hello!

i finally was able to get author status
and am no longer stuck leaving comments to you all everybody.
also- i think i can finish the book
way to go slow reader mom of three me!

Why Not

Since I already read A Christmas carol, I figures why not read a few more books this month. So I did. I finished a scary mystery (wouldn't recommend it), and then I read a book called Jael's Story by Ann Burton. I think she's also written a book about Deborah. It was an interesting fictionaly story based on Jael having killed someone in the Bible. It set up realistic motives and characters, and I was so into it I read it in 24 hours (with work & sleep in the middle too). I really enjoyed the story - not quite as much as the Orson Scott Card books about biblical women - but enough that I'll read Deborah. Anyways, that's what I just finished. I'll let you all know about the next good book I read.

Past, Present, and Future

I just had a random thought - the transformation of scrooge is remarkable, but so is any repentance process. I was thinking (in preparation for my talk on Sunday (can't you tell I'm so excited)) ... anyways, I was thinking about how Nephi taught his brothers from the scriptures and brought things to remembrance so that they could better come to Christ. In fact, how many times in the scriptures does a prophet say to remember how the Lord led their ancestors out of Egypt, and it's supposed to remind them to worship Him. So isn't it kind of cool that we have our own knowledge of the past, present, and future through the scriptures? And doesn't it often have the same effect of changing us that Scrooge experienced? And aren't we incredibly blessed to be able to have that knowledge not just for one night, or three, but every day and every night that we look for it?

awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore

well i am smack in the middle of The Christmas Carol and even though i am ashamed to say that i've never read it, i am LOVING it! i am feeling the Christmas spirit like never before! okay, that might be stretching the truth but there is nothing like the transformation of crotchety old scrooge to make me appreciate this special season. whoops...ava just woke up from her nap, so i have to run but i will continue this excitement later!

December: A Christmas Carol?

It's a new month, and so we get to do something new - hooray! Of course, I'm still reading more Tarzan books, but I'm ready for something new too. We've had a couple suggestions - to read Dickens in December, and to try reading the same book this month. Combining those, I am suggesting that we can all read A Christmas Carol - I have a copy I already finished today if anyone wants to borrow it! And if we want to go to the play for a Ladies Night, that would be cool too.