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I found this post in my drafts

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…I don’t know why I never posted it. It is from 2010. Ahem.

It’s September.

For me, and for lots of other people, September means back-to-school. It’s easy to approach the Labor Day weekend with regret, thinking about things you planned to do and didn’t…so I’ve decided instead to take a look back at my summer and celebrate what I did accomplish.

(For my purposes, “accomplishments” shall be defined very loosely.)

Reading

I’ve done quite a bit of reading this summer…much of it just for fun, but some for professional development as well. You can check my Read in 2010 shelf at goodreads if you want to see specifics. Some of my favorite reads have included the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley and Feed by Mira Grant. Feed is definitely deserving of a post all to itself, and I will get to it soon!

Vacation

Rand and I took a week in July and drove to central Tennessee, where it was really, really hot. We visited lots and lots of used bookstores. I bought stuff for my classroom as well as many things just for my reading pleasure. (side note–oh, Half Price Books, why do you not exist in New York???)

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(some of the stuff I bought)

We didn’t enjoy the outdoors much (did I mention it was really, really hot?), but we did enjoy sleeping in, reading, watching DVDs, and cooking out.

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(the view from the back of our cottage)

We celebrated our anniversary (two years!) at the Brass Lantern restaurant in Crossville, TN.

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And we visited with my dear friend Stephanie and her family. We had great food, great conversation, and an overall lovely time. No pics, sorry!

I think I had meant to write more. Who knows what I intended to say…

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I’ve stareted to upload photos. Vacation photos will be going into this set.

I also uploaded some calligraphy stuff I did yesterday. Enjoy!

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I am back in WNY. Lots of post-vacation errandthings to do (like groceries and laundry). I hope to get some photos posted sometime soon.

Many thanks to everyone who wished us a happy anniversary/expressed sympathy about my grandfather’s death. Both meant a lot to me during this past week.

Rand and I brought an end to our vacation this morning with massages at Excuria–a wedding gift from Ron, Melissa, and the girls. (thank you!) I don’t know why it took us so long to use it, but it was nice to still be enjoying wedding gifts a year later!

Okay, that’s it for now. More later. Happy Friday!

Vacation mode

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Just thought I’d pop in and say hi…so, hi.

We had our first successful gathering of friends (aka “party”) at the new house Friday evening. It was enjoyable, so perhaps we’ll do it again sometime. 😉 I’ll post pictures sometime in the next couple of days. They have yet to leave my camera. In the meantime, I finally got around to posting some pics from St. Patrick’s Day as well as some fun that was had on my classroom whiteboard.

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Easter was pleasant and mostly uneventful.

Today, Rand and I looked at some living room furniture that we would both be happy with. Also, I bought two cute new spring dresses because they were 30% off.

Now, I am contemplating whether I want to stay in and relax (doing things like blogging/chatting, reading, and so forth) or take myself out to, say, Barnes and Noble and hang out in the cafe doing writerly things. Hmmm.

“Stay in” is currently in the lead. 😉 Have a good one, everybody!