Good afternoon. We are at the beach today. My mom lives near the ocean and we are spending four days with her. We got up bright and early this morning and played in the ocean for about three hours. That is about all the time we can spend out in the sun at one time as I have so many fair skinned children. We can back full of sunshine, hungry and tired. Hubby went straight to a nap.

This has been an odd summer for us. We never did get any kind of official vacation this year, so this four days at the beach is our mini vacation. Sometimes life just comes at you and you need to learn to role with it. I have found through the years that fussing about changes in your plans makes no difference. Life is life and you have to take it as it comes. If you can learn to go with the flow you will spend more happy hours in the long run. Don't waste time pointing blame, or complaining when you are faced with ruined plans. Put a smile on your face and make new ones. Keep looking forward, you never know what is around the corner or over the next hill. Hugs, Barbara