these is my words

that is the title of the book we just finished reading for book club,

i'm not just using poor grammar.  i may be my mother's child, but i have

a father, too, and his grammar ocd trumps all of the jan-isms i may have

inherited.  most of the time.

i loved the book.  loved it.  sarah and captain elliot's love story swept me

off my feet - had me holding my breath during multiple kisses and crying

at the end of the book.  i've said it before, and i'll say it again: i would've made

one crappy pioneer.  sarah would've hated me for sure. 

none of us really wanted to dress up like pioneers for the meeting, so karen

and annie made a covered wagon full of books (just like the one sarah bought),

and karen kindly shared her stock of dress-up mustaches with us.  apparently

wearing mustaches is quite common at karen's house, and i can't tell you how much

i loved that none of her family members even questioned what we were all doing

when they saw us with a little extra facial hair.  classic.  karen also made

mustache-shaped cookies.  she's the best host ever.  did i mention the noises

from the great outdoors we had as ambiance?  best host ever.

i still love book club.