{"id":3797,"date":"2010-08-12T08:41:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T13:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=3797"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:13:43","slug":"endless-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/12\/endless-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Endless Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a part of me that really wants this, but there is also a part of me that is ready to kiss this summer goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a stressful summer, and it while those issues are still up in the air (hopefully to be resolved SOON!) I know I haven&#8217;t gotten much out of this summer.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think the word &#8220;relax&#8221; has crossed my mind once.\u00a0 There has been no relaxation.<\/p>\n<p>But, Eva got a cute pair of red cowboy boots from Ginky- it was tricky walking in them!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0821\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4884709801\/img_0821.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4096\/4884709801_5b3b691ddd_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0821\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a big part of me that is looking forward to Fall.<\/p>\n<p>Fall in Ohio is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>And right now it&#8217;s too stinkin&#8217; hot.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0823\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4884710335\/img_0823.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4076\/4884710335_115c9cc48a_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0823\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We only lasted a little bit at the park at the end of the street.\u00a0 Even at 6pm we were sweating.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0833\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4885312352\/img_0833.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4075\/4885312352_b0e1c046a7_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0833\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> I am looking forward to cooler, crisper days<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0834\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4885312980\/img_0834.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4095\/4885312980_f0513a291b_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0834\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Football parties and pumpkin farms<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0843\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4884712065\/img_0843.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4114\/4884712065_b099c9a7c1_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0843\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> Changing leaves and Smores by the backyard fire<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0844\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4884712713\/img_0844.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4094\/4884712713_0c3513564e_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0844\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> Hiking at Hocking Hills and the first bowl of Cheddar Cheese Chowder<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0845\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4885315756\/img_0845.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4118\/4885315756_54ff811aab_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0845\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> Ok that last picture doesn&#8217;t look safe, does it?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0855\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4885316234\/img_0855.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4143\/4885316234_83c41bfda8_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0855\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>trading in swim suits for sweatshirts<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0856\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4884715185\/img_0856.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4137\/4884715185_b896a801c7_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0856\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ok, I am not quite ready, almost though<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0860\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4885317178\/img_0860.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4120\/4885317178_4e9edb5fe4_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0860\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> How cute is this little girl?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0866\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4884720611\/img_0866.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4079\/4884720611_829183cef9_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0866\" width=\"990\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For some reason my pics are losing a lot of sharpness when I upload them- maybe I need to by-pass flickr, I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>We recently got a copy of Photoshop CS5 and I am so excited to learn to use it.\u00a0 I want to play with actions and learn how to edit my pictures.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately Andy can&#8217;t get it to load, and so I wait.<\/p>\n<p>My photography bug has come back and bit me big time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a part of me that really wants this, but there is also a part of me that is ready to kiss this summer goodbye. It has been a stressful summer, and it while those issues are still up in the air (hopefully to be resolved SOON!) I know I haven&#8217;t gotten much out of this summer.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think the word &#8220;relax&#8221; has crossed my mind once.\u00a0 There has been no relaxation. But, Eva got a cute pair of red cowboy boots from Ginky- it was tricky walking in them! There is a big part of me that is looking forward to Fall. Fall in Ohio is awesome. And right now it&#8217;s too stinkin&#8217; hot. We only lasted a little bit at the park at the end of the street.\u00a0 Even at 6pm we were sweating. I am looking forward to cooler, crisper days Football parties and pumpkin farms Changing leaves and Smores by the backyard fire Hiking at Hocking Hills and the first bowl of Cheddar Cheese Chowder Ok that last picture doesn&#8217;t look safe, does it? trading in swim suits for sweatshirts ok, I am not quite ready, almost though How cute is this little girl? For some reason my pics are losing a lot of sharpness when I upload them- maybe I need to by-pass flickr, I don&#8217;t know. We recently got a copy of Photoshop CS5 and I am so excited to learn to use it.\u00a0 I want to play with actions and learn how to edit my pictures.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately Andy can&#8217;t get it to load, and so I wait. My photography bug has come back and bit me big time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[633],"class_list":["post-3797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-summer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21202,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797\/revisions\/21202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}