Short posts are better than nothing at all...

...right?

I had a wonderful weekend. Babysat on Friday night for my fav family. It was the most interesting experience with them ever. Managed to accidentally lock myself and the kids out of the house while we were playing outside. Mom had to come home and let us in, but she didn't get there soon enough and the youngest had an accident before we could make it to the neighbor's bathroom. Shoot. Everything turned out ok, but I learned my lesson about closing doors before checking if they lock automatically.

Saturday I spent the morning catching up with my friend, Julie. We ate a delicious breakfast at the Cookie Jar (their caramel rolls are amazing.) She's such a sweetheart, and it was good to spend time with her. Soon enough she'll be married and moving away, which makes me sad. But I suppose we all must grow up someday.

Visited the gym Saturday afternoon, and then went on a wonderful date with Jonathan. He had a great groupon (yes, I spelled that right. Don't ask me what a groupon is...because I still haven't figured it out) to Timberlodge Steakhouse. If you don't mind shelling out some serious money for a meal, go there. It was excellent.

Normal Sunday activities included church, napping, and laundry. I was able to read a few chapters in my book as well as complete a little more of my gift that I'm making for Julie. I sure hope I can finish it before the end of May.

There's a pretty short run down of the weekend's amazingness. And, as always, I'm counting the days until the next weekend. Everyone lives for the weekends, but even more so after you are out of college and working day in and day out. I think this week should fly by, though.

Weekend has arrived!

I don't think I've ever been so grateful for a weekend to arrive. This week has been very....off. I don't know what the deal is, but I just had trouble focusing all week.

Hoping an evening with my favorite babysitting family will bring my spirits up.

Book Review - The Shack by William Young

I'm very behind the trends when it comes to book reading. "The Shack" has been circulating book stores for quite a while. I've heard very polarized opinions about this book. Some people hate it because it isn't the "God in a box" like they're used to, while others love the fact that someone had the guts to take God out of the box.

No matter what your opinion may be, I think this book is a good piece of fiction that should be read. The book starts with its main character, Mack, who receives a letter from "Papa" in the mail. Papa is the nickname that Mack's wife uses for God. The letter asks Mack to spend the weekend at the shack.

A flashback in time reveals the story surrounding the shack. Mack's youngest daughter, Missy, was abducted while the family was on a camping trip. She was never found, but the trail led them to a shack in the woods where they last found evidence of her.

Without revealing the entire book and all of its "out of the box" contents, Mack ends up going to the shack, and he meets God there. He learns some amazing things about himself, about Missy, and about God's love for him and his family.

It took me quite a while to read this book (only because I don't make the time to read like I should). I really enjoyed it, and I loved that the author took God out of the old, white, grandfather like figure that everyone defaults to. If you want to stretch your views about God, love, and forgiveness, read this book. I'd even let you borrow my copy.

Blog Direction?

I don't really want to discontinue with this blog forever. It's fun to write out things once in a while for people to see, and for myself to read back on later.

I'm trying to decide what direction I want to take it, though. Let's face it, it's pretty boring right now. Sporadic updates on my mundane life just isn't cutting it. I just end up writing the same things over and over. And over. And over.

A few ideas that just popped into my head:

-Book reviews (though I have just as much time to read as I do to update this blog. Hmm.)

-Local/National events and my opinions about them. (Might be fun.)

-Music reviews....though I'm guessing my taste in music is quite a bit different than most of my followers (all two of you.)

-Workout log. I'm not trying to lose weight, just get fit. I like to set goals for myself, so maybe it would help me keep track of them better.

-Cooking. I like to cook. I don't do it very often. But I like to read the blogs with recipes and pictures of all the yummy food that they make.

Maybe a mixture of all of the above? Plus the normal and mundane? Maybe everything put together would make it more interesting.

What do you guys think? Any ideas?