day at the museum

this is my favorite museum so far, not that i've been to alot. the field museum is huggeee. a whole day isn't enough but i must say, i've been around the best sections.
what is worth mentioning and what makes it so amazing is that most of the artifacts in the exhibits are REAL.

first stop- the egyptian section. it is incredible how much information there is. you kind of go down underground and read about the mummifications and their 'book of the dead.' then you emerge into an egyptian market where there are more exhibits.

next stop- sue the dinosaur. it is the most complete t-rex in the world. because of sue, scientists learned that t-rex have great sense of smell and that they do not drag their tails. so jurassic park and all those 1900s movies- incorrect. those that have seen the movie 'night at the museum' would probably recognize sue. sue's head is so heavy that it is actually on the second floor and the head that is attached to the body, is fake.

last stop- ancient americas. from ice age to the aztecs to the indians and eskimos, this exhibits covers all of the americas. and yes, it is long and huge.

someday i'll go back and visit the rest of the museum cause it really is awesome.

more later, bahu bahu

i'm dreaming of a white christmas

we had a white christmas in st. louis this year because it snowed!

it did not feel like christmas on christmas day, rather because we celebrated it all before. on the 23rd we opened presents. it is crazy how much you can get for christmas. guess all that christmas shopping was worth it after all. on the christmas eve we drove down to st. louis and had a christmas mass followed by a huge family party. so on the actual christmas day, we slept in, had an epic snowball fight and ate. there was sooo much food for the holidays, my weight is soaring and it has no inclination to stop.
after christmas, i had a little sightseeing in st. louis. the arch, one of the must see in st. louis is the symbol of the westward expansion when president jefferson sent louis and clark after the louisiana purchase. however, the arch itself was built in 1965 and amazing no man died from it.

another must see is the city museum, most enjoyable by children. it has a ten story slide and caves as well as some architecture exhibits. the building used to be a shoe factory, but is now a museum as the factory failed to compete with, the oh so fiercesome- china.

so that was my first american christmas, and now i'm hogging leftover christmas cookies.

today was a fairy tale

went christmas shopping today. i never could enjoy picking out presents. but i feel pretty accomplished with my shopping today so...anyway
i used to hate classics. thought it did not make sense. i used to read it because it was one of those things you should read before you die.
now i see it in a way similar to lalaland. a different world, but one i would love to live in. the sophisticated thoughts in a simple life- the passion, the language, naive dreams, morbid plans, confined society, gossip etc, makes it ever more appealing.
it's the closest you can get to a fairy tale. it is like the fairy tale of reality.
my winter reading list is as follows:
little women- louisa may alcott (finished it yesterday, an easy read, the characters grow over a period of years, one minute they're twelve, the next they're twenty)
gone with the wind-margaret mitchell (reading it, a verryyyy long book, hating scarlet o'hara right now, but loving her all the same, what a woman!)
great tales- edgar allen poe (read 'the black cat', so morbid, i do not recommend reading this before bed at all)
huckleberry finn-mark twain (this is school related, full of satires, a lol classic)
and not so classic just so i don't swoon out of reality too much:
the guerncey literary and potato peel pie society-mary ann shaffer and annie barrows (ppl say its good, i haven't started yet)
change of heart- jodi picoult (read her book 'my sister's keeper', so deep it hits you with a bang)
honestly, i do not think i'll finish all of it. but the library is too tempting, so i'll see how far i'll go.
if you haven't read jane austen's pride and prejudice yet, go read it! and then watch the movie.
more later, bahubahu

deck the halls with boughs of holly- fahlalalala lalalala

the holiday spirits are all around, for christmas is soon approaching near.

it is hard to believe the amount of work this season calls for. boxes of ornaments, hauling a giant tree into the house, unwrapping, wrapping, christmas shopping, and lots of baking and decorating. the house is transformed into a holiday dude. we put up nativity scenes from all over the world, bake a hundred cookies, hang decorations and ornaments, and listen to christmas music 24/7. it can get a little overwhelming sometimes.

the joy of winter break includes sleeping in, eating, watching tv, watching snow, reading and more eating. ain't that relaxing or what.

i love love tangled. disney fairy tales never fails.

more later- bahubahu