My monthly day off

Seriously, just like the post says, I am in a season of my life where I work at least a few hours everyday and am pleasured with one Saturday off per month. Which happened to be this past weekend. It was probably one of the best days off I've had in years! My entire family went out for $3.00 breakfast, including my very pregnant sister-in-law. She's due the beginning of March with my very first nephew... so stinkin' excited! Anywho, then I took my younger sister to Powell's Bookstore and spent the remaining 4 hours looking at books, reading, and chatting. We talked about ALL kinds of... stuff. ;) I will not even tell you about half of it, it was interesting to say the least, haha.  At one point, she was trying to teach me about Manga, a Japanese series of books that looks somewhat like a book of comic strips. She was explaining to me the different kinds, brands, and names and plot stories to some of them. "Laura, I feel like you're speaking to me IN Japanese!" It was fun but I still can't seem to retain all the Manga-info... I was in way over my head. Afterword we went across the street to Panera and ate soup with bread. OH MY GOSH! Their bread is to.die.for. I literally saved my last bite for last, except for the chocolate croissant that we shared. Mmm Mmm Mmm!

"Marriage is what brings us together today." -The Princess Bride

Today is my parent's anniversary... twenty-three years ago they tied the knot. Seriously, that is a LONG time especially in this day and age. I've come to the point in my life where I see my parents as people, not the perfect couple or outstanding citizens, just ordinary everyday people. But, of course, they are more than ordinary in my eyes. I am their daughter after all. You know what I mean though. They make mistakes and wrong decisions just like the rest of the world. Still, I love them. They are pretty much the coolest parents. Ever. Talking about marriage makes me think of my own. I don't know who it's going to be with yet but I wait with growing anticipation to meet him. I wonder what he'll look like, what sort of things he does after a long day at work, what he likes to eat for dinner, his favorite book, whether or not he sings to the radio in the car... the little things. Don't worry! I think about the big things, too. I have my list of desirable qualities that he has to measure up to. Well, we'll see how that goes. ;) I don't know how many people do it but I write him letters. Sometimes letters like this, when I just speak what's on my mind in that moment. I call them my ramblings. Other times it's more specific: how I can't wait to meet him, what our future will be like, things I want to personlly work on that I struggle with (I wish he were here now to help me with those things), my relationship with God, prayers, family stuff, funny thoughts... stuff like that. Just the other day I started something new. Each day for the next three-hundred and sixty-five days, I will share with him one of my many confessions of silly things I do that no one else knows about. Nothing serious, just little tid-bits and secrets about myself that I often find silly. For example, I have to change the bathroom hand towel often. Trust me, I am not a clean freak- at all- but this is just something I have to do. Okay, okay, that was not at ALL the kind of secret that I'd write to him about, probably. But I am not going to tell the whole world something quite as silly as the things I'm telling 'him'. Haha! I'll have to keep you guessing. ;)

Just one more chapter...

OhMyGoodness!!! It has been far, far too long... over 2 years. Well, I have no excuses. I'm going to start this up again and see where it takes me. I have been reading SO much lately! Since the beginning of January until now, I have read 24 books and then some, I just started a new one today. I feel like a book-addict because I have not gotten anything else done, seriously. I should probably start sleeping at night, too. ;) I don't know how many pages I've read because some of them are ebooks (confession#1: I am ashamed; another story for another day). If I had to guess, I would say I've read like 10,000 pages! Holy Cows & Chickens! That's it, I'm doomed to bed rest for the rest of the month. I've realized that I absolutely HATE waiting for book sequels to come out. Usually I get recommendations from my dad & sister (the TRUE avid readers in my family) on past books that are a few years old. But since I started reading ebooks, they are usually more recent and have a sequel(s) coming out later this year... AHHHhhhh, I am completely beside myself, I don't know how people do it! If you have any encouraging words, please send them my way. :)