Look Who's Ready for Halloween

Cheerleader Shadow

Hot Dog Buddy!

saturday readings...

This novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a story of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love.

Still home sick, and spending most of my time reading. Once i start a book, i can't put it down. I read this book, like the last one, in two days. I wasn't too crazy about this book, but wanted to see how it ended.

tuesday, i think

Year of Wonders is the story of the sacrifice of a small mountain town in England where the deadly Plague hits. In order to save the lives of others, the town decides to keep everyone in and all others out in order to prevent the spreading of the Plague, knowing full well that such close proximity to each other could very well mean their deaths. It is a depressing story, but also an inspiring one.

I just finished reading this book in two days. Of course, I had nothing else to do then to lie in my bed, with chills and fever, coughing, and a splitting headache. Ironic...reading a book about the plague while i'm sick. This book is a work of fiction inspired by the true story of the villagers of Eyam, Derbyshire, story of the bubonic plague. A bit hard to read....old english text. I love historical fiction!

Beautiful Boston

The fall follage is amazing. Wish i was there, however, I can enjoy Eric's photos. Eric, Heather, her parents...faye and gary
Apple Picking in Boston

Eric apple picking.

Finally, Finally, Finally, Eric and Heather have made it back to the USA. Currently they are in Boston, enjoying the fall follage. They are actually there for a wedding and her parents met them there. They will arrive in houston on Wednesday, but this isn't the end to their one year backpacking trip. One more stop: Costa Rica. We are meeting them in Costa Rica in December, can't wait to explore the rain forest....eric and heather style!

Beware of the birds

This is one of the windows in the back of my house. Do you see the white splotches? They are smudges from birds. Ever since the hurricane came, birds have been flying into my windows. Some knock themselves out, some die, some bounce off and fly away. It's not a pretty sight sometimes. We can't figure out what it going on. I have solar shades on some of my windows and nothing on the others. It makes no difference, they come crashing at all hours. Strange.

Time out in Tucson

We decided to take a break from the heat and the hurricane....so we flew to Tucson for the weekend. Actually, we really had it planned before the hurricane even came. The weekend went by too quickly, it was filled with eating and eating and more eating. That's really all we did, and of course, we visited.

On friday, we went to chabad of Arizona for services and dinner. There were over 100 kids there, wow, what a change from the last time we attended.

Saturday, Alex's parents came up from Phoenix, and we ate (of course) some homemade tamales and enchilladas. They were so good.

After a brief shopping trip, we then went to eat Greek food. As you can see, we had a very international eating spree.

It didn't end there, on Sunday morning, we had breakfast at "The Good Egg".

Another wonderful meal!

And last, but not least, on the way to the airport, we stopped at

Brueggers Bagels for dinner for the plane.

We're lit up

Power for our house is finally on, wow, a nice warm shower, working washing machine and dryer, a stove, a computer, and of course the air conditioning. Funny, the weather here is so nice, maybe 70 degrees and no humidity. It's a good thing b/c so many people are without power, still.

FEMA trucks are here, and lots of people are taking advantage of that. Everyone thinks they have something "owed" to them, it's rather sickening how people are behaving. I don't consider a few days w/o power a need for FEMA to pay for my well being. Even if i did stay at a hotel, rather then a friend's house or my own, i would never take that FEMA money. That money is really for those who don't have a choice. Yes, it's for the people who have a tree in the middle of their house, it's the senior who cannot be alone, it's those who have medical problems...it's for those who will not have power or really cannot live in their house for some time. It's not for the middle to upper class who lost some frozen tv dinners. Suddenly, everyone is claiming to have a freezer full of meat.....ummmmmm. I hate dishonesty! There are those who find a way to cheat at everything. Don't' people have morals and values! I hate those who go around the rules or laws. I hate when people lie. Why is it, in this world of so much good, that people cannot be honest, caring, and giving.

So stop your whining and complaining, we are all inconvenienced. We all have some issue with the hurricane. Pick up your head, and move forward and see what you can do to help the next person.