Summer Time

I have lived my life on a school schedule. Summer time is the weeks that you aren't in school. But my administrative job is year round and August 6 IS still summer and my June has been way too busy so I am declaring Melinda's summer of 2015 to be June 21-September 21 .... Like the calendar says. 

Now I realize that that may sound silly to do but sometimes you just have to declare things so that your old habits and ruts are forced to sit up and take notice. Here are my terms:

1. I will not rush to have vegetables and fruit and jelly put up in July. It's too early!! I will plan to can and harvest all the way through September.  

2. I will not even consider putting away my flip flops and tank tops until September 21. 

3. I will plan to go to the beach, lake, pond and river through September .....I act like they put them in storage when school starts back

4. I will not get caught up in back to school frenzy. I am not on that schedule. 

5. I will squeeze every drop of hot, dry fading light out of September that I can.

Ok.....that's it.  Hello, Summer.