Things that are good about today

• My in-laws arrive this evening for a week long visit.
• It won't be quite as hot as yesterday.
• My daughter is going to her first birthday party without one of her parents and is looking forward to it.
• I have a safe house with clean water and lovely cats.
• I didn't get hit by a car yesterday.
• My husband and I worked together yesterday to get the bedrooms swept in preparation for the in-laws' visit -- less to do today!
• I woke up with a bloody nose but didn't get any on my clothes.
• I find this mildly amusing.
• My daughter just said (to herself while making up a story) "Now that they are dead, we can rest in peace."
• We are having eggs for breakfast.

Hope you all have many things that are good about today as well!

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Read this for the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) challenge over at Tattooed Books.  It's pretty short (196 pages).  Seventeen-year-old Mia is in a car accident -- her mother, father, and younger brother are all killed and she is in a coma, but can watch what is happening. She has to decide if she wants to stay with all the goodness that is still in her life (grandparents, boyfriend & best friend, a love for music) or let herself die because of how hard she knows it will be to go on without her family.

I have a feeling that the story line requires too much (un)willing suspension of disbelief for some readers, but I was up for it and liked it.  Who else has read this one?

The Simple Woman's Daybook -June 24, 2010

Thanks again to Peggy!

FOR TODAY

Outside my window... a slowly cooling down Denver evening

I am thinking...of my brother.  I've been eating a lot of cinnamon toast lately and it reminds me of Seth because there is a story about how, when he was quite little, he would sneak out of the house in the morning and go knock on our neighbor's back door and ask for cinnamon toast.  :)

I am thankful for... surviving being hit by a car a year ago yesterday and being able to celebrate said survival last night with a large group of friends.  Also that my husband got a job and my friend Dara found us a new computer cord so we can be back online!

From the kitchen... lovely black Japonica rice

I am wearing... a very old, very soft, very holey white cotton Hanes T-Shirt that belonged to my grandfather who has been dead for over 10 years. 

I am going...to try to remember to call the dentist next week to make an appointment for my six-year-old daughter.

I am reading... Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft

I am hoping...to talk to my mom on the phone sometime soon.

I am hearing... classical music on the radio, the fan blowing on me, children speaking Spanish outside my window.

Around the house...must wash sheets for in-laws' arrival.

A few plans for the rest of the week:  doctor's appointment in the morning for some osteopathic manipulation and to check in, meeting a woman who is trying to find homes for our foster cats, possibly going to a crafternoon on Saturday, in-laws fly in on Saturday night and I'm so glad!

Here is picture for thought I am sharing... hiking friends in RMNP