recently read books

grandma lent me this book of mystery. (her favorite type) along with the story though there were lots of references to knitting (making me want to knit) and the holidays. i know the holidays will be here before i know it, which kind-of scares me. where did this year go?

one day-david nicholls

hmmm... don't really know what to say about this one. heartbreaking, just like the movie. the book was better than the movie (as usual) with the addition of several other characters thoughts and descriptions.

it looked different on the model-laurie notaro

Karen and i both said our "funny books" were the best. Mine-Me Talk Pretty One Day. Karen's-this one. Coincidentally we both got each other's respective books from the library at the same time. I kept telling her this one was ok, but it had nothing on Me Talk Pretty One Day. My favorite stories were the ones involving the author's parents, especially her Mom. Maybe because it sort-of reminded me of my mom. (Mom, I love you, but it's true.) Karen and I always say we need to write a Mom's advice book. She'll give some advice and we'll say we need to add that to Mom's advice book and she says it's a good idea because it's good advice. ;)

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museum field trip

i've been doing really well on my field trip resolution . yesterday i hit up another one: the chicago history museum . it turns out it was a free day there, even though i was going to get in free anyway. that means it was busy! which is fine, i still got to take a gander around. I've never been to the history museum before so that in itself was exciting. probably my favorite part was when they talked about the world's fair in chicago (i can't remember the exact name). the buildings were so much grander than i imagined them in my mind while i read, devil in the white city a couple months ago. it was fun to see what it was really like. and wow! there was also an awesome exhibit about workers rights and such. so it was a fun little excursion.

thanksgiving time

( via ) Yes, I like Santa. But why is everyone so anxious to start with Christmas? Why can't we appreciate Thanksgiving first? don't get me wrong, i'm excited to watch Love Actually again (when it's in-season. i actually watch it all year long). everyone kept talking about christmas being everywhere this month, but i really only encountered it when i walked around the mall with Greta (my sister-in-law) on Monday. it was all over the mall. it could have been december. look what Nordstrom is doing i'm actually really excited for thanksgiving this year... (details to follow) but as far as today goes... I have to share this with you because I think it's funny ( via ) actually... at 11:11 I was running around looking for a book called The Moon Seems to Change

Birthday

i was yawning? Here I am: 28! Top 5 of 27: LouFest Marathon Florida (how can a vacation not make it?) New Job trip to Savannah to meet Callie ! My parents came to Chicago last weekend to help me celebrate & celebrate we did! It was a super fun weekend! And it was 40 degrees! Friday I was on the phone with a member from Kansas City. He started chatting with me about the weather and I said, "we are currently experiencing a heat wave in Chicago of 34 degrees." He responded, "it's supposed to be 60 here this weekend, we're going to pull out our bbq grills." I laughed, but thought, 'why are my parents coming here?!? why am I not going where it's warm?!?' SIXTY DEGREES! We won't see that til...april? may? obsessed i made a baby snowman, no one wanted to help so i went with a tiny one... ;) What I would give for the day off today! I want a nap ;)

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