So summer is finally here. Days spent in the lake with 'my kids'. They're not mine exactly,. but I have grown rather fond of my roomies kids. They call me Auntie Jet, and their mother calls me darling sometimes because she sees more than she sees her husband lol.

This is the first summer that I have actually enjoyed in a long time. No allergies here (except the freakin mosquitos), no more looking like I've been crying for a week! We seem to have an abundance of Fluff trees. There's always fluff floating about in the air, and when its windy it looks like a snowstorm.

I have been here for 9 months now, and they have been a very happy 9 months. I thought I'd be a little homesick by now, but I'm not at all. I've found home. But whether the powers that be let me stay or not is another matter entirely... But it's also time to start taking control of my life. I can't stay in this permanent limbo all my life. So, I'm badgering Guy into introducing me to the woman who runs a local sign company so that she might teach me the trade. They have a good business relationship and she did take a liking to me the one time we met (she thought I was his wife, haha!). So fingers crossed that I might be able to learn a trade that can use my talents!

Alot happening this month too, we have the Stampede next weekend, for which Guy has been dangling VIP tickets under my nose... Must charge the camera battery for that! Time to wave some more photos under Mothers nose to lure her over here. She is so sorely tempted, but I think I'll have to produce a grandchild before she'll finally bite the bullet and come to live here too. If only it were so easy...