The moment you've all been waiting for..

The last ten books! The fourth entry in 4 days! Friday afternoon and only 2 more weeks of school! YAY!

Work with me here, folks..


1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
2. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
3. Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott
4. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
5. Twentysomething by Margaret Feinberg
6. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
7. Passionate Patchwork by Kaffe Fassett
8. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
9. Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy! by Barbara Johnson
10. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

French Fries are my drug of choice..

Which has nothing to do with the content of this entry, but sounds more interesting than "Part 3". Is anyone still reading this? I wouldn't blame you if you weren't..Hang in there, I've only got one more installment after today. Then maybe I'll do some reviews..I've definitely got some blog fodder for a while yet..

1. 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
2. Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
3. The Last Summer (of You and Me) by Ann Brashares
4. Bend-the-Rules Sewing by Amy Karol
5. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
6. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
7. Persuasion by Jane Austen
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (again)
9. Essential Crochet by Erika Knight
10. Knitting without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmermann

Part Two

Have I shown you this picture of all the books my bff's and I took on our high school senior trip a year and a half ago? Can you say nerds?!

11. Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares (again)
12. I Know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

13. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
14. Betsy and the Great World by Maud Hart Lovelace
15. Betsy’s Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace
16. The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America by Carrie A. Hall and Rose G. Kretsinger
17. A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 1: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
18. Dating Mr. Darcy by Sarah Arthur
19. Hiking Georgia by Donald Pfitzer
20. Every Young Woman’s Battle by Shannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterbum

T-3 weeks and counting..

One of my favorite procrastination techniques is to read book reviews on amazon.com. (Maybe if I spent less time reading blogs and reviews of books, I would have more time to read real books..or I might get all A's..) So if you need to procrastinate, here's part 1 of the list of books I read over the summer in order that I read them..Time wasting options abound..(I definitely procrastinated in posting this list.)

1. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
2. The Pact by Jodi Picoult
3. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
4. The Alphabet Sisters by Monica McInerney
5. The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
6. Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
7. Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
8. Through the Shadowlands by Brian Sibley
9. Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson
10. The Redemption of Sarah Cain by Beverly Lewis

Over the River and so forth

I have had soo much I would've liked to say over the past couple of weeks, but no time to get it down..

That picture is from last year's gathering of my high school friends for our annual Thanksgiving feast..This year will be our fourth time to have it, and I'm hosting..
That said, do you think it would be a little Too Much to try to whip up 8 (ish) cloth napkins between 3:30 tomorrow and 2:00 on Wednesday?
Let me add that I'm also preparing the turkey (4th year running) and a couple of sides (I'm afraid we're going to be a little dessert heavy)..and cleaning the bathroom and vacuuming..
I think maybe I can handle it...We'll see..

Fall is my Favorite

Yesterday was absolutely too beautiful not to take an hour long walk..Here are some pictures and not so many words..
This is one of my favorite places on the trail..It's very "The woods are lovely, dark and deep"..don't you think? Maybe not in this picture, you just hafta see it in person..

Hello babies..You're not scared of me, are you? No..
Ahh..
I have always wanted to be able to take a picture like this, all focused in the front and blurry in the back..success!
Another Robert Frost moment..shouldn't be too hard to figure out..
Yes, it is fall now isn't it!

One mile down! Time to turn back..I'll tackle the other two another day..

More pretty pictures are here.