Good thing noone was watching

... or holding their breath! It's been an additional month since I "plan(ned) on penning something this weekend" - but such are the ways of one in flux. This one in flux, anyway.

I actually had to re-read my entries to establish a timeline for everything that has transpired. It was such a whirlwind - Chad and I both commuting from Shawnee to Edmond and OKC for work, spending evenings and weekends at the duplex so that we could finish renovations on the renter's side, finally making the move ourselves, then adjusting to the new space - ESPECIALLY the fact that we didn't have a fence for the dogs.

At first, it was fun - exploring and familiarizing ourselves with the neighborhood, getting out and active, giving each of them their own time instead of just mass-canine attention. We happened into the most walk-friendly neighborhood I've seen in all of OKC - Historic Miller Boulevard - but then... the heat hit.

I'll blame them, first - 'cause, really, I was dedicated - but we wouldn't get two blocks before tongues were dragging and the rate at which we moved was less than a snail's pace. By the middle of June, we had resorted to quick trips to the back yard - but this would never suffice. We all got restless. The outdoors, which was at once so integral to our days became bastardized as function. There was no joy in going there - and this only heightened the transient feel (everything's still in disrepair but the floors) of our side of the duplex.

This past week, we installed a fence. Mind you, only the most dilapidated of panels got replaced - but the new gates function perfectly, and the project has given us a surprising sense of possibility.

I hope to post pictures soon. We're working with a different computer now, and I have yet to find out if/how our camera connects and transfers.

Perhaps this blog will be the very thing that resurrects that part of me which used her point-and-shoot so frequently, turning "everydays" into art. I miss her.

Of course, I missed writing too, until I made myself sit down with the computer - so maybe there's hope :)