This Summer: Five Things

It's full-blown summer in the D.C. area and the heat is on. It's so hot that I had cut my hair recently—am I the only person who thinks their hair makes them hotter?  We're talking full-blown air conditioning all the time, flip-flops, and getting sweaty just walking from the car.  Throw in the humidity and man alive!

Here are five things I'd like to do this summer:

1. Go to the pool more with Babyface.  He loves water and waterplay days at his school. I'm trying to make plans with friends with kids so that we can take sandwiches, share toys, and have fun together.
2. Use the nice invitations that I won at HealthyTippingPoint (thanks again, Caitlin!) to organize a summer cookout.  This year we're not having our usual Independence Day cookout so I want to make sure we have some other summer fun with the grill and outdoor games.  Babyface has a deluxe inflatable pool that's a hit with the toddler set.
3. Go on a date with My Heart's Desire and see a movie at the theater.  We rarely go to the theater these days, the last time was in March for his birthday, and before that... 2013.
4. Finish the baby blanket project that I started ages ago that now is a toddler blanket project.  I like crochet and even found a knitting/crochet group but have been slacking.  I need to finish the blanket before the kid's old enough to learn how to crochet!
5. Take a family day trip to the beach or the bay.  Somewhere easy to get to and that would be fun for all. (If anyone has suggestions, please put them in the comments.)

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Grateful Thursday

Today I am grateful for a new day, cold water, summer fruit, my family, all our home appliances are working, DIY attitude adjustments, True Blood On Demand, my cute-as-buttons nieces,  comfy and bright workout shoes, my UP24, and that I finally figured out my library's electronic resources.

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Kick Cancer's Ass

Enrique, My Heart's Desire's best friend since 1992, was recently diagnosed with cancer.  Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. That's him on the far right at our wedding.

Hafiz-Sarraf wedding 2007

Enrique's diagnosis was devastating news.  He has been married for nine years and has three small children—a really wonderful family.

I sent him a copy of Meditation To Help You With Chemotherapy (Health Journeys), with guided imagery and affirmations.  I love Belleruth Naparstek's meditations.

I've also been texting Enrique regularly with little hopeful messages.  He told me I should put them in my blog.  He is about 10% of my blog readers and I do take requests.  Or maybe he just wants me to stop texting him.  Either way, I happily obliged.

Even if you don't know Enrique, please send a wish of positive thoughts, excellent health, a speedy recovery, and a positive outcome for him and his family.