Monday, November 18, 2013

Movies, books and great friends

This weekend was rather fulfilling. Aside from having to mind the terror while the parentals were out of town (the terror here being my 13 year old pubescent brother), it was rather relaxing. 

I'm telling you, get your parents to have a child eleven years after you are born, it is the purest form of birth control you will ever need. Having to live in a house with a boy going through puberty and becoming a teenager once you are already an adult is completely unnerving. 

This past weekend I saw the movie About Time with my best friend Ashley.

(click it to get to the IMDB page!)

We snuck bagels and coffee into an early Saturday showing. This is now my favorite way/time to see all movies going forward. I highly suggest this movie if you are into that sort of genre of movies. It was witty, sweet and moving. 

Saturday evening my friends and I all gathered for our annual 'Friendsgiving' where we try to pretend we are all adults living on our own. So we all bake our pot luck dishes and come together to laugh and eat. 

(my plate far too full of amazingness..boy can my friends cook!)
(after dinner fire chilling! I stole this pic. from my friend Jeff!)


We all ate way to much food but we had a great time. And I scored desserts to bring home with me. So it was a total win. Now I can say I am fully prepared for actual Thanksgiving. 

To round out a wonderful weekend I read a book….on a Kindle Fire. I've always been adamant about not using e-readers because I love books. I love the way they smell and feel. But it wasn't as bad as I thought. It did hurt my eyes a little but I liked that I could get the book from my library without leaving my house. 

I read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. It was a beautiful book, about a man, his dog and his family, but written from the perspective of the dog. Wonderfully written. 

Click the cover to visit it's Good Reads page!

If you are a dog lover then I recommend you read this. It has made me look at my dog in a whole new light. And it was quick, I read it in a day and half! (granted I was stuck on the couch with a cold all Sunday)

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