I have been trying on different blog styles lately but inevitably come back to this one. I am getting rather picky about certain aspects of my blog’s style and this one seems to meet the most of my strict demands. But you know how fickle I am when it comes to these things and part of me really wants something new because I’m ridiculous and get bored easily. This is the most boring thing you’ve ever read, I know…

My book club last night discussed That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo and I was thrilled to find that pretty much everybody hated or disliked the book as much as I did. Most of them were good little book club members and finished the book (unlike me and my 60 pages in or so) and we actually found ourselves with quite a bit to talk about. I think the books that nobody likes tend to equal a lot of discussion as sometimes there are only so many ways to say, “Yes, I liked it, too.”

We’re reading The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry next which looks so very good but I’m trying to wait a bit before starting it since we won’t be meeting to discuss it until December 1st. This was my second time participating in the book club and I like it a lot – I even find I’m making a few new friends which is always nice. Little by little Wisconsin is beginning to feel like home as I meet new people and settle in.

It should feel an awful lot more like home come April when we are going to close on the house finally (knock on wood). We’ve jumped over hurdle after hurdle and were having no luck whatsoever finding a subletter and I was just so tired of the whole thing and then winter was approaching when my Realtor suggested the idea of pushing the closing date until spring, forgetting about the subletter entirely. Shockingly the seller actually said okay! So unless their financial situation should change drastically, it looks like that is what we are going to do.

It’s been a long week of errands and driving and yucky cold windy weather and whiny children who don’t like napping and soooo slowly getting over this quasi-cold like thing. I’m looking forward to the weekend and finally celebrating Halloween. I’m looking forward to trick or treating with friends and taking pictures of the kids in their costumes which we are so proud of – I don’t know if I’ve officially mentioned it here but the kids are going to be Mickey and Minnie Mouse – so cute! We picked up bits and pieces from thrift stores and made a semi-home made costume for the kids. I don’t know if we ended up saving money this way but most of the pieces can be used in their regular wardrobe afterwards so at least we bought mostly functional items.

I promise to come up with something more interesting to write about soon. I haven’t been feeling very interesting lately, truth be told, just sort of doing the day to day, you know? But I thought I’d sit down and write something more journal-like for once just for shits and giggles. Looks like it’s time to go make lunch so I guess I’ll stop procrastinating and hit “publish” …