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Writer's Workshop: 5 things I love about camping

We love to camp. This summer we would like to go 1 time each month. Having 5 kids often makes this difficult. Dad thinks that they should all be able to bring a friend which would take to total # of kids to 9. Just imaging cooking for 9 children...3 of whom are very picky....over a camp fire. With that being said here is my

Top 5 List of My Favorite Things I Love about Camping

5. Getting away from home. No laundry or dishes to speak of for 3-5 days.

4. Roughing it. I actually love cooking having Joey cook over a campfire. There is just something about eating all that charbroiled goodness. I love the feel of a shower at the end of the night in a shared (with 100's of other dirty campers) bathroom. I love the feel of sleeping outside in our pop-up camper. There's nothing like it.

3. S'mores. 'Nough said bout that!

2. Family time. I love getting to hang out at the playground all day. Swimming in the pool whenever we want. Doing the activities that the campground has. Sitting around the campfire. Taking the dog for walks. I enjoy being together.

1. COMING HOME TO A/C. After a hot week cramped up in a shity small pop-up camper with 3 stinky boys and 1-3 dirty dogs there is nothing like coming home to take a real shower, lay in my clean bed and read my book in the coolness that is my central air. One can only take so much 'family time' together.

Not Me! Monday hosted by MckMama

I totally did not stay up until 1 a.m. to finish my latest read. Why would anyone read when they should be sleeping. I totally did not then proceed to baul my eyes out because the story was so heartbreaking. And I'm not talking just tears, I am talking about sobbs...I so did not do that. That's just crazy.

After I finished the last page I did not have to go to the bathroom and get a tissue to blow my nose and wipe the tears from my eyes. Why would anyone get so wrapped up in a book to need to do that? I definitely would not!

My Review: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
tullyandkate. Two best friends forever. Through thick and thin, ups and downs. Their friendship is the kind that every young girl hopes to have.

Tully lives most of her life with her grandmother. Her mother is an alcoholic, drug addict whom Tully longs to have be a good mother. As luck would have it during one of the short, rare stints with her mother she moves into the house across the street from the Mularkeys on Firefly Lane. This is the beginning of her friendship with Kate.

They sneak out. Go on first dates. Go through many trying times together. During their college years they room together and try to follow the same career choices but discover in themselves that they are not as similar as they once thought. Kate does not feel the same strong desire to be in the entertainment/news industry that Tully does. Tully ends up traveling down the TV path and Kate chooses to marry and raise a family as a stay at home mom.

Tully leads a more exotic life with travel and stardom. Kate makes a wonderful mother and stays very busy with her 3 childrens' school lives. Tully makes her way from 'gofer' to anchorwoman, to hosting her own TV show. Kate plans many PTO events, creates costumes, and has many disagreements with her teenage daughter. Tully makes a huge mistake and tries to smooth out the issues between Kate and her daughter, Marah, which almost causes tullyandkate to be no longer.

Even though there was a point in the middle of this book that I felt like it was lagging I am so glad I finished this wonderful story. There are so many good times that these two friends experience together it makes it hard to go through the bad times with them. You feel like you are a part of their lives. Kristin Hannah did a wonderful job of describing each situation to the point that you feel like you are right there going through it with 'the girls.' This story is very emotional and would make a great read for anyone.

(Copied from Goodreads.com) Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you...and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget...one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.

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Dear Camera,

I miss you. I can't go through my life without you any longer.

I don't know what happed to us. All of a sudden you just stopped. I miss you and want you back. I feel like I can't go through the day without you. There are so many things happening that I need you to help document. I am so sorry that you weren't able to go see the fireworks with us last night.

I promise that if you start working again I will never ever talk about wanting a DSLR again, at least while you are around to hear me. I need you back. Please.

Love yours truly,