Books Read in 2010

It was suggested by a friend and fellow book lover that I post the titles of the books/series I read last year:

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer

The Book of Mormon translated by Joseph Smith, Jr.

Inkspell Series by Cornelia Funk

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The Akhenaten Adventure Series by P. B. Kerr

Guardians of Ga’Hoole Series by Kathryn Lasky

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher

Fablehaven Series by Brandon Mull

Icefire Series by Chris D'lacey

The Crusader Trilogy by Michael Cadnum

The Darkest Age Series by A.J. Lake

Bullies in the headlights by Matthew Buckley

Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull

Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull

Tangled Roots by G. G. Vandagriff

Of Deadly Descent by G. G. Vandagriff

Ingo Series by Helen Dunmore

Stoneheart Series by Charlie Fletcher

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

The Serpent Tide Series by K.L. Fogg

The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan

The Associate by John Grisham

The Youngest Templar Series by Michael Spradlin

Beneath the Surface Series by Jeni Grossman

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

The Mima Journals Vol 1 - the Water is Wide by Marianne Monson

Shirts and Pants and Shoes, Oh My!

133 pairs of shoes.  2 33-gallon yard garbage bags and 12 storage bins of kids clothes (I still haven't tackled me and Trevor's closet).  We cleaned out all the clothes and shoes that the kids and us have outgrown.  I'm still not quite sorting and storing but a vast majority of it has been sold or given away.  I have to give a huge thank you to Maggie for motivating me to do this monumental clean-out not to mention she stood next to me for hours sorting the clothes.  Because of her I can admit that "My name is Angela and I'm a clothes hoarder".  Once I admitted it it was a lot easier to part with so many clothes and shoes.

Bedtime Zoo

Gabriella and her neighbor friend, Kyle, love to pile all of their animals on their beds and sleep with them.  you can't see some of the animals cuz she has them under her and her blanket.  It looks mighty uncomfortable to me but she got a big kick out of it.  My favorite is her Flynn Rider doll (aka "Zapunzel's boyfriend") sitting in the prime spot on top of her "Unicorny" pillow pet.

Marvelous, Magnificent Michelle

Michelle was student of the week (aka captain of her class) this week.  It was a fun trip down memory lane when searching for pictures (it was actual photos not digital clear back then in 2002).  From this green sheet she filled out I learned some interesting things about her I didn't know, like that she wants to go sky diving and her hero is Amelia Earhart.  Love you Belle!

I love to read!

Just over a year ago I added the shelfari.com bookshelf to my blog.  Even though I don't often update my blog posts I have been very faithful in keeping up on listing the books I've read.  Last year I read 72 books!  A lot of those are books I read because Caleb really liked them and wanted me and Trevor to read them too (ie Guardians of Ga'hoole) but some are classics that I've always said I was going to read and finally did (ie Gone with the Wind, Tale of Two Cities and The Maltese Falcon).  Keeping track of the books has been a good thing.  Just the other day Caleb asked me what the name of the book was about a young knight and I was able to scroll through my list and tell him "The Youngest Templar".  This year I plan on reading just as many books but this time have a few more of the classics in there.

2000 miles

My first post ever on this blog was November 7, 2008.  On that morning on an 8 mile run, I had passed my 1000th running mile.  This morning on my 7 mile run, I passed my 2000th running mile!  Once again I raised my arms and said "I did it! I'm so great!"  The second thousand were a bit more traumatic than the first thousand probably due to me having my first ever surgery.  My knee has made a pretty good recovery.  I'm excited to test it out this next summer-there's some PRs I'm looking to get in the 10k and half marathon distances.