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Sunday Happy

August 15, 2021 Colleen Stem
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If you were not stupid hot this past week well then weren't you just the luckiest one. Me, I was on the verge of a god damn breakdown. SO hot and humid for so long, I seriously was losing my shit. But I am better now because the heat wave broke and I can move, breath, and think again. And what I am thinking is that summer should be over and I am 100% ready fall.

Beside the heat wave almost killing me and making me the most miserable and bitchy person in the world, the week was great. It started off with family hoopla up in Belvedere. My Dad was here, the cousins, and most of the siblings. We ran around, talked and yelled, complained about this and that, and laughed at the expense of each other. Then the mr and I, with the help of the littles, set up our tent in the field and when were were overly exhausted that night, we crawled into then tent for a little shut eye. ( I barely slept because the tent was set up by the littles and they placed in on a weird incline so I was like rolling around all night.) The next morning I woke up early and took a walk to the river with Megan, drank all of Dads coffee, packed up the tent wit the mr, and then half of us went for a long ass bike ride. By the time we were finished, I was finished and it was starting to get really hot. It was a great couple of days and it was time to go home.

And then it got even hotter and more humid. A freaking heatwave. So I did what I could to not melt or kill someone. I spent most of my time either working in the basement or laying on the kitchen floor. I dis go on a little hike by the lake with the Mr, Megan and So thinking it might be a little cooler (it was not) and then had all the littles over for an afternoon of popsicles, ice cream, and sprinkler action, but ther then that I can’t really think of to much else that was done because well my brain was fried.

But then it rained yesterday. Really hard really fast and the heat broke. Thank fucking god because I could take it anymore. So even though I spent most of the day doing chores, cutting hair, and freaking out about stupid things, I was much better then I had been all week.

I am excited for today. I am not sure if it is because we are tossing the camping shit into the car and getting out of here or if it because it is only suppose to get into the mid 70’s and with no humidity. Either one, I am here and happy for it! A day of kayaking and hiking and sleeping outside. The good stuff.

Internet from the week

-July Was The Hottest Month In Recorded Human History. Yes and now we are fucked.

-Has This Summer Felt Off to Anyone Else?, One hundred percent yes.

-Antivaxers Think Their ‘Pure’ Semen Will Skyrocket in Value. Wow. Wow, wow wow.

-One of the nephews ins moving into a dorm for the first time and let me tell you, his mama is losing her shit and buying it all. Also, his dorm is five minutes from his house and around the corner from a store if he needed to get anything. The college dorm shopping industrial complex is real

-A Great British Spraycation.

-Where there is a risk for fire well it is a no brainer. It’s Time to Cancel Campfires

-Cake season is coming upon us, especially me. At least 2 birthday cakes a month for the next 8 months! Cake Is Hard—Here Are 7 Pro Tips to Make Cake Baking Easier

-This is exactly where I should live. Completely in love. The Soot House: Conjuring the Ghosts of Old New England on Spruce Head in Maine

-Don’t Throw Out Your Olive Brine!. I always use olive brine to splash on veggies. It is delicious. Don’t Throw Out Your Olive Brine!

-Ducks, Otters, and Other Wildlife Plunge into Water in Intricate Split-View Embroideries. I want these, they are so fantastic.

Pictures from the week.

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In sunday happy, internet links Tags internet links, Sunday happy, belvedere, life, family, everyday life, heatwave, pictures from the week, camping, great outdoors, Vermont
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Sunday Happy

July 8, 2018 Colleen Stem

I do not ever want to have to deal with that heat for that long ever again. It almost fried my brains out.  I mean, the freaking toothpaste and soap got boiling hot. It was unreal. And the poor mr, having to deal with over heated me. All rational thoughts get lost in my heat rage. Things were said, loudly, and not so nicely, but the mr, he never let it get to him. I vocally vomited and he just turns the fan on me and smiles. I can be such an asshole, but the mr, he knows how to tame (or at least mostly ignore) the beast. We have some great kind of love. 

