Holy Cow, Batman! I'm on vacation!

I've got an entire week off and nothing much planned. A quick trip to Wisconsin to visit an elder relative with my sister and then an even quicker trip to the LP to visit the niece (going Sunday, back home Tuesday) but considering I haven't even been out of my town in over a year, I'll take it.

I just took a look at my rather enemic list of books read for this year and I've discovered that I'm ten books behind in reviews. How is that possible? I mean, really. Kinda sad isn't it? I hope to get some of them done before I take off on Sunday. Hope to.

So, what else is new in my life?

On August 23, the city tore the street up in front of my house to replace sewer and water lines. They worked on it for two days and then vanished until Monday of this week. They worked another two days before vanishing again. This has been the view from my house all this time:

Four days of work for them; four weeks of major inconvienence for me. I've had to park in the city garage across the street which isn't a huge deal... until you think about grocery shopping or laundry (my washer is out of commission) or garbage, which they're not picking up at the moment.

Summer is finally in the review mirror in these parts. The heat is gone, the maple trees, always the harbinger of fall, are already turning. With all of the rain we've been having, the colors should be spectacular. I'll try to post some photos.

Final thought: the Farmer's Almanac predicts a mild winter in these parts, with above average snow fall.

Not entirely sure how I feel about that...

Hope y'all have a great weekend!