The blog has been a bit neglected lately. We’ve been remiss, slackers, cyber-bums, etc. But as usual, excuses are plentiful! Here are 10 reasons that the blog has been a bit slow:
10. We finally took the plunge and bought a Nikon D60 last weekend. For the first 24 hours we just stared at it. And the user manuals. It’s been at least as distracting as a new puppy.
9. With our newfound equipment, we decided to enter the professional arena. We signed up for an account on Shutterstock. Then we snapped the required ten pictures and sent them off, confident in our photographic prowess. 48 hours later all ten pictures were rejected. Not one, not five, but all ten. Perhaps we’ll keep our pictures within the confines of Bona Vita where we can rest comfortably, self-deceived about our abilities.
8. Elliot returned from college and then turned around and left on a mission trip to Nicaragua. The resulting laundry/unpacking/laundry/packing flurry was almost as distracting as the camera.
7. Memorial Day Weekend. Not as much a celebratory barbecue as a frantic pre-vacation three-day spring-cleaning plant-the-garden-in-an-afternoon event.
6. It’s the last week of school. Need I say more?
5. Mom’s slightly obsessive tendencies result in a desperate need to force her children to finish every single last page of every single textbook. The last week of school is both eventful and emotional as a result.
4. Seven National Piano Guild auditions, one SAT subject test in Latin, one freshman pre-registration, one senior piano recital, and standardized achievement testing all fell into the same fourteen-day period.
3. The family van is dying. After 220,000 miles, it’s making strange noises. Groaning, grunting, grinding. It doesn’t accelerate like it used to. It has also been attacked by rust, that malicious culprit that seems to take joy in destroying cars, especially those originating in Michigan. However, Mom and the mechanic are conspiring together to force one more year of miles out of the van.
2. Our first set of guests. We’ve been preparing our Michigan home for our first set of vacation renters.
1. Frantic planning and packing for summer vacation that solidified not a moment too soon. More on that coming soon.
So what are your excuses? Why does preparing for a relaxing summer take so much energy?
