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The Scarlet Thread

I finished it! It has been a great last couple days of being kind of shelled up in a good book and what a great book it has been, but I am so happy to have it read. I know that sounds crazy, but reading is like an addiction to me. I can think of few other things that get done when I am in the middle of reading a good book. I don't think I have seen the sun for a while so today when I finally finished it, I went outside just to remember what it looked like. Just kidding about that last part.
Really, I just got done reading The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers. She is a wonderful author that writes historical fiction. She used to be a romance writer and about twenty years ago became a christian. I am glad she did! I am kind of bummed though because there is only one of her books that I have not read yet. I don't think she is actively writing anymore. The end is near so I will have to read her others again. No really, I really try to only read a book every now and then these days, I know that sounds crazy because reading is supposed to be good for the brain, but sometimes even things that are good for you can be a hindrance. That's my recent opinion about books. So I will not be posting another opinion about a book for a while.
If anyone is interested, the book is very good and kind of parallels two women's lives. One woman was living during the 1850's and was on the Oregon Train, and the other had her entire world uprooted when her husband decided on a sudden career change. To make matters short, it had history, romance, good character build-up and a great story line. If anyone wants to borrow it, let me know!

No country for old what?

So last night I decided to watch the movie "No Country For Old Men". It came in the mail, Dale was at work, and I seriously needed to sit down and rest for a while. So instead of reading my bible or doing something constructive like I really should have been doing, I decided to waste a good two hours of my life (might I say that I will never get those hours back). Anyway, I will get on with my point now. I guess I have to ask....if anyone has seen that movie and got an actual point out of it, please let me know. I still don't actually understand what the movie was trying to get across. It just ended! I kind of wanted to watch it again just to see if I missed something but then I would probabaly be upset that I wasted even more time with it. I thought the acting was good though. If anyone got something out of that movie feel free to let me know. And I still don't understand why it is called that. And I also think the bad guy in this movie is extremely creepy he is probably the most creepy bad guy I have seen, besides Freddy Krueger.

Talk About Relaxing!!

What a nice weekend we had. I am a little sad to see it go actually. Isn't that the way it usually is with weekends? I think if you ask me though, I can't see too much we could have done differently this weekend. Actually slowing the pace down, not doing much of anything and just the right amount of hanging out with friends made it absolutely wonderful. I hope I haven't been completely lazy because that would stink to have to shake out of that at work tommorrow. It has been nice while it lasted.

Here are some exciting new things:
--Just booked a vacation spot on San Onofre Beach near Camp Pendleton, very cool!
--Got a nice rain tonight and cooled the house off enough to actually sleep tonight.
--The kids are all tucked nicely into their beds.
--We have some really great friends.
--My birthday is this week!
--Did I mention that we are taking a much needed vacation in August, actually the best part is the planning so if anyone has any suggestions for cool things to do in California, send them this way.

Okay, I am done blubbering now. Happy reading.

Gotta love it

It's July 4th! I love this time of year, a swamp cooler puts a little bit of a damper on just how quickly it should go away and be cooler again, but needless to say, I just love the attitude that comes with the middle of summer. Back home in Indiana, so many memories of cool summer weather that you could actually have barbeques outside without needing a swimming pool flood my mind. I remember lazy summer days filled with lemonade and iced tea, hot dogs, burgers and chips. Boy, if that isn't the epitome of the American dream then what is. Anyway, with all this rambling, I almost forgot on this great holiday to enjoy life and be with family and friends. So today I am thinking of doing that to the fullest. Thanks to Mischel and Mark for opening up their house to an entire town full of people including us. Happy fourth of July!