Wow, just 10 days until Christmas. We’re here at home, happy for the weekend, and even happier that my parents have arrived for the holiday. We’re all recovering from colds so it’s nice to have some fresh energy available to play with Reese. It was also so cute to see her sheer joy and excitement when she saw Grammie and Grandpa. Tomorrow we’re all headed to the mountains for a long weekend of r + r. Hopefully it will be cozy and snowy and just what we need to really get into the holiday spirit.

So, since it is already so late in the month, I’m only sharing my ultimate Christmas wish-list. Just a few of my favorites for the season that are just a bit out of my price range. Enjoy and hope you all have a wonderful weekend too . . .

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I just accepted that it was July, and now it’s August. Summer is still flying by, but at least we have squeezed a bit more outside exploration in the last week to add to our list of summer adventures. Today is Swiss National Day, so we all enjoyed the day off work, although we ended up spending most of the morning deep cleaning around the house. Reese graciously offered to “dust the cracks on the bench” with her favorite dusting mitt, ride the vacuum, and use her “piggy broom” (dustpan set) to brush up some dust bunnies.

This afternoon we took a much-needed restorative (if hot) walk around the Türlersee, a short 15-minute drive for our house but seemingly much farther from the city with it’s quiet waters and lots of friends and families enjoying the water, paddle boarding, and swimming on this holiday afternoon. It was the perfect way to stretch out after an unexpectedly tough hike on Saturday (more on that later) and a nice break from the normal mid-week grind.

With Reese off to bed we can get back to binge-watching The Tunnel, eating ice cream bars, and generally enjoying the last few hours before “the Tuesdays” (my depressed version of a Sunday night before going back to work) sets in.

So, here’s what is topping my wish-list for the rest of summer . . .

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With all our May visitors, too much to do at work, and lots of nice weekend days for summer hiking and mountain days, I’ve not had a lot of time (or even the desire) to spend my evening on my computer too. Now, things have quieted down and we’re back to just the three of us. Martin is off to Houston for a conference this week and this means my evenings are going to be a lot quieter for a bit so hopefully I can catch up on the backlog of post ideas (and home projects) I’ve had in mind for awhile.

At the moment, I’m thankful that Martin took Reese to the track for hammer/scooter training this afternoon, so I get a little break from a busy toddler and time to listen to my audio book while doing laundry and finally pulling together my June wish list ideas. So, here’s what’s topping my wish list this month . . .

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