Wednesday - June 13th

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Can you believe it's already 1/2 through the month of June - just where does time go? Actually, I think the first day of summer isn't until next Thursday though - so plenty of time to enjoy the sun and surf !!

Had a great time picking strawberries yesterday. They were small cause it was the end of the season - but the girls had fun eating them (Adam ate them as fast as I could pick them in the beginning !) We ended up buying 5.5 lbs (I'm sure they ate about that much as well) - so for less than $6 - it was a fun morning. Picked up a cast iron baking pan from a nearby Freecylers porch - and left him some strawberries. Did some chores - and while on the road - the kids ate more strawberries. By the time we got home - we were down to maybe 3 lbs. I froze 2 lbs for smoothies, and they ate the last pound for dessert. Good day.

Swim team meeting last night - seems like it will be a good season. Can't wait until Adam is old enough to swim. Then I can relax and read a book or something while they swim - imagine that !

Decided I'm going to switch to Core for awhile. Printing out a list of Core foods, will make the switch after Saturday's WI. Might be difficult at first - but I wanna see if it'll work better for me.

Doing some Amazon shopping this a.m. (got my vacuum from Kmart yesterday - quick delivery, and wow - what a machine!) Amazon has some great deals for kitchen/cleaning items - as long as you have storage space. With free delivery as well - definately beats shopping at Sam's !

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