Sweet Tooth was actually really great according to my own self, and I really thought that it was fascinating, even with a certain uncertain ending.  I hope that more people that I know read it, so that we can talk about it.

Sorry for the lack of images today, just wanted to quickly update the status of the recent novel.  Must go now watch puppy movies, for good measure.

Please keep reading and being true to your school!

My husband and I on our honeymoon, lifted from the Internet.

Am currently reading Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan.  It's really good. 

Now that everybody knows that my husband and I are cats who like to read, I should probably mention our pet, Pepper, who is also a cat.  She is a cutie, so look forward to images of her!

Read one story by Alice Monro that I did enjoy, though have not pursued further stories because of getting caught up in the novel.  In any case, it is clear to me that there are so many stories but so little time!

The present moment awareness is going pretty well, especially when I take my anti-depressant.  Seriously, I was in a funk this morning when not having it, but ended up happy shortly after I actually did.  My message to humanity must be, just take your meds carefully.  My mood also may have been influenced by my husband, whose arrival home after work bolstered my spirits.

Promise to figure out posting images.

Well, finished Wife 22 and thought that it was cute, though the surprise ending was great, even though I could kick myself for not figuring that one out.

The holidays were a blast, and I was very, very happy, just to be happy.  One good miracle of chronic depression is that of life being very, very much alright when it is alright.  Hopefully my current good feelings will last.  I think that these are God's promises, and that just might be the miracle, eh?

Must go read currently, because now I've got short stories by Alice Monro, in the collection, Dear Life.  This sounds about my speed, especially currently.  I hate to say that I'm not the best novel reader, but probably that's okay and I'm still good enough and smart enough.  The folks who read one million novels all of the time are my heroes, but I also like short stories and not series books.  One album at a time, one painting in a view, that's about my current speed.

Happy year round, present moment holidays for the coffee drinkers. :)

What a fabulous day.  Worked, came home, visited with my family.  I even got to see my cat!

Now I'll go start Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon.  I think that it will be enjoyable.

Read and enjoyed much, Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan.  What a fortunate course of events for her psychiatric episode.  I forget sometimes just how foreign these issues can be, yet how familiar.  Will pray for relief and healing for all of those folks struck with indecipherable lunacy.  I find that just reading more books and keeping a blog help with the brain health.

May the New Year be filled with good tidings.

Oh yeah, read a good portion of Against Depression by Peter D. Kramer, and am still consumed with thoughts of how to defeat depression in my own life.  I think the being happy has a lot to do with it.  So now I'll go read and wait for my best friend to return.

Day 4 of Christmas.

Mother Teresa is certianly an inspiration.  I wonder how her life might have improved with an antidepressant medicine.  That she managed to overcome the melancholia in her own and through churchly obedience is nothing short of amazing.

I finished the other book, too, and did enjoy.  Now what to read?  In the meantime, still plodding through Future Shock, mainly noting what innovation has actually come to fruition since this book's publication, though also noting what hasn't quite come through yet. 

Will read a short volume about obsessive compulsive disorder as well, but wow!  Good fiction!  Stat!

Will most likely discontinue this blog soon.  Like anybody reads this nonsense anyway.  Am currently feeling as if I don't want to participate really in the internet that everybody loves.  I just want to be able to look stuff up, and maybe see how my friends are doing, if all goes well.  That's good enough for me.

So I'm still reading the two books that I mentioned previously, but the end is in sight.
The Book of Madness and Cures is kind of a geekfest, but one that I enjoy.  Pretty much I'm going to say that I enjoy everyrthing, just to stay positive.  So what else is there to enjoy in life, but everything, every moment of every day.

I'm so thankful of my friends and family, and especially of the holidays that we have been sharing.  Frequently I wish that I could be more, but I think that I'm good enough for all of this nonsense of living.  I'm glad I've finally figured out that it is what it is and that's all that it is.

So Mother Teresa had a fire within her for souls, and perhaps that's what I should orient myself by.  Hoping for the salvation of many, and operating the means to facilitate that.  Thankfully I have come to know that God is good, and that he loves us so much, even though sometimes we forget that.  I feel as if perhaps my purpose is to remind folks of that.

Blogging is not really my favorite activity, but I'll keep with it.  Probably my life is so boring that no one will even care and that makes me thankful. 

Watched The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and sure did enjoy.  I love old folks, and am thankful for the pursuit of happiness well into old age.  I'm increasingly old, and am thankful for it. :)  What a blessing!

Happy holidays!

Haven't been reading as much lately, as kind of got bogged down with holiday activities.

Am starting The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O'Melveny, tonight.  I think that it will be good.  What could be better, or more up my alley, than madness and cures?  Maybe this book will have the answer for me.

Have been impressed by Mother Teresa's obedience, and adherence to church protocol, in the pursuit of her life's calling.  What an inspiration.

I can't decide if keeping up with this blog is fun or what.  I do often feel the need to write about what I'm reading, because it is so motivational to do so.  Plus the activity makes me feel as if I'm really working, when actually I am not.  Maybe one of these days i will have all the answers, at which point I'll make sure to post it on this blog.

The answers that I seek most likely involve extensive cleaning efforts, and lots of hard work.  So let me begin!