Summer Happenings

Ratings: 1-5 (low to high)

• Germanfest (3.5...only because of friends)
• Strawberry Fest in Coldwater, MI (4.5)
• Riverfest at IPFW in Fort Wayne. Ever seen a cardboard regatta (real people in cardboard boats racing on a river)? Hilarious! (5)
• Doing legal paperwork (1)
• Having all paperwork completed (5)
• Learning the ins and outs of Microsoft Excel at the public library (4...it makes me feel smart!)
• Interviewing and not getting calls back (2)
• Applying to jobs (1.5)
• Finding a job position where I am happy! (5.5...I started July 8th)
• Isma actually liking his math class. (5)
• A coworker who gives me free produce from his garden. (5)
• Going to the lake. (4.5)
• Fourth of July with Collins clan!! (5)
• Going to the pool. (4)
• Finishing some projects. (4)
• Collins Family Treasures "auction" to help my grandparents move. (4)

I'll share some of the projects that I finished recently and pictures from Coldwater coming up! 

Early Summer "Garden"

Dad dug up a volunteer tomato plant from the vegetable garden for Isma and I. So far, it has given us a grand total of 2 ripe red cherry tomatoes. Whoohoo! There are many green ones, though, now.

I received this chair for Christmas one year, but it is now loved but much past repairs. Dad fixed it twice, and now it can rest in peace and help my herbs get much needed sun. Dad and I made a table for the plants in late July to supplement the chair; I'll post pictures later.

Germanfest

Summer is almost over, and I have yet to post about any of it! In the next few posts I hope to get you up to speed on how our summer has been going!

Germanfest, not Oktoberfest, as it is in July. Isma, Jose, Arielle, and I decided to explore half of the contingency's meager German heritage and celebrate with leiderhosen-clad people by eating pretzels and bratwurst while listening to polka. It was overpriced, and I'm sure we won't go again, but it was nice to spend time with friends! Strangely, one of the highlights for me was realizing that there was brick pavement under the dirt where we had parked...I wonder what other treasures were buried there...

Outside Garden

...leads to outside problems.

My green villain.

I don't know where they come from, but they keep eating the arugula. That's for Isma and I to eat. :(