Last night Rick and I went to a reunion concert of a band that is made up of some of Rick's old friends form high school. I was a very enjoyable evening but made me a bit contemplative. A bunch of us turn 40 this year. In fact, I am going to another 40th birthday party next weekend.
My friend LD decided last year that she wanted to train for a marathon which she ran 2 months after her 40th birthday, and George planned a reunion concert and now I am thinking.. what is something big I would like to do for my 40th birthday? We've talked about a big trip to Europe but I want to do something that will take some time and discipline to prepare to for this year. Something I have to stick with...
I know I need to lose weight, but I really want a goal for this weight loss. Right now, I am thinking a 5 or 10 k race by the end of the summer when my birthday is. I don't know. I don't want to copy what LD did, but I have always dreamed of running races, but the baby fat that stayed and multiplied after T and Cam has kind of made me lazy.
I would write a book, but that is more Rick's thing... Maybe audition for some local theater productions? Maybe write a script? I do not know what I want to do, but I want something big.. something to work for.. a bit of a quest..
Any suggestions out there? I know I have very few (if any readers) but if you have happened to stop by and have any thoughts.. please feel free to share!!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
More Books...
After having several days when I was not able to log onto my blog because of the parental controls on our pc, I am back and ready to write about several things going on in my life...
READING- I am continuing on with my quest to read 10,000 pages this year and to read a book every week or two. The last week I have read a couple of things...
The first is a play 30 reasons not to do a play that I was looking at for my spring production. I liked it but I did not like the fact that it is not a play in the sense of having a set design and plot line, but rather it is a group of people talking to the audience and acting in small vignettes. I am know down to either Backstage or Tales of the Arabian Nights for my show.. Both would be good, but I just need to flip a coin... My page total for this one is 50 pages.
I have been reading a really great book called Organic God by Margaret Feinberg. She is a great writer that makes reading about God and what I love most about Jesus really easy. Rick ad I spent some time talking the other night about how I can read a fiction novel of 300 pages in a period of hours and I have been reading Organic God for over a week and am nearly at 100 pages. I am still not finished. I was frustrated at the slowness of the reading but Rick suggested that reading something deep and meaningful takes me longer to read than the funky fun books I normally enjoy.
I picked up James Patterson's next book in the Women's Murder Club. Third Degree was a quick read and Patterson is still able to have some twists I do not expect. I like that in a mystery. This one was 390 pages.
Not sure what I want to do next. I think it is time for some literature.. Something I have enjoyed before and want to read again. Maybe To Kill a Mockingbird or something like that. I also want to finish Organic God.
READING- I am continuing on with my quest to read 10,000 pages this year and to read a book every week or two. The last week I have read a couple of things...
The first is a play 30 reasons not to do a play that I was looking at for my spring production. I liked it but I did not like the fact that it is not a play in the sense of having a set design and plot line, but rather it is a group of people talking to the audience and acting in small vignettes. I am know down to either Backstage or Tales of the Arabian Nights for my show.. Both would be good, but I just need to flip a coin... My page total for this one is 50 pages.
I have been reading a really great book called Organic God by Margaret Feinberg. She is a great writer that makes reading about God and what I love most about Jesus really easy. Rick ad I spent some time talking the other night about how I can read a fiction novel of 300 pages in a period of hours and I have been reading Organic God for over a week and am nearly at 100 pages. I am still not finished. I was frustrated at the slowness of the reading but Rick suggested that reading something deep and meaningful takes me longer to read than the funky fun books I normally enjoy.
I picked up James Patterson's next book in the Women's Murder Club. Third Degree was a quick read and Patterson is still able to have some twists I do not expect. I like that in a mystery. This one was 390 pages.
Not sure what I want to do next. I think it is time for some literature.. Something I have enjoyed before and want to read again. Maybe To Kill a Mockingbird or something like that. I also want to finish Organic God.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Reading is good
I like that I am just writing to make notes about what I am reading. In that way, this is just for me and not for others to read. I think that when I was blogging before that I wished I had more friends blogging and reading my blog. I also wished I had the writing abilities of my sweetheart. But, alas, I don't.
