We are in week three of an office renovation that is consuming my days, leaving me only the evenings for working. Our entire staff is working from their homes while my older son, Greg, who is with us at the office for the summer, is with me in New York. There have been moments of complete frustration with this project coupled with some hilarious times. We both are tired of carrying furniture from room to room, and I confess that when book shipments arrive we both laugh trying to figure WHERE we can store them until the staff returns and still stay one step ahead of the construction crew. Tonight, in utter frustration, I just stashed a box in my car!

Did you finish it yet? You know exactly what we mean. Everyone around my house was racing to read HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS the weekend it came out, and they seemed to be racing to see how it ended. I confess that I am reading this book slowly, so if any of you still are reading, do know you have company! I have told them that they cannot tell me how it ends, which means there is lots of whispering going on around our house as they talk about what happens.

In households across the country this past week, this phrase is being uttered: "Did you finish it yet?" You know exactly what we mean. Everyone around my house was racing to read HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS the weekend it came out, and they seemed to be racing to see how it ended. I confess that I am reading this book slowly, so if any of you still are reading, or your children still are reading, do know you have company! I have told my husband and sons that they cannot tell me how it ends, which means there is lots of whispering going on around our house as they talk about what happens.

Last Monday night we started a major renovation at the office as we are taking over the space next to ours. This entailed our staff packing everything we own into two rooms and moving home to work for the duration of this project. You can imagine how much fun this was. At the moment I am working out of one of those rooms with my son Greg, who is with us this summer.

"Are you done yet?" You know what I am talking about. Have you finished HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS? From what we are seeing, MANY of you have finished it already. Thus we have a new poll running on our Harry Central feature asking which book is your favorite. I have not yet finished it, as I am making it a more leisurely read. My husband and sons HAVE finished it, and thus I make them whisper or leave the room when they talk about it. You can read our review here, and you can see the results of our last Harry Potter Poll here.