Easter Goodness

So I was going to wait until after the weekend to post so that I could post some pictures too, but being the vain person I am and that I can just tell this weekend is not going to be a photogenic one, we'll just go with no personal portraits this post. Ha ha. I am excited for Easter! I have always claimed Easter as my favorite holiday. We always got baskets full of candy and the Easter Bunny would hide them from us so we would wake up on Sunday mornings in search of our baskets. Juan and I continue this tradition, and it's much easier to find the baskets in a one-bedroom apartment. An extra tradition I started with Juan is that we not only get candy for easter, but one present. I'm always finding reasons to get a present! We usually just get each other a dvd or something. This year I got him a dvd that I really want, and maybe he doesn't want as much, but that's okay. Tonight we are going to an Easter egg hunt at my parents' house and also having Easter dinner with my family on Sunday. The dinner is probably a huge reason why it's my favorite holiday as well! Of course through all this candy and food and festivities, I enjoy the holiday to think about the real meaning of Easter and how grateful I am to have the gospel in my life and the knowledge that my Savior loves me enough to die for me. I take that for granted way too often.

On a side note, I was on such a reading kick! I read 5 books in 2 weeks and that rarely happens for me. I was so excited and then I started The Scarlet Letter. I remember reading this in high school and I remember liking it. Well right now I am stuck on the first 20 pages and it is frustrating. I have been reading sparknotes.com every day to find out what the few pages I read actually mean. Ah, I am a mess, I used to be smarter than this. I guess it shows what one year out of college does to you, my brain is slowly clearing the memory.

Imagination Station

I just finished reading Anne of Green Gables last week. I've been trying to read more lately because I feel I may have become too dependent on tv. When I read, I think more, I use my imagination. In the book, Marilla asks Anne why she doesn't talk as much as she used to. Anne explained that she still had her imagination, but just kept it in her own thoughts and to herself. Here's my question, do we lose our imagination as we get older?

I was just talking to my friends about this, but I had an imaginary friend for a large part of my childhood. Her name was Whitney and she was my twin sister and I used to spend hours talking to her in the mirror. Along with Whitney were many other imaginary friends, but she was the constant one that I would talk to as I rode my bike or threw the ball up on the roof. I agree, it does sound crazy, but I believe it was healthy and I'm proud that I had such an imagination! Now I am old and well, boring. Books are not as fantasy filled as they used to be because I don't really take in the descriptions and take time to picture what is being described. I have a goal to read more and along with that goal, I will get my imagination back. Maybe not so far as to bring dear Whitney back, but enough to not be a boring adult.

Penelope

Juan and I went and saw this movie and I wasn't expecting the best movie ever, and so I left really liking it. It was entertaining and I never got bored. I have a hard time going to movies lately mostly because I've made myself so used to tv having the episodes be over in an hour tops. Plus I like the comfort of my own home and being able to eat whatever I want when I want. Ha ha, so Juan has trouble dragging me to movies. We'll decide on a movie, then the time will come for us to actually leave the house and I'll change my mind and decide to stay home! I'm possibly a hermit. This movie is whimsical and it could be better, but it was good enough. I should never be a movie reviewer because I'm so vague, but that's what I thought. PS I am really loving the name Penelope right now, not because of this movie, but because I really love the nickname Penny for it!