Been awhile

Sorry I've taken so long to publish a new post. These last 3 weeks have gone by in a blur. Last week Dan and I got he chance to drive up to Cincinnati for a week. We always enjoy the trip, but it goes by too fast. This time we did take George with us, and I have to say, for all he had to absorb in such a short time, he did amazing.

My brother came back with us to Goldsboro. I love having him here, but I'm sure he's not as excited about being in Goldsboro. Or course I don't like being in Goldsboro either.

We did have some exciting news while we were in Cincy. Dan passed his Staff Sergeant test. He should be able to sew on his stripe and actually get his "promotion" before December. I'm so proud of him. Continue to pray for him, as he's still trying to switch jobs.

Another Visitor

This and That

Well we've had a busy past week, so this post will end up being a smorgasbord of different things. It's been so HOT outside recently that the dogs and myself have been confined inside for most of the time. I mean, I try to coerce the dogs into going outside, but even they aren't fooled. Instead, they all pick an air vent and stay there.

Since I'm limited on what I can do during the day in the house (don't want to make too much noise while Dan is sleeping), I usually just end up reading. Our library is very small, so I'm often frustrated by it, but I have managed to find a few of the books I was looking for. I just finished Emma last week, so that was the last Jane Austen book I needed to read. I'm also almost done with the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. It's hit and miss with our library, so if I'm working on a series I better be prepared to wait, because they often don't have the next book available. I'm also reading a few other books right now, but I'm not going to mention them in case they are duds.

We had a wedding to go to on Saturday. A couple from church was getting married. It was very elegant and well done. It was actually the first wedding I've been too since we lived in Phoenix.

Monday I baked some Amish friendship bread. This was the first batch I've made in awhile. It was getting a bit overwhelming, so I had put it away for a few months. I made two different batches; one as the regular recipe and the other with banana pudding. The banana flavor wasn't as strong as I anticipated, but it still tastes great. Here's all the loaves after they were baked.

I needed to take Onyx to the vet for her rabies shot, so I packaged up one of the loaves and took it over to the girls at work. Doc loves bananas so I took him a few of those as well.

In the evenings I've been working in my front flower garden a little bit. The heat has really zapped most of the flowers in my other beds, but the one right in front is looking good. Here are the Black-eyed Susan and some of the Marigolds that are growing there:

The Brazillian Verbena that grandpa gave me has gotten huge. And the butterflies love it!It took me two days to get a picture of this fellow. He was very camera-shy. Every time I'd take the camera out to snap his picture, he'd fly away. But I finally got one that isn't blurry. HA!- take that butterfly! You're getting your picture on the Internet whether you like it or not!