We've just come off a lovely week with relatives who came to visit.  They were actually only here for about five days, but it was a very fun time.  My Aunt and Uncle came from their home in OR all the way to our neck of the woods!  They spent time with my Mom and Dad. (Auntie and Mom are sisters.) as well.

My Uncle, who does not like to be idle, set about making my yard look about one of the best on the block.  He mowed and weeded and mulched and edged....with Boo out there helping and keeping him company every chance he got.  (I've gotten several compliments on the edging job he did around the sidewalks!)

My Aunt spent a lot of her time cutting out a set of paper dolls for Belle.  She had chosen Pioneer dolls, which suits us down to a T, given that we are studying a similar time in history.

We also took an afternoon to drive up around the lake.  I haven't uploaded photos yet, so don't have any to post.  It was a beautiful day with blue skies and sparkling blue water.

Now life is back to normal and we are finding our routine again.  Back to our summer schedule of half school days and attempts to accomplish projects in the afternoon.  Unfortunately I have been somewhat inhibited by my feet trouble.  After a very good week last week, I have succumbed again to a great deal of discomfort.  And when my feet hurt, I don't want to do much in the way of summer projects.

On a happy note though, I have an appointment with a chiropodist (Canadian version of Podiatrist I think) next week.  I am hoping that I can finally show someone who knows, just where it hurts.  And I only hope that the results won't cause too much pain for the exchequer.

In spite of pain yesterday, I did feel like baking pie.  I managed to do it all from peeling apples to getting the pie in the oven, in one hour!  That must be a record for me.  We enjoyed it last night and today.

What I really should be doing now, instead of blogging, is filling out passport applications, or planning lessons for tomorrow, or looking at the lesson planning software I plan to upgrade to.  If it were morning and not a school day, I should look at deep-cleaning the kitchen, or sorting the linen closet, or working on the front porch,  or sorting Boo's closet (which has storage in the back).  All of those things are jobs I hope to get to before the summer is over.  Not to mention the outside jobs--more weeding, working out what I want to do with the front flower bed etc.

So guess I will quit for now, and perhaps tackle a passport app.