I really liked Angela's idea to write up her week. She happens to do it on a day she likes, I personally hate Tuesdays and thought doing the same thing might help kill some time so Tuesday will just end already. So thanks for the idea Angela.
This week's reason for Hating Tuesday:
Jared is out of town, and we don't have anywhere to go while it's spring break and my girls are being very, very cranky.
Things I liked Last week:
The Roger Clyne Concert
The girl dancing in front of Jared and hitting him in the face with her hair (hilarious)
Having good weather for a soccer game
Great outside weather on Monday
Making cinnamon rolls with my girls
Grace running to the bathroom and throwing up in the toilet instead of on the floor
Things I could have done without:
Cleaning up after making cinnamon rolls
The immediate return of cold weather after such a nice weekend
My kids tantrums when leaving my mom's house
Grace throwing up once for no particular reason
Filing and mailing taxes and dues
Scout complaining about every single thing I make to eat
Scout lying
I am reading Anna Karenina . I am almost done with it; I only have 40 pages left. I wasn't a fan of it for the first half (400 pages) of the book but these last few hundred I have really liked. The characters are hard to relate to because they are so extreme in their views and behaviors, but later in the book I have started identifying with some of their thoughts and feelings in certain circumstances. For instance, I know what Dolly is feeling when she feels jealous of her friend for not being tied down with children, and then after being away from them for a day, wishing she was home to see them. I can even relate to Anna when she is depressed and looking at the world thinking everyone in fake and hating everyone. And Levin trying to reconcile religion with his rational. It's difficult to get to that point in the book in the first place, but I think in the end I liked it, although I don't know that I would recommend it to the average reader. If you like thinking books though, it does bring up some interesting questions.
6 comments:
Wow, Grace threw up in the toilet. That's great! Can she come give my children lessons on that. Justin and Ryan are pretty good at using a bowl, but if they don't have a bowl handy, they just puke on the floor or bed or couch. Nasty!
I'm almost done with the book. I've got too many opinions about it though I'll vent on Saturday. It's Saturday, right?
Yes Saturday at 7:30, my house. We are doing it a little later because Debra and Amy are going to a cousins reception. And we are still doing the pot luck right? That was fun. Maybe if we get over the book conversation early we could play some games or something. If you are interested in that bring a game you think everyone will like.
Considering that you and Carrie are the only 2 that will have finished the book by then I think we should be done discussing fairly quickly! :)
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Anna-Karenina-Summaries-and-Commentaries-Part-1-Chapters-1-to-5.id-15,pageNum-4.html
That might help
See Brittney, it is fun to put what you liked and didn't and people actually seem to comment on yours. I loved reading it.
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