"Stop Taking My Picture! Give Me That Camera!" ;)

Cake Time!

Rolling Down A Road Rapidly

Once again I have unintentionally left my blog to gather virtual dust, not that I have been doing much real dusting either.  Over at the HPB Society we just finished reading Up A Road Slowly by Irene Hunt, a beautiful book about one girl’s growing up story.  Over at The Fairy Bookworm, Lydia wrote about turning 18 and her own journey, “Like Julie, I am walking up a road slowly, wondering what is at the end.”  I, on the other hand, have been taking life at such a fast pace I am surprised I have not crashed by now!

There have been a lot of changes here on the home front.  Tiffany decided to move back home, so once again I am rattling around in that big house by myself.  I will not be entirely alone for long, dad will be moving his office back up with me and his office down at home (aka, my old bedroom) will become a guest room.  So this past week I have been doing the great room shuffle again, there is one bookcase I have moved four times in four months!

Other things on my ever-growing list are a couple of long house-sitting jobs, and a triple-digit order for DLC which will be keeping me extremely busy till it is due in November.  Lastly, I still have my accounting class to fill any little chink in my schedule.  I am not overly thrilled about accounting, but it has not been a difficult study so I cannot complain too much.

I think that is everything going on right now.  Soon I will be able to flip the calendar to one my favorite months of the year, October!  I hope I have enough free time to actually enjoy it!  Till later!!!  (And by that I mean a few days, not weeks!) ;)        

           

Beautiful (Grown Up) Lydia

Candle-Lighting Team Work

More Candles

Yummy Dessert (With A Birthday Candle Of Course)

Sisters :)

Mom & Rachel

Our Favorite Mexican Restaurant, Las Katarinas

Lydia's 18th Birthday!!!!!

Rain! :)

Puffy Clouds

Young Rattlesnake

Autumn Apple

The Roses Are Still Blooming

A Heavenly Fragrance

Sir. Fluffy-Head

Eww! Why Must They Come In The House?

Lacy, Again

The Last Mimosa Blossom

A Little Bit Of Heat In The Garden

These Blooms Are So Amazing

Fashionable, and Functional, Decorations

DVD Shelves! (Complete With DVDs)

Just Hanging Out

Mickey Mouse In A Cup

Autumn? Is That You?

          Normally Labor Day brings sun, barbeques, and a new school year to mind.  This year torrential amounts of rain accompanied by a symphony of thunder and a display of lightning made up our holiday show.  I was excited!  I love fall.  I look forward to the first rain, the first day I can wear a sweater, and the first evening I can wrap a scarf around my neck.  The style of clothing, the warm vibrant colors of the trees, and the clean sweet smell of rain causes my skin to tingle with excitement.  Unfortunately, this little taste of autumn is already regressing back to warm summer days.  But I have had my glimpse, and will wait patiently for fall to make her reentry.  Until then, I shall be airing out my sweaters and fluffing out my scarves.

Rain!!! (And One Very Wet Forgotten Table Cloth)

Hard To Tell, But This Guy Was Huge! And In My Room!

A Touch More Mickey Mouse :)