I just finished "First Counsel" by Brad Meltzer. It was pretty good. Another political thriller--not my favorite subject, but a good book once you get into it. I also finished a little book called "365 Things To Do With Your Kids" or some title close to that. It was a neat little book with all kinds of activities to do with your kids while you're waiting in a restaurant, traveling, at the doctor's office, etc. I gave it to my sister. She has a three year old that has a whole lot of energy and needs to be entertained at all times. I'm also reading a couple of other books right now. "Burn Marks" by Sara Paretsky and "A Chicken's Guide To Talking Turkey With Your Kids About Sex" by Dr. Kevin Leman and Kathy Flores Bell. Isn't that an interesting title? I'm trying to discover the right time to talk to my 7 year old, and which issues to talk about when. Of course, I have a 17 year old, so I've been through it with her. Thank God we have a very good and open relationship, so we have always been able to talk about really personal things like that. I think it will be the same way with my little one, but in my opinion, you can never be too prepared.

I read at stop lights! Is that crazy, or what? But why sit there and waste your time and get impatient when you could be reading?
My daughter's school had their fall carnival Friday night, with a silent auction. I bid on, and got, what else? Books! They had several stacks, but I had read most of the others. I hope I haven't read the ones I bought. I've done that before--bought things I had already read. And I very, very seldom read something twice. I used to when I was younger, but now there are so many good books out there, I don't want to miss out on anything good. It's an obsession.

I'm the library director at my church, basically started it from the ground up. There were some old, musty books that had been there for years and no one had checked out anything in like 10 years. I felt like I had landed in heaven. I've read a lot about starting a library and we had a book drive. We have a great used bookstore in the area, so the ones people donated that we couldn't use, I took and traded in for newer stuff. Right now we're still a work in progress. Anyway, we're having a promotion to see how fast we(kids up to 12 years old) can read 100 books. I have a little treasure box the kids get to dig into for each book they read. It's so much fun!
Alas, my oldest daughter doesn't like to read. I question whether she is really mine, but I have the scar to prove it. My youngest one, however, is just starting to read and loves it. The words are coming easily to her. And my 3 year old neice is a real book lover. During the summer some of our family went to see some family out of town and on the trip there, I read a Junie B. Jones book to the kids. I read another one to them on the way back. My neice now is in love with Junie B. and has made her mom buy her several new Junie B. books that they have to read over and over. A kid after my own heart.

My daughter brought home a ferret yesterday AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!