Bloggy Book Club...so late!

When last we left our sweet heroine she said something about reading The Lost Symbol for Bloggy Book Club and that was way back in November...

Well, she ...uh, I did! I just didn't blog about it!

So...Bloggy Book Club for November was The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown and I did enjoy it with some small reservations.

From the front cover: When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon- a prominent Mason and philanthropist- is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and-never-before-seen-locations- all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.

Sounds good....doesn't it? It was! I enjoyed it because of the interesting, historical and mysterious plot but this is my third time reading about Robert Langdon's experiences and frankly it read a little formula-like and became very predictable for me and that was disappointing. Even though the story is somewhat different...you basically know who the "bad" guy is and what is going to happen, because it is a very similar story line in all three books! This was an interesting storyline about The Masons and I did find that part of it intriguing.

But, the most annoying part for me is that while telling the story Dan Brown chooses to only honor some of Robert Langdon's past...he always has these characters who appear who are old dear friends who weren't mentioned in his past books. You then find recent characters you just read about in the last books aren't mentioned in the new book, which would be fine if he didn't reference events that occurred in the past book. It annoyed me that the author mentioned details from the last books and then doesn't mention anymore about any of the "dear friends" from the other books! It seems odd for his character to have these relationships that don't carry over to the other books.
This may not bother others...just me but it did distract me from an otherwise great storyline!

It is a great historical, fiction who-done-it?

For Bloggy Book Club in January we are reading Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Join in by blogging Sunday, January 31, 2010... Happy Reading!

To all My "Friends"...Happy New Year!

A young "friend" of mine ( I put it in quotes because she is my facebook friend so I am still unsure if that carries over into-real-world) said on her facebook status that she was dreading the New Year! While I do not believe in questioning others, okay that is a lie I do believe in questioning others...I did take the opportunity to question how I was looking at the New Year!

and....I am looking forward to it! 2009 is a year I would gladly kiss goodbye! I am grateful for the good things and there were many...I was lucky enough to get a new daughter-in-law.
But, for the most part 2009 was difficult and I am ready for it to go, with a big sloppy kiss good-bye!

I welcome 2010! Here's to you all in 2010....May all your dreams come true!

Random Rambling

You know you are getting older when...

You find yourself yelling at your husband for taking your reading glasses out of your purse and not telling you he took them!

While drying yourself off, you glance up, see your reflection in the mirror and realize you took a complete shower with hair wash while wearing your reading glasses!

You share your reading glasses with your friends, swapping them like 12 year old girls with a tube of lip gloss.

You can not cook, sew, do a crossword puzzle or BLOG without wearing your reading glasses.

You find a man especially attractive who wears reading glasses, especially if you are married to that man!

I wish you a household full of reading glasses for the New Year!

It's Not BeginningTo Look A Lot Like Christmas!

I haven't started decorating for Christmas...not..one..bit!
I watched Floral designers decorate where I work and it just made me sad!
It was beautiful...but I knew there were no designers at my house...NOT ONE!
We have just been so busy with other stuff...Advent and Christmas have just not found a place in my heart ...or my home...yet!

I did want to tell you about an awesome give-away...
Artificial Christmas Tree
Giveaway at Balsam Hill!

Good Luck!...and maybe I will start pulling boxes from the attic!

The Big Day!

My youngest son is married. He has married wisely but then he is a smart guy. I look at these pictures and see how very blessed both our families are! This photographer also photographed our oldest son's wedding. His name is Victor Junco...visit his web site Victor's Pho-to-jour-nal-ism! These are just as sample as we haven't even got the proofs yet!

The blessed couple are going on their honeymoon cruise this weekend. I wish them...Bon Voyage!
(Click on the picture to enlarge)

A Father To Be Thankful For...

My Grandson got to meet Tom Turkey at his school's Thanksgiving feast...
He also noticed that the turkey had his father's legs!

Here is The-Cutest-Boy-In-America chasing his Dad the turkey!


Happy Thanksgiving! May you all be as happy as I am!

He's Getting Married Today!

My youngest son is getting married this morning...and we could not be any happier!
It's not a surprise as they have dated for seven years and we all see how much they love each other! But...we are so happy to have a new "Baer" family member and we love her almost as much as Ryan loves her!