Holiday Break, part I.

As you know, I spent the holiday break visiting my parents in Missouri. Yes, I refer to it as misery, but that is more just a joke than anything. A little background....

I was born and raised in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Our town had a population of around 80,000 people--and was joined to the next town, which was joined to the next town, etc.--all the way to Chicago. My hometown has since grown A LOT! After I graduated from college, my parents and I moved to a little-itty-bitty-teensy-weensy-town in Missouri--population 247. Yes, you read that correctly! The new town has a couple of churches and a funeral home and a post office. The nearest grocery store is 12 miles away. (To give you another more topical reference, my cell phone only worked when I roamed the living room or the back yard. And then, I could only send text messages--no phone calls! If we went to the end of the dirt road, there was NO SERVICE at all!!!!!)

Now for my trip....

I really had a great time. I like to spoil my parents so they were in for a few surprises. We hung out and watched TV--if you can call it that. When older generations talk about us flipping through channels and having ADD, I'm going to protest loudly and let them observe my parents! In the span of 5 minutes, we could watch up to 15 different channels. Don't get too involved with a show--it won't last long! By the end of my trip, I felt confident enough to go on The Price Is Right and be a winner!!!!!! I think I watched a part of every football/basketball/hockey game that was televised along with every Hallmark/Lifetime made for TV movie. Don't forget to include every NEWS program that came on.

I also spent time catching up on my reading. I read the following books (pages in parentheses).

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (563)
Foul Play by Janet Evanovich (228)
Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica (246)
Secrets of My Hollywood Life On Location by Jen Calonita (229)
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (629)
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (284)
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (about 90 pages)

I shared this with someone, and she asked if I spent time visiting or just reading. BOTH!!!

I'll share more later. Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!