i'm back! 4 books read, countless bottles of white wine consumed, hours in the sun, a quick trip to montreal, endless games of rummy 500 and plenty of memories to last me the rest of the summer. while these last couple weeks have been great, i'm dreading what the next month or so has in store for me. coming home to a coffee pot filled with what used to be coffee which, over the last 10 days, has slowly turned into mold was not the way to kick off a marathon month and a half of craziness. to make matters worse, ted will be out of town for a while which really kills me. he's going to a couple writers' conferences and giving a reading in new york city, so this summer is very exciting for him. i'm just bummed to go it alone. anyway, enough feeling sorry for myself. one project i am looking forward to is the fixing up of our new (much smaller, but rather charming) one bedroom apartment closer to downtown. the kitchen will be pained a color called"beach blanket," and there just might be a trip to ikea in the works...so all is not lost! i'm happy to be back here in my little blog space, and i'm eager to catch up with my google reader. i bet you all have been very productive this summer.








