What I'm reading...

Just thought I'd share some books I've read in the last few weeks/months and some I plan to read soon. I just finished a book by Charles Martin entitled "The Dead Don't Dance". I've read a number of his books in the last year including "When crickets cry". Here's a piece of someone's review on this book that sums it up quite nicely "a work of southern fiction, drenched with spiritual lessons, yet not one sermon is ever preached". That is the style of this author - most of his books take place in the south and indeed the above applies to my latest read as well. I would say that the first book I read from this author "Chasing Fireflies" is still my favorite.

I also took some books out of our church library today. The first is entitled "Is Christianity Good for the World" - a debate between an atheist and a reformed pastor. The DVD based on this book is called "Collision" and our church hosted an evening where people could watch it together. Very informative - we'll see how the book reads.

The last book I have is called "The Life of Pi". This book I attempted to read a few years ago & could not get into. I've been told it's a good read so I'll attempt once more to get through it. Hopefully I can give you a great recommendation in a few weeks. Happy reading!

Double vision?

I've been meaning to post these photos - I just love them! Here's father & son on a Sunday afternoon playing on the Wii. They are bowling by the looks of things - both of them still in their Sunday best. Just so happens they're both wearing navy pants with a light blue shirt. Talk about "a chip off the old block". Didn't mean to mention age - it's just part of the expression!

Nothing exciting...

This week there's not much to write about. It takes a fair bit of mental energy being unemployed and I find it hard to write. A little update for those of you wondering what the job hunt is looking like. Henry was asked to meet with a company in Winnipeg to talk about possibly expanding their presence in western Canada and the U.S. A company in Seattle called him yesterday and wants a phone interview on Monday. A few other things are percolating so we're feeling a bit more optimistic. I've had a few promising interviews for office administrative positions but no job offers. At least I am more understanding of what it feels like - God is teaching me something in this as well.

This past week we've had two extra kids from a family that's vacationing in Mexico. It's going well but it's definitely different having a chatty, kindergarten aged child in the house. ;) Lorelle left on Monday. Rachelle's mom drove with me - we left at 4:00 in the morning to drive to Seattle. We got there without incident as the roads were not at all busy. I spoke with Lorelle a fair bit this week as she is quite excited about her classes. She's taking a Children's Literature class so when she has questions she knows she can ask her librarian mom who gets equally excited about Children's books. The first picture is of Alec's electronic "bank" - he is faithfully saving his money to pay for a long board that a friend of ours is making for him. The other is of Jocelyn when she returned from "police academy" - all tired out and ready to eat the entire contents of my kitchen... The next is our little extra after a trip to Edaleen to pick up dairy - always need to taste their ice cream before you leave.

The First Week of 2010

I started off the New Year in true form - forgetting my camera and forgetting to take photos. At least I'm consistent... We had a very nice second week of break with the kids home. We usually have no trouble keeping busy by either going skiing or overnight somewhere but this year we thought it best to find low budget activities. :) Lorelle was busy working at the Health Care Cente. Jocelyn had a few days at the bakery and then was away for 5 days at a Police Academy in Yakima. She really enjoyed it but it was very tough at first - a bit like boot camp. Other than that, we went to Langley for a New Year's Celebration with friends and had a games evening here the last Saturday evening - lots of fun with many tables of games going on. Now it's back to school for the school kids and one more week for Lorelle before flying back to Iowa. I'm the designated driver for that trip - 4:00 am is going to come way too quickly on Monday morning. I'll keep you posted!!