The end of summer???

I keep hearing everywhere that summer is over and fall is in the air...NOT in ARIZONA!!! It was 114 degrees yesterday!!!...and in a couple of months, the nights will cool down and the mornings will be cool..and we can be outside again ( and not have to be at the pool)
I miss those days!!!
I used to really like fall....we don't have fall here...it seems. Last year I went home in late September. That was fall.... it was delightful!

I always read a whole bunch in the summer...being stuck indoors..and having occasional insomnia. I wondered what all of you have been reading....and don't say scriptures...they don't count for this one. :)
So far, I have read:
Dead Until Dark - book one of the Sookie Stackhouse series...too much vampire sex for my liking...so I am going to skip the series.
Three Cups of Tea - book about a super awesome humanitarian Greg Mortensen...fighting terrorism by educating people....it was long..but I am glad I read it.
Night - a holocaust survival book by Elie Weisel...Knowing he lived made it ok for me to read..I usually can't handle holocaust stuff...it is very upsetting to me. I am glad I read this one though. It was short, but intense and it made me wish I knew a Jewish person that I could hug and say " The suffering of your ancestors is significant to me in my life and I am am so sorry for what they endured.
I started Columbine....by Dave Cullen on CD...but I am 12 on the list at the library..I was 64 at one time!
I want to understand how these things happen..something about this tragedy haunts me. I gave up..and will wait for the book. I am pissed now, that I know that so much info is sealed until 2012...in regards to the families of the shooters...that is an area I was particularly interested in.
I am weird, I know.
I almost finished the Potato Peel Society one...but I should have known better than to read something like that...I hate movies like that...so I bailed...Christine told me the end though.
Expecting Adam...just started... I love true stories....
and I have Jennifer Weiner's Best Friends Forever to read in the next 2 weeks as well.

So, what are you reading these days? I am interested!

WARNING: I am grumpy...just a little

Just letting you know up front.....

Today has consisted of what most days consist of lately...CLEANING. Someone had the decency to give me 24 hours notice on seeing the house today at 1:00. ...so I I cleaned for 2 hours this morning...while chatting on the phone with my sister...which made it not so bad. Thank you Dora for those precious hours. Our call got lost and I noticed I had missed 2 calls. So...I check my messages...and ....OFCOURSE....
"Hi, I am so and so ..wondering if I could bring my client to see your house 5 minutes ago?..or maybe in 3 seconds..whatever works best for you....???
Whatever...she really said around 10:00. So, I run to the nearest clock...it reads 10:20. CRAP!!!
So, I quickly call her and say..I need at least a half hour more...I still needed to vacuum the whole house...sweep and take out trash. She agrees and I am like a mad woman running through the house trying to be ready to leave in 30 mins... Thank you Dora again, and the episode about Swiper's birthday party that my girls had never seen and were glued to the TV.
SEth is running behind at this point...and is still home working...but needing to leave. I tell him to shower now..or we will have to start charging for these walk throughs..:)
The girls and I jump in the car and head off to drop books off at the library and be back in 25 mins, so Seth can leave. Literally just down my street, my phone beeps that I have a message.
" Hi there, I spoke with you earlier...yah...we aren't going to be able to make it today...my client's husband's car broke down and she has to go meet him....sorry for making you clean , but I guess you had to clean anyway, since you have that 1:00 showing."
I am pissed. I repeated her message outloud as I fumed. Then Ella pipes up with:
"Mom...isn't that so sad?"
ME: Yes....I can't believe I rushed all around for NOTHING.!!!!!
Ella: That is just so sad..Mom....
me: I know!!! today sucks!
Ella: I am so sorry that that lady's car broke down...that never happens to us..we are lucky.
DING! DING! DING! I was shaken from my selfish, wo is me, poor attitude by my wise and wonderful 4 yr old. Thanks Ella!
but I am still a little grumpy..... we got out of the house at 1:00..Seth had the car so we were taking the 2 foot express with the double stroller...in 106 degree heat.... We only made it around the corner to Michele's house where she let us in and gave us water and let us hang till the kid's bus came at 2:00!!! Phew! thank goodness for friends!
Then...we walked home to find that THEY NEVER EVEN SHOWED UP!!!!!!
This is life right now...but thanks to Ella, I can realize it could be worse...and we are blessed, even when things seem crappy. I need to focus on the little bits of goodness here and there...
thank goodness i get some girl time tonight!! woohoo!!!...I think that will help!

We're back!

We made it! 4 states later...we are home. I must say, that after most vacations I am ready for home...ready for my bed and just ready for our regular routine. ( mostly I just like walking around in my underwear!) This time, I was sad to leave...and wasn't looking forward to coming home. I think alot of that may have to do with the fact that I was sick for a full week while there...like in bed all day sick. I wasn't looking forward to the constant cleaning and showing of the house either! ( 3 times so far today!)
I was really looking forward to having lots of time to see all my friends and family...with no big rush. That did not happen...I missed a few friends even!
It was great to see extended family and good friends that I miss so much.... love you guys!!!....and a big thank you to all that helped with my kids while I was sick.
So, here we are.....got back Sunday night....the kids started school Monday morning! Can't say we didn't make the most of our summer!
Back to showing the house,homework, piano, scouts, baseball, soccer...all the regular life things. As hectic as it has been so far....I realize that I love Arizona...and I really don't want to live anywhere else.
It feels like we have been gone longer than 3 weeks......we have a lot of catching up to do.

Feel free to stop by......but I may be in my underwear....:)