No, I haven't been neglecting my duties, or slacking. I've just had a really busy work-consuming week. Remember the picture of the books in the dumpster that I was so excited about? Well, I am in the final stages of the update of that book this week. I went to the office on Wednesday, and my boss told me to go home and not come back until it is finished. So, I've been at home working all week, tying up loose ends and more trying to finish it. I have done nothing but sit at my kitchen table at my computer all week...for hours. In my pajamas. Yesterday, beginning at 6:30 am. I think my butt is permanently indented in the chair. I've put my life pretty much "on hold." Laundry is behind...the house is a mess...but I am this >>><<< close to having it finished. I did have a moment of tears today when a document that I had been working on and adding things to all morning just went "poof" and disappeared before I saved it. (I was keeping it minimized as I was adding things to it). I suck at computers, and today, I had no brick wall to bang my head against since I am at home and have no brick wall.

So...I have been trying all week to look on the bright side of life. I thought that after my post about a bowl of popcorn I couldn't write about something any more ridiculous, but I was wrong. Feast your eyes on this:





















My feet. I am pretty sure you'd rather read about popcorn and old melamine bowls...

So my whole point in starting this was to find ways to enjoy simple things in the midst of awfulness. Soooo...today, even though I had a million and ten things to do and accomplish, I decided to take the time to give myself a pedicure. I haven't done that in a long time. So, that is a picture of my pedicured feet in my favorite sandals. If you see dog hair on the floor, try to ignore it.

I have also made myself take time this week to enjoy the unusually cool weather we have been given and spent a bit of time each morning on my porch with a book and a cup of coffee.

AND, I have enjoyed an abundance of summer vegetables and fruit...especially tomatoes. I love tomatoes, but only in the summer and only home grown. I could eat them like an apple. I don't, but I could. This week, I have bought an assortment of homegrown: Tomatoes, watermelon, cantelope, sweet corn, strawberries, and cucumbers. I would have taken pictures of it all, but I ate them before I could...