However, I love to read.. I am aiming for a book a week this year. That is one of the few resolutions I made. I would like to lose weight, but every time I start on that, I have some major life crisis happen. It has truly happened 4 times now. I am just trying to eat better, not diet...
This week's book has been another murder mystery. Second Chance by James Patterson is the next one in the Women's Murder Club series. I like the twists that don't allow me to have it figured out before the last 30 pages. After reading mysteries all of my life, I like authors that are able to surprise me and Patterson is able to do that. This book was 390 pages and puts me closer to my goal of 10,000 pages for the year....
My next book is going to be non-fiction.. I'll get Rick to help with suggestions..
However, I love to read.. I am aiming for a book a week this year. That is one of the few resolutions I made. I would like to lose weight, but every time I start on that, I have some major life crisis happen. It has truly happened 4 times now. I am just trying to eat better, not diet...
This week's book has been another murder mystery. Second Chance by James Patterson is the next one in the Women's Murder Club series. I like the twists that don't allow me to have it figured out before the last 30 pages. After reading mysteries all of my life, I like authors that are able to surprise me and Patterson is able to do that. This book was 390 pages and puts me closer to my goal of 10,000 pages for the year....
My next book is going to be non-fiction.. I'll get Rick to help with suggestions..
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Carry On, Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves by P.D. Woderhouse is my second book of the new year. I wanted something a bit more literary than the mysteries I usually like to read. This book is a bit less than my last one at 245 pages, but as I quest to read a book a week and have at least 2 genres a month, I am doing well.
Tomorrow is my last day with this set of classes. I am sad to lose my advanced students because they are the ones who remind me of why I teach. They call me mom and call my cell phone just to tell me that my car tire looked like it is low on air. They eat lunch in my classroom, raid my own children's stash of snacks, but buy me doughnuts and chocolate just because they think it will make me smile. My first year students on the other hand have been a challenge this semester. I have never had a group that as a whole did not care so much. It has been frustrating.
I love teaching, but this is a semester that I feel like I have not done very well with reaching some or maybe most of the kids...
Tomorrow is my last day with this set of classes. I am sad to lose my advanced students because they are the ones who remind me of why I teach. They call me mom and call my cell phone just to tell me that my car tire looked like it is low on air. They eat lunch in my classroom, raid my own children's stash of snacks, but buy me doughnuts and chocolate just because they think it will make me smile. My first year students on the other hand have been a challenge this semester. I have never had a group that as a whole did not care so much. It has been frustrating.
I love teaching, but this is a semester that I feel like I have not done very well with reaching some or maybe most of the kids...
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
new year.. new try
I am going to have another try at blogging this year. for me, life gets to busy to blog. I also think I try to make my blog entries look too much like rick's. I spend too much time doing laundry, grading papers, blocking stage movement, and organizing our kids' school and social lives to be as deep thinking as my sweetheart.
This year, I want to have some fun writing at least once a week. i want to focus on my goals of exercising more, reading more, and just enjoying life.
Rick mentioned the other day about making notes about how much reading he does this year. I would like to do this also. i do not read much during play season, usually just on breaks and in the summer. I read my first book of 2008. Rick bought me James Patterson's First to Die a couple of months ago and I started reading it last night. I am a fast reader and finished it about lunch time today. Since I like to round my numbers, I'll say I read 450 pages. I think officially it was something like 462. My next read is going to be something classic. I am thinking some Wila Cather, maybe Harper Lee... I do not know. We have reading time at school each day, but I usually focus on magazines or newspapers.. This semester, I want to read a few books in this time frame.
Thanks and goodnight.
This year, I want to have some fun writing at least once a week. i want to focus on my goals of exercising more, reading more, and just enjoying life.
Rick mentioned the other day about making notes about how much reading he does this year. I would like to do this also. i do not read much during play season, usually just on breaks and in the summer. I read my first book of 2008. Rick bought me James Patterson's First to Die a couple of months ago and I started reading it last night. I am a fast reader and finished it about lunch time today. Since I like to round my numbers, I'll say I read 450 pages. I think officially it was something like 462. My next read is going to be something classic. I am thinking some Wila Cather, maybe Harper Lee... I do not know. We have reading time at school each day, but I usually focus on magazines or newspapers.. This semester, I want to read a few books in this time frame.
Thanks and goodnight.
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