Summer and Salt Water

It's 10pm in Ellensburg and still 80 degrees (and about 90 in my poor-ventilated apartment!). The smell of summer is usually delicious here, a mixture of hay fields and warmth. And the occasional cow pasture, but I digress... While I'm not complaining about the nice weather at all, I am longing for fall and all my favorite things that come with it. Pumpkin spice... stews... pumpkins... *snap out of it*!!

I haven't blogged in a while because I've just been enjoying my summer. I've been spending time with my Grandma and Grandpa B, doing a little gardening and lots of cooking. I have also been helping Grandpa E deep clean his house, I'm positive some of those dust bunnies were older than I am!

I was home for a few weeks, so Adam came to visit me! We watched a lot of movies and went to the beach!

At the Jetty in Ocean Shores

The sky was bright blue and the beach was beautiful! The sand was hot enough to burn your toes, a rare phenomenon around here. Adam "tolerated" all my picture taking... (click on photos to view them larger)

Well, he was being a good sport... 

TONS of horses on the beach. They stunk. We really don't like horses. 

And kids flying kites! So fun. 

Before heading home we picked up a bag of saltwater taffy, because you can't go to the beach without getting taffy! I thought a margarita flavored taffy would be yummy (limey, a little salty) but it was just pure salt- YUCK. We even stopped at the casino on the way home because I had never been to one. I played penny slots and doubled my money- put in $1 and won $2!! Whooo... that will probably be the end of my gambling.  

My goal is to keep the posts more regular than they have been. We'll see how that turns out! :) 

The Beach and a Jewelry Thief.

This past weekend was Memorial Day weekend (aka- 3 days with no school!) so Adam and I took a trip home. We got to see a good chunk of Adam's family including visiting siblings- Kevin, Shalee (Hi, Shalee!!), and Kristi with her family. I sped home to hang out with my mom before she left for a church retreat with my sister. This left me with my dad and four year old dog, Kona, for the weekend. We kept busy by planting flowers and tomatoes, grilling pizzas and burgers, and we even took Kona to the beach!

Remember the Mother's Day planters I made? Look how much they've grown! The "flowers" in that lower pot were actually weeds- ha! They've been replaced with much prettier flowers since then.  

Kona loves the beach. He's about to pull my arm off!

Eyeballing me.

I never understand why people swim/surf here. Soooo cold, windy, dreary, and miserable!

He got a little too brave. That little speck is him!

I didn't catch a picture of it, but the stinker decided to root around a dead, rotting seagull and later found a nice pile of dog poo to sniff at. Later, we took him to walk around the shops in Westport and one of the owners came out to say hi to my cute pup. She proceeded to let him french kiss her. Dad and I were both holding back fits of laughter/gagging because she was doing this not 10 minutes after he licked everything dead on the beach. YUCK.

One benefit of Mom and Morgan both leaving for the weekend is that I had full access to Morgan's closet and makeup stash.

Sidebar- I got to right here in writing this post when our lovely toilet overflowed for no apparent reason (this is the SECOND time this has happened. Grrrr). Looks like I get to do multiple loads of toilet-water towels tomorrow. Yay. 

Anyway, back to my point.  I scavenged through old boxes and came up with a ton of old jewelry (which may or may not have been my sister's...):

Exhibit A

I also found an awesome Ikea rack I bought years ago with good intentions but never used. It is now holding pens and misc. crafty goodness next to my desk. I got so excited after finding a stash of my old cds. Unfortunately, I could only find all the burnt mixed cds which were okay but not what I was looking for. Adam and I skipped through them all the way home... until he couldn't take anymore early 2000s R&B ;)

Adam thoroughly enjoying my rediscovered Savage Garden. 

I'd better get to bed so I can go to the laundry mat early in the morning. Oh, the joys of living in an apartment with horrible plumbing and no washer. :)