A Real List

My friend M recently published her list of 40 Things to Do Before I Turn 40, and she's already started checking items off. That got me thinking about things I'd like to do before my next birthday. So, if I were going to make such a list, here's what it would look like:

42 Things to Do Before I Turn 42

1. Lose one pound
2. Lose one pound
3. Lose one pound.........
42. Lose one pound

Something to Pique Your Interest?

I was unenthused by BookPage's September bestseller watch post, though I saw several gift ideas there. I'm more interested by their list of 25 most anticipated books for fall. Top of my list is Roger Ebert's Life Itself.

I've been in a reading funk lately. The only print book I'm actively reading* is The Hippopotamus Pool (Amelia Peabody) for the ?th time. But I'm hoping to break out of the doldrums with Before I Go to Sleep this weekend and I'm looking forward to Laurie R. King's Pirate King, out next week.

What's on your reading horizon?

*I'm also listening to Blue Blood in the car and loving it.

Making it Work

I'm terrible at drinking enough water to stay hydrated. Apparently, I just never had the right container. I bought myself a pink 20 oz Aladdin To-Go tumbler at Target. I fill it with ice and water before I leave for work, and voila! I'm drinking at least 20 more ounces a day, maybe even 40 or 50 ounces more, than I had been.

If only other health habits were so easy to improve!

Alert

Hell just froze over. How do I know? Check the calendar and look at my arm:

August Fools

Bet you looked at my shoes and thought Autumn had arrived, didn't you?