10.11.12

i think we are quite fortunate to be at the beginning of a century ... i love that today is 10.11.12 ... next year i will love 11.12.13 .... i might even plan ahead and have a party at 9:10, 11.12.13 .... i didn't think to do it this year ... but next year for sure .... but soon our century will outgrow dates of coolness ... and then no one will think about them until 2101 .... my youngest will be 100 that year .... hard to think so far ahead ... hopefully she'll have a big party ....

so .... back to blogging .... i have loads of photos in my list called "blog options"  .... it is really a to do list of blog topics that i NEVER get to any more ...  this blog portion of my life has slipped to the wayside amongst the twins being in high school, the little one in middle school, and me trying to keep up ... my analogy lately has been treading water ... i used to be swimming along nicely, but i'm in a life moment where i'm treading water .... no great advancement, just managing .... and so it goes ... like all the bits of our lives, it is what it is ... you can work on changing it, but sometimes the muddling through is what you get ... and appreciating what it is or not being too hard on yourself for the lacking of accomplishments is the agenda ...

i've actually been chock a block full of great stuff ... like, exhausted every night, i wind down with a book, and have been reading more than ever .... i'm on track to read nearly 100 books this year ... i'm keeping a list here .... i've read 81, jk rowlings  new book and am on 82, boys adrift by leanord sax and 83 will be girls on the edge by the same author ... these last two are not for feint of heart ... oh my goodness parenting is hard in these modern days!

here's a painting that was commissioned last spring ....  more helpful for the feint of heart than the parenting books...