Packing My Trailer

Guilty. I am blogging when I should be packing my trailer. The rain is threatening today. I knew yesterday that the rain was coming. Yesterday the sun was shining. Did I pack my trailer then? NO. Why not? I dunno. Packing is the part I hate about vacation.

Now that I have my confession out of the way, let me move on to other things.

I am starting a Happiness Project. I haven’t started yet. I bought the book by Gretchen Rubin. I have so many other MUST READS right now, I just couldn’t bring myself to start it when it came. That’s okay. I give myself permission to wait until I come home from our trip. Anyone want to join me? I’d love to share via my blog or email..... My friend, Robin, is doing it too.

On our trip I plan to read the Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy. This came as a recommendation of my 15 year old who said, “Mom! You have to read this book!” Okay, then. How can I not?

I am also reading Nehemiah and maybe sometime today, I can finish the sermon series I have been listening to from Alistair Begg. He is listed on the right side of my blog if you want to check “Al” out. He’s got a cool Scottish accent, so in addition to good Bible teaching, he’s easy on the ears.

Bold Love by Dr. Dan B. Allender. Heavy. That’s all I can say about that. Major heart/journal/prayer material in that book. MAYBE I’ll read more on vacation. I’m bringing Bold Love with me, just in case I need a shovel to dig a little deeper.

Then of course, there is the music. Road Trip routine involves new music. My kids listen to mostly Christian stuff and lots of classical music during the school year. But on Road Trips they listen to Elvis, the Beach Boys, Country (including John Denver) and musical movie soundtracks like Fiddler on the Roof. This year is the year of Latin Rock and Jazz, like Santana and Celia Cruz AND some 60’s hits like Wooly Bully. Wooly Bully and other songs in the mix are influenced by latin rhythms of the time, so it makes sense to put them together. I was going to give you the whole mix, but I’ll spare you. CD 2 - Soundtrack from Into the Woods. If you don’t know Into the Woods you should. FUN! Rent it on Netflix!

For my knitting friends, I have slouch hat, fingering weight, bright fuschia on no. 5’s. It’s slippery. I have a self-striping yarn on no. 10 circs. It’ll be hat but I don’t know yet if I want to slouch it. I am working on a purple crocheted hat with a bernat satin. Smooth! We’ll see how much yarning I do.

I’m sparing my readers the gushing. We are going to CO to see Catey graduate from homeschool highschool. Uncle Joe will pray. I will read scripture. I can hardly wait. We are also doing a blessing. Oh. Sweet. Sweet. Sweet. If I type anymore, I’ll probably start to cry for the joy of it. Then there’s Carli. I’ll have to tell you all about her after I spend 2 weeks with her. She’s coming back to CA with us. Can you think of anything more delightful than having Carli with you? Of course you can’t. That’s okay. Did I start gushing? Oh, I hope not. I’m just SO EXCITED! Maybe I should start packing my trailer......