Outside my window... a day so hot it feels like you're in an oven. well over 100degrees. I call these days "bakingly hot" because of the oven effect.

I am thinking... about how to help Colton be his happy self again (new teen attitude at 8 lately) and that National Geographic is a very pessimistic publication. Every single article is doom & gloom. Lighten Up!

I am thankful for... gospel knowledge so that I know the Earth is provided with enough for her inhabitants and that the human race isn't doomed like NG seems to think it is. Sure we need to be be better stewards, but it will be okay.

From the learning rooms... craft day today; worked on softies. Gearing up for new school year with project units on Thomas Jefferson & Weather. Need to figure out where we are with math & spelling.

From the kitchen... I am totally uninspired to cook lately. Adam brought home a Jamba Juice & Subway sandwich for me, so I had Macey whip up some grilled cheese for dinner & I added Campbell's Bean & Bacon soup, Single Leaf Salad, and fresh sliced peaches. Maybe icecream bars for dessert if they are good to me.

I am wearing... that mustard-yellow v-neck again; vintage-washed Gap jeans, my Hawaiian pearl necklace & a gold chain bracelet; no shoes so I can look at my newly pedicured tootsies.

I am creating... oooooh, lots today! started with learning to applique shapes on my softie (did the face); worked on a scrapbook page for Grace (Out to Lunch); and some new posts.

I am going... to the midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Adam, Macey, & Mom!!! I probably won't like it all that much - the movies always disappoint me. But since there will be no new books, it's the next best thing for a fan. And since Macey has read all the books (twice now) she can finally go with us to see it at the "big movies," a first time for her.

I am reading... some instruction books on embroidery (Sublime Stitching & Doodle Stitching); the June 2009 National Geographic; a new softie book: Softies Only a Mother Could Love, and Sharing Your Story by Ali Edwards - about recording your life in mini-books.

I am hoping... that Adam's health problems get worked out soon - poor boy has some new, unidentifiable issue with his throat and he tore his hamstring playing soccer a few weeks ago so he has been going to physical therapy again.

I am hearing... Laird yell at me to "come get GusGus!!! GusGus NEEDS you!!!" (she's just finished eating/bathing in her bean soup and needs a shower.)

Around the house... Allee & Nathanael came to play today; Macey & Laird went to the Oteros' house. I played with Sage and took some photos of the baby girls.

One of my favorite things... new eye make-up by Physicians Formula; it actually came with instructions so I finally have a clue what to do with it at this late age in life.

A few plans for the rest of the week: shopping with my Gymbucks at Gymboree on Wednesday; J.Jill with my giftcards for me. Maybe visiting Scrapbooks, Etc. for my birthday shopping spree (20% off coupon - stock up for the year); Jewel concert at the Mesa Arts Center with Adam on Friday; teaching a Joseph Smith lesson in Relief Society for Jill Doi on Sunday.

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

I really wish it was another book coming out tonight instead of just a movie. I miss Harry!