"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed." -Bronte

Armed with an apron and a whisk...Watch out oven mitts, I'm coming for you next!

"Words, from a thousand miles away, at a lonely time of day, Leave it up to the night to quietly remind us. Time, though it mostly slips away, doesn't seem to mind the wait. It's a midnight serenade." -Katie Herzig

A lot of "awesome" happened today: I witnessed the awesome power of a thunderstorm, I had my first traction treatment for my neck, which felt awesome, my kitchen light fixture unexpectedly fell from the ceiling - NOT awesome, but an awesome neighbor helped detach the wires for me so it wouldn't come crashing down in the middle of the night...see, awesome! And since I didn't manage to get a photo of any of that awesomeness, I decided to shoot the awesome mirror caps on my awesome car.

"The days grow short as the nights grow long, the kettle sings its tortured song. As green to gold, and gold to brown, the leaves will fall to feed the ground, and in their falling, make no sound." -Ray Lamontagne

I hate to end the week with such an unattractive photo, but hey, when the theme is "Vegetables" and it's officially squash season, what's a girl to do?

Football and Chili. And just like that, summer has come to an end.

It was past bedtime, but this goofy girl insisted on sorting all her football cards. I'm thinking she should've started this project a little earlier.

Unfortunately I didn't do much standing today...Having almost passed out after a round of trigger point injections in my shoulder today, I spent a chunk of my day in bed with a case of the dizzies. I'm still feeling a little dazed tonight, like I had a few too many Appletini's. And so my Humpty Dumpty Saga rolls on.

And don't think for a second that she wouldn't. She totally would.

"The measure of love is to love without measure."

Had my folks over this afternoon for a little long weekend fun and my dad brought his new car. He's waited a lifetime for this one. Well done, Pop!

There's something about back-to-school time that throws my OCD into overdrive...

I want summer to last forever.

A quiet, gloomy day around here.

Sometimes your photo-of-the-day just finds you...I had a crap day that involved more serious neck pain and an emergency trip to the chiropractor, I was given the finger by a jerk in a Porsche who pulled out in front of me, and then I burnt dinner which left a smoking smiley face on my burner. Hoping the world doesn't hate me as much tomorrow.

Sometimes we like to play pranks on big brother.

After serving 12 straight points, including the set winner, in his first EVER volleyball match, my heart almost melted when his first reaction was to look over at his proud mama.

As a lifelong vegetarian, I don't often shoot photos of meaty entrees, but the two empty bottles of BBQ sauce next to the plate of BBQ pork kind of cracked me up tonight. I guess the fellas like their sauce.

Just a typical lunch hour.

Currently my favorite place to be...Just keeps getting better every day.

I have my driver's seat, the rest of the family enjoys the drummer's seat. I also like the fact that there are headphones involved, which means all I have to listen to is the quiet tapping of the drum pads. It's a win win for the whole family.

Though it may appear that I'm jumping for joy that I finally get 7 hours of peace & quiet to work during the day, I'm really just so excited for my kids to further their education...oh heck, who am I kidding? It's the first day of school!!! I'm freeeeeeeee!**

**No ribs were dislocated in the preserving of this precious memory.