We moved to Utah

*Warning* Downer alert.  In the spirit of honesty, here is a genuine update.

I obviously have really let this blog go.  There is so much to catch up on it's hard to know where to start.  The biggest change is that we moved to Utah at the end of September.  Jerry's orders ended in Columbus and they offered to renew them, but only if he worked from Utah.  So we moved back here.  The truth is that Jerry is very excited to be back here where all his friends and family are.  Me, not so much.  I loved Georgia and it's been really hard for me here.  Yes, I have some family here, and a few amazing friends.  But the truth is, I'm miserable. Everything about being here just. feels. wrong.

I'm sure that there are many sucky factors that have contributed to the general melancholy of my mood.  I'm sure that in a few months most of them will be resolved.  But for now I guess I'm just going to be really lame and no fun at all. And I'm sorry to you who is reading this.   

I've considered just only blogging about fun and uplifting things and trying to hide the sometimes not so pretty side of things.  However one thing I hate most in life is when people try to put up a false impression of perfection.  Nothing is roses 100% of the time.  And that's ok.

Hopefully they'll be some fun posts this month for NaBloPoMo. 

NaBloPoMo

Well, it's that time again.  National Blog Posting Month.  Where I will attempt to post something every day for the month of November.  I have done this the past 2 years and I hope I won't fail this year.  I've really been slacking on the blog this past year, so hopefully this will be my opportunity to get it updated and maybe get back into keeping this thing updated and somewhat interesting.

So let's get this party started!!!

P.S.  I also encourage you to participate in NaBloPoMo with me this year if you have a blog of your own!

Book Review: A Voice in the Wind

A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Second book I've read by this author and it didn't disappoint!  It was a little hard to get into because she uses so much of the vocabulary of the ancient time it's set in (the glossary in the back helped a lot).  Once I got past that, I was so good.  Just one of those books that you can't wait to get home to keep reading.  And knowing it's a Christian literature, I would think that would feel forced, but it makes the story so amazing.  It seriously strengthens my faith and makes me want to be more Christlike. 

You don't have to be spiritual or religious to enjoy this either.  Just a wonderful story!



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Preschool!

My baby's off to preschool.  Oliver thinks he's going too.  He was pretty upset when he found out he didn't get to stay with Jonah at school.

Jonah LOVED his first day!

Book Review: The Scorpio Races

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is probably a 4.5 stars for me. I loved this book.  I listened to the audiobook and I'm so glad I did.  Some might say that the story was a little slow, but not me.  I am however pretty patient with most books. I wish that the love story had a little more detailed, but I think she probably didn't because the characters wouldn't have been over the top about it.  I think she did it that way on purpose.  I really feel like I've been the the island and I want to go back. To live in such a simple, small, beautiful place. I wish I was a better writer so I could describe all the ways that I enjoyed this book.  At all the things that the author did that I liked. How her words were powerful and perfect.    But I'm really not so I'm just going to say that I loved it.  I'm tempeted to start all over and read (or listen) to it again.



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