i recently spent a week without my two children as they both went off to camp in another state. wow! what does a mom do with her time when she finally finds herself with "me" time for a week?

that's the beauty of summer. there was plenty to do, and most of it typifies what there is to love about summer. so here's a run-down of my week, and i hope you can identify with some of your own "summer loves" in some of these entries.