A Note...

I like to take a break from blogging, when I feel like it, which is this month. 

Then, somehow, eventually something will spark me up and I'll begin again.  Children, I promise I'll get back to writing down stuff that happens to you... sometime. 

But I had to interrupt my summer hiatus to say a few things in bullet points to anyone else reading:

• If you live in Sioux Falls, you should go to the Queen City Bakery with a friend.

• ATTENTION ANGLOPHILES:  You MUST watch Downton Abbey's first 7 installments in their entirety, they are an extreme treat, beautifully shot in gorgeous, pure light, and full of everything you love about English culture.  Oh. My. Word. 

• I got my girls one of these spiral-making kits and I confess, I played with it for about a half hour this afternoon, hoping no one would come and take it from me.

• Jimmy Fallon you are so insatiably upbeat and likeable.  In the middle of cleaning my house this morning this video popped into my mind and I had to stop and watch it, right then.  And this one remains one of the most entertaining and quality things I've ever seen on late night.

Speaking of rappers.  Kids will go through phases when they're learning to talk, and occaisionally, they'll make some funny speech faux pas, and sometimes, those slip-ups sound like expletives spewing out of their sweet cherub mouths.  Patie went through that phase when she was 2, every time she saw a truck.  And now it's Hudson's turn.  With his work bench, which he calls his bench, which actually comes out, "My b*tch".  All the time, every time he says it.  He's like a pint-sized Jay-Z.

Oh, and one more thing- You should send me book recommendations, as I'm nearing the end of my reading list, and have a little extra time during these long, lazy days.  Email, comment, whatever, I love everyone's suggestions. 


While I'm on that thought, here's some things I've read recently:

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua


Bossypants, by Tina Fey

Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L'Engle

And that's all.