As opposed to last year’s Christmas vacation, I got a lot less reading
(however a lot more scrapping) done this year. The two I managed to read
are Twilight
and Breakdown
Lane. So let’s talk about Twilight. I’d read about this one on
multiple blogs and thought that there would be no way I’d like it since
I don’t generally read young adult novels and I definitely don’t read
anything about vampires. Ever. I really mean ever. Yet I loved this
book. It was a lightweight, easy read. Well enough written that it
didn’t bother me the story was a perfect fit for my mood. I’d sort of
hate to admit it, but I did really enjoy reading this book.
 I picked up Breakdown Lane because when I
absolutely hated Twelve times Blessed, Kim and Cheryl told me to read
this one instead. And, man, they were right. I absolutely adored this
book. It was depressing as shit. Really, really depressing. And I was so
very sick so it only exacerbated my grief. But it was so much better
written than the other book that it’s hard to believe it was the same
writer. The book left me with a lot of thoughts but that’s for another day.
I’ve also read a few scrapping books but that’s for another day. I
really need some good fiction. Any ideas?
Oh uh. David was not very accommodating with the photo taking today. I
hope this is not a trend.
Today, we had one of the biggest rain storms we’ve had in Palo Alto
since I’ve moved here. Nonstop rain and heavy winds. It was not fun.
However, one of the benefits of a lot of rain is that grass and plants
get a lot of water and become really colorful. So I wanted to capture
the beautiful reds in our front yard to remind myself that rain is not
all bad.
Ok, so I have two of them today. At first, I was like, “Oh, crap that
doesn’t work with the rules.” Then I remembered, guess what? I
make the rules! How do you like them apples?
This is a photo of one of the Christmas lights we put outside. They are
iridescent. With all the rain, it looks even more magical to me and I
wanted to capture it so I could remember this special holiday season.
Today’s shot is of David looking out the window and watching the rain.
It’s a good thing I was sick and not at work. I hate rain.
And we’ve caught up to today’s photo. For anyone who knows me, today’s
photo should be predictable. This is the first time I get to vote in a
presidential election and so I am watching every moment of every major
political event. And, of course, the Iowa Caucus qualifies. It was Obama
and Huckabee’s nights.
Another Christmas present shot. Jake’s parents got David a bunch of toys
and one of them was this hat which is David’s new favorite toy.
Today’s photo is more for me than usual. As Jake was in the side yard,
cutting up our tree, I snapped this photo of our side yard. I’ve always
wanted a house with a yard and this one has two of them. I don’t know
how long we’ll have a house and the side yard’s so green right now that
I wanted to make sure I captured its beauty.
And here is our daily David for Jan 1st. I couldn’t miss this amazing
little moment where, as always, David enjoyed the boxes his presents
came in more than the presents themselves.
Yes, I know I haven’t done the looking forward post yet. I have had a
fever of 101 for the last four days and I’ve pretty much been in bed the
whole time. I will do the post as soon as I pick up all the pieces I’ve
been dropping for the last few days. David’s been sick twice in the last
three weeks and Jake just came from the hospital where he found out that
he has a well-advanced ear infection. So our household has welcomed 2008
in our own special way. By being sick.
Anyhow. I’m starting two new things this year: picture of the day and
daily David. We’ll see how far I go, but the goal is to capture random
photos from my day. They are not meant to be high quality (though they
can). They are meant to document something from my day. Each day.
Today’s is about our tree. This year, we got a real tree for the first
time in ten years and we decorated it with white and blue ornaments and
lights. It made this holiday season my very favorite. I looked forward
to seeing that tree every night when I came home and every morning when
I woke up. So this photo is to commemorate our last day with the tree.
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