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This is just about the cutest movie.
Ever. Period.

It's also super sweet.

Seriously. Now go watch it.

Little Joys

This is where I get to be really random, which I have a talent of being... (too bad this talent gets me absolutely nowhere)

1. There are only 11 more days until we get out of school for Thanksgiving break! You have no idea how happy this makes me. This means no school, no homework, no Dr. G, a week at Crampton Farm with my family, and time to enjoy some much-wanted reading. :)

2. This song makes me happy...as does this one. (You just can't go wrong with Chris Thile + the Beatles!)

3. In case you didn't know, this is the proper way to use ski poles.

4. School consumes most of my time, so I guess it gets its own numbered paragraph (but this does not mean it's a little joy). I finished reading The Scarlet Letter today and it was...eh. Don't get me wrong, Hawthorne's portrayal of the Puritans is very, very erroneous (yep, that's my word of the day), but viewed simply as a fictional novel, it's so-so. I felt like the ending was nothing to get excited over, but I was glad when Arthur Dim-wit finally (after 7 years!) acknowledged his sin and took the consequences like a man.

And...I think I do enjoy reading Poe. Meaning, I like what I've read so far. Sure he's a little creepy, but he's really intriguing.

5. This is one of the many reasons why I love Catherine Snyder.

6. A happy life is full of little joys: "A happy life is not built up of tours abroad and pleasant holidays, but of little clumps of violets by the roadside, hidden away almost, so that only those can see them who have God's peace and love in their hearts; in one long and continuous chain of little joys; little whispers from the spiritual world; little gleams of sunshine on our daily work." -Wilson of the Antarctic (don't ask me who that is, cause I have no idea - Amy Carmichael quoted him in Ploughed Under, that's all I know).

7. In just a few short months, Katie will be in Italy (if everything works out smoothly, that is...which is a big if). It is true that you don't really know what you've got 'till it's gone (or almost gone, in this case). Katie's the best sister I could ever ask for, as well as a wonderful example of Christ to me. I love her so, so much. And I don't know what I'll do without her. She'll be in Florence until June (or maybe longer) - goodness gracious that seems like an awfully long time!

Sisters :) ...and Chris Thile

8. Aside from the book, The Last of the Mohicans is a really great movie.

9. I have a new affinity for puzzles. It runs in the family.

10. For those of you who still think that cars, or buses, or trains, or bikes is the only way to get around, this is for you.