We're fully mired in the lunchtime blues around here. We need to break out of our rut and come up with some new ideas for the meal, so if anyone wants to share what they do, leave a comment! Today, I told the kids, we were having an "appetizing" lunch - insert groan for corny wordplay - and I set out plates of cheese and crackers, lunch meat rolled up with toothpicks, peanut butter and jelly finger sandwiches, apple (two kinds) slices, and several different veggies. They loved that, so I was happy to do something simple that was also entertaining for them.

I've started reading the next Oprah Book Club selection. I'm not quite sure why I tend to read all of her selections; it's not as if I watch her show more than once or twice a year. I think it's because I usually enjoy the books she selects, so I keep on keepin' on. I was a little hesitant about this one since it's nearly 1000 pages long - quite a challenge for someone who has trouble reading through a monthly magazine before the next one arrives - and it takes place during the twelfth century, which is not an I'm particularly interested in. I'm hooked. This is one of those books that I instantly know I'm going to like and that I wish I could just sit around all day lost in it. I've never read any of Ken Follett's work before, but now I'm wondering if I'll have to go back and read everything of his if I'm going to enjoy it this much.