Book finished: Becoming Mona Lisa; City of Bones

Reading: Washington by Ron Chernow

On the Nightstand: No Turning Back by Estelle Freedman; Fingersmith by Sarah Waters; An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Making Lists: Grocery list (it's that week again), projects to do, daily tasks, craft classes and events, fall social projects, pre-Christmas planning. So many lists!

From the kitchen: I tried three new recipes this past week -- sweet garlic chicken (decent), potato ham bake (mediocre), and cake mix lemon cookies (amazingly awesome!). I'm looking at a few more new recipes for this coming week, but need to narrow them down.

Crafting: Next Saturday, I am attending a SU demo event. As part of the event, I am participating in a card swap. That's 50 card fronts that I need to make by Friday. This may have been a mistake...

Watching: Finally getting around to catching up on Parenthood S4. J and I are continuing with The Newsroom S1. And that's about it... we've really not been watching much tv at night this week.

Wondering: Will I have have any time to work on projects during the day? Arthur's non-napping is really taking its toll on the house and my personal attitude.

From Nature: It's been breezy lately and it's downright lovely. It's still warm, but it almost feels like fall. The change helps me justify hot coffee in the morning.

Project: Besides that crazy card swap, I am attempting to clean and organize my crafting space. I need a better system of packing for classes and crops without tearing everything apart and then having a giant pile to put away. I need some different storage options. Right now I'm trying out some different configurations in the hopes that I can work with what we have. Don't have high hopes. I'll probably need to buy something else.

Picture: Arthur selfie. He's really be obsessed with the camera this week.