The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

If you've never read "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," not to fret. There's still time left. It is the perfect end-of-summer book, in this reader's humble opinion. It's written in a series of correspondences between a frustrated authoress (Juliet) and the colorful members of the above-mentioned society. Set in post-WWII England, Juliet learns through these letters how the Channel Islands were affected by the German occupation and how the members of the Society coped with it. It is a wonderfully warm and imaginative book, and it's gotten me back in the habit of writing letters (a dying art, unfortunately).

If any of you readers out there would like to join me in the noble endeavor to bring back letter-writing to our generation, I urge you to read this book. And write me a letter :)

And now, we come to the "In Other News" portion of our blogging.

IN OTHER NEWS:

Next weekend we're moving into a bigger, better apartment. It has two bedrooms and a full-sized kitchen and a REAL laundry room! No more of this shoving-the-washer-and-dryer-into-the-corner-of-the-bathroom business. And we'll have an office in the second bedroom, which is more conducive to focusing on homework and getting better grades.

And speaking of better grades, Brayden is going to need all the focus he can get. He has launched himself into the wonderful world of biology.

He's decided to become a doctor.

I'm extremely proud of him actually, and he's thrilled that his life finally has "direction." We're very happy with this decision, and we hope he is able to attend medical school somewhere in Virginia or North Carolina, so as to still stay close to both sets of parents (and the DC family. Hi Goesches!) Right now, he's leaning towards Chapel Hill, as it's one of the best med schools in the area, and has a GORGEOUS campus. It's also only thirty minutes away from the Raleigh temple! YAY!

We're both excited to start school again. This should be an excellent year.