Book Club

Last week we started book club again in our ward. We read Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland. It was a wonderful book. It reminded me a lot of Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. The book is about a painting and how it affects the owner's life through time. There is also a little mystery to determine if it is a real Vermeer painting or not. Next month we are reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I love going to book club to hear other's point of view and ideas about the book. I can't wait for October to come!

Playgroup

In place of monthly enrichment, our ward has started interest groups. One group we started is playgroup. It met for the first time today and we were thinking of different ideas for outings and for the winter months. We are fortunate that it is warm here for a long time so we can go to the park several times, but are looking for other things to do. Any suggestions?

What's in your cart?

I have read some posts from others about how they read other's blogs they don't even know. I am guilty of the same, but it also got me thinking about observing others in another part of their lives. For example, I love grocery shopping and am curious about what other people have in their grocery carts. Sometimes as I pass, I sneak a peek to see what they are cooking and eating for the week. For example, you can tell when someone lives alone or their family is out of town because they have a lot of frozen pizza and very little perishable food in their carts. Or someone with school age children has chips, cookies and sandwich baggies in their cart. Tonight I was at the store picking up a few things for dinner tomorrow (peaches and whipping cream) and I saw one guy in line with bananas and sardines. Surely he didn't mean to eat them together or maybe it was a midnight snack and breakfast tomorrow. Maybe I shouldn't think beyond what people have in their cart, but I always wonder why they choose what they do during one trip to the grocery store.