Dad had a funny thing happen today.When I got home from youth group, he told me about it. Then he said, "I'm going to post this as my facebook status!"
Observe:
Observe:
Friday, August 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Books we have read to death.
There are many books in our home that are well loved. I thought today I would showcase a few that are in the worst repair. Strangely enough, these books happen to be a few of our favourites. 'Things People Do' should also be included in this collection, but I couldn't get it from Ethan long enough to take a picture.
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| I think we've owned this copy since 2002...and it has been well loved since then. The pages are dog-eared, crumpled and chocolate stained. |
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| Favourite page? Not sure... |
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| This book is actually hilarious, we bought it at the desert museum in Tuscon, Arizona. It's about javelinas, who look like pigs, but get really ticked off if you call them that. |
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| I pretty much love every childrens' book in here. This is what the book is supposed to look like.... |
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| ...and this is our original copy. It has been repaired, re-covered and taped up many, many times. |
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| Another treasury. This one has a bunch of grease stains, apparently from reading while eating. |
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Quotes of the day:
Ethan (putting Aaron's toque over his head): Ew, it's stinky in there.
Ethan: ...and then Baby Will was like "what the?"
Dad (to Ethan): I'm going to eat you up, Ethan!!
Ethan: NOOO!!!! You can't eat me up!!!
Dad: Well, can I have a little taste?
Ethan: Well....(grins evilly). You can have a little taste of my bum.
Ethan: ...and then Baby Will was like "what the?"
Dad (to Ethan): I'm going to eat you up, Ethan!!
Ethan: NOOO!!!! You can't eat me up!!!
Dad: Well, can I have a little taste?
Ethan: Well....(grins evilly). You can have a little taste of my bum.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Sophia saves the day
Sophia was down in the field with her horse when these two teenage girls were walking down our road and smashing the pumpkins we left on the sides of the road. Sophia hid in the bushes and said in her scariest voice
"DON'T RUIN THE PUMPKINS!!!"
And then she shouted it repeatedly until the girls ran away.
"DON'T RUIN THE PUMPKINS!!!"
And then she shouted it repeatedly until the girls ran away.
Monday, November 8, 2010
I have a little problem...
I get these ideas in my head like "I want to paint a mural of vines and flowers on my ceiling"
or "I want to sew a dress that I can wear for running outside and feeling like a Narnian princess"
or "I should blog everyday for a year"
or "Let's see if I can read 80 books in a month"
Usually, they don't happen. But if I really get latched onto a project, it happens.
If it has something to do with sewing, it usually goes like this:
"That dress is the most beautiful one I've ever seen. I'm sewing one."
It happened again. I found the most beautiful dress ever. I'm sewing one.
Stay tuned for updates.
or "I want to sew a dress that I can wear for running outside and feeling like a Narnian princess"
or "I should blog everyday for a year"
or "Let's see if I can read 80 books in a month"
Usually, they don't happen. But if I really get latched onto a project, it happens.
If it has something to do with sewing, it usually goes like this:
"That dress is the most beautiful one I've ever seen. I'm sewing one."
It happened again. I found the most beautiful dress ever. I'm sewing one.
Stay tuned for updates.
Friday, November 5, 2010
If this makes absolutely no sense to anybody else, sorry. It was hilarious at the time.
Me: Mum, you know what I was thinking?
Mum: What's that?
Me: Esther-Ruth and I were thinking we should have a clothes swap, because it doesn't really matter to us if we buy new clothes, or if they're just new to us.
Mum: That's a good idea.
Dad: Yeah, I like that idea too. When I get back on used victoria (Dad is currently on a used victoria fast), that's going to be my first ad: I'm a 40 year old man and I'm bored of my clothes. Anybody want to trade? I've got jeans and lots of black shirts. I'll trade you for a blue shirt?
(We all look at Dad. He is currently wearing jeans, and a black shirt underneath another black shirt. Laughter ensues.)
Dad: That wasn't that funny. (Goes to throw something in the garbage.)
Dad: Hold the phone! (Pulls can opener out of the garbage.) You're throwing this baby away?
Mum: It doesn't work.
Dad: I can make it work like a charm. Besides, we paid 40 bucks for this thing because it had a lifetime warranty.
Mum: Do you really feel like driving out to Sears and getting a new one?
Dad: I love that feeling. Anyways, this one works fine. You just have to squeeze it really hard and twist these things a bit, because the blades don't come all the way together otherwise. (Dad then proceeds to twist the handles of the can opener and try and bend them back together.)
Aaron: In other words, it doesn't work.
Mum: I'm going to have my nap now.
Dad: (tosses can opener back in garbage.) Whatever. It can go.
