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Here's what I am currently reading, now that there is no major "routine" to our day:

Cutting for Stone

by Abraham Verghese

You can click on the link above for one review, but here is a blogger I randomly found who liked it while searching for links to share. I think I am going to frequent her blog as a resource for books.

Anyway, Cutting for Stone has 533 pages or something re-dikerous like that, but I am really enjoying it so far (at p 115 or so).

Because it is borrowed from the library and is a 'new' book, I can only keep it for seven days. After which time, I will resume reading the Frank McCourt books my friend Susan is letting me borrow. (T'is, which is the 'sequel' to Angela's Ashes, as well as Teacher Man)

What about you ~

Are you reading anything good this summer?

school's out!

Now onto the relaxed pace of summertime. Flip flops, sidewalk chalk, popsicles, swings, pinwheels, watermelon seeds, dollar store toys, and a million trips to the library.

ahhhhhhh!

famous last words

Me to #3: Oh, honey, please don't have the nail polish remover on the new dining room table. Sit on the floor or take it to the bathroom or something.

#3: "I'll be careful."

deep thoughts

The more I know... the less I want to know. Y'know?

she's on the roads: consider yourself warned

Today is No. 1's 15th birthday.

To celebrate and a way to share her joy with others, she found a recipe and wanted to make everyone Eggs Benedict for breakfast. Best I'd ever had, truly. I always thought it was a very difficult thing do to. Believe me, she has a gift.

After we ate, she fussed over what she should wear, but only just a little bit, got dressed, and then descended the stairs at which time King and his smiling firstborn headed to the DMV so that she could take her test to get a Learner's Permit. It was a moment we were all very excited about.

Something I was not prepared for was the phone call I received from King with the question:

Should she check "yes" on being an Organ Donor?

My breath caught in my throat. I was shocked into silence... which doesn't happen too much. My mind played out gruesome scenarios, but if my daughter's life could help someone else life, I would want that. King and I are both organ donors for the same reason, so with hesitation, I answered, "Um, yes?"

No one really warns you about those kinds of things, do they? Well, if you haven't "been there, done that", consider yourself warned.

on to the next thing

Finished Angela's Ashes. Great book, in case there is anyone left who hasn't read it yet. I was a bit disappointed in the ending, but then, now I have a reason to read the sequel, right?
And, for the small handful of people who have not read it, and were a bit put off by the title, like I was, it does not refer to Angela's cremated remains.

bless me

I am currently reading a book that everyone else in the world has already read years ago, Angela's Ashes.
On reading the chapter in which little Francis makes his First Confession - Let's just say that I am glad I had not just taken a sip of tea or something. I would have spewed it.

I am about halfway along, so nobody spoil the ending, k?