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Missing The Quiet

in Lifestyle, Travel on 08/28/14

The countdown is on to back to school and the frenzy has already begun.  Mornings are spent in a panic, doing that “last minute” back to school shopping that I fear my girls will remember me for.  Afternoons are crammed with soaking up the sun with friends.  Squeezing in the max beach time and pool time we can.  The evenings are used to start organizing those closets, get ahead on laundry and fight the inevitable insomnia that comes with Back To School.  Today, what I am missing most, is the serenity and quiet times of the lake up north.

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Only about 340 days until we can go back. 

Good luck to all these last few panic days before school!

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    Comments

    1. Alayne Langford says

      September 5, 2014 at 8:09 pm

      What a lovely view for the end of a great summer!

    2. Athena says

      September 2, 2014 at 8:18 pm

      It looks like an amazing place to get away to

    3. Victoria Ess says

      September 1, 2014 at 9:34 pm

      I can see why you would miss it! Your cottage getaways sound like bliss.

    4. Yuen C says

      August 29, 2014 at 11:50 pm

      Time flies by so fast!

    5. JaimeeM says

      August 29, 2014 at 7:57 pm

      Ugh, that looks so serene

    6. Soozle says

      August 29, 2014 at 7:36 pm

      I still cannot believe summer is ‘over’… I am really not ready for fall… I feel like we JUST got to the beach/cabin… so not ready!

    7. Deborah Pucci says

      August 29, 2014 at 1:25 pm

      I know that being on vacation it is always wonderful to get back home but I would love to try that quiet for a few years to see how it really is everyday!!!

    8. Treen Goodwin says

      August 29, 2014 at 12:55 pm

      looks like a peaceful spot , so quaint , i love to be around the lake while camping or being at the cottage i miss camping as well and the quiet !

    9. Suzie M says

      August 29, 2014 at 11:56 am

      I miss the cottage as soon as i leave the corner & can’t see it anymore

    10. Darlene Schuller says

      August 29, 2014 at 10:56 am

      Oh how I detest this time of year.. the rush and panic trying to find the perfect ‘everything’… I will enjoy the quietness and peace the envelops our house every school day at 8:55am until 3:25pm. lol

    11. Jodi Mitrovic says

      August 29, 2014 at 8:21 am

      It looks so beautiful there! So calm and quite <3

    12. Stacey says

      August 29, 2014 at 12:20 am

      I’m not ready for back to school, but I am ready for the kind of quiet that will bring 🙂

    13. Sheri says

      August 28, 2014 at 6:14 pm

      I miss these times when my children were little. Time goes by so fast!

    14. Judy Cowan says

      August 28, 2014 at 4:13 pm

      Another countdown started…lol! It is sad that it is Labor Day Weekend 🙁 I want to turn back the clock and have a redo on summer!

    15. Debbie Bashford says

      August 28, 2014 at 9:50 am

      When they are grown and on their own you will remember fondly the morning chaos and not miss it at all!

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