Aaron: Well, it was fun while it lasted, right Dad?
(Dad slaps Aaron and returns to his office.)
Me: Mum, you know what I was thinking?
Mum: What's that?
Me: Esther-Ruth and I were thinking we should have a clothes swap, because it doesn't really matter to us if we buy new clothes, or if they're just new to us.
Mum: That's a good idea.
Dad: Yeah, I like that idea too. When I get back on used victoria (Dad is currently on a used victoria fast), that's going to be my first ad: I'm a 40 year old man and I'm bored of my clothes. Anybody want to trade? I've got jeans and lots of black shirts. I'll trade you for a blue shirt?
(We all look at Dad. He is currently wearing jeans, and a black shirt underneath another black shirt. Laughter ensues.)
Dad: That wasn't that funny. (Goes to throw something in the garbage.)
Dad: Hold the phone! (Pulls can opener out of the garbage.) You're throwing this baby away?
Mum: It doesn't work.
Dad: I can make it work like a charm. Besides, we paid 40 bucks for this thing because it had a lifetime warranty.
Mum: Do you really feel like driving out to Sears and getting a new one?
Dad: I love that feeling. Anyways, this one works fine. You just have to squeeze it really hard and twist these things a bit, because the blades don't come all the way together otherwise. (Dad then proceeds to twist the handles of the can opener and try and bend them back together.)
Aaron: In other words, it doesn't work.
Mum: I'm going to have my nap now.
Dad: (tosses can opener back in garbage.) Whatever. It can go.
Aaron: Well, it was fun while it lasted, right Dad?
(Dad slaps Aaron and returns to his office.)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Grandma Vi
For any of you who don't know, my great-grandma, Violet Matheson, passed away Tuesday, October 12th at the age of 90. We will always carry so many memories of her, but one I know will stick with me is this:
Grandma spent a lot of time at her piano in the last several years. She had a few songbooks in her apartment that she especially loved to play from, and whenever she came to our house at Christmas, she would sit down at our piano and sightread every song out of the Christmas singalong book that we always had sitting out around that time of the year.
When my grandparents went to her apartment after she passed away, they found her 'Sound of Music' songbook open on her piano to 'Sixteen going on seventeen'.
I'll always think of that with a smile.
One night, when I was lying in bed and thinking about her, I got a picture in my head of Grandma,
Wearing a beautiful dress,
In a gazebo,
With the rain pouring down outside.
And she was dancing,
and twirling and making her skirt poof out like a little girl,
and leaping from bench to bench without a care in the world,
and singing, 'I am sixteen going on seventeen',
and dancing with Jesus.
And though it's sad that she's not with us anymore,
Grandma got her wish to be sixteen again.
I don't have a date for this picture, but we know it was before she was married. Isn't she beautiful?
Grandma spent a lot of time at her piano in the last several years. She had a few songbooks in her apartment that she especially loved to play from, and whenever she came to our house at Christmas, she would sit down at our piano and sightread every song out of the Christmas singalong book that we always had sitting out around that time of the year.
When my grandparents went to her apartment after she passed away, they found her 'Sound of Music' songbook open on her piano to 'Sixteen going on seventeen'.
I'll always think of that with a smile.
One night, when I was lying in bed and thinking about her, I got a picture in my head of Grandma,
Wearing a beautiful dress,
In a gazebo,
With the rain pouring down outside.
And she was dancing,
and twirling and making her skirt poof out like a little girl,
and leaping from bench to bench without a care in the world,
and singing, 'I am sixteen going on seventeen',
and dancing with Jesus.
And though it's sad that she's not with us anymore,
Grandma got her wish to be sixteen again.
I don't have a date for this picture, but we know it was before she was married. Isn't she beautiful?
Sunday, October 3, 2010
fun blog
I came across this super-cute blog the other day and wanted to share it. Hopefully it will give you something fun to read, since I never blog anymore :)
http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/
http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Why the vikings had no mums and dads.
Dad: Miles, how many days...let me rephrase that: How many days and nights have you been wearing that shirt?
Miles: Umm, I'm not sure...maybe six? I'm trying to wear it until it falls off, like the vikings.
Dad: Miles, please go change your shirt. And while you're at it, change you underwear too.
Oh, brothers.
Miles: Umm, I'm not sure...maybe six? I'm trying to wear it until it falls off, like the vikings.
Dad: Miles, please go change your shirt. And while you're at it, change you underwear too.
Oh, brothers.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A conversation from my house
Me: Eli, when you're 20 will you still sit on my lap and give me hugs?
Eli: Well, when I am 20 I might squish your lap.
