Where Is Your Bookmark? (05/06/2014)

I arrived at the doctor's office an hour early, expecting to get in some decent reading time, only to be called in right away on Friday.  As a result, I barely got in a page or two of reading all weekend.  I am trying to make up for it this week.

I am still reading Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, but have also picked up The Good House by Ann Leary.  I need to have that read for next week's book discussion.  I am already full of thoughts I cannot wait to share.  Right from the start the novel struck a personal cord with me.  The female lead reminds me so much of my dad, it's kind of eerie.  

We did not make it to the library this past Saturday.  Mouse was up late Friday night, not feeling well, and so we skipped soccer class and our usual visit to the park and library.  She seems to be doing better now, fortunately.  

What are you reading at the moment?  Is it something you would recommend?

Every Tuesday Diane from Bibliophile By the Sea hosts 

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where  

participants share the first paragraph (or a few) of a 

book they are reading or thinking about reading soon.

The opening to Ann Leary's The Good House, which I am reading for my online book group:

I can walk through a house once and know more about its occupants than a psychiatrist could after a year of sessions.  I remember joking about this one evening with Peter Newbold, the shrink who rents the office upstairs from me.

"The next time you get a new patient," I offered, "I'll sneak to their house for a walk-through.  While you jot down notes about their history, dreams, whatever, I'll shine a flashlight into the attic, open a few cupboards, and have a peek at the bedrooms.  Later, when we compare notes, I'll have the clearer picture of the person's mental health, guaranteed."  I was teasing the doctor, of course, but I've been selling houses since he was in primary school, and I stand by my theory. 

 Would you continue reading?

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Mouse's Corner

Our visit to Disneyland was quite a hit. My husband and I ended up surprising Mouse, letting her think we were taking her to school the morning of our trip.  She made up her own Disneyland song on the spot when she learned where we were really going.  She paid the parking attendant and got a button in return, and was greeted at the gate by Ariel, one of her favorite princesses.  The first ride she wanted to go on was the Tea Cups, since she didn't get to go on the ride last time.

The wait to see the Frozen princesses, Elsa and Anna, was two and a half hours long.  I joined the long line and waited while Mouse and her dad went on a couple of rides together.  Then we switched off, and Mouse and I went on another couple of rides while my husband waited in the horrendously long line.  It really was two and a half hours.  In the hot sun, on a 90+F day (I cannot tell you the number of water bottles we went through to stay hydrated).  It was worth it though.  Mouse may not care for any of the princess movies at all, but she does like the princesses and enjoyed meeting Elsa and Anna.

Mouse braved the Rocket ride in Tomorrowland (which she loved) and had the most fun at  Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer's Island, along with going on many other rides throughout the day.  The parade was her favorite activity of the day (second only to lunch she insists, which she barely touched).  Most of all, we built a few memories and had a good time.

  

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