Creating a guest list is extremely difficult.  I mean, there are the obvious people like Mom and Dad and such, but if I had it my way, I'd invite waaaaaay too many people: people I haven't seen in a long time, people I rarely talk to....I've devised some rules to help myself with this process ( Read more... )

I feel restless.

I want to do everything, but I feel like doing nothing.

My summer is drawing to an end.  I want to look forward to something, but looking forward to anything means pushing the days ahead.  I don't want to push time forward.  I want to slow it down.

I always have grand plans for the summer.

I never accomplish them all.

And there's no ( Read more... )

I think I'm going to try to be better at this blogging thing....mostly to blog about wedding planning.  So here is my first wedding planning entry....which will involve some catching up (because I haven't mentioned anything about it yet! haha).

The first thing I did was go dress shopping.  Right after the 4th of July weekend, my mom, Joan (my maid ( Read more... )

NPR's Top 100 Beach Books

I italicized the ones I've read...

1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
4. Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
5. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells
7. The Great Gatsby, by F. ( Read more... )

Abbie is sick.  When I first got Allie this happened, too.  She had a respiratory infection.  I'm certain that's what Abbie's got, too.  She's sneezing and has watery eyes and everything.  I'm going to call the vet as soon as they open tomorrow and try to get her in.  I want to get some meds in her so she can feel better.  In the mean time, I'm ( Read more... )

It is chilly today.  I don't much like that.  It's the middle of July for heaven's sake ( Read more... )

I thought it would be a good idea to update on my progress before heading to the beach this week.  (And because I'm totally procrastinating on doing the stuff I should be doing to get ready to go....)

Books to Read
My Sister's Keeper ~Jodi Picoult
(Re-read)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the ( Read more... )

Books to Read
My Sister's Keeper ~Jodi Picoult
(Re-read)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Angels & Demons ~ Dan Brown
The ( Read more... )

So the first week of summer vacation is almost over (because weekends don't count since I never worked them anyway...), and I've actually gotten some things on my list accomplished.

My To Do List
1. Clean upstairs 
2. Clean downstairs
3. Clean out car
4. Make a blanket from old musical t-shirts
5. Plan reading activities for next year

Now that my house ( Read more... )

So before leaving for work this evening, my fiance comes back in the door and says, "Why is the cooler laying outside?"  Answer: Because I emptied the ice out of it and wanted it to dry.  This answer is followed with this look of so-are-you-going-to-get-it-and-bring-it-in-the-house.  I follow him back out the door and say, "You know, you leave shit ( Read more... )