Seven on Sundays (but lets make it Wednesday today)

 1.  Well this was an eventful week.  Halloween was on Thursday and myself, Karen, and Michelle dressed up as Minions at school.  Then I did a quick costume change after school into our marathon costumes.

We dressed up as marathon runners this year for Halloween

Happy Halloween :)

Nathan accompanied Breslin door to door Trick or Treating

3.  We flew to Michigan on Friday because we had a "Buy Back Day," but no teaching.  So we took the day off so we could fly to Michigan and spend more than 36 hours in town.,... or so we thought.  Then this happened: Shooting at LAX.  Our flight was supposed to leave at 1:30... But when we got down to LAX around 11:30 the airport was shut down.  No one was let in, no one was allowed out.  So we found the nearest Playplace and spent 2 hours there.  Finally around 1:30 I told Brady that we should just try to head over and find a parking spot and figure out how to get to LAX because now our flight was supposed to depart at 4:15.  We drove around for a good hour (and Brez man fell asleep) until we found a spot to park.  We then just sat in the parking lot, because still nothing was allowed in.  Finally at around 3:30 we started walking to the airport with hundreds of other people.  At 4:00 they finally opened the doors.  We got through security and sprinted to our flight, just to find out that they needed a new crew to work our flight.  Finally at 6:30 our 757 (which normally seats some around 250 people) was flying to Detroit with 30 people in tow.  We got to Detroit safe and sound... 5 hours late, our luggage didn't quite make it in time, but that's okay.  Through the whole ordeal Delta was absolutely wonderful.  They certainly get an A in customer service, and solidify the fact that I am frequent flyer of the airline!

4.  Tailgating, Sparty, and football!  So we made it back for the football game!  Breslin got to meet Rachel and Rachel along with Sparty!  (He absolutely loved Sparty by the way)!  And then met Jeff and Lisa King for the first time.  Our Breslin man is a huge trooper going on these crazy Spartan adventures with us.

 5.  And the Spartans did it!  Michigan State beat Michigan 29-6, in one of the most lopsided victories for Michigan State versus Michigan in most recent memory!  It was rainy, wet, and cold-- and absolutely perfect for a day filled with tailgating and football!

 6.  On Sunday we just spent the day traveling around campus and hooking up with people.

Hanging out by the Spartan statue

Playing with Teagan at Jenison Fieldhouse

 7.  Got to hang out with some great people over the weekend.  Met up with Anna and Teagan, Mel, Jeff and Lisa, Kathie, Rachel and Rachel, and Aunt Joyce.  These trips are so much fun, but they are always too quick.  I am looking forward to the next time we go back and hanging out for awhile!

Some of my favorite MSU peeps

The Williams and company

Rachel and Breslin

**And the whirlwind of October is over.  The first weekend in October we headed off to Michigan for the MSU/IU Homecoming game.  The following weekend I had my Jason Aldean and Jake Owen concert.  Then I had my 1 hour and 55 minute half marathon the next weekend.  And we capped off the busy month of October (first few days of November) in Michigan.  Phew... it was fun, but it will be nice to relax a little bit.

The end...

I liked the end of this book!  Sebastian finally got what was coming to him.  However, I almost wish he would have lived just so that he could suffer through the consequences of what he had done and what he finally couldn't get away with. 

Ill be honest too, I had my suspicions with Waters.  I wasn't sure 100% sure if he really was on Maureen's side or not.  But in the end he did finally help her out.  I know Waters was probably doing everything by the book, but Maureen couldn't just sit and wait for things to happen to her, I really liked that she became very pro active about her situation.

Throughout all of this she really showed her strong side and her independence, and she found out what she wanted to do with her life and who she wanted to be.  How weird it is that she started out this book and this whole saga with her having a little too much coke and too much to drink, and it ended with her joining the force.  Her character really made a 180.  She always seemed to me to have a good heart just the wrong circumstances.  And in her final circumstance (which was not a good one) she made it on her own (slightly).  Her supporting characters did help her, but she was for the most part doing things her way.

I feel really bad for those that lost their lives during this book, but Maureen made it so that others would not.  I really enjoyed this book.  What did you guys think.

Through Chapter 21

Well obviously a lot has happened ... since we are 3/4 of the way done with this book.

The book is really good.  I disagree with mom, I liked Maureen from the get go.  She was just doing what she had to do to live (not talking about the drug use right now...).  It sounds like she didn't have a really strong home life, and didn't get a lot of support (moneywise) for her education.  So she was trying to make ends meet with her job, and it paid pretty decent, but she wasn't able to function in class and work... so slowly but surely she dropped a class at a time, until she wasn't taking any....  she always seems to have high aspirations about starting a new and a fresh...  but things just keep happening.

Poor girl just picked the wrong night to find her coke....  Just imagine if she hadn't been called in to work that night (because remember she wasn't supposed to work that night) if she hadn't done the coke, if she hadn't drank so much she wouldn't have been in the predicament that she now finds herself in.

Sebastian is a bad dude, and we learn FINALLY through chapter 21 he has ALWAYS been a bad dude.  I am inspired by Maureen and her will power.  She is not submissive, and she will not take back down.  I can not believe that throughout all these years and all the bad stuff that Sebastian has done that we know about, and you know there is bad stuff that we do not know about.  And of course now that he is running for office it still hasn't come out... but you know it will, and I can't wait for that to happen... Too bad at least 4 people had to die though, and I wonder if there is more to come.

I am not really sure where exactly Molly and John fit into all of this except for just being their for Maureen.  But I have a bad feeling that they are going to get more involved then they would like.... 

So tell me your input.

PS  We will finish the book for discussion on Sunday

Sorry guys

So it's been awhile since I have posted.... why don't you guys tell me how far along you are in the current book.

I am around page 200, a little over half way.  we will discuss this Sunday...  I just want to figure out where you guys are at, to tell you where to stop for Sunday's discussion.

Week 2

Okay you guys post... i'll be ready to post about the whole book on Sunday.... CSET and baby have kept me busy...

Charlie St. Cloud

Okay... after taking a two week hiatus, let us start again. I figure this book we can pull out in three weeks, it is much shorter than the others that we have read.

Week 1: Read all the way through Chapter 10
Week 2: Chapter 11 - Chapter 23
Week 3: Finish the book

Week 4

Well, guess what... I was right!!!! It was the husband. I just thought that the other interior designer was too obvious. (Although, they really didn't give us many other options to figure out who else it could be). The background on why Ted did it I didn't really like. Basically, because he was upset that his girlfriend/wife didn't want him anymore. Man oh man, would I not want to get on that guys bad side.

I am so happy that everything worked out, however I wish he wouldn't have commited suicide. I would have liked to see him try and validate what he did... and have everyone see him for what he was worth. And then get what he deserves. I feel bad for Glory in all of this, however she did kidnap a child and she did get what she deserved... but she seemed like an overall sweet lady, just had some mixed up priorities... she wanted to make it sssssooooo bad in the "hollywood" world that she was willing to kidnap a child and keep him for two years... She had a kind heart, but just wasn't a very stable person. I do feel bad that she was unable to see her dad after all her dad had gone through to find her. (I didn't feel bad for her, I felt bad for her dad).

What did you guys think?

Mom.... where are you?!?!?!?!?