so long summer...






you were sweet while you were here...
but i'm ready for fall now.
ready for leaves to change color...
waiting for the ground to crunch
beneath my feet...
i have projects and planning and photos in mind...
i am armed with lists,
jotting down ideas,
setting strategies in place.

as much as i love summer
{and i do}
september
{which is also my birth month}
is my january...
a month of new resolutions
and timelines
and goals.

i am ready for september.
and this one is shaping up the be the best one
in a long time.

friday-i'm-in-love...

*
salty crackers
sticking to my tongue
making me thirst
but i force myself to wait.
*
sudden onslaught of words.
unexpected.
welcomed.
*
driving long distances
by myself
with absence of fear...
confidence makes me brave.
*
an email and an invitation
and maybe a smattering of collaboration
{more to follow}
*
the end of the week,
the beginning of the weekend...

5 truths...

i bought a short skirt.
much shorter than what i would normally
wear...
and i like it.

i don't want to go back to work today.

i am discouraged about not losing any weight
this past week...
but not discouraged enough to give up.

i am getting a small headache.

i ate all the strawberries
before
anyone else
could have one.

checking in on a sunny day...

on vacation this week...
not going anywhere really...just not going to work
{which is enough for me, heehee}

things that are making me giddy-happy at this precise moment?

12-now-13's sleepover horror-movie-fest birthday party
was a success...and is over...{both make me happy}

i'm going to hear anne marie macdonald read tonight...
with my sister in law who loved this book as much as i did.

middle of the afternoon phone calls from s. just to say
that he is thinking of me...after almost ten years of marriage.

sunshine...after days and days of torrential rain...

this book...and watching this series still with s.

garlic, lemon, olive oil, vinegar...on everything.

sun warm strawberries right in my own yard.

an email from a salty girl...