Beth views Labor Day as the blackest day on the calendar (on Sept. 1 at 7:02 a.m.).
Beth is back to reality (on Sept. 1 at 7 a.m.).
Beth has deleted her away message (on Sept. 1 at 6:47 a.m.).
Beth has returned home to the usual chaos: Four loads of laundry, credit card fraud, cat barf everywhere, environmental disaster due to broken CF bulb, etc. (on Aug. 31 at 7:40 p.m .).
Beth feels sorry for the dog, who mysteriously got gum stuck in her fur during the 400-mile car ride home (on Aug. 31 at 7:10 p.m.).
Beth is packing up (on Aug. 31 at 8:15 a.m.).
Beth took her last swim (on Aug. 30 at 5:48 p.m.).
Beth is making everyone eat all the leftovers in the fridge (on Aug. 30 at 12:35 p.m.).
Beth is already getting into her "Labor Day is the saddest day of the year" funk (on Aug. 29 at 10:10 a.m.).
Beth woke up sore from whitewater rafting and heard the loon calls echoing madly in the night across the pond (on Aug. 28 at 3:19 a.m.).
Beth went whitewater rafting and learned that Class IV was not as terrifying as she had feared (on Aug. 27 at 6 p.m.).
Beth noticed that falling asleep in the hammock makes it pretty much impossible to accomplish anything else the rest of the day (on Aug. 25 at 4 p.m.).
Beth found paradise falling asleep in the hammock (on Aug. 24 at 4 p.m.).
Beth dropped her camera in the pond trying to take the perfect picture and she is very, very, very sad (on Aug. 23 at 4:30 p.m.).
Beth took the family to Old Orchard Beach, where the water was much warmer than she had imagined, the children dug an enormous moat in the sand, and they went on more rides in 90 minutes than in eight hours at Six Flags (on Aug. 22 at 5 p.m.).
Beth admits that her 10-year-old is much better than she is at badminton (on Aug. 21 at 11:54 a.m.).
Beth floated on a blow-up raft, got a sunburn and saw an eagle fly across the pond (on Aug. 20 at 3:22 p.m.)
Beth can't find her shoes or her watch and it doesn't matter (on Aug. 20 at 11:15 a.m.).
Beth is glad the boys had the good sense to grab the dog and run like heck when they encountered the Killer Skunk in the woods (on Aug. 19 at 7:13 p.m.).
Beth tried archery for the first time: The first two arrows went in the woods, the third broke the target (on Aug. 18 at 5 p.m.).
Beth's changes of clothing today were a nightgown, a bathing suit, and a nightgown (on Aug. 17 at 10 p.m.).
Beth likes the view from the hammock (on Aug. 17 at 11:15 a.m.).
Beth watched a real-live documentary in the backyard called "Full Moon Over Morrill Pond" (on Aug. 16 at 9:35 p.m.).
Beth is always amazed at how beautiful the pond looks when you first see it after having been away for three seasons (on Aug. 16 at 1:58 p.m.).
Beth is in the backseat with two of the three children and they are all covered with dog hair (on Aug. 16 at 8:42 a.m.).
Beth does not know how two adults, two teenagers, a 10-year-old, a large dog and all their stuff will survive 400 miles in a small rental car (on Aug. 16 at 6:01 a.m.).
Beth is living her away message (on Aug. 15 at 5:05 p.m.).
Beth is looking forward to composing her away message (on Aug. 15 at 8:59 a.m.).
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