What are you into this month?

I saw a really great idea on another blogger's site- so I thought I would try it out here. Since this blog kind of serves two purposes 1) to keep faraway friends maybe somewhat humored at our daily events, 2) as a keepsake for Gray- his e-baby book, I thought this might be a good addition. This is just one more way for my boy to look back and try and figure out who the woman who loves him to the moon and back and back again was.

This Month...

On My Nightstand:

Reading goes very slow for me. One I never read one thing at a time. Two- life is busy. I don't steal a whole day a way anymore just reading. But what I have been turning pages in this month:

Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology by Eric Brende - This has been a great book. An MIT grad who moves close to a Amish-like community and spends a year with his new wife.

Cometbus #48 Back to the Land by Aaron Cometbus - More than two people told me this looks like propaganda. It does. Someone lent it to me after many discussions of the 'Back to the Land' movement. Steven of course thinks this is all propaganda. I daydream about it. Super easy read. You can finish it in a day. Interesting- in many ways.

And of course I spent some time flipping through magazines like BabyTalk, Parents, and Prevention.

Want To Read:

As soon as I finish Better Off, a trip to the local library will hopefully get me started on my next adventures in:
Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia / Elizabeth Gilbert.
The help / Kathryn Stockett.
1493 : uncovering the new world Columbus created / Charles C. Mann

TV Show Worth Watching:

I honestly have not watched a thing. When the new season starts I'm sure I'll resume to a couple shows that I like.

Movie I’ve Seen (In or Out of a theater):

Only through netflix of course. The Contract has been waiting at the house for us to watch it, but the last few we watched this month were the Fighter, The Two of Us, and Taxi Driver. We both really enjoyed the fighter. Maybe I did more because Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. :)

In My Ears:

Well, the CD player is still broken in my car (sorry honey- until it's fixed I will be giving you a hard time :)) so I can't listen to my new Less Than Jake CD. Fingers crossed I get my hands on the new Red Hot Chilli Peppers album in the new future. At home, and workshops, anywhere I play the ipod- I have been listening to Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks. Can't wait to see them at the Fall French Broad Festival on the 24th!

What I'm Most Looking Forward To Next Month:

1. My new work-walking partner. Julie has agreed to start walking with me in the mornings before work.
   
2. Cleaning the yard up and preparing for fall. Planting fall crops.
3. Seeing Steven in Wizard of Oz!
4. French Broad Fall Fest. Can't wait for a camping trip!
5. A life change! Fingers crossed that Steven gets a call back for an awesome job, or I find the perfect part-time job.