Winter Wonderland

Alex says my blogs are boring, so I am trying to spiff it up some. It snowed all day and as soon as it stopped, Alex and I went out to shovel, so I took some pictures of the beauty of nature at its finest. I will attempt to post them for those of you who may have forgotten what it is like to have more than 4 inches of snow! He did not have school-which in itself is a testimony of the good storm we had since we have a superintendant who prides himself on not calling off school, and they sent us home from work early-which is another testimony of the good storm we had. Hope you can see by some of these pictures how beautiful it is.

Blogging Again

Just when I had the commitment to blog, I had to stop! Our computer went down in November. I got by until Christmas when I got a very nice new one from Santa! Then we had company, then we went away, then I had loads of things to get caught up on (and still do), and finally, today, I deceided to take some time to write again. We had a wonderful Christmas Holiday, a great visit to the Reeds, and are now settling into some type of routine again. Last week, Terry's mom went home, Terry went back to traveling, and Alex and I went back to life. The snow and the cold have added some extra excitement, big happeneings at my work have added some extra excitement, and Alex's practices for High School Musical have given him some extra excitement, so there has not been much time for winter blues.
Hopefully, I will make time to keep on blogging!

Reading the Ending

I am sorry that I shocked some of you by my disclosure that I read the ending, but it is not the first time and will not be the last. It is kind of like the vampires's taste of blood, once you do it, you can't resist it!
I have this very annoying and bad addiction. If I am enjoying a book, I can't put it down. I have to read until it ends. I know my daughters have inherited this same weakness. They use to get so mad at me because I would read and read and ignore their needs. Now they do the same thing.
My experiences have taught me that I can control that addiction by knowing what happens. I still read every word, but just not at such an addictive pace! When I was reading this last book and it was at a particularly tense part of the story, I found myself wondering what I would be like if I didn't already know the ending. I might have hyperventilated or caused a heart attack. I have to be careful at my age you know. People younger than me have had heart attacks!
I have the same problem watching close games on TV or exciting movies. I pace and sometimes just leave the room because I can't stand the suspense! So, when I am reading a book, I don't have to stress myself out. I just read the ending and then I can enjoy the rest of the book.
Makes perfect sense to me!

New Design

Tonya has the attitude "if you can't beat her than join her" and since she gave up on me learning how to make my blog a little more attractive, she just did her herself. I am GRATEFUL because I do like it. Thank you Tonya for making my blog a little less BOORING!