Scheduling Conflicts

Any of you wait until your kids are sleeping to get certain things done?

I certainly do.

Any of you who do wait until that magical time ever find that you are then just too tired to do those things?

Yep, me too.

Right now, I want to listen to/watch a video on "Crazy Love." The book I'm reading with the Bloom Book Club (see button on my sidebar). However, my kids just won't let me :-) Even though I have banished them outside, they keep coming in for questions, snacks, drinks, etc.

Is this one of those times that I sacrifice my own doings to accommodate my kids?

Guess so, since I paused the video.

Ah well, I'm sure I'll get around to it later this evening.

You know, after they are in bed. And I'm not distracted. You know....that time I'm supposed to be getting in bed.

Then.

Then, I will take care of me ;-) (I hope)

Bloom

So I joined an online book club. It was started by Angie & Jessica. It is called Bloom and the first book is "Crazy Love." I just received it yesterday and I haven't started it yet. I am hearing great things about it, so I am ready to jump in and start reading it. For anyone interested here is the button:



Crazy Love blurb from amazon.com

"Sometimes I feel like when I make decisions that are remotely biblical, people who call themselves Christians are the first to criticize and say I'm crazy, that I'm taking the Bible too literally, or that I'm not thinking about my family's well-being. . . When people gladly sacrifice their time or comfort or home, it is obvious that they trust in the promises of God. Why is it that the story of someone who has actually done what Jesus commands resonates deeply with us, but we then assume we could never do anything so radical or intense? Or why do we call it radical when, to Jesus, it is simply the way it is? The way it should be?"

Book Club

My friend, Andrea, had the great idea to start a book club. I've always wanted to be part of a book club (I'm a dork, I know), but never took the initiative to actually start one. The group is 6 ladies (including myself) and first met while I was out of town. They decided to start with My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I was thrilled because I looove Jodi Picoult. The first book I read of hers was Nineteen Minutes which is fabulous. I love the way she intertwines the legal system with social issues. She is a phenomenal writer and her books are what really got pushed my interest in law.

Last night we got together and really didn't talk much at all about the book that we had all read. It was great fun! One thing we all agreed on was that we can't wait to see the movie.

I liked the book. I thought it was slow moving in some places, but overall I was impressed (as usual) with Picoult. I'm not going to spill the beans about the book since some might want to read it or see the movie. I'll just say that it is very moving and for me as a mother to more than one child, it was eye-opening. The book does a good job of showing the consequences of focusing solely on one child and not on all the kids equally.

I look forward to our next meeting. We are going to be reading Jane Austen.

Classics, yay!

We are getting a compilation of all of her works. We will be starting with Sense & Sensibility and going on from there. I've always been interested in reading Jane Austen, especially after watching The Jane Austen Book Club and I'm sure we'll watch some of the movies that go along with the books. I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't read any Austen or seen the movies. I have read other old English books though, not to worry.

I'm not that un-educated!