Baby it's Cold Outside.............

Brrrrr..........winter in Wisconsin can sure be brutal and this is one of those days even though you'd never know by looking outside. It looks very peaceful and calm, sunny and bright........but when you step outside. Yikes!

Happy Birthday Katherine! Katherine is one of my oldest friends and I hope she has a wonderful day today.

I've been busy today getting TJ ready to go back to Denver and Stuart's sister Deb, her daughter Kaitlin and their dog Maggie ready to move in. They'll be staying with us for a month or two while they find a place to live. It will be fun having them here. I'm sad that TJ is leaving...it's always hard to say goodbye to the kids when I've gotten used to having them around but he's ready to go back and this is his last semester at The University of Denver....the next time we'll see him he'll be graduting......so hard to believe.

I finished the book "No More Tears Left Behind" today and thought it was a good story. The editing in some parts could have been better...i'm a stickler for spelling and punctuation but all in all a good story about the Holocaust and some of the incredibly sad, horrible things that happened at that time in our history. Why on earth do human beings treat each other like they do? It's such a mystery to me....why can't everyone just get along. Anyway, the couple in the book eventually made it back to the US and lived in Madison for many years. That is a neat part of the story as they talk about State Street and some of the neighborhoods I'm familiar with in Madison. The book ended really abruptly though and that was a little disappointing. I'm sure that the story was supposed to be mainly about their struggles in Berlin during the war but it just seemed to end a bit awkwardly. Anyway, our book group will be discussing this book on Thurs nite so i'll let you know what others thought. I'm on going to start "Olive Kitteridge" tonite. On deck will be a book called "The Cellist of Sarajevo" by Steven Galloway. I am really looking forward to reading this book as I heard about it from someone else that had read it and they said it was very good. I'm off to make a mug of tea and to stay warm today. Happy Reading!