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It’s Sunday! How have you been? I am still recovering from the fact that The Boy went on a double date last night. I told him that 16 is when he can consider dating but this was with friends from ASB (associated student body) so he argued the point. Dinner and then back to her house to watch a movie. Did I mention that she drives? Yep.

Also, The Boy has started to ask me about church. I was not raised with religion, but I believe in God and although I have tried to find a church in the past to attend, I’ve not been able to find one which seems to fit. Because The Boy asked, we are now looking into this one. I’m sure the coffee house and rock music is what pulls him in, but it does look fun. The Hub is skeptical.

Today:

As of this moment, I’ve had eggs and coffee and I am about to make a trip to the market to pick-up supplies to make this:

I have made this dish before and it’s always good and makes the yummiest leftovers too. Garlic, lemon, chicken, potatoes and green beans. Yum.

Later today, I will read and maybe watch a movie. I really don’t want to do much because next week is registration at the high school (The Boy’s first year) and he’ll be working it the entire week. I don’t even know if I have to be there but the idea of him in high school is both exciting and stressful. The unknown and all that tends to weigh heavily on me.

Okay, bye for now. Enjoy your Sunday!

I know that summer is not over just yet, but it feels like it to me. We didn’t get to take a vacation this year and I’m sure that has a lot to do with it. It’s made me a bit blue and well…rather crabby but I’m trying to rise above it.

Last week we did the back-to-school clothes shopping and although The Boy is pretty easy, The Girl is anything but! She is very particular with sizing. It has to fit just so and so we tend to get into it while in the dressing room. I don’t think that her jeans need to be painted on but apparently I am un-cool and don’t know. Oh and the shoes!! How many shoes do kids need??? BOTH of my kids have really large feet and they just keep growing and now with cross country for The Boy, I have running shoes to invest in as well. I need a second job just to pay for these shoes!

And during all of this, my husband who was walking behind me stepped on the heel of my shoe (flat tire) and broke my shoe while we were shopping. Who does that??? I had to buy shoes for myself while my shoe was just dangling off of my foot. I felt like an idiot. Of course, the shoes I bought have given me nothing but blisters all week. That’s what happens when you buy shoes out of desperation. You get the shaft.

The good note?

All of this fall shopping has made me anxious for fall. I love fall. Warm sweaters, candles, the holiday drink menu at Starbucks. I love it all. So although I sort of skipped over summer, I am looking forward to fall and my son’s first year in high school!

What about reading?

As for reading, my summer list never really looked much like a summer reading list anyway but I’ve read five out of the original nine listed and a bunch of other books in between.

This stack that you see above? This is what happens to be staring me in the face at the moment. Two of those books are for tours and I have checked Divergent out four times and still haven’t gotten to it! It’s due next week, with holds, so if I don’t read it this weekend, I will once again be turning it in.

Right now, I am halfway through Gone Girl and wondering where the WOW is. Well, I might be a little further along than that but I keep waiting for the WOW that everyone talks about. I am also reading Norwegian Wood. I am nearly done with it. It’s definitely one of Murakami’s quieter novels. I am enjoying it for its peaceful simplicity.

Not much going on this weekend. I’d like to just watch a bunch of movies and read and maybe grill something but other than that, I don’t plan on doing much. Sounds just fine to me. Do you think it will happen?

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