Riding princess on Spring Lake

The boys and I took a paddle this evening.  What a way to adjust one's attitude!  The water was like glass, many neighbors were out enjoying their lake front, and the evening sun was perfectly warm enough.

Aspen took the lead

Pat provided maneuverability

Mt. Rainier is shrouded in clouds.

Taking a nap with Copper

Getting back to normal

After what seems like a week of illness, Dad and I are both on the mend.  Lots of phlegm loosening up, but it's finally almost over.

While sorting the laundry today, a gigantic spider came out of Aspen's pile!  I screamed, killed it, and sent Aspen to clean his room.

We cleaned Hammy's cage, too.  I used the shop vac to remove the litter, then got it all back together.  Hammy seemed pleased.

Also refilled the wild bird feeder, potted my ivy that I've been rooting, and cleaned the shower.  Then I took an hour-long nap.  Tomorrow I plan to do some grocery shopping.

Dad rearranged the dogs' sleeping area, and put Brodie's crate back out there.  She is NOT thrilled to be between Copper and Dash.

Aspen put Dash in the house and threw the ball for Copper, and Copper played!  We were so excited to see him take a break from chicken-staring.  He's a little out of chasing shape, but he should get better with practice.

Pretty busy day for people who really needed a lot of breaks in between tasks!

Hammy is a martian!

So cold. . .

Copper is so cold!  "Holdya??!"

Enough already!

My summer cold has kicked in for real now.  Let's just say it's an upper respiratory infection, and let it go at that.

I spent a quiet day posting grades and processing data for my study of how men and women differ in their interpretation if sexual interest.  The data's looking pretty good now that I got the insight that I needed to calculate my own factor analysis of the items before computing my statistics.

If you're still awake after reading that...  Aspen has been completely ODing on his video games for the past two days.  He's taking advantage of Pat's and my illness.

Key to my survival will be getting my sinuses clear so I can sleep tonight.  We all know I cannot breathe through my mouth!

Back to archery!

First I tried to take a pix of Pat shooting his bow and arrow, but he forbade a shirtless pix. 

Then I took this pix of his perfect bull's eye, and he complained that the score of all arrows together isn't very high. 

Shows that he's feeling better -- he's shooting, and dissatisfied with a perfect bull's eye from 40 yds.