A Summer's Day Off

Even island residents get a day off now and then in the summer. So many folks work two or three jobs, and the summer is, of course, our busy season. But when we have a day off we make the best of it. Here is Lou Ann's and my "schedule" for today:

• Make blueberry pancakes for breakfast (David & Lachlan asked us to join them at the coffee shop, but we'd already sat down at the table)
• Continue with the next step in bread baking (Lou Ann started it last night)
  
• Write this blog/Write other articles
  
• Pay some bills
• Write a bit more....or read....or make a few phone calls
  
• Fix shrimp for lunch
• Work on the bread
  
• Spend time at the beach -- swim, walk, read
• Nap
  
• Mess about in the yard (if time permits)
  
• Bake the bread, wait a half hour, and then relax with homemade bread and wine
  
• Go out to dinner with family
• Sit on the pizer and enjoy the evening

It's not vacation, but it's not a bad way to live.

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