last summer blanks!

wahoo!  it's friday, and it's blanking time!  to play head over to lauren's blog and link up.

1.  over this labor day i will be  spending lots of time with friends and p.  we are having friends over tomorrow and one very special one is having a sleepover (yay!), and that's what we are up to all weekend.  probably lots of house work - as i keep mentioning there are lots of projects on the horizon - and a trip to ikea tomorrow morning.  i can't wait. 
 
2.  with the political debates right now, my thoughts are  [yay, i love this question] that i hope people are really paying attention and listening to what is going on. i know it's difficult and depressing sometimes with all of the mudslinging, but there is a candidate who is literally telling blatant lies to get votes [and who was actually called out by fox news despite the fact that he's a republican], who wants to roll back rights for minority voters and women, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.  i hope people are paying attention to what is going on.
 
3.  today  i have been productive.  8am and already transplanted my flowers, cleaned out my fridge [kinda], and blogged.  and i can't wait to go food and beer shopping tonight to prep for the party tomorrow!
 
4.  the best thing i've cooked lately  well, i haven't cooked lately. i tried to roast peppers and failed.  i guess i made some polenta two days ago that was decent.  but really this summer i've been in to crispy brussell sprouts, and have made them like 7-8 times this summer and will do it even more going into fall.
 
5.  the last thing i bought was  shoes, shoes shoes.  literally.  three pairs for fall.  flats, heels and killer boots.  can't wait to share.
 
6.  the best movie i saw this summer was  probably the batman movie. it was kind of awesome, and i loved the parallels to occupy.  but i saw lots of good movies this summer - we LOVE movies!  moonrise kingdom was great too.
 
7.  the best book i read this summer was  HA!  all my reading is for school.  so probably either the conscience of a liberal or the great american stickup.  i honestly read them both and love them both despite the fact that they were for a class.  i can't wait to start reading again for fun.

well happy weekend friends! i'll be back with lots of pictures and fun projects i hope!

xo