Read-a-thon

  Piper and I decided that it would be a lot of fun to do a twenty-four hour read-a-thon Thursday starting at midnight to Friday midnight.
   Our goal was to read at least three books.With our books chosen and a last minute cat nap we finally started reading.
  One o'clock seemed to arrive really quickly, and I still being a little tired decided to make a cup of coffee for myself and some requested hot chocolate for Piper, since she hates coffee.
  At around four we started to get really tired and all we wanted to do was close our eyes and sleep once again.
  At five we were exhausted and really hungry, but we kept on reading, Piper's finished stack seemed to keep piling up higher and higher, while here I was with two finished books that weren't  really big. But we had both slowed down immensely with tiredness and hunger.
  Finally at around six-thirty we ate and felt really refreshed so we went back upstairs to the quiet of our room and started reading again.
  Thank goodness we had a mother at home cleaning the whole house without any help. I thank her for letting us do the read-a-thon and cleaning up everything, laundry, and all while Piper and I endlessly read what felt like millions of words.
  Both Piper and I fell asleep at around eleven or twelve in the afternoon, and I woke up about an hour later surprised at myself for drifting off to sleep. I woke up Piper a little later and we both had to start reading again.
  By 11 PM I had finished four books, five cups of coffee, and was almost done with my fifth book, Piper was almost done with her seventh and we really just wanted to go to bed.
  Finally at 11:40 we finished our books, and since we knew we couldn't finish another in just twenty minutes we went to sleep.
  As tired as we were, I do believe I would enjoy doing this again, perhaps not this year, but next year summer break would be a lot of fun again.

The Cabin

   Behind our house there is a steep tree covered hill that Rob dubbed as Lantwin when we moved here years ago while he was just a little boy. (The story behind the name  will have to wait for another day.)
   Rob, Piper and I used to have a lot of fun playing there, but time passed and they grew older. Rob got a job, and Piper grew to be too ladylike for all that.
   Lately Jay and I have been going up there in the afternoons when ever it's sunny and warm enough.
   We decided it would be a lot of fun to build a small cabin and so we began to gather up small logs, some sticks, and rocks.

 

 

  Jay had a lot of fun hauling logs and finding large rocks and bricks for me to use if needed. We spent days scouring the hillside for our needed building supplies.

 

 

   Finally we got to building. One wall was finished and it had a small window which for some weird reason made me happy. The other wall got started but it was harder to build than the first one, but we got it done, then we got the last main wall done, we decided we wanted to use bricks and rocks for the entrance, it isn't a very grand entrance but it's an entrance and that's what we cared about.

 

  And finally came the roof, I just put on some branches, they had a lot of thorns on them. I think the next time we go to play there we'll take the roof down and enjoy the cabin without one. It's too low, and too thorny.
  As small as it is we had a lot of fun building it and I'm glad we had that time to spend together and do something fun.

Wednesday Hodgepodge

 

1. Speaking of endings....at your wit's end, at loose ends, a dead end, burn the candle at both ends, all's well that end's well, or no end in sight...which 'end' phrase might best be applied to your life lately? Explain.

No end in sight, the seven-hundred and fifty piece  puzzle that I have started doing today seems as if there is no end in sight.

2. What was a must have accessory when you were growing up? Did you own one? If so tell us what you remember about it.

Hair-ties, I used to have very long, thick hair, and keeping it back without hair-ties seemed nearly impossible, so it was always wonderful having a lot on hand.

3. Something that made you smile yesterday?

My sister Piper's birthday made me smile almost all day yesterday. She enjoyed everything that my mom and I had planned for her.

4. January 30th is National Croissant Day. Do you like croissants? Sweet or savory? We're having chicken salad for lunch...would you rather have yours served on a croissant, a wrap, a bagel, bread, or a roll of some sort?

I can't remember if I ever had any, but if so probably sweet. As for the chicken salad, I'd like it on either a bagel or bread.

5. Sum up your January in fifteen words or less.

Pretty amazing and productive.

6.  Insert your own random thought here.

Piper started a 1,500 piece puzzle of Paris, which inspired me to start puzzling, so I started a 750 piece puzzle which is not getting done very quickly, and I'm wondering if I  should have ever started doing it. We could have helped each other on one, but somehow we prefer doing puzzles independently and not having to deal with someone else doing the sections you especially want to.