Weekend planning...

We're taking one last summer camping trip this weekend, before it's too cold here to think about going. This time we rented a "tent cabin" instead of taking the tent. It's a little one room cabin, not any bigger than a large tent, but it does have beds and electricity. So, not so much camping as spending the weekend away. We'll still grill burgers and have a campfire with marshmallows. I packed hot chocolate and we'll heat water on the fire. We just won't be sleeping on the hard hard ground.

I have three books packed: The Thirteenth Tale (which I hope to finish), Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer (my first Heyer), and Not On Our Watch (for Natasha's Darfur reading month- click on the graphic there in the sidebar for more info!) I'm not sure how much Darfur I'll read, this is supposed to be my last relaxing vacation, so I may not get into any details while we're out.

I've gotten a TON of new books from Paperbackswap lately. It seems that it goes in cycles, with nothing incoming or outgoing for a few weeks, and then suddenly everything comes to the top at once. Here's the last week or so, have you read any of these?

• The Pregnancy Test by Erin McCarthy


• Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside by Katrina Firlik


• Strangers in Death by JD Robb (#26, I'm only on like #23)


• The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra


• Some Like it Wicked by Teresa Medeiros


• Through the Veil by Shiloh Walker


• Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande


• Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella


• You're Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom by Erika Schickel

Then, because I didn't have enough books, the library was forgiving fees if you brought in canned goods, and since I had a nice fee there I ran in at lunch one day. It's a fact that you can't go to the library without bringing more books home. So I got these:

• Not On Our Watch by Don Cheadle for my Darfur reading


• Books by Larry McMurtry


• Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam (not so much for me)


• Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence by Gerard Jones


• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (I caved to the cult of this book.)

Sunday, I hope to get home early enough to do a little cleaning the the basement. We have decided to give up on the idea of making it a den for adults, and instead throw ourselves full into a craft area/ play room. The kids have so many big plastic toys, and it'd be nice to quarantine them into one area. Much furniture shifting must occur first though, so that ought to be fun. Once it's all settled, I hope to spend a lot more time down there with the boys, and therefore, have more to show for it. Right now, sewing is a challenge as there are piles everywhere. My ironing board hovers over the elliptical, my light balances on the desk, my poor fabric slides around on the table and chair. I can't wait to have a little more order in my life. Ha, as if.