2 truths on a tuesday...
truth #1
this...well....this is the best sundae i had all summer.
this one wins.
and truth #2...
these cows kind of freaked me out.
at first, i was like
oh look!
cows!
and i pulled over on side of the dirt road
to take some photos of them
and then, they noticed me...
they started
looking
at me...
and then
they started walking towards me...
slowly
but steadily...
and all of them started doing
it once like
some kind of horde of zombie cows...
and i'm not gonna lie...
the truth is they
kinda freaked me out a bit.
:)
whatcha readin' {book 21::goal 24}
I am so happy that I read this book.
Sometimes I see a book like this
and I think that I really want to read it
but then, once I start, I realize it's the kind of stuff
I already knew or it's a little too "out-there" for me
to be able to make any kind of connection with.
But not this one.
This one was talking my language.
Plus...he made me laugh.
And a lot of it made sense to me. I found myself taking notes
and nodding my head. The whole idea of not giving an f
is not about giving up...it's about being aware of where you are
wasting your precious f's. And using them on the things that matter
(ie not on the guy that accidentally cut you off on the way to work
this morning).
And this.
This gets me every time.
The whole "backwards law" thing...
how accepting your negative experiences
is actually, then, a positive experience....
and that chasing positive experiences
can actually be a negative experience.
I know, right.
It's like that whole "This sentence is false" thing.
If that's true...then the sentence is actually true...
which kind of makes it false
(but then, that makes it true)
but if it's false, then...IT'S STILL TRUE.
OK. Not really the same thing.
(I may have breathed in too much jet fuel over the weekend).
So anyway. This was a good book.
I found myself thinking about it long after I had read it...
and talking about it with 18
(especially around driving offenses that set him off the deep end)
(hence the reference earlier to maybe not wasting your f's
on the guy that cut you off).
I totally recommend this book, if you like this kind of thing.
It was one that was totally worth the hype in my mind. :)
4.5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s
NEXT UP: BONES OF THE DRAGON - MARGARET WEIS & TRACY HICKMAN
the weekend of planes...
I don't think it is a secret
that I
like the air show.
I go every time it comes to Summerside.
And, by "go", I mean, I don't just buy a ticket
and go one day...
on Friday, I drive around until I can find somewhere
to sit and watch them and practice
(which means sitting in a field from about 10:30
until 4:00 in order to see anything...)
Then, on Saturday, I make my son drive around
with me until we find a spot to watch them from...
this year, we found a great spot
but unfortunately, the CF18 was down for repair
but we did get to see the Snowbirds!
But then on Sunday, I go for the whole day.
18 came with me today and we got to see my brothers for a bit, too.
It was a beautiful day with blue skies
and fluffy white clouds...
and the CF18 was all fixed!!!!
PLUS I got to sit in the Hornet.
Completely stationary but...still!!!!
I was pretty excited...
even if I felt a little silly being the only grown up
in a group of 5-7 year olds waiting to get a chance
to sit in a stationary plane
and pretend they were driving it
(don't judge me...the little kids already did that.)
All in all....
it was a VERY successful weekend.
I can't wait for next time!
life's beachy...(that's a saying, right?)
Every summer, I try to visit different beaches,
along with all of my old favorites....
namely Union Corner and Thunder Cover.
I took a drive out to Belmont though this year
and was pleasantly surprised.
There was almost no one else there
and if there is anything my introverted little self loves...
it's an empty beach.
One side was...well...ok....but the other side...
cliffs and rocks and still silent water.
I will totally go back there again next summer.