sometimes there are 2 fortunes in one cookie....

which is sort of like doing two posts in one day.
only more reading and less eating.
(you can still put "in bed" at the end of everything i say, if you want, though.)

i'm having a great hair day, and i thought you should know.
i would take a picture, just cuz i'm in that kind of mood, but i rarely look the same in a picture as i do in person.
i'm not sure why it is...
it's like the softness of the curls doesn't show up in two dimensions...
the sun kissed skin of my cheeks and shoulders doesn't look any different than the rest of my paleness, under the glare of a flash.
do i sound more narcissistic than usual?
eh.
it's not really that.
it's that usually, i just look like me.
but sometimes...
i look like...me, but with a sprinkling of magic.
or maybe i just like writing.

the mountains look incredible.
i need to get some pictures.
they stayed green all summer, due to the amazing amounts of rain...
and now the leaves are changing--
it seems so early for that.
it's 90 degrees here today, the first damn week of september!
and the mountains are orange and green.
it's nice.
i need to take the boys hiking.
maybe sunday.
maybe the hot springs.
eh.
that's two miles each way.
i guess they might be too little for that.
but if any of you come here, i'll take you there.
okay, not really.
but i'll give you directions, so you can go.
cuz it's not to be missed.

it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, but my kids aren't cooperating.
we're sitting on the front porch, eating ice cream.
well, we WERE.
they both just dumped theirs out.
one of them stuck his bare feet in it and wiggled them around.
psh.
yeah, they're in "time out" now.
so who wants a beer?