I feel like I may have just found an answer I've been looking for my whole life...

I am pale.  I dont mean fair skinned, I am PALE.  Literally no pigment to speak of.  And since the weather has turned hot, I've been showing this pale skin a lot more.  I should also add, that I am not a swimmer.  I dont really know how and being so pale, I dont like to sit poolside.  But I have found something.  The very thing that might make this more bearable.  This is not a new thing, I imagine these have been around for 50 years.  But I *just* made the connection, that I could wear one of these with a bikini bottom (heh, sponge bob ref.) and bathroom trips and the like would be remarkably easy, while keeping me unburned.  also, my midriff would remain unseen, which is a bonus for all parties.  Im actually looking forward to getting in the pool this year!  Thanks Speedo, and sorry I am (50 years) late to the game!!!

 

sorry for the genuinely tiny picture, but you can get the gist.

what I did over my summer break...

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What vacation?

Hello!  I'm just returning from a 6 day staycation, a lovely time was had by most.  I took a few days off around the holiday weekend and resolved to clean the garage and the house and be basically productive the entire time.  Well, as all good plans are well intentioned, my time was spent cleaning around 60%.  I managed to lay around aimlessly and go to dinners and do some fun stuff with the boy wonder.  It was a really nice time.  Im still kicking myself for not getting anything done in the garage though.  My garage is an episode of Hoarders waiting to tape.  Its shameful, and I am not sure how it happened.  A lot if it is due to my husband's and my own reluctance to throw things away.  I am overcoming this fear, but my husband's problem is deeper.  He's a collector.  Of Comics. There, I've said it. and our garage has rubbermaid containers full of them.  years worth.  It also has baby toys, lawn stuff, craft stuff, general miscellaneous.  Its really embarrassing to lift our garage door in the daytime.  The garage is currently housing a cedar swing set, waiting to be built.  there is no room to move around.  So, the only option is to take everything out and find a home for it, preferably not at my house.  a garage sale is in order!  Since I squandered all my vacation in the house cleaning, I must try to do the garage this weekend.  With the small interruption of a bridal shower, but that is another story.  I will try to post a before and after picture of my poor garage.  I wish the Container Store Fairy would whisk me away from all this.....