Mid-Year Challenge

This past week has been a relatively quiet one for me as both kids have been at camp and my husband has been at work. It has allowed me to focus on myself and my work for awhile, which always suffers a bit during the busy summer months. While I was catching up on things, I also sat down to plan what I wanted to accomplish this year.

Treating Acne in the Summer

Yesterday, I took my daughter to her latest dermatology appointment. Luckily, I had been able to adjust the time so that she didn’t have to miss too much of babysitting camp yesterday afternoon. Because her skin does seem to be improving, we are sticking with status quo regarding treating her acne, but we did leave with some good advice for looking after her skin in the summer months. Our goal is to have her skin as clear as possible by the fall. I don’t expect miracles, but every little thing helps!

Babysitting Camp – Day 1

With much grumbling about being too old for camp and other such comments, I dropped my daughter off at babysitting camp this morning. I really am hoping she enjoys it and finds it worthwhile. I really used the fact that this is step towards her getting a job to win her over to the idea. My ulterior motive is that it gets her out of the house for a bit, allows her to meet new people and, hopefully, distracts her from constantly worrying about her acne.

Preparing for the Pool Party

Well the good news is that my daughter has agreed to go to her friend’s birthday pool party tomorrow. Yesterday, we went on a shopping trip to get her ready for the party tomorrow. Of course, we had to get a birthday present, and also, her new bathing suit, but also, I wanted to get her some new sunscreen for her face.

An Improvement?

I hate to say anything, but I really do think that my daughter’s acne has improved. I’m wary to bring up the subject as I don’t want to get her hopes up if it’s just me thinking her skin has improved, and also, I don’t want her to think that all I do is analyze her skin every time she comes into the room. I would much rather she initiate the conversation, but I’m not sure if she has noticed.

Walk the Walk

I have to admit, with the hot weather, even I have gotten lazy about keeping to the family walking routine. Over the past week, the temperatures have been sky rocketing. Add to that the crazy humidity and even the mildest form of exercise seems like too much work. Of course, the consumption of things like ice cream has increased in our house, so I think it’s time that I try to get everyone back into the habit of doing some form of post-dinner exercise!

Pool Party Invite

Today, we have had a bit of drama at our place. When the mail arrived this morning, there was an invitation to a birthday party for my daughter. At first, she was pretty happy about it as it’s from a good friend of hers and she had been expecting it. That all changed when she opened the invite to find out that her friend was having a pool party. To top it off, the pool party is next weekend …

Fresh Tomato Recipes

I have to admit that our tomato plants have done much better than I anticipated. We now have almost too many tomatoes! As such, I have been doing a little research into recipes that are easy to make (since my son and daughter have taken such an interest). Here are a few that I have come up with …

Family Garden Update

I’m pleasantly surprised by the interest that everyone has taken in the garden we planted. Not only are they constantly checking on how our plants are doing, and watching everything grow, I’ve even managed to get them all to help with weeding and the general maintenance of the plants. Overall, I’m pretty happy with how things are going and how well our little crop is turning out.

Babysitting Camp

Well the saga about my daughter wanting to get a job continues. I really do think she is too young to work, and most places agree with me, but I think I have come up with a compromise that will work … babysitting.