Monthly Archives: July 2005

So I have been doing some reading this summer, since I never get to much in the school year and here is what I have read and any recommendations:

1. And the Shofar Blew… by Francine Rivers
Good book, a long book so its good for like long car rides, and it is a fast read because, like most of Francine Rivers books, you get really caught up in it and want to finish it. If you are an attached female, make sure that you don’t take out any frustration you feel over the husband’s behavior in the book, on those males you love.

2. The Scarlett Thread by Francine Rivers (anyone sensing a theme here? I read Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers a while back and loved it so much I bought some more of her books)
This was disappointing for Francine’s writing. Maybe it was because I had just read ANd the Shofar Blew, because they are very similar plots. So don’t read them at the same time. Also there is not the same amount of faith-based story in this one as the others, not that that is bad for a book, just an observation of something different from the other two I read.

3. The Essential 55 by Ron Clark
This is a teacher book or for anyone who works with children really. It is written by a teacher who got the Disney AMerican Teacher Award or soemthing like that. He taught in a rural poor NC school and then in Harlem and has great ideas about classroom management and teaching kids basic life skills, because alot of his students don’t really get that at home. It is very inspriational and I really enjoyed it. It is also a pretty quick read. It goes through the 55 rules he developed for his students and tells stories explaining them all. He is coming to speak at convocation for MIdway ISD so I am excited to hear him in person!

4. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Jay Fowler
I really like Jane Austen books and this is a recent best seller, so I bought it. It was good although I don’t agree morally with one part of the book and that made me probably not want to read it again. It looked at the lives of each of the members of this book club, all the while discussing each of Austen’s books. It was not terribly exciting but it did make me want to start a book club. So maybe I will If only books weren’t so expensive!

5. Help Your Man Get Healthy by Maria Kassberg Regan and Steven Jonas M.D.
I read this not so much just to help Cliff get healthy but me too. It is really good with nutritional info and helpful suggestions about how to get more fruit and veggies into your diet and what to look for at the grocery store. I recommend this one if you would like your family or even yourself to be in better health

So everyone, go read a book!

Well yay, the “remember my password” thing just worked and that never happens So tonight was really fun. I attended the last Crosstalk ever of Columbus College Ministry. Kinda sad. Now, granted, there will still be Wednesday night stuff in the fall, but it will be called “The Gathering” and will be different so there will be no more Crosstalks. I remember the first few I went to as a freshman. I sat by Missy at one of them and she didnt remember me hehe. I always give her a hard time about that, but who can really blame her bc as a freshman you meet waay too many ppl to remember them all! But they have always been a source of refreshment during the middle of a week. Anyway, tonight was very fun. It was at the Pickle’s house and I really like that family. Matt was very nice as a host and his dad and girlfriend too. We ate burgers and swam and there were 18 people there which is the perfect turn out to end the summer on. It was just really fun hanging out and laughing and chatting with people. And Melody’s peanut butter cookies were really good too!!! So if you go to the CABC college page after tomorrow (go to the media link), Cliff will have put up the pictures for last night, so you can see them if you wish. Dol took some nice pictures. I am glad the Belgian guys came too because they have been fun to have on Wednesday nights. I just took a shower since I was all chlorine-y and now I feel all cozy and ready for bed. I also had a nice lunch and 2-hour chat with an old friend from choir today. She is a fellow teacher and it was nice to just chat about her first two years teaching in Hong Kong as well as church happening and future plans and such. Yay for today

1. yummy enchilada lunch even tho it made me feel stuffed
2. birthday of a friend
3. not having to go to work yet
4. chatting with a friend online
5. a nicely cleaned and decorated guest room (come visit!)
6. treadmill dedication

Well, its been a while since I blogged. Now all my close girlfriends are officially gone. Missy moved and Erin got married. And the wedding was very nice and fun So…since last post of june 30.. we went to Austin for the fourth of july. That was nice but I do not like the way people act when they drink alot. Not that its awful but just annoying. I also met my fellow sixth grade math teachers and that was good. I think I am going to really like working with them and I found out there is another young teacher just doors down from me. I also moved stuff in my classroom!! Its scary and fun all at the same time. It makes me feel very inadequate that I dont know how I am going to make that space like I want it. We went to Clint’s wedding, where I found myself suddenly crying during the baby picture movie. I didnt even do that in Erin’s which is puzzling to me, but I think it was maybe because it started me thinking about not seeing friends again. By the time I got to Erin’s I was more resigned to the fact. I dont know. ANyway Clint’s wedding was beatuiful and the reception was so nice! I wish I was more of a dancer. So then the next week was a whole fun, get-sick-from-birth-control-medicine thing, which led to going to the doctor and getting a new kind of medicine, a pill. So starting July 31, if anyone wants to call me in the mornings to remind me to take my pill, that would be just fine!
Erin’s wedding was nice too. It was fun to just ride around and hang out with her and April. Now this week, I am just doing random stuff. And now my fingers are getting tired and my tummy is weird becasue I ate greasy stuff today including a somewhat pink hamburger. Oh, and I held Lucy Jane for a while today. She is totally precious. sigh.. okay now I am going to go maybe do soemthing with Cliff.