Gone Quiet

(or What I've Been Doing With My Summer Vacation)

...had old and new friends over for dinner and served up wicked good mojitos

...ate barbeque ribs, watermelon and ice cream on the 4th of July

...played some badminton

...took the kids to swim lessons

...spent a whole day reading a novel

...went to Memphis and met Marge Simpson's sisters, wearing Graceland t-shirts

...sat around in my pyjamas drinking coffee most mornings past nine

...bought a copy of Oprah magazine

...went out for a really expensive dinner with my husband

...wore a floppy hat

...let the kids watch too far much tv and fed them mainly cereal bars

...lost seven pounds and put all my slinkiest clothes back into circulation

...nothing really, to write home about.