Spinning Plates!

In its most literal sense, spinning plates is a circus talent.  My life is often a circus.
I love it when a metaphor fits so well.

Here between I and J, plate spinning most often refers to the act of maintaining a reasonable level of house cleanliness, a slate of sewing and craft projects, a long list of home improvement projects, Happy Family Time, the required level of feline servitude, a social life, and not killing the plants.

The bulk of this past month was spent in Happy Family Time.  We spent 15 days in the beautiful Outer Banks of North Carolina.  Specifically, Ocracoke Island which is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

This is a lovely shot of the Lighthouse that is still in use on the island.  It's one of a handful of picturesque lighthouses all along the outer banks.

We went on this vacation with a whole troupe of folks:  My Mom and Dad, my brother, my three children , my husband and myself.  In a huge, old house just blocks from the little harbor, we talked, laughed, put together puzzles, cooked fish we had caught, rummaged through the seashells we collected, and just had a fabulous time in general.  It was a good way to spend June.

Oh, and we did collect a metric ton of seashells.  Look forward to blogs concerning what I am going to do with them all.  (omg, what am I going to do with all these shells!?)

I'll try to intersperse those projects with the house refurbishing, the costuming, and everything else.  Just another plate to spin.  I'm getting pretty decent at keeping them all up! I will give a shout out, though, to Darth Charles over at Nerd Ne'erdowells for keeping the feline and plant plates spinning while we were gone.