rainy day

this morning it rained and rained and rained some more! it was the perfect day for cuddling up with a good book, but unfortunately today was a work day! no cuddling for me!

since half of our garage is now covered with boxes, my car is parked outside in the driveway. normally that's not a problem, but when you keep your umbrella IN your car and it's pouring down rain......you have to get creative. did you know that an empty wal-mart sack fits perfectly over your head?

photo of the day #230

recycling

after school the boys and i went to barnes and noble to find us all a new book to read. spencer was searching for the 3rd book in the eragon series. they didn't have it so he got another ranger's apprentice book. he likes that series, and more importantly, it will work for his book report!

colby, on the other hand, had no idea what book he wanted. he hasn't really decided what genre he likes yet, so it's always a long event when we go to a bookstore. he thought he wanted a book about dragons, and we finally found one that was on his level. as we were walking out of the kids' books to find me a book he spotted some non-fiction books about animals, the earth and sea creatures. he always tends to lean towards those kinds of books, and so of course he put the dragon book back and got one about sea critters. i told him he should be a marine biologist.

for some strange reason, i bought a biography. i don't think i've ever gotten a biography. i'm sure i've read them for assignments, but i really don't think i've ever chosen to read one. maybe it was the cover that struck me, or maybe it was the person. i ended up getting the story of charles shultz's life. in case you don't know he's the creator of the peanuts comic strip. i've always liked that comic, so i thought it would be interesting to learn about the guy who brought it all to life! i'll let you know.....

quote of the day: "I wouldn't exactly call it trouble....." ~Colby's response when Daryl asked him if he'd been good at school today.