HAPPY EASTER!

Happy Easter, dear friends.

Celebrate. Our faith hinges on this singular day in history. He lives.

They have mastered the fusion technology!

Yes, they have fused broccoli and cauliflower. The package says it tastes more like Broccoli. It looks like radioactive cauliflower. I didn't buy it, but I am tempted to...just to see what it's like. I like both broccoli and cauliflower. Maybe I'd really enjoy this?

new book of the month

My new years resolution was to read at least one book per month that I had never read before, that was written for adults.

January I read Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. It was okay, but not as good as people said it was. I would (and most likely will) read something else by Pratchett, but would probably not reread this one.

February I read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I had heard his books were great, and I did enjoy The Eyre Affair. I think it moves slowly, though, and that may turn some people off. It is written for well read people and I appreciated that. I liked the literary references and I loved the universe he created where literary characters and real people can interact off the pages.

This month I read The Big Over Easy, also by Jasper Fforde. He wrote two series, one centered around a LiteraTec named Thursday Next (the Eyre Affair is in that series) and one centered around "Nursery Crimes" (crimes taking place against/because of nursery rhyme characters). This book is in the Nursery Crime series. I really liked this book. I liked it more than the Thursday Next book, and when I grab another Fforde book, it will be the next book in this series. It was funny, moved faster and felt lighter.

April's book is undecided as of yet. I've thought about another Pratchett book, or the next Nursery Crime book. But, I wonder if I should find other authors to enjoy. Although that was not the point of the resolution. The natural course of reading tends to be that you find an author or series you like and you read them. So why would I feel guilty if I read Fforde books each month? It is still a book I've never read. Does it defeat the point? I'm not sure.

productive Saturday

Donald's car has been giving us lots of fits, and since it is a 1987, we weren't really thrilled about pouring money into it. But the cavalier won't be paid off until later this year, so we cannot buy him a new(er) car right now. We can share a car and he can take the bus, with the exception of between school and work (he'd have to leave class so early to get across town on the bus that he'd have to drop the class). Having wonderful friends who were willing to drive him for 4 days helped us out a lot, but it is not a permanent solution. So we were stuck.

Enter Jim, a co-worker of mine, who is retiring in a year to move to Costa Rica and is currently selling off EVERYTHING he owns, house, cars, furniture, etc. (As he puts it, the only thing NOT for sale is his 17 year old daughter.) Jim has a red and silver scooter he bought last May to drive in the summer to save gas. He put 398 miles on it. He was listing it for sale this spring, asking $850.00.

I asked him last week at school if he'd sell it to us, and he said he would sell it to me for $700.00. He said we could even do three payments of 200, 200, and 300 (or something reasonably similar). So, I took Donald over there today to look at it, drive it and see if we were interested. Donald drove it around his neighborhood and enjoyed it enough to buy it. So, we put money in Jim's hand and brought it home.

Donald is very happy with his new scooter and it will at least solve our car trouble problems until later this year, when it may be feasible to get Donald a car in the fall.

In addition to the scooter purchase, we also hit Entertainmart's 2.99-3.99 movie sale and picked up some DVD's from our wish list for really cheap.

Good day.

found a fault

I dislike that I do not have the option to make a private post here. Sometimes I need to write something that just isn't everyone's to read.

Ah, well. Back to my leather bound paper journal for this one.

Shelfari

I got a bookshelf for my blog! You can see some of my favorite books on it. You should get one for your blog!

(There, that's my attempt at sounding like a corporate sponsored sell-out. Really, though, I just like books.)

SPRING BREAK

HA! It's monday morning and I was in bed until 9:30! That's what I love about Spring Break...no alarm clocks. Some day, when I'm not working, I will live an alarm free existence. I would love that so very much.

Tonight is Monday Night Dinner. Pork chops, colcannon and macaroni.

Sometime this week, I have plans to walk at the nature center (this will require a day without lightening, unlike today), dye Easter Eggs, go with Hillery to get her children shoes and photographs taken, and spend Easter Sunday at Hannabelle's house.

Spring Break will be fun and filled with friends and activities I don't always have time for.

soup

By the way, you can't pick up soup with your hands.

this week

Tomorrow I take my class to Dixie Stampede. Should be...an adventure.

Today, we hunted Easter Eggs, ate doughnuts and made monkey bread.

Yesterday, we dyed Easter Eggs.

Monday we made string egg baskets, which turned out totally adorable. (In fact, Hillery, I like them so much, Gabbie and Davy will be receiving one for Easter.)

Friday we have an Easter Assembly.

Basically...crazy, insane, tiring week...but worth it.

definition of temptation

Making one of your favorite childhood meals, knowing you cannot have even a single bite because it is being made to give away.

Come on down???

Donald left a "Biohazard Kit" on our table. I'm curious as to what "biohazard event" this kit is meant to help with.

The contents are:
a golf pencil (2 inches, no eraser...to stab someone with?)
roll on deodorant (cause fighting biohazards makes you sweat?)
a rubber band (in case McGuyver is around and can make a spaceship out of it?)
Tetley Green Tea Bags (magic potion?)
Nature Mint Fluoride toothpaste (but no toothbrush...)
a black plastic comb
AND...
"Bob Barker" brand soap (who knew Bob Barker had a soap brand?)

*Update*
This was Donald's parting gift from Lakeland...what happened to a nice fruit basket?

Juno

Last night, I was bored. So after Hillery got her kids to bed, we went to see Juno. (I thought I should see if I liked Ellen Page as an actress.) I did not have the highest of hopes, as I usually do not really like oscar contenders. I won't talk about the plot here, so I do not spoil it for anyone else.

I really liked the movie. It was funny, but serious in places and felt real.

Ellen Page was charming and sarcastic in the best way possible.

I want to see this again, it could possibly break into my top movie picks, especially of recent years.