i'm on the road again...

a little late i know...but i am back at my little blue desk, albeit for a very short time, one day to be exact...and as usual surrounded by piles of chaos wondering if those kind of things will ever change...

we had a grand old time in England, despite the lack of blue skies it was good to be on home ground again...my heart has gone out to all those living the nightmare of the floods, you are definitely in my thoughts.

even lacking summer skies i achieved a number of things...

i managed to spend quality time with my children, family and friends...

i read three quarters of a very intelligent book...no small feat, i haven't picked up a book in months...

i made a serious dent in my wallet because of all the lovely clothes that kept saying "buy me, Tif " and the shoes that called to me "try me, Tif " as i passed by shop windows...

and i found plenty of inspiration...

i will in time show you some of my "have you lost your mind, you do not have that kind of money to spend" purchases...but alas it will have to wait for a while.

you see dear readers ( i have missed you ), after living a life of a gypsy for July, i am on the road again with the children and this time my man is in tow...a little bit crazy but while travelling the roads in England, my man, all lonely holding the fort back home decided it would be rather grand to go on a road trip together when we got back...

usually i might have protested just a little bit as it is rather too close for my sanity's comfort, but how could i when my man is reaching a milestone this week...a milestone that is a little bit scary, and so while we are whitewater rafting in Oregon and doing all sorts of other outdoorsy things (sadly not suited to my lovely new clothes and shoes, sniff) he will celebrate or commiserate turning 40...which ever way you like to look at it.

at the same time, we hit the milestone of being wed for seventeen years, which quite frankly is nothing short of a small miracle these days...so i feel a little "voyage de route" across the state line is perfectly acceptable in the celebratory circumstances...

with big plans to finish the other quarter of her book and possibly, quite recklessly start a new one while on the road ~

Tif

a little footnote here for the lovely Kristen Michelle , thanks for tagging me...i admit to having been tagged before and it took me over two weeks to actually finish listing my things, however i will think of a few things in between reading about "the man beneath the jumpsuit" and list when i get back.

also Kristen i have to let you know, i am totally envious of your lovely spectacles and wish they were mine...