The conference I helped plan took place last week in Knoxville and seemed to be a success. It was a difficult week and I'm glad it's over. The two worst parts were the lack of sleep and the fact that I ran out of clean undergarments on Thursday night. I smelled pretty rank by Saturday afternoon! I still have a fair bit of cleanup work to do on the conference.
They're a trifle large, but I bought some nude pumps to wear last week. Mission accomplished.
After agonizing about it for months, I cleaned out my Goodreads "currently reading" shelf. I moved eight items to "may finish someday" or to a new shelf called "read most of it." I feel much better now that the three books I'm actively reading are the only items on the currently reading shelf.
The weeds and fall pruning I should have done are OUT OF CONTROL at my house. I fear I'll never get ahead of them, particularly since it's already too hot for yardwork, in my opinion.
I haven't baked in ages, but last night I made banana bread and almond-anise biscotti. I overbaked the biscotti a tad, and it's a bit crunchier than I hoped, but all in all it was a success and is a decent substitute for Nonni's original biscotti. Next time I will bake it for less time, chop the almonds finer, and perhaps crush some of the anise seeds, all of which may make it more acceptable for sharing.
