Harborfest 2007

It's been non-stop fun for Chris and I for about two straight months now (and it's not over yet!) We haven't had a quiet weekend at home in forever. I'm not complaining, but that's my excuse for neglecting the blog, email, phone calls, and countless other things. I can't believe the summer is over. this beautiful fall weather is my favorite time of year though, and it just makes me want to get out and do more fun stuff like the chowder tasting at Sag Harbor's 300th Anniversary festival:There were also whaleboat races and a truly delicious Avocado Lobster Roll, not to mention mind-blowing carrot cake with lemon-cream cheese frosting. Shoot, now I'm hungry.

No Spoilers Here I Promise...

What do you do when you finish Harry Potter book 7? Go back to looking for funny stuff on the web of course:

If the end of Harry Potter was written by ______

No spoilers at all, just lol funny.

Update: Lots of readers have added their own 'as written by' in the comments. Don't miss the Dr. Seuss! Also, here's mine own contribution...

Jane Austen:

Harry, Ron and Hermione travel back in time to a ball Voldemort attended as a young man to try to learn more about where the Horcruxes might be. The young Tom Riddle sees Hermione across the room and is struck by her beauty. He asks her to dance but she snubs him, which infuriates him, but also makes him instantly in love with her. He asks all his friends who she is and is shocked to find out she's muggle-born. For days he tries to go on being evil, but with Hermione showing up everywhere he goes, he gives in, and confesses his love to her. Hermione is frightened. She and the others quickly flee back to the present time, but the young Voldemort follows them. Hermione grows to love him in return as he uses his power for good to try and impress her, and he is kind of cute after all. The world is saved and Tom and Hermione have a double wedding with Harry and Ginny.

Thanks!

I huge thank you to everyone who helped make Chris' party yesterday such a good time. You're all great and we're so glad you could be there!

Beer Can Chicken

We spent the weekend in Sag Harbor where Chris was very excited to try a recipe he found for Beer Can Chicken. It was delicious and juicy and highly entertaining!

This looks so good! Golden Compass Trailer Thank goodness there's something to look forward to after Harry Potter 7.

Free Time

I already sent this article (How not to Talk to Your Kids. The inverse power of praise.) to a bunch of people, but I've been thinking about it all day, so i think it must be blog worthy.

Aside from being a really interesting and well written article, it inspired a bit of personal insight for me. I had the day off from work today, and how did I choose to spend my free time? Drawing and painting? No. Reading about illustration? No. I was up at 8:00 on my day off reading about teaching. And I'm not even a teacher atm. In fact I've been reading about teaching/psychology in my spare time consistently for the last 10 years. There's really nothing else I can say that about. My point is, I'm feeling pretty confident that going back to school is the right decision for me. It's taken me a while, but I think I'm ready.