GO BLUE!!!

I just got the pictures last week, so I guess that I am a little behind on blogging about this. But you'll see how giddy I look in a just a second...

On March 12th, the Michigan Senate honored Pittsburgh Steeler Lamar Woodley, a former UM football player. In addition to his family, his high school and college coaches came also, including Lloyd Carr. Being the die-hard UM Football fan that I am, here are my pictures...

Just in case you're wondering, the pin I'm wearing reads "I'd Rather Be in Ann Arbor". Trust me, it's hard being a Wolverine in Spartan country!

Goals for the week ahead...

I think there are a lot of them, and I'll probably only accomplish half, but oh well!

First, for the menu:

Monday:
Lunch: Chef Boyardee (you're sensing a pattern, right?)
Dinner: Hot Dogs and chips

Tuesday:
Lunch: Chef Boyardee
Dinner: Sushi with the girls!

Wednesday:
Lunch: PB&J (been kinda craving it for awhile!), chips, applesauce
Dinner: Asian Fried Rice (at home)

Thursday:
Lunch: Leftover Asian Fried Rice
Dinner: Fish sticks and fries

Friday:
Lunch: Breakfast Burrito (ok, breakfast and lunch!)
Dinner: Out - Reno's West

My other goal is to get on the exercise bike for a minimum of 30 minutes each night this week.

And last, but not least, I will finish the book Eclipse this week...

The Believers

I just finished reading this book last night. The follow up to Heller's "What Was She Thinking?", "The Believers" had me hooked from the beginning. Following the Litvinoff family through a tragedy, the book introduces us to characters that, like in her previous novel, the reader doesn't necessarily like much.

Each character has their own problems to deal with, and their own personality flaws. Joel, the patriarch, is a famous attorney. Audrey, his wife, is a fiery personality who is very hard to like. Rosa, one daughter, is having a crisis with religion. Karla, the other daughter, is having a crisis with marriage. Lenny, the son is having a crisis with drugs.

The story centers around the way they all deal with their issues after Joel suffers from a stroke. The family is quite dysfunctional, but intriguing.

I really enjoyed reading this book, and would recommend it to others.

Why am I still up?

It just dawned on me that it's almost 11pm, and I haven't even remotely gotten ready for bed yet (unless you count putting on PJ's the minute I walked in the door).

I've eaten dinner, been hanging out with the dog, and surfing the internet. Granted, I've only been home a short time, but I'm not exactly being productive - I could at least be reading instead of surfing online, but here I am, in the living room, with basketball on (I think that's really my problem).

Of course, when my alarm goes off in the morning, I will not be thrilled at all. In fact, I'll probably be angry that I have to get up out of my warm, comfy bed.

Ok, I've decided it's time to go to that warm, comfy bed instead of just talking about it - more to come this weekend!!!

Elbow Love

Wow, wow. I have really, really, really dry elbows. It's always a challenge for me to get them soft enough that I can keep them that way!

I just received this in the mail the other day from Bonghi Natura's shop. My elbows love it! My nose loves it! It has helped my skin so much!

I'm looking forward to future purchases from this shop. There are many things that I'm sure smell fantastic!!!

Book reviews

I am not good at reviewing books. I can tell you if I liked it, didn't like it, hated a character, liked the story, but when I read other people's book reviews (or reviews about anything!), it seems as if they're so...deep. Mine are just so superficial in comparison.

Does anyone have ideas for how to make my reviews better? I'm not really a great writer, but I love reading and want to share what I think with y'all!

Books to read

So, I made the mistake of reading the email I got yesterday from NPR Book Reviews. It unfortunately helped me add MORE books to my TBR list. Like I needed to add anything new...



First up - Captain Freedom: A Superhero's Quest for Truth Justice and the Celebrity He So Richly Deserves by G. Xavier Robillard. I think being fresh off seeing Watchmen is what attracted me to this book. I've also been watching Smallville quite a bit recently.

Second was Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story by Isabel Gillies. I'm not sure why this seems intriguing to me, but I think the story seems like it might be very raw.

And finally, The Believers by Zoe Heller. I enjoyed What Was She Thinking? though I haven't seen the movie, Notes on a Scandal. This sounds like an interesting story, and I just got a copy from the library today...

Which makes me giggle, because when I went to pick up my holds at the library today, I only had three of the four on the shelf. I asked at the desk, and pretty much before the person helping me asked for my card, the guy working at the next desk was handing her my book. Sigh, so much for anonymity! I guess I'm in there so much, they know me! I will miss the South Lansing library when I move to the west side of Lansing in a couple of months!