I am happy to report that my intense work period is over (probably)!  I both worked through my problems and found that my deadline had been pushed back!  Kyle has slowed down but is still writing his dissertation.   Last night, Kyle and I saw Ender’s Game and went out for dinner.  As Ender’s Game is my all-time favorite book and I have read it numerous times, we spent the entire dinner discussing the differences between the book and the movie (i.e. virtually everything).  I was pretty disappointed, but Kyle had to explain to me why some of the adaptations made sense for turning a book into a film.     Posts I Liked   Johnny Moneyseed discusses the areas his family sacrifices in to save 75% of their income and how difficult they perceive those sacrifices … Read entire article »

As you can see from the late post today, we’re still very busy with work!  I’ve worked full days Saturday and Sunday in addition to evenings during the week…  Ugh.  But Kyle deep-cleaned the entire kitchen while I was at work on Saturday, which was wonderful to come home to.  (I don’t might light cleaning but I hate deep cleaning – gross.)   We did see Gravity yesterday ($25!  I remember when…).  My work was going terribly so I knocked off at 7 PM and we went to a 10 PM showing.  We were practically the only ones in the theater.  The visuals were great, of course, and we had a wonderful conversation on the inaccuracies later.  🙂   Sorry for not leaving many comments around the blogosphere this week.  There were plenty of … Read entire article »