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Wanna Hear Something Stupid?

I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for my library to let me know that The Time Traveler's Wife is ready for me to pickup. With the new movie coming out next week, it's super popular (I'm mean, it's the reason I suddenly wanted to read it!) so I had to put in a request for it. Mind you, I put in this request about 2 weeks ago and I still haven't heard anything.

Here's the stupid part. This book has been sitting on my "to read" bookshelf for MONTHS now. I just noticed it. I feel stupid, and yet lucky! I guess I'll get to read it before I see the movie, afterall!

Lunch with M

It was awesome to see M and Toby... he is SO adorable! We went to Red Robin (and I was pleasantly surprised at their non-burger options). I hadn't been there in a loong looong time, but I was glad to go back.

Afterwards we wandered through Target and got some essentials (and some non-essentials). Tomorrow we're supposed to head out for some ladies-only shopping while Toby's at daycare. I'm really looking forward to it because I always feel like I need new clothes at the beginning of the school year... afterall, I practically live out of that wardrobe so it always needs to be refreshed at the end of every year. Plus, it's fun to get someone else's input. That's usually how I end up with my favorite pieces! For some reason I always talk myself out of what's "different" when I'm shopping by myself.

Late-night Reading

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I'm busy reading, check out what's on my list, and please give me recommendations!

Man I love summer vacation... no bedtime... I can stay up late reading... yay!

a quickie

1. Our wall/ceiling seems to have been repaired correctly (so long as mold doesn't start creeping back through the paint in the coming months).

2. Spent the weekend in NYC with my hubby. Details to follow!

I hate maintenance work!!!

Right now I'm positioned at my dinner table with a "direct" view of what the maintenance guys are doing (remember the bulge caused by the rain a couple months back?) I put direct in quotation marks because in reality, I don't have a clear view of what they're doing because they taped a wall of plastic around their work area. So I can hear them talking... in Spanish. Man I wish M were here to help! My skills are weak at best. But I can say I was disturbed when I heard them saying "Limpialo, limpialo" regarding the piece of drywall that had just been removed. You see, B had to get on the phone and speak to them in Spanish and insist that they remove the drywall because of the black mold. They claimed it was a stain that just needed to be painted over. He said he wanted the sheetrock replaced. So you can imagine my concern when I heard them saying "clean it, clean it" after removing the old drywall (as in: "Quick, remove evidence of the mold"). Can anyone say "sketchy"? Ugh! I just want it fixed RIGHT... is that too much to ask?

Crabfeast... a success!

E hosted a crabfeast this past weekend. Loved it! Lots of my friends were there, plus lots of good food (and of course lots of rain!) We made the best of it, despite the iffy weather. I jumped into the pool during a brief moment of sunshine, and some other fools were crazy enough to be in the pool during the torrential downpour. Yeah, both my brother and sister were two of those fools! Thanks!