Anne Frank The Diary Of A Young Girl

When I was growing up I remember taking home Scholastic book order forms. I was always so excited to take the order forms home. I loved to read and was excited to learn what new books had come out.

One of the books that always seemed to be available for purchase was Anne Frank The Diary Of A Young Girl. History was my favorite subject and I loved reading journals, I couldn't wait to get my hands on a copy of Anne Frank, but for some reason it never happened.

This year I decided was the year that I would finally read Anne Frank. I checked the book out from the library and began reading the book I had wanted to read as a child.

The book wasn't at all what I had expected. To be honest I was really disappointed and disgusted with it. I'm really glad I didn't read this book as a child and I don't think it will be one that I allow my future children to read someday.

I had thought that the book would be about World War II, what was going on, and how scary it was to be in hiding. The book had a little bit of that in it, but mostly it was full of talk sexuality, how much she hated her family, how she couldn't stand the people they were in hiding with, and how she was superior to everyone.

Why this book is famous, I will never know. Would I read it again or recommend it anyone else? NO WAY!

Week In Review

You would think that having my husband gone for a week would mean, I get a mini vacation or time to relax. Nope! Relaxing isn't something that I ever seem to be able to do. If there is something to be done, I have to get it done before I can sit down. And for some reason there always seems to be something to do.

While Andy was gone, I ran numerous errands, planned and attended the Young Men and Young Women's Annual Lake Trip, I taught Andy's Sunday School Class, went to the gym a few times, worked 40 hours, got a cortisone shot in my foot (that was super painful, don't ever get one), and I canned like a crazy person. I canned tomato salsa, fire-roasted tomatillo salsa, pickles, pickled beets. I also shredded and froze a lot of squash and zucchini to be added to spaghetti sauce later this year. When it was all said and done I may have got 7 hours of sleep each night-- it was CRAZY!

I plan on sharing my canning recipes soon.

Thursday Thought

I wanted to start this post off by apologizing for not getting a Thursday Thought up last week. You would think that having a stress fracture would mean I have all the time in the world to sit around and do nothing, this is definitely not the case for me!

Last Thursday was spent at work, canning pickles and blackberry jam, and packing for last weekends adventure. Before I knew it, it was after midnight and I was just too tired to write down my thought. Sometimes life happens and we can't always do everything we set out to accomplish.

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I have been thinking a lot about life lately. It has been almost two years since Andy and I almost died on top of Mt. Timpanogos, it feels like it was just yesterday when we both saw our lives flash before our eyes. Time is a funny thing. When I was growing up and week felt like an eternity. Now a week feels like a day. What happened?

Each of us has an expiration date and we don't know when our time will come. Life really is a fragile and precious thing. Are you living a life that you love? If not, what are you going to do to change it? Are you happy? If your not happy, why aren't you happy? Do you need to change your paradigm? Are there things in life you still want to see, do, or experience? If yes, what's holding you back? Are you on good terms with those most important to you? If not, why? What are you going to do about it? Are you holding a grudge against someone? If so, why? Do you really want to be held back by that the rest of your life? Let it go and move on. You deserve better than that!

I believe that each moment is a gift and an opportunity. What we do in life is ultimately up to us. We can live it up and enjoy life. Or we can hold ourselves back. What are you going to do? Today is a new day and a new adventure awaits!

Carpe Diem!

Weekend In Review

This past weekend was a fast and furious one! Friday night we drove up to Washington after work and didn't get in until after midnight.

Saturday morning Megan and I went to our favorite hair salon to get hair cuts. I had been wanting to cut my hair for quite some time, but didn't know of any really good salons in Eugene. I ended up taking six inches off! It was a lot hair, but it feels so much better to have it gone.

One freshly showered, tired girl without makeup. 

Megan and I getting out hair washed.

Miss Megan.

Beautification in process.

Side view.

The damage.

Much better. Makeup time!

The afternoon was spent with Megan and Mom. We purchased produce to can, ate our favorite pizza at Casa Mia, and went thrift shopping. I found some awesome tops for fall. I absolutely love thrift shopping!

That evening we all congregated at my Dad's house. We ate some yummy Mexican and played games. The boys decided to show off their dancing skills.



Since we aren't all together very often we took some quick family photos. Afterwards we all gathered around the camera to look at all of us making "The Face." Hahaha! I need to get my hands on a copy. It was pretty entertaining.

Sunday we went to church. The talks and lessons were so good! It was also nice to see some friends, I hadn't seen in awhile. I love going to church! Church is something I look forward to every week.

After church I headed back down to Oregon. Andy stayed in Washington to head out on an adventure with my brother-- more to come on that later.

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

Remember how I decided to read all of the relationship books we own? One of those books happened to be Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. I know this book has been a popular one so I thought it would be a good read. Boy, was I wrong. This was probably the WORST relationship book I have ever read. There were many times I thought about putting the book down, but by putting it down I wouldn't accomplish my goal. I'm a little stubborn- the goal won.

The book was not backed by any scientific research. It was basically a man's opinion about how women should act/behave in a relationship-- that didn't go over so well with me. Please don't waste your time on this book, it's not worth it.

If you do decide to read it, don't say I didn't warn you.

Motivation Monday

Do you ever struggle to feel motivated to exercise? I do. There are some days that I just don't feel like putting on my exercise clothes and driving to the gym. Working out at home isn't much of an option at the moment because of my stress fracture-- I'm allowed to use the elliptical and that is about it.

This is how we get motivated to go to the gym. If it doesn't motivate you, maybe it will make you laugh...or maybe you will think we are just plain weird...or both?

Weekend In Review

This past weekend was a lot of fun. Friday night I surprised Andy by taking him to a Filipino restaurant, he didn't know that there were any Filipino restaurants in the area. He absolutely loved the food. It sounds like we will be eating there in the future

After we ate, we did a little thrift shopping at Goodwill. We found some awesome stuff! More to come on that in a later post. I'm seriously thinking about starting a section called 2nd Hand Finds. What do you think?

Saturday we worked out in our garden and shared our spoils with some friends. Then we went and picked up 65 pounds of tomatoes from one of our favorite fruits stands. What does one do with 65 pounds of tomatoes?  Can them of course!

We also found our local library and got library cards. I am super excited about the library! This is probably the biggest public library I have ever been to. I think we will be frequenting the library from now on. Yay!

We did a little more thrift shopping and Andy found a great deal on some stuff for an upcoming adventure.

The evening ended on the couch, cuddled up watching a show.

Sunday was great! We started the day off going to church. I love going to church, I always feel uplifted when I am there and I leave with a desire to be an even better person.

We took our usual Sunday nap and spent the evening talking with family and canning said tomatoes. We canned 31 quarts of tomatoes. Kinda crazy, I know