Friday Fill-Ins

1. Up is not my favorite direction. I'm plagued by a fear of heights.

2. The flu is going around.  Daniel had a fever last week.

3. Coats and scarves, mittens and boots: are neatly organized in the coat closet. One of my projects while we were snowed in!
4. I can't remember the last time I had a nice back rub.

5. I'm thinking about whether or not I should drive up to North Carolina this weekend.

6. I hope my dad will be OK after falling and breaking his hip this week.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my third glass of wine, tomorrow my plans include the NW youth group Mystery Dinner Theater and Sunday, I want to do what needs to be done.

11 Books to Read in 2011

Last year I challenged myself to read a classic every month. If you read my previous post about discipline, it won't surprise you to know that I didn't completely succeed. I did read a handful, though, and enjoyed them. This year I thought I'd make a list of the classics I'd like to read and post it here for accountability. I'm not sure they all qualify as true classics. Some are favorites from childhood, a few I want to refresh in my memory and a couple are to fill the "holes" in my reading history.


11 Books to Read in 2011

The Yearling--Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Rascal--Sterling North

Caddie Woodlawn--Carol Ryrie Brink

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn--Betty Smith

Madame Bovary--Gustave Flaubert

Anna Karenina--Leo Tolstoy

Sense and Sensibility--Jane Austen

Wuthering Heights--Emily Bronte

West with the Night--Beryl Markham

Out of Africa--Isak Dinesen

1984--George Orwell

One little word: Discipline

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”
 ~ Lao-tzu