I’m done! I’m done! I finished all 1135 pages of “The Stand”. Did I enjoy it? Enough to keep reading it but it was a long haul. I looked at the Amazon reviews and some people have read it multiple times, to which I say, “What’s up with that??” Speaking of long books, has anyone read “Middlemarch”? As an English major in college, I feel guilty that I haven’t read it. I mentioned this to one of my swimmer friends, an English professor at Princeton and he recommends warming up with “Silas Marner.” We’ll see.
My sister, niece, Ari and I did a little shopping yesterday followed by lunch. Rachel wore Ari in a front pack and he napped for a couple of hours. Later, when he was ready for another nap I offered to take him for a walk in the same pack, so Rachel could go for a run. Wow. Forty years of swimming did not prepare my back muscles to lug around a fifteen pound sleeping baby. This is probably why you need to be young to have children!
I’m reading “11/22/63″ by Stephen King. This is actually the first book I’ve read by him and I picked it because I love time travel stories and it has great reviews on Amazon. This is where a Kindle is at its very best, because the hardcover has 849 pages. That’s almost as heavy as that dog resting across my entire mid-section. I’m really enjoying the book.
(Kennedy was assassinated on my 4th birthday, a claim to fame that I could do without.)
I’ve been procrastinating on the calendar and would like your help in picking out 13 photos. Actually, twelve because I’ll repeat this month’s photo of Clayton, Spenser and Scooter, which I love so much. Post or email the dates. I have a special days signup almost ready to go and just have to get the PayPal page set up. 2012, here I come!
Due to pool closures I have been running more than swimming these days. I usually run for 50 minutes, but on Saturday and Sunday I did a full hour and the additional 10 minutes per day practically did me in. Consequently I spent more time than usual on the couch.
I felt rather guilty because Phillip spent the entire weekend working on the Lido deck. I’ll have an architecture update on the deck tomorrow.
P.S. Happy 40th anniversary to my sister Nancy and her hubbie Rick!! They got their 4th grandchild (Ari Max) as a present!
Installation of our solar panels is almost complete! Most of them are on the flat roof but we needed more so we put these on one side of the garage roof which is not visible from anywhere except the backyard. Something to look at when I mow the lawn. Phillip installed a temporary fence to keep the boys out of the back so the installer guys can leave a gate open. Everyone is happy.
As I think I mentioned before, solar is actually profitable in New Jersey right now. The initial outlay cost is considerable but the money we’ll save plus the money we’ll earn should give us a tidy profit. No buying extra dog treats yet, though. Not until Stanley regains his girlish figure!
Who’d have thought that I’d appear on the World Wide Interweb in my pajamas, not just once, but TWICE in a month? This one wasn’t my idea, however. At dinner the other night I mentioned that I’m low on DD photos and that night Phillip came bounding up the stairs with the camera while I was reading in bed alongside my very cute tri-colored library staff.
He took this one, too, and I love it. Look at that detail, it’s gorgeous!
