I am back and I missed you, for reals!!!
I feel refreshed and ready to go..where? I am not sure, but as I have said before, I am headed in the right direction...and prepared for the occasional fork in the road!
so...while I do not watch a lot of tv, I LOVE love love the television show, "Parenthood." Do you watch it?
I wish I knew someone that watched it so we could talk about it...I love the "aura" of it. The character's, the stories, the locations. It reminds me of a show that was on a long time ago called "Providence", and of course I LOVED "Gilmore Girls"....oh, and "Felicity"...just feelgood, small town good ol' shows..."Party of Five", "7th Heaven" and..
wait for it...
"30 Something"...
So, while I do not watch a ton of TV, I also do not get out to the movies alot...BUT all of those tv shows mentioned above stack up next to my love for the movies "Hope Floats" ,"The Notebook" and "Steel Magnolia's"...Do you know what I am talking about?? That good ol' wholesome, small town, just good stuff, stuff...Lifetime movie-ish movies which reminds me of my little home away from hometown in Pennsylvania.
Ahh, the "Feel Good" :feelings we receive and the memories that are created when we love, when we do things that make us happy, when we gather with like minded creative souls that lighten our day...the world needs more of those feel good, do good, be good feelings, more of those kind of friends...content, happy, feel good feelings...
and just like with tv and movies, I love to to read BUT it takes me a long time to read because typically as soon as I slow down enough to start reading..I fall asleep...
except for a few days ago.
Insert "A Sweethaven Summer"
I have a new friend through our love for God and scrapbooking (which I also love to do and have not done in too long, scrapbooking, I mean..duh!) and her name is Courtney Walsh. She is a mom, a wife, a scrapbooker, an AUTHOR..A real author that asked lil ol' me to read her book and create something based on the feelings of the book.
First, I LOVE the book. I read it in a matter of hours. Something that I have never done. It is so good (I know I already said it) but it is. It ties together life, death, love, friends, scrapbooking, family, memories, forgiveness, happiness..sadness.....well and has a love story woven into it, which makes me love it even more..in fact, about 10 minutes after finishing the book, I got out a few supplies and made this journal cover based on my very own love story.
and the book, has totally re-ignited my love for scrapbooking because it reminded me of "why" we scrapbook..it is that good.
I am sure it will be a movie and will be another on my favorite list and I told Courtney that I want to be on the red carpet with her because I know..it will be something more than a book..
You should get the book..plain and simple. It is so good !
oh, and tell me when you are finished reading it so we can talk about it...and Parenthood, too!