Return to Me

Well, I suppose I should blog. I feel profoundly out of the habit, which was an unintentional move. Maybe it's hard to return to regularly scheduled programming after a post like my last one. The good news about my brother-in-law, is that we've received bits of news from the doctors to bolster our hope.

Since I didn't recap much of the summer, and since if I tell myself it has to be done in detail I may never blog again, I'll settle for this:
Beach (we covered that), work on the house, go to the Zoo, read, play with friends at the park, Family Reunion in SF, Family Reunion in Santa Cruz, work on the house (pretty much done on that front), go to the Zoo, play with friends at the park, read, go to Williamsburg, go BACK TO WORK! Try to figure out where the summer went. AHHHHH...feel so sad that I have to escape to NYC for a college reunion the very next weekend.

Come back. Try to re-establish a routine. Remember how much I wish I could figure out how to doctor without doing chart-work. Sort of like trying to figure out how to mother without changing diapers.
And suddenly, it's Fall. Time for that crispness that has me reaching for a light blanket, a s'more (actually, those are seasonless in this family) and caramel apple cider. Eva just wants to go to the 'pun-kin patch!'.
Phew.

Something about being away from work made it that much harder to go back, though I have enjoyed seeing my patients and co-workers again. And it was a relief to see that I still remembered how to doctor! Two months away felt like a long time gone.

I feel I should leave you with something more than just 'I'm back', so here are three fun little things:

1)My sister got a VitaMix. These expensive blenders really are amazing. If you're not familiar, they actually blend up all the fruit and vegetable together--we're talking industrial strength--instead of just extracting the juice. This is supposed to be much healthier. I actually believe it since my mom's green concoction, which was quite tasty, had me over the beginnings of a cold in a matter of hours! Trust me--I'm a doctor. Mary made one last night for an after dinner snack. How awesome is it that her boys think a spinach drink is a dessert smoothie!! ha ha! She offered some to E, who I wasn't sure would be interested. But she drank it right up! I think I know what I need for Christmas this year. My daughter! Drinking Spinach! And how is this for the cutest green mustache ever:



2)I just made this 'Boo' Sign and I LOVE it. The picture quality is terrible (can you even tell there is glitter on the black edges?), and the ghoulish lighting is courtesy of my dear hubbers who thought it added to the ambiance. If you are interested in the instructions, let me know! I found it online after seeing the demo in a local antique shop.



3)I saw this quote on another blog recently, and thought it was lovely:
"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." -Anne Frank

Happy Sabbath everyone!

Post-Edit:
For Lyndsey and anyone else who is interested, here is the link to the 'BOO' sign instructions. Enjoy!