In the spring I took a challenge from one of my LJ friends to read 25 books in 2008. I read 35! (Actually it was probably more but I just haven't added the ones that I didn't finish yet.) And since this is the first year that I've ever kept track of what I read I decided that it was a good goal to keep every year. Just to remember what I've ( Read more... )

Although Mike has yet to come home for the evening, it has been a good one ( Read more... )

The days just scoot faster than I expect them to. We've just started to get cooler weather. At least it was this last weekend. Cooler here is 70's in the evening and 80s in the afternoon. It was short lived though. Yesterday it was warmer and today warmer still. But fall weather is in the air and by the end of this month we'll be having it ( Read more... )

Ethan took his own steps today. No one encouraged him, he was standing at the window and decided to try it himself. He took about 4 or 5 cautious steps alone! (He's done 1 or 2 by himself before but this is the first time I've seen so many ( Read more... )