Me: Then, can I sit on your lap and give you hugs?
Eli: Well, ok, as long as you don't give me kisses!
Eli: Well, when I am 20 I might squish your lap.
Me: Then, can I sit on your lap and give you hugs?
Eli: Well, ok, as long as you don't give me kisses!
Sunday, August 15, 2010
yahoo!
Yesterday me and my trusty highlighter made another mark on my list. I finished reading The Kite Runners in two days. I got it out of the library on Friday and finished it Saturday. It was great.
I have a few choices for what to read next, I got several from my list out of the Library.
Books left on list: 80
I have a few choices for what to read next, I got several from my list out of the Library.
Books left on list: 80
Monday, August 9, 2010
reading...
Today I printed off a copy of the book list and highlighted all the ones I have read. I love keeping track of goals this way. I do the same thing with school sometimes. The satisfaction that comes from that little stripe of pink neon is unmeasurable.
Anyways...today I highlighted 'Notes from a small island" by Bill Bryson. It was terrific. A very funny book about all the quirkiness of Britain. I recommend it, but it has a bit of colorful language you may want to avoid. I loved reading it.
I haven't decided what to work on next. Because I am requesting most of them from the library, I have to think about it in advance so it has time to get to me :)
Anyways...today I highlighted 'Notes from a small island" by Bill Bryson. It was terrific. A very funny book about all the quirkiness of Britain. I recommend it, but it has a bit of colorful language you may want to avoid. I loved reading it.
I haven't decided what to work on next. Because I am requesting most of them from the library, I have to think about it in advance so it has time to get to me :)
Monday, August 2, 2010
There are brothers...
who are nice to their sisters
There are 13 year old brothers who say to their mum "Emma's done enough of the dishes, she can go on her walk. I'll finish up."
Even my mum said "Really?"
I had to pipe in with "Aaron and I like to be on the same team."
And we do. We're not always like that. We have spats just like everybody else. But I would say that most of the time, we like to be on the same team. And teammates help each other. I have to admit, however, Aaron's probably better at it then I am, but I'm working on it.
So, when I tell people that I have 5 younger brothers, and they gasp and say "oh my gosh" and "I feel sorry for you," I usually feel really sad. Brothers and sisters don't have to be the enemy. If you can be on the same team as your siblings, it really is the coolest thing.
There are brothers and sisters that love each other
There are siblings that are on the same team
We don't have to follow the 'normal' family pattern
So there, world.
There are 13 year old brothers who say to their mum "Emma's done enough of the dishes, she can go on her walk. I'll finish up."
Even my mum said "Really?"
I had to pipe in with "Aaron and I like to be on the same team."
And we do. We're not always like that. We have spats just like everybody else. But I would say that most of the time, we like to be on the same team. And teammates help each other. I have to admit, however, Aaron's probably better at it then I am, but I'm working on it.
So, when I tell people that I have 5 younger brothers, and they gasp and say "oh my gosh" and "I feel sorry for you," I usually feel really sad. Brothers and sisters don't have to be the enemy. If you can be on the same team as your siblings, it really is the coolest thing.
There are brothers and sisters that love each other
There are siblings that are on the same team
We don't have to follow the 'normal' family pattern
So there, world.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
reading list
Sooo, I'm pretty sure summer is not going to happen. Not the season, but reading all the books in that season.
I will try and see how long it takes me, there's a good goal.
For anyone curious I will post the list and the books I have read.
1. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen * - love this one
2. Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkein - no, I haven't read it. Please don't faint. I want to!
3. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte * - Read this one for school. Had a hard time getting into it at first, but once I did it was so good.
4. Harry Potter series, JK Rowling* - These are good, I had fun reading them all
5. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee* - Way funnier than I thought it would be, but it also made me cry in parts.
6. The Bible* - I cannot promise that I have read every word in the Bible. But lots of it, anyways.
7. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte* - Ahhh, Wuthering. You fail to stimulate my imagination. I'll try you again someday, hopefully.
8. 1984, George Orwell. - I've been told this book is amazing. I'm looking forward to it.
9. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman - don't really know much about this one, actually.
10. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens - I am in the middle of this one right now, and I'm loving it so far.
11. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott* - I go back and read my favorite bits frequently.
12. Tess of the D'Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy - again, don't know much about it
13. Catch 22, Joseph Heller
14. Complete work of Shakespeare - Haven't read all of them, but a few. Midsummer night's dream is my favorite.
15. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkein - Okay, I need to read this now.