Heat wave week was not so productive to say the least. Or at least not for me. The mr was out there in the world almost everyday, working outside like an idiot, building outdoor showers and shit. I, on the other hand, decided I could care less about pretty much anything and spent a good amount of time sprawled out on the kitchen floor, barely clothed ,in front of the basement door with a fan blowing sweet cool air from the basement all over my dying body. When I was not on the floor, I was vacuuming behind and the back of the fridge (because we had to pull the fridge out and blow a fan on the coils to prevent it from overheating), watering my plants and garden to keep them alive, and talking to dip shits on the phone, trying to figure out billing questions and testing every ounce of patience that I have. Those phone calls were rough. I was so close to giving up on life and running to the Alaskan wilds.

When we were together, we tried to stay somewhat sane and cool. No hot food all week which means that mr ate cold noodles and sandwiches and I ate grated zucchini covered in mustard. One day we took an afternoon trip to Mills river to eat a picnic with our feet in the water. We went and got coffee in air conditioned shops, and enjoyed the wilds of the car air conditioner.  I hung at the library or the studio and spent some quality time in the walk in color at Costco. 

Fourth of July came and we had the littles over for some sprinkler relief. Qui and Adriana came over too and played with the littles, took out the tandem bike (sometime solo) and did a double scooter down the middle of the street. Now the littles are aware of more dangerous activities they can partake in with those damn things. Thanks for that Qui. The mr worked more on the tree house (there are stairs now!) and we decided that we could care less about fireworks and went to bed early. 

Thursday night came and brought the sweetest relief. Thunderstorms and a break in the heart and humidity. I was able to cook some lentil, do a load of laundry (All laundry production was halted due to the fact that I was not willing to turn the dryer on and have it ruin my cool basement flows) and step outside with our wanting to immediately stop drop and roll because I felt like I was on fire. Then Friday was then a  a trip to the airport to drop off some goobers on their way to an amazing advernture and a day of catch up of things that needed to get done that were not done all week but it wasn't so bad because the weather was fine fine fine. Nothing like a break in the heat wave to turn a frown upside down. HA

Yesterday after I got out of working at the studio, the mr and I packed a picnic dinner and headed for the mountains. On the way we stopped at a thrift store and I found a old welches jelly jar with a dinosaur on it and brought it home to make me happy. Once we hit the mountain, we kicked it by a river, had our picnic, then watched as 20ish hot air ballons bobbled around the sky as the sun set.. We did a little chasing as well and got pretty darn close to some of them. Hot air ballons are so cool. I wonder if I Would ever have the guts to go up in one....Maybe someday

Today I am just going to enjoy whatever because it is not 100 degrees out. A nice bike ride into town to the gym, then I need to mow the lawn and weed the garden a bit, but then maybe I'll just read or throw some pots or paint a fish. Maybe I will even make some bread. ( I haven't made bread in days.. I bought bread for the mr this week so I didn't have to turn the oven on. It felt so wrong)  I am excited, just to chill and do whatever. It's going to be a good day.

Interent reading from the week. 

-I have been waking up with charley horses for the past few weeks.. It's terrible and makes me want to cut a leg off. CHARLEY HORSES MAKE YOUR LEGS WANT TO DIE. HERE'S HOW TO STOP THEM.

-Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore. Because I don't want to talk to you is why. Ha

-To have a giant empty room to play in... That would be too good. Eclectic Dream Barn House in the Louisiana Countryside

-Watch: An NYC Baker Creates One Very Realistic Polar Bear Cake. I found the mashed cake patties really grossed me out, but that's just me. Cute cake tho. 

-Care less, enjoy life more. Mastering the Art of Caring Less

-Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Heard this guy talk on VPR earlier this week. Seems like a cool dude and should be a good read. I got it on reserve at the library for me right now.

-Agreed that I never cared about the hearth claims.. I just really love their liquid aminos. The Mysterious Hippie Food Brand That's Never Let Me Down

-I don't know dudes, I am all about a cool floating devices but a coffin? Not sure about that. A Millennial Pink Coffin Float Exists, So Now You Can Ponder Your Mortality In Style

-Many Common Sunscreens May Harm Coral. Here's What To Use Instead. Read your labels!

-Outdoors equal bugs. No other way to get around it, but try we will .How to Make Any Outdoor Meal a Bug-Free Zone with 8 Natural Tips

Pictures from the week 

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