A word on Time.

Have you ever had those days.
You know the ones. YEah those.

Where you wish you could slow down,
have a little more time.

Well, that happened to me today.
BUT, the difference, I really did
get time to "STOP" really. I did.

So, you would have thought I'd have
gotten a lot done today with my EXTRA
time. Only I didn't. I don't think I did
a darn thing today. Kind of a lazy day.

That isn't to say that I don't have LOTS
I could have done. But I didn't.

When time caught up with me, and I thought it was
only 11:40am... it was really 1: 20pm. OOPS...

Chris caught that the time stopped, and you'd think
that I ...Yes, I, would have noticed something,
after I looked at the clock at least three times in about
a 45 minute period that the clock never moved.

Oh my gosh... I lost a lot of my day when I thought I
still had a lot of it left!!!

Note to self...school is starting soon, check all clocks
for accuracy, and replace batteries.

Corn Belly's Once Again

I love to wait for this deal and here it is again. I thought I'd share it with those that are close enough to participate if you want to. Every year for the past three years now we've gone to "Thanksgiving Point" where the "Cornbelly's" Corn Maize is every year. Well the radio station that we listen to most, sponsors a couple of days in the beginning so you can get in really cheap!!! So for very large families or for a small family this is a really HOT, SMOKIN deal. Go to this website and follow the directions. KBULL 93 Maybe we'll see you there.

OKAY ALREADY, I've jumped on board.

Okay already, I've jumped on board,

Or rather I'm being dragged behind because I'm so SLOW and just started reading these books while everyone now is raving about the most recent book released. Honestly I didn't even know that these books existed until earlier this summer when a big craze seemed to hit almost everyone on one big "tidal wave". I've heard so many mixed reviews about the set of books that I'm reading right now, and I contemplated long and hard on whether or not to read them. Well I've taken the plunge!!! But let me back up first and tell you what I just got through reading. Ever hear of Anita Stansfield??? Well I just recently discovered her stuff this last summer say about June. AND I ABSOLUTELY love the books I've read by her so far, that now I just want to start collecting all of them. She is an LDS author who writes about the "human" struggles and temptations that we all have to face at one time or another, and then she so poetically weaves the romance element into the stories as well or maybe it's the other way around. These books that I have read literally sucked me in and they are a portion of the books on in big family saga. So you have the love story emerge from a heap of "trouble" -- and yes, I have to admit that some of the story was a bit predictable but nothing can compare to the way it put me in touch with some of my inner most feelings. I've read NINE of her books so far. Some are out of print and I hope that someday I can happen upon those at a used book store or something.

Here is the list of the ones I've read so far:

*First Love and Forever

*First Love, Second Chances

*Now and Forever

Gables of Legacy

*Volume I, The Guardian

*Volume II, A Guiding Star

*Volume III, The Silver Linings

*Volume IV, An Eternal Bond

*Volume V, The Miracle

*Volume VI, Full Circle

They are really good reading and left me with feelings of HOPE, LOVE, and Peace and that with the help of my Heavenly Father all things are possible.

Drum roll please.....

I bet your dying to know what books I'm actually reading now. Well I'm about 350 pages into book 1 of a 4 book series, and the movie is coming out later this year.

Any Guesses???

Well if you've already read the TWILIGHT

Series you are way ahead of me. I just started reading these series of books just a few days ago and I do have to admit that the story is very intriguing -- and usually I can relate to the main character in a book, but this one "Bella" I can't quite picture me in her shoes....hm mm... I wonder why??

Anyone thirsty??

I've seriously got to find out about these books before there considered prehistoric. Any good places to really know what books are good, clean and great reading. Because tell you what, I don't finish a book if it doesn't grab my attention within the first couple of chapters. I don't like to "waiste" my time like that. I mean come on, it's not like I have all the time in the world to just do what I want to do. I only have a few minutes here, and maybe a few minutes there, but with five kids and a house that I'm supposed to keep clean but fail miserably every day, I just simply can't force myself to read a book that doesn't hold my attention.

So tell me when you come across a book that you don't like do you finish reading it, or can you just stop right then and there??

And better yet, how do you know what you're reading next??

I know that I've got the next three books picked out, and that doesn't include reading the book for book group this month that I go to. So I'm trying to line up what I'm going to read next now, any ideas???