It's hotter than a pig in mud in summer......

.....or something like that(heard it yesterday on Army wives which I tivoed). I am loving this weather......after a long winter, spring and summer so far we are being blessed with a heat wave. The Lord is giving me something to smile about after so many months of bleak rain and clouds. We have broken 80 for the past two days...WOOHOO!! The little man is running around in a diaper or swim diaper and sometimes a t-shirt. Now he knows what it's really like to be in AL.....wearing just a diaper. We still have a lot less humidity but the sun and heat are wonderful. The locals are dying here.....Okay , seriously. This is not heat, just a nice spring day where I'm from. Alright, I understand that the homes have no a/c here and that your body is conditioned to the mild climate but really? It's wonderful. For the first time the little man can get out and not freeze in his wading pool. Kids just ought to know what swimming outside is like.....it's a rite of passage every summer. Your summer isn't complete without having several great days/ weekends swimming in an outdoor pool. Anyway, today is a praise day for the sunshine and warmth. On days like this with our house here overlooking the water I am so grateful for being here.....and still working on being grateful for the other 9 months of the year here. It's a daily struggle but days like this make me see there is potential for this place to earn a spot in my heart because with the boats passing by constantly and the cliffsides across the cove it reminds me (just a little) of the French and Italian coastlines. Who knows what the Navy has in store for us but if Daddy has to come back here he might be on his own except for the summers like these :) D.- out