it looks like rain again today... and i wonder if it will ever stop. not that i don't like rain... i like it a lot actually... but usually because of the sound it makes on the roof... and the way it looks as it collides with the window panes.. and for the simple reason that rain usually requires that you stay inside relax.... read a good book, watch movies.. s-l-e-e-p... and all those things are wonderful... but as much as i love all that stuff.. i think i've had my fill for now.. i'm ready to go outside (without messing up my shoes i muddy puddles)... the backyard of my new house has been calling my name ever since we moved in almost 2 weeks ago... but i need a canoe to get out to the back fence.. and why do i want to venture to the back fence?? because that 's where the tire swings are.. and i don't have a canoe.. bummer. so until the sun shows any signs of sticking around long enough to dry up all the rain... we will just have to stick to enjoying the parts of the house that are functional, rain or shine. like the front porch..
and friends, let me just say... that the front porch almost makes up for the fact that the weather has been so unbearably monotonous lately.. it is probably my favorite feature of the house.. it makes me completely and perfectly and incandescently happy.. if my car is parked out front, i promise that you can either find me in my room or on the front porch swing... i love that thing.. a couple of nights ago we had people over for one of the first times since we moved in.. it was quite picturesque... we pulled every chair in the house out to the front porch and all sat around the porch swing... telling stories and laughing non-stop.. actually, we did that in just about every room in the house.. but we got started on the porch :) ... and later on we had iced sweet tea in mason jars (complete with homegrown mint leaves from the front flower bed).. so cute :) it was a good start to the many, many good times we will have on oliver street this summer.. so stay tuned... as soon as it stops raining... i'll tell you about the badminton tournament in the back yard.. and the BBQ on the back deck.. and the smores around the fire pit.. and the outdoor dancing... and the fireflies ...
some pictures from that night...
the newly engaged rachel and seth.... :)
playing and singing...
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i can't even explain how excited that last sentence made me.
and i can promise you...that at some point this summer you will arrive home and find me already parked on your porch swing. that thing is my best friend.
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