Goodbye, July

Well, here we are.  Tomorrow is the end of July. Over half the year is behind us. I hope it's been a good one for you so far. 

Our daughter celebrated her birthday this month. We watched the grandkids so she and our son-in-law could have a grown-up date. Then we all gathered at our house for pizza and cake. I am constantly in awe of the amazing woman she became. I kind of want to be her when I grow up. 

One night during the first full week of the month, I suddenly started seeing flashes of light in my peripheral vision on the left.  As you can imagine, I panicked a little bit.  A phone conversation with the on-call doctor quickly determined that I most likely was not having a stroke.  I was told to take some Tylenol in case it was an ocular migraine, what to look for to determine if I needed to go to the ER, and to see my doctor if it wasn't gone by morning.  It was not.  So, after a few more phone calls I was off to the eye doctor.  He was able to rule out a tear or detachment of the retina. Whew! Apparently it is something called Posterior Vitreous Detachment, and it's not unusual - especially in near sighted people over 50. 

An upside of all this is that I finally scheduled a routine eye exam. I got new contacts and I have new glasses on the way.  This was just the nudge I needed to get that done.

Our kitchen remodel is moving right along.  The Man of the House and I (ok... Like, 98.5% him) finished installing the new tile the weekend before the cabinets were delivered. And I am obsessed.  The flooring is every bit as beautiful as I hoped it would be. 

Sadly, three of the cabinets are damaged and we are now waiting for the replacements to arrive. In the meantime, he has started installation on them. He'll just have to unscrew the damaged ones and switch them out when the replacements arrive.  

He also put up the new ceiling lights.  And they are also gorgeous.  It took me forever to decide what I wanted. But I'm glad I took my time and didn't just go with the first thing I liked.

We are still waiting on our new deck to be completed.  Last week we were told that they expected to have it completed by Monday. But then no one showed up to work on it Friday or Monday. Which is frustrating.  On Tuesday they did get started on the floor part of the decking. So hopefully by next Monday. Fingers crossed.  

In July I read "The Spite House" by Johnny Compton, "The Jackal's Mistress" by Chris Bohjalian, and "The Obituary Writer" by Ann Hood.  The book I read for book club was "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin. I'm currently reading "The Sugar Queen" by Sarah Addison Allen. And I'm Beta reading one of my daughter's upcoming novels.  I didn't listen to an audio book this month.

Some of my favorite things from July included fresh cucumbers from my little greenhouse garden and spending a day with my grandsons.

I'm looking forward to August. I've potentially some new and exciting things brewing, so we'll see how rhay goes.  Hopefully I'll have some fun things to report at the end of next month.  

How was your July?