1. Which partially-read book would you especially like to finish someday, and why didn’t you finish it last time you read it? Hmmm..not sure ( Read more... )

1. When did you last eat something with cheese in or on it? Earlier, mac and cheese ( Read more... )

1. In German, fernweh is a longing for distant places, perhaps even places you’ve never been. What place you’ve never been do you have fernweh for? Iceland, for one ( Read more... )

Yesterday Denise came in to work and had a meeting with the bookstore staff and Lucie and Shelby..she said she cannot keep working two jobs, she's completely exhausted and grumpy. The Literacy Council just doesn't have the money for her to work more hours, so she had to resign yesterday (she was originally going to give her two weeks' notice ( Read more... )

In Shackleton's Wake by Arved Fuchs (Oct 1-3). Recreating Shackleton's lifeboat voyage after Endurance sank does not sound like my idea of fun D ( Read more... )

I am home! I was definitely tired when I went to work today lol. Here are the rest of the Kansas pics!


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Yesterday was grandma's funeral. The night before, we found a bunch of pictures and taped them to a couple poster boards to display by her casket, which looked great! The girls all wore blue and one or two of grandma's necklaces (and in my case, one of her curtains haha!). We gathered 30 minutes before the funeral to look at grandma one last time ( Read more... )

On Sunday, I flew to Kansas City..I watched Bohemian Rhapsody on the second flight, and got Queen songs stuck in my head all day haha. Cindy and mom picked me up, and I *think* we hung out at Julie's house before getting our hotel room (there would be WAY too many people at Julie's house if everyone stayed there). I also got informed on this ( Read more... )

Thanks for all your condolences about grandma! Mom called today with her sisters and Joelle, and seemed to be in good spirits! Mom said grandma was really struggling to breathe, and they kept saying "it's alright, you can go! Be at peace!" There's this channel on YouTube of a hospice nurse that talks about the reality of death and shows patients ( Read more... )

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