no, I have not died or dropped off the ends of the earth. Actually, a lot has happened that I should have blogged about like my son Ben getting married to lovely Ashley Bohlender on July 2. It was a beautiful wedding and a lovely area to visit at Estes Park. Unfortunately most of my pictures of the wedding didn't come out too well so I am waiting for some more expert ones. But I do have some lovely ones of Colorado that I could share .
Angela has come and gone, my sister and neice came up for a week-end and spent it out at the cabin with my mother. Due to the exceptionally hot weather this summer I have spent more time out at the lake than other summers. In fact it is of one of these days that I wanted to share.
It was on Monday, July 31, not as hot as some have been but i had been out to the lake and funoodled with my mom on Sunday and I hadn't showered when I got home so I still smelled a little like the lake when I got up the next morning. I thought of going to Curves but because I didn't want to shower and then go to Curves and shower again I decided that I would just go back out to the lake and go for a swim for my exercise for the day. So i did. And it was wonderful! Now you see funoodling could be considered exercise for some but to me it's just a great way to relax. But Monday I actually swam with no floatation device and it was exillerating! I felt like I could have swam across the lake and back but thought it might not be wise so I just swam out a ways and then headed west almost to the fish hatchery and then back to the cabin. There is something so freeing about swimming. You feel so light and strong, it makes me feel young again! I love it. I'm looking forward to some more great swims out at the lake before summer is over.