My daughter at the scene of the latest zombie outbreak in our area

Even though it may seem like it, since I’ve been gone for so long, no, I haven’t been abducted by zombies.

It’s been a busy summer, both with work and getting my daughter packed up and off to college.  All consuming, in fact. So much so that I haven’t been doing much around the house, except laying around in utter exhaustion when I have a few free moments.

Now my daughter is moved into her dorm at college and I’m finding more time for projects again.  At least time for thinking about projects.

The dorm room experience was a great reminder of how little each of us really needs to get along. Just a small space with some personal mementos and other daily necessities is plenty to get us through the day. Not saying I want to move back into the dorms, but it was definitely food for thought about how many possessions we really need and prompted me to reconsider my own version of minimalism again.

I have started the much anticipated cleaning and sanitizing of my daughter’s room, now that she’s gone.  Began that project today, but didn’t get as far as I had anticipated.  This is going to be a multi-weekend undertaking. Eventually, I will provide pics.  Even before pics.  Now that’s blogging audacity!

If you’re wondering about the Zombie Outbreak pic, the weekend before my daughter went off to school, we were driving around running errands as we prepped for this life-changing adventure called college.

Suddenly my daughter started shouting that there was a zombie construction sign and that I had to turn around. I promptly turned around, but was thinking that someone tagged a sign with graffiti, no big deal, right? Imagine my amazement when we saw an actual lit construction site sign, right next to a church and an old cemetery, that said “ZOMBIE OUTBREAK”.

We couldn’t get over it and, of course, I immediately pulled over for a photo shoot! Whoever pulled this little act of rebellion made our entire weekend!