17. Birdsong, Sebastien Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
19. The Time Travellers Wife, Audrey Niffenegger - I've been told this is really good too
20. Middlemarch, George Elliot
21. Gone with the wind, Margaret Mitchell - really want to read this one
22. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House, Charles Dickens - what I've read of Dickens so far has been good, I'm looking forward to this one.
24. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy - hoo boy. Not really looking forward to this one. I'm pretty sure our copy has bugs living in it.
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams - This is supposed to be really good too. I can't believe I've never read all these!
26. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh.
27. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky - I started another of his long, russian novels. It was really confusing. Maybe I should give him another chance.
28. Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck - I have also been very curious as to what this book is actually about.
29. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll* - I didn't like the first time I read it. I thought it was too bizarre, but recently rereading it I have loved it.
30. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame -I'm pretty sure the one I read was not the real version. I'll have to find it
31. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens - Really looking forward to this one.
33. Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis* - Love all of these
34. Emma, Jane Austen* - How can you not love a book with a title like that?
35. Persuasion, Jane Austen - Hmmm, have to give this one another go I think
36. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis* - ummm, wasn't this already listed?
37. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini - have read a book with a similar title, but I'm not sure it's this one.
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Lous De Berniere - this sounds interesting, I love mandolins.
39. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden - apparently this book is a bit weird...we'll see
40. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne* - the books are so much better than the disney versions...ah well
41. Animal Farm, George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown - I really want to read this
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriels Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney, John Irving
45. The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery* - the whole series is good, but this is a favourite.
47. Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood.
49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding - is this actually about flies?
50 Atonement – Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel* - this is an all time favourite read, I think
52 Dune – Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen* - Started this, then lost the book. That happens to me often, it seems. I'll try again.
55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens - I want to read this
58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley - this is supposed to be really good
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold - I'm looking forward to this one, I like sad books
65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones Diary, Helen Fielding - I think we have this one...hmmm
69 Midnight Children, Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens - oh, I really want to read this
72 Dracula – Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett* - love this
74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses – James Joyce (Das zweite (noch) ungelesene Buch auf der Reading List. Aber zumindest mal angefangen)
76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome * - this book is lots of fun as a summer read. makes you want to go and camp on an island somewhere. I recommend it as a read aloud for kids.
78 Germinal – Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession – AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens * - I've read this every christmas for...a year. But I'm planning to read it again this year :)
82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro *
85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White * - a classic
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - I've read one...I think...but not all of them
90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton - As a huge Enid Blyton fan I am shocked that I have never heard of this...and pleasantly surprised. I love hearing about a book that I will probably like that I have never heard of :)
91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94 Watership Down – Richard Adams - started this, and found it painfully boring. I mean, it's about bunnies. That talk...and have weird names. I couldn't keep going. Maybe some other day.
95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas - ooh, I want to read this. I can't believe how many times I've said that...
98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl* - so much fun
100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo - Love the movie and musical versions, and I really want to read the book althought it's probably completely different.
Whew...well there were lots of books I said I want to read. Good golly.
Hey, apparently I've read 20 of these. Only 80 to go...yay!!!
So, I'm working on Great Expectations. I will be posting when I've finished it.
I will try and see how long it takes me, there's a good goal.
For anyone curious I will post the list and the books I have read.
1. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen * - love this one
2. Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkein - no, I haven't read it. Please don't faint. I want to!
3. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte * - Read this one for school. Had a hard time getting into it at first, but once I did it was so good.
4. Harry Potter series, JK Rowling* - These are good, I had fun reading them all
5. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee* - Way funnier than I thought it would be, but it also made me cry in parts.
6. The Bible* - I cannot promise that I have read every word in the Bible. But lots of it, anyways.
7. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte* - Ahhh, Wuthering. You fail to stimulate my imagination. I'll try you again someday, hopefully.
8. 1984, George Orwell. - I've been told this book is amazing. I'm looking forward to it.
9. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman - don't really know much about this one, actually.
10. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens - I am in the middle of this one right now, and I'm loving it so far.
11. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott* - I go back and read my favorite bits frequently.
12. Tess of the D'Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy - again, don't know much about it
13. Catch 22, Joseph Heller
14. Complete work of Shakespeare - Haven't read all of them, but a few. Midsummer night's dream is my favorite.
15. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkein - Okay, I need to read this now.
17. Birdsong, Sebastien Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
19. The Time Travellers Wife, Audrey Niffenegger - I've been told this is really good too
20. Middlemarch, George Elliot
21. Gone with the wind, Margaret Mitchell - really want to read this one
22. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House, Charles Dickens - what I've read of Dickens so far has been good, I'm looking forward to this one.
24. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy - hoo boy. Not really looking forward to this one. I'm pretty sure our copy has bugs living in it.
