the heat is....

unbearable. intolerable. agonizing. excruciating. insufferable. just plain hot.  seriously though, it's pretty awful when it get's this ------- warm. you see, I live on the coast of beautiful California and generally, it's 70 degrees all year round.  with short times of the year when it's colder and warmer. however, when I hear that inland is cooler than the coast by at least two degrees, it throws this temperate weather girl off.

I have been seeing an increase in knitting patterns perfect for fall.  and I tell you, here we are in October and I can't even think about knitting without a laugh attached to it.  the worst part is that I am dying to make some new sweaters.  I even had to unravel my custom "girl not grey" sweater due to some weight loss recently.

when it's this hot, I usually think two things.  first, I wish I was still working as a lifeguard.  a quick dip in the pool would really refresh me right now. and second, why can't we have normal seasons like everyone else in the country?  well, even though I have fond memories of summers around the pool and I'd like a crisp fall breeze, I know better than to literally jump off the deep end into either of those situations.

so in the meantime, I'll day dream in the hot sun and read knitting blogs and get a tan - hopefully without getting burnt.  and live the California coastal dream, even though for us, this is pretty darn terrible weather!

I noticed that I haven't updated the blog in a while.  so what has me so busy?  club, shooting, friends and well, just relaxing.  so to give you a little peek into specifics -

CCLSC has been really busy lately with bimonthly practices, a tank photo shoot, Saturday classes and planning special events.



Shooting - I've taking up shooting trap on Wednesday's with the good 'ole boys.  our contact who owns those awesome tanks and helped with our photo shoot shoots trap locally. each week I meet up with him at the range and we shoot a few rounds.  I've made friends with his daughter and we've been shooting together as a group, families included on the weekends.


not every day can we play.  but really an even balance is what i'm going for.  especially in the heat of the afternoon.

have a great weekend and we'll talk soon!




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