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August 27, 2010 by Sue 1 Comment

Scott: switched our TV service from Comcast to Direct TV so that we have the correct stations to see ALL the BYU football games this year.

Sue: received “Mockingjay, book 3 of the Hunger Games” in the mail today and will be starting to read it tonight.

Mark: after spending all summer talking to various people at BYU, he just found out that he really had been accepted into the Music Dept. in February but some kind of mix-up sent him the denial letter instead of the acceptance letter; he has been stressed and praying and investigating other options since he got home from his mission in May but now he can do what he really wants to do with his life; not only is he now a music major but they’ve also approved the lateral move to a sound recording emphasis because he’s already taken some of those courses.

Brian: after spending almost 6 months in his first area of Escondido, he is being transferred (we won’t find out where until Tuesday); he is being made a senior companion AND a district leader with this transfer.

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2010 National PTA Convention

July 28, 2010 by Sue Leave a Comment

I attended the National PTA Convention in Memphis, Tennessee in June.  The convention was great and I came home with lots of great ideas for my volunteer position this year.  While there, I had a culinary tour de force and ate alot of great food.  I also bought several BBQ rubs for Scott to try on ribs.  AfterI flew in Lisa and I went cruising Beale Street and ended up at The Pig on Beale: Pork with an Attitude.  They had really good ribs.  My favorite place was B.B. King’s Blues Club which had the best ribs of all.  During dinner, we heard a blues band fronted by a 16-year-old singer and then B.B. King’s All-Stars which were great.  Alcenia’s Southern Style Cuisine was the choice for Ginger’s birthday lunch because Cheryl saw it on “Diners, Dives, and Drive-Ins”.  I had fried chicken and waffles and lunch was topped off with a kiss on the forehead from the owner.  If you click the link you can see the short video from the Food Network.  Huey’s was Ginger’s choice for her birthday dinner because she was “sick of eating BBQ”.  This was a fun burger joint that had toothpicks stuck all over the ceiling.  We ate twice at The Arcade Restaurant, which is the oldest cafe in Memphis and is famous because Elvis ate there before HE was famous.  The sweet potato pancakes were scrumptious.   Before flying home we had a few hours between the end of the convention and our flight so we headed to the National Civil Rights Museum.  It was really well-done and I could have spent a couple more hours there, but then I’m a museum junkie.  It was really inspiring to see the motel and think of where Dr. King was assassinated.  It was then really creepy to stand in the window where James Earl Ray shot him and see the view right down to the motel balcony.  But I’m glad I got to see the museum and also the exhibits detailing the history of civil rights in America.

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Tuacahn 2010

July 27, 2010 by Sue 1 Comment

We made our annual summer pilgrimage to Broadway in the Desert last weekend and had a great time!  The Tuacahn shows in St. George this year are “Cats” and the regional premiere of “Tarzan, the Musical”.  This was the first time we had seen “Cats” and the dancing was really amazing.  Some of the leads were fantastic.  “Tarzan” was awesome.  They had really stunning aerial work going on in almost every scene, the leads were great and it was really fun.  Great quick vacation.

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wrap-up post-What’s in a Name? 3

July 16, 2010 by Sue 1 Comment

I finished the What’s in a Name? 3 Challenge with a very different list than I anticipated at the beginning of the year.  Only one book remained the same, but changing it up during the year is fun, too!

Between January 1 and December 31, 2010, read one book in each of the following categories:WhatsInName3

(Food) in the title: The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk

(Body of water) The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson & the Olympians #2 by Rick Riordan

(Title, like queen, president) The Queen of Attolia (The Queen’s Thief #2) by Megan Whalen Turner

(Plant) Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas

(Place name, like city, country) Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle

(Music term) The Piano Lesson by August Wilson

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Countdown 2010 Wrap-up

July 15, 2010 by Sue Leave a Comment

countdown10I finished this reading challenge 3 months early!  The goal of the challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year in the 2000s — 10 books from 2010, 9 books from 2009, 8 books from 2008, etc. The total number of books required, therefore, is 55.  The challenge lasts from 9/9/09 through 10/10/10.

2010

  • The Aloha Quilt, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Double Comfort Safari Club, by Alexander McCall Smith
  • Miss Julia Renews Her Vows, by Ann B. Ross
  • The Telling, by Beverly Lewis
  • Calamity Jack, by Shannon and Dean Hale
  • The Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner
  • The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer
  • The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin, Josh Berk
  • Falling In, Frances O’Roarke Dowell
  • The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles #1), Rick Riordan

2009

  • The Lost Quilter, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • A Quilter’s Holiday, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
  • The Secret, by Beverly Lewis
  • The Missing, by Beverly Lewis
  • 92 Pacific Boulevard, by Debbie Macomber
  • The Actor and the Housewife, by Shannon Hale
  • When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead
  • Jane Austen Ruined My Life, by Beth Pattillo

2008

  • The Winding Ways Quilt, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Quilter’s Kitchen, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Miracle at Speedy Motors, by Alexander McCall Smith
  • The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
  • 8 Sandpiper Way, by Debbie Macomber
  • The Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary E. Pearson
  • The Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent
  • Rapunzel’s Revenge, by Shannon and Dean Hale

2007

  • The New Years’ Quilt, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, by Alexander McCall Smith
  • A Cedar Cove Christmas, by Debbie Macomber
  • 74 Seaside Avenue, by Debbie Macomber
  • The Titan’s Curse, by Rick Riordan
  • Tallgrass, Sandra Dallas
  • The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1), Michael Scott

2006

  • Circle of Quilters, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • Blue Shoes and Happiness, by Alexander McCall Smith
  • The Alchemist’s Daughter, by Katharine McMahon
  • Fairest, by Gail Carson Levine
  • The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II, by Jeff Shaara
  • Here Lies the Librarian, by Richard Peck

2005

  • The Sugar Camp Quilt, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Christmas Quilt, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards
  • The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
  • Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese-American Internment Camps, Mary Matsude Gruenewald

2004

  • The Master Quilter, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, by Alexander McCall Smith
  • Snakewater Affair, by Liz Adair
  • The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts, by Richard Peck

2003

  • The Quilter’s Legacy, by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Full Cupboard of Life, by Alexander McCall Smith
  • A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly

2002

  • The Runaway Quilt, Jennifer Chiaverini
  • Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen, by Bob Greene

2001

  • Morality for Beautiful Girls, by Alexander McCall Smith

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