Hope it's sweet. :)

We made lasagna for my dad for today, which was a bit of work; we even made our own noodles. My mom's planning to make a chocolate dessert, too. I got a nice card from my dad, but I still have to figure out what I'm going to do. How was your day? I'm curious what you all did.

~Susan

Last night I was looking at some of our old family pictures. I think it is one of the most interesting things to do! It's amazing how different people and things looked, and I ended up exclaiming over how cute somebody was when they were so little, or how small the trees in our front yard were back then. The pictures I looked at last night were from 1996 and '97. It brought back good memories of when the four of us kids were at home together. What are some of your favorite old photos?

If anybody is interested in reading a story I wrote, you can find it here: http://www.pleonast.com/groups/pleo_authors/entries/557856-esther-s-friend. Copy and paste the web address. I finished the story very recently; I actually managed to finish a story and keep it relatively short! As in, not fifty+ pages or something. :) (I think this one was seven pages on Word.) The story is about a thirteen year-old girl named Esther who just moved away from all her old friends to a new town. It's sort-of aimed at that age group, but anybody can read it, and hopefully older people will enjoy it, too. You can tell me what you like and don't like about it if you care to.

~Susan

If you read this
If your eyes are passing over this right now
Even if we don't speak too often
Please post a comment with a memory of you and me
It can be anything you want
Good or Bad
When finished, post this little paragraph on your blog
And be surprised by what people remember about you.

Hello everybody, how are you all doing? (I really want to know). I'm doing okay here; I got a little bit of a cold, though, and I need to make some big decisions, which is really hard for me. So if you'd care to pray for me about that, I'd appreciate it. :)

I started volunteering at a resale shop not too long ago. They sell men's, women's and children's clothing; furniture, housewares, books, all kinds of things. I've pretty much been doing whatever they need done--sorting donations, hanging and putting out clothes, fixing disorganized clothing racks, putting out books and other things. I also sometimes volunteer at "the Clayson House," an old historical house right on the next block from my house. It was built in 1873 and the historical society restored the house to look like it did originally. They have it decorated that way and have antique items in the house that different people have donated. We give free tours of the house to people who stop by to see it. Actually I haven't done much yet in the way of tour-giving. I helped a little bit when a few cub scouts and their parents came.

I'm still trying to write. I put my big book on hold for now, though. I decided to try improving my writing with short stories first. Keeping the story short could be a little bit challenging for me, but if it's short, it'll be a lot easier to work with, share with other people, revise, etc. So now I have resumed another story that I started years ago. This one is about two teenage girls who discover another world. My plan is to keep the story fairly short. We'll see how I do with that!

I think I'll stop with this for now. Have a great day! :D

~Susan