A Hodge Podge from Shan

I have a few movies I've seen recently and a few books. Going back to childhood, like Adam sugested, James and I watched Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler. This was actually a really cute movie and suprisingly clean (as Sandler movies go). Another awesome movie Iwould highly recommend is one that dad got from somebody at the temple. It is called Why are You Waiting and it's a lecture by a food storage specialist for the southwest region of the church. I think her name is Wendy DeWitt and it really helped me to realize how realistic food storage can be...now I just have to get money to do it...hmmmm. James can make a copy of it for anyone that would like.

Okay, and now for my book hodge podge. I've been reading Fablehaven by Brandon Mull with mom, dad & Steve. It's AWESOME! I think we should finish it tonight. I have also been trying to read more classic novels, so right now I'm reading Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. It's a little slow reading at first with a lot of nautical terms, but i've found it quite interesting none the less, especially to think about how I would be able to survive just figuring out how to live life on my own without all the comforts that I have...that and it's been interesting when Crusoe had a change of heart and really turned to God and how his perspective became a lot more positive. I have also been reading the first of two volumes of the Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I've had to take breaks and read other books while I've read it. I would suggest maybe reading one at a time instead of all, it gets really repeditive. His first book, A Study in Scarlet, is also grossly inacurate as one of the murders happens to have been because of this whole thing with the saints in Salt Lake forcing a woman to marry a palygamist, and that just put a bad taste in my mouth. I think the short stories of his are the best though.

This is really long, and a lot of stuff...and yet we still had time to rock out!