Blasts from the Past

We started swimming lessons on Monday and had to take yesterday off due to a monsoon. I love monsoon season, it is one of my favorite parts of living in the desert! It is so beautiful to watch as a storm rolls across the valley and then hits. The rain is intense and the thunder is so loud! Yesterday, both Cat and Sarah got a little scared when the house shook and a huge clap of thunder roared outside. I love it. We always went outside and sat on the porch to watch the thunder and lightning when I was growing up. It was part of my Mom's summer routine. We would sit in the dark and ooh and aah over it. I loved sleeping upstairs in the summer, with the fans blowing and it still slightly light out at 10p, looking out my window until I fell asleep. Or the sound of rain on our tin roof, and the smell of the lilacs outside my window. It seems peaceful to remember, but at the time I am sure it wasn't. It is a shame that everything looks better in retrospect. I have been reading "Pride and Prejudice for like the billionth time, and watching it on our DVR (we recorded the Kiera Knightly version). I love it! It appeals to my sappy romantic nature I suppose. I love the soundtrack too and am going to get it. I have the song Dawn on my playlist, check it out. Also, a friend of mine had some CD's that are a playlist that Stephenie Meyers made for herself when she was writing each of her books in the Twilight series. I love them and borrowed them to make myself a DVD. I am loving listening to the lyrics and thinking about all the books and the characters and the relationships and how really good songs perhaps played a part in her writing what she did. It also is a really great way to pass the time when you are cleaning your floors. I would love for anyone to leave a book list or a song list for me to read and listen to.