Camera??

I can't find my camera anywhere! Anyone seen it? Well until I find it, you get a boring post with no pictures. I just finished the book The Last Waltz. I bitterly hated the ending. I completely disagreed with the author's thoughts on love. I really didn't enjoy the book. I'm trying to figure out what the message was- has anyone else read it that has some insight? On the other hand, I also just reread A Heart Like His by Virginia H. Pearce. I enjoyed that one.

This morning I left the sprinkler on in the garden for WAY too long and completely flooded it. I had just gotten after Grant for something and while we were talking about it (he's crying and I'm explaining), he asked about the sprinklers. Oops. So then I couldn't be mad at him because he saved the day. Knowing me, I wouldn't have remembered til tonight!
Anyway. Hope you are all having a good day. Following Brooke's example, I better list some things that I'm grateful for to help get me out of this mood.

1. Little boys' imaginations
2. Poppyseed dressing
3. Nap time
4. Prayer
5. Good friends

Hey it works! :)

Edited: I just read a bunch of positive reviews on this book by well-read people. Maybe I was ignorant?

Agnes

I never did like the name Agnes. I remember as a teenager going to Olive Garden on vacation. Our waitress's name was Agnes, and I just felt so sorry for her! But I just read the book David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, and I've changed my mind. Agnes is the loveliest name! She is one of the main characters, and I can hardly think of anyone more selfless, generous, beautiful, gentle, or lovable. That was one of the best books I've ever read. It was really long, and not the kind of book you can read casually, but so worth the time and effort. (I'll admit, at about page 300 I was wondering whether I could continue. But both my mom and my sister Joyce recently read it and said they loved it, so I kept going.) Oh, the characters are so memorable! It took me through all sorts of emotions and left me spiritually uplifted and hoping to be a better person. I highly recommend it.

Anne Shirley

I love Anne's character. Here's a great quote from Anne of Avonlea: "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string." First of all, that last phrase is lovely with the alliteration. And second, isn't that true? Yesterday was a great day. Nothing fabulous happened, but sometimes after a bad day, the next day seems beautiful no matter what. Grant was such a sweet boy. He took an extra long nap so I was able to get lots of cleaning done. The feeling of a clean house is wonderful! Our grass started to come up. Tyson called it "green whiskers." That's pretty much what it looks like! It was overcast and cool and the sky was a dark blue. And I could smell rain. Ahhhhhhh. It was just a nice day.
Today Grant and I were eating grapes. He just learned how to put things in other people's mouths. I would give him one and then he would give me one. Little moments like that are so precious!

Reading

I haven't put much on the blog for awhile, because I don't have much to blog about. If I was witty and clever like some of my friends, I might have been able to come up with something. But, I'm not. So... I started reading one of my textbooks from college about children's literature which led me to the local library to check out lots of books: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; Anne of Green Gables, The Westing Game, Hope was Here, My Louisiana Sky, and a couple of biographies by Russell Freedman. (Along with a Baby Einstein for Grant.) All excellent books, I might add. It's funny, I am good at procrastinating. When we had cable, I would put things off to watch a tv show. Then it was blogging. Lately it's been reading. I'm working on self-mastery, but I think it's a lifelong quest. Sigh.