Quick Takes Friday: Finally Summer!

Joining Jen at Conversion Diary for Quick Takes Friday.

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Whoa! Long time no blog! Sorry...I've been brain dead and quite uninspired, too busy living life to take time to write about it. Plus, what I said in my prior post. I have about a million pictures to post from end-of-school stuff, and I promise to catch up with posting them soon, so stay tuned!

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Tomorrow I have a phone interview for another job. To tell you the truth, this whole to-resume-career-or-not-to-resume-career situation has been so emotionally consuming over the past month or so, that it probably mostly explains my lack of blogging. Not getting the other job was a bit of a bummer, I suppose, and I've been rather fervently trying to discern what God's will for us might be. So often, the uncertainty is, itself, the cross we have to bear, right?

So now I think I've got my head wrapped around my fear, panic, uncertainty, frustration, etc., etc., etc., and I submitted my resume for another real-job position. Phone interview Friday morning--please pray for me!

UPDATE: Phone interview was fine; in-person interview coming soon. Stay tuned! :)

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Oh my goodness I am reading the most wonderful book. It's In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden. It's dreamy, and now I'm totally fantasizing about being a cloistered Benedictine nun.

Here's a wee excerpt that I love, in the voice of main character Philippa Talbot:

"One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn't respectable. You can find anyone it, from duchesses to whores, from tramps to kings."

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We did go camping last week, and it was fun. My dear husband worked his fingers to the bone to make it happen, and we almost have all the gear put away. It was quite a fun little kickoff to the summer. The kids had a blast despite two days with temps in the high 90s (What?), lots of bugs, and a tornado passing through the area! Lots of great pics coming soon, I promise!

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Summer's off to a great start around here this week. Lots of swimming and sports all around. It has been so much fun hanging out at the pool this week and seeing all my pool-mom friends. Every summer I love seeing how much all the pool kids--many of whom we don't see often during the school year--have grown up!

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Father's Day this weekend--guess where we'll be spending the day--at a basketball tourney with WWD! Now that's a happy Father's Day, don't you think?

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That's all I got...Now go see Jen for lots of great Quick Takes! Have a great week!