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams - This is supposed to be really good too. I can't believe I've never read all these!
26. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh.
27. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky - I started another of his long, russian novels. It was really confusing. Maybe I should give him another chance.
28. Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck - I have also been very curious as to what this book is actually about.
29. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll* - I didn't like the first time I read it. I thought it was too bizarre, but recently rereading it I have loved it.
30. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame -I'm pretty sure the one I read was not the real version. I'll have to find it
31. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens - Really looking forward to this one.
33. Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis* - Love all of these
34. Emma, Jane Austen* - How can you not love a book with a title like that?
35. Persuasion, Jane Austen - Hmmm, have to give this one another go I think
36. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis* - ummm, wasn't this already listed?
37. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini - have read a book with a similar title, but I'm not sure it's this one.
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Lous De Berniere - this sounds interesting, I love mandolins.
39. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden - apparently this book is a bit weird...we'll see
40. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne* - the books are so much better than the disney versions...ah well
41. Animal Farm, George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown - I really want to read this
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriels Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney, John Irving
45. The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery* - the whole series is good, but this is a favourite.
47. Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood.
49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding - is this actually about flies?
50 Atonement – Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel* - this is an all time favourite read, I think
52 Dune – Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen* - Started this, then lost the book. That happens to me often, it seems. I'll try again.
55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens - I want to read this
58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley - this is supposed to be really good
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold - I'm looking forward to this one, I like sad books
65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones Diary, Helen Fielding - I think we have this one...hmmm
69 Midnight Children, Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens - oh, I really want to read this
72 Dracula – Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett* - love this
74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses – James Joyce (Das zweite (noch) ungelesene Buch auf der Reading List. Aber zumindest mal angefangen)
76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome * - this book is lots of fun as a summer read. makes you want to go and camp on an island somewhere. I recommend it as a read aloud for kids.
78 Germinal – Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession – AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens * - I've read this every christmas for...a year. But I'm planning to read it again this year :)
82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro *
85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White * - a classic
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - I've read one...I think...but not all of them
90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton - As a huge Enid Blyton fan I am shocked that I have never heard of this...and pleasantly surprised. I love hearing about a book that I will probably like that I have never heard of :)
91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94 Watership Down – Richard Adams - started this, and found it painfully boring. I mean, it's about bunnies. That talk...and have weird names. I couldn't keep going. Maybe some other day.
95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas - ooh, I want to read this. I can't believe how many times I've said that...
98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl* - so much fun
100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo - Love the movie and musical versions, and I really want to read the book althought it's probably completely different.
Whew...well there were lots of books I said I want to read. Good golly.
Hey, apparently I've read 20 of these. Only 80 to go...yay!!!
So, I'm working on Great Expectations. I will be posting when I've finished it.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Winner!!
Hello everybody, today is the day when I am finally going to announce the long-awaited winner of my photo contest!
First of all, every photo made me smile :) I am so glad.
But, there can only be one winner, so I have to make a decision.
And the winner is....drumroll please.....
Mrs. Knight! With her wonderful before and after shots on the beach!
First of all, every photo made me smile :) I am so glad.
But, there can only be one winner, so I have to make a decision.
And the winner is....drumroll please.....
Mrs. Knight! With her wonderful before and after shots on the beach!
Thanks to everyone who entered, and congratulations to our winner!
I will be getting your prize to you sometime before Christmas.
I will be getting your prize to you sometime before Christmas.
Monday, July 5, 2010
3 things I heard today
Eli: Emma, you're acting like a woogle. (I will take any guesses on what a woogle is.)
Shalom (the neighbour): "Mom, our new vacuum is gorgeous!"
Eli (after being told to stop being whiny and be happy): "I am happy! Stop being so pesky!"
And here's one more little tidbit for you, a conversation between Miles and myself.
Miles: Emma, guess what? I think I know pretty much everything!
Me: Oh really? Do you know what short term memory loss is?
Miles: Oh yeah! Uh, I just forgot.
Me: (laughing) Do you know what irony is?
Miles: Yeah, I just forgot that too.
Shalom (the neighbour): "Mom, our new vacuum is gorgeous!"
Eli (after being told to stop being whiny and be happy): "I am happy! Stop being so pesky!"
And here's one more little tidbit for you, a conversation between Miles and myself.
Miles: Emma, guess what? I think I know pretty much everything!
Me: Oh really? Do you know what short term memory loss is?
Miles: Oh yeah! Uh, I just forgot.
Me: (laughing) Do you know what irony is?
Miles: Yeah, I just forgot that too.
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