January Book Journal

This year I am doing something a little bit different with my book journal. Usually I just write a short description of the book and/or how I liked it.

This year, in addition to the book description, I am keeping track of how many books I read and how many pages I read each month. I am pleased to say that I am already way ahead of my reading goal of one book per week. January totals: 12 books and 2634 pages.

I give kudos to the people in the reading group; they come up with interesting books to read! Some of which I literally could not put down. I pulled a couple "all-nighters" this month! There are seven people in the reading group now and each one picks a book for the group to read for the next month. Of course, not everyone can read all seven books, but there is at least one book that has been made into a movie which it is hoped that everyone will read. That way when we get together we have lunch, discuss the books, then watch a movie.

Believe it or not I hated reading as a child. I only read one book in high school and that was because I had to! Now I think what a waste of all those reading hours.

Happy February to everyone!

Parent Mandate: No Complaining or Crying Allowed!

At some point we parents have to let our child be an individual and express herself in her own way. Well, that's what happened today with Samantha. Okay, yeah, I know she is 22 and we've been letting her pretty much do what she wants since she was 15, but today we gave her a condition -- not on our love, but on what she did -- and that condition was... no complaining or crying about the consequence of her decision.








No more blond for Samantha! For years she has wished she wasn't a blond and today she actually did something about it. She absolutely loves the color of her hair. Hey, at least there was no complaining or crying and that makes us happy too!

Ya just gotta love Sam. She is so unpredictable, spontaneous, and full of fun and life!

P.S. It's not black; it's medium ash brown.