will you just look at the calendar

Holy mackerel, has it really been that long?
Well, the husband retired, was home from July this year til last month when he took a job in Portsmouth (the Virginia one, not the England one). Jobs are that scarce here, and he finally finished all the inexpensive improvements to the homestead, and there was no money for the expensive ones. One thing with my husband, if he's bored, watch out. The least thing will irritate him, and arguments ensue. At least he's working where it's an easy 6 hour drive home, every other weekend, and it's a civilian job with the Coast Guard, so he can only work 40 hours a week, instead of way too many!
The son is a senior this year (last year of high school, for my international readers), so if he really goes into the Coast Guard himself this summer, I will have a really quiet house, and the dogs will really think that they own the world. At least then I can pack up the dogs and do the 6 hour drive and visit the husband for a week or two (he has a small townhouse to stay in).
I'm still driving a school bus, and there's no summer school here, so I will be very crafty (crochet, quilting, sewing etc) and doing what I like this summer.

It snowed on Christmas (most is gone by now), and all's right with the world,for now.