goodness

chocolates. my favorite kind. from a northern chocolatier, which makes them taste even better.

n.lo’s new preschool folder. bright, happy. may his experience there be as such.

k.lo’s kindergarten folder. quickly filling. also bright, happy. full of knowledge. just like her.

candle with epically lovely wax spillage. formed during a viewing of better off dead.

up to season 1, disc 2. this is happening.

latest book club selection. my pick. meeting: sept 16, on the back porch.

stack of unread cook’s illustrated, provided by much-loved relative.

text photo of ew magazine, provided by friend. love exists there. I canceled my subscription, which hurts. but fall tv is coming, and that is good.

today's pluses

1. K.Lo's birthday party (the first one, the friends one), is done. Managed to get through with only mild to moderate social retardation. Even though only three people and their babies (out of... a lot more than that) came, it was a nice little group. Tasty food was eaten. Good times were had by all.

2. I paid $2.00 a gallon for gas today. Go, Costco!

3. I'm reading Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants IV, and it's so good. Got it from the library, oh yes. And, friend E just purchased Princess Diaries: Princess on the Brink, and says I can borrow it.

4. Our taxes are done. And, our refund (yes, a refund) will *gasp* almost cover last year's horrifying debacle, months before interest even kicks in. Credit card debt: instantly sliced in half. Only thousands more to go. (But really, it does feel good.)

5. Tomorrow's K.Lo's real b-day, which--wow! And yay! I can't even believe it...

Currently: gray skies
cold
quiet
with a peacefully sleeping Bug