Carla Miller's getting to know you

1. Why were you given your particular name? 
Well,on threat that I was born,my great uncle Carlos died so my daddy named me Carla Melissa, I was called Missy til middle school.

2. What is your favorite thing to do?

Read!!!!!!! Paint,swim,listen to music

3. What is your favorite food?

Salad, I love it anyway.


4. What is your favorite book.
Hum.... That is a hard one. It's a toss up between The Twilight Saga and Pride and Prejudice. I know, I know....that is a huge difference but like I said I love to read.

5. What is your favorite kind of music?

I love indie alternative, some rock, some oldies example are: Coldplay, my chemical romance, Eric clapton,van Morrison,the cure,the bravery and trust me folks I could keep going.

6. When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do?

again, read! Catch up on t.v shows SLEEP!

7. What is your favorite candy bar?

Carmelo

8. What place would you like to visit?

Italy or Spain, those are my next trips to be take,not sure when that will be but someway somehow it will happen,even if ihave to sell a kidney.

9. What are three adjectives which describe
Determined,funny,short......my brain is not working enough to come up with anything witty,dang I should have said witty!

10. What do you want to be doing in ten years?
1. I hope to survive three teenage daughters, 2.work doing hair 3. travel travel travel!


kids!

Melissa Young's getting to know you!

1. Why were you given your particular name?

• My mother liked the name Melissa, no real story there. However, I was given my middle name after an aunt who was not supposed to be able to have children. She ended up having two boys.

2. What is your favorite thing to do?

• I really enjoy going on outings with my children. Exploring the new areas we get to live in.... basically making memories.

3. What is your favorite food?

• Mexican dishes are so YUMMY. My all time favorite food though has to be ice cream!

4. What if your favorite book?

• Without a doubt..... Gone With The Wind.

5. What is your favorite kind of music?

• This is tricky because it all depends on my mood. My IPod is an eclectic mix of Alt. Rock, Contemporary, Oldies, "angry white man music", Country ballads with a smattering of Hair Bands. Because you gotta mix it up!

6. When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do?

• If I have a chance to actually sit down, you can catch me reading or watching whatever I have on the DVR. (I am a reality show addict!)

7. What is your favorite candy bar?

• Not really a candy bar, yet LOVE me some M&M's.

8. What place would you like to visit?

• Would love to take a tour of several places in Western Europe, Ireland, England, Germany, Italy.

9. What are three adjectives which describe you?

• Persistent, family-oriented, outspoken

10. What do you want to be doing in ten years?

• Living back in Utah close to family and enjoying David's retirement. Most importantly, hopefully I will be surviving my kids growing up and moving out.

Mays Book Club Date!

Getting to Know Sarah

1. Why were you given your particular name?

• I am named after my great-grandmother Sarah Maggie Wolverton. My middle name is also a family name. My grandfather was Eugene, my dad is Randall Eugene, and I am Sarah Jean.

2. What is your favorite thing to do?

• Watch movies with my family, although Jack has sucked the fun out of going to the theater. I'm anxious for the day he'll actually sit through a movie at the theater.

3. What is your favorite food?

• PIZZA! I don't care how unsophisticated it is, I can't get enough of it.

4. What is your favorite book?

• Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

5. What is your favorite kind of music?

• Mainly Alt Rock - my favorite bands are Eve 6 and The Killers. I have a little bit of everything on my iPod though, from Selena Gomez to Beethoven.

6. When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do?

• Read or catch up on episodes of Bones or NCIS.

7. What is your favorite candy bar?

• Mini Reese's peanut butter cups

8. What place would you like to visit?

• France

9. What are three adjectives which describe you?

• Smart, Dependable, Kind

10. What do you want to be doing in ten years?

• Surviving the teen years with my kids and hopefully teaching full-time again.

Getting to Know Brittany

1. Why were you given your particular name?

My parents already had a boy name picked out (Jamie) but could not decide on a girl name. Close to before I was born, my mom was reading in a book and saw the name Brittany and loved it. My middle name is Lucille, from my mom's mother. I hated it when I was a kid, but now I love it.

2. What is your favorite thing to do?

EAT!!! I loooove trying new restaurants. I also love to travel--but not fly so much...

3. What is your favorite food?

I might have to go with Italian--love me some pasta!

4. What is your favorite book?

I actually love The Host by Stephanie Meyer. I have read that one several times and it never gets old for me.

5. What is your favorite kind of music?

Depends on my mood or activity. Some examples: a mix of angry female country (i.e. you cheated on me and then I killed you) and Lincoln Park for when I workout. I'm not gonna lie, I enjoy a classec Prince song while driving somewhere completely alone and I can turn it up and try to sing as high as he can.

6. When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do?

Read, get online, call a friend/family memeber, or finally sit and catch up on my guilty pleasure tv (any real housewives shoe)

7. What is your favorite candy bar?

SNICKERS!

8. What place would you like to visit?

France for sure. I also think Australia would be fun.

9. What are three adjectives which describe you?

spontaneous, deceptively intelligent, tired

10. What do you want to be doing in ten years?

Possibly teaching again--I really loved it. And preparing for an awesome trip somewhere--without the kids!

Getting to know YOU!!!

Carrie Dixon

1. Why were you given your particular name?

• My mother loved, 'Little House on the Prairie', so she named me after Carrie-Anne.

2. What is your favorite thing to do?

• I have 2 : Shopping & Reading

3. What is your favorite food?

• Mexican, love me some good hole in the wall Mexican joints!

4. What is your favorite book?

• 'The Road', by Cormac McCarthy

5. What is your favorite kind of music?

• I like all kinds but I really do enjoy some alternative ROCK baby!!!

6. When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do?

• I either read, clean or jump online.

7. What is your favorite candy bar?

• I love a fresh Milky Way.

8. What place would you like to visit?

• Italy

9. What are three adjectives which describe you?

• Diligent, Thoughtful, & Adaptable

10. What do you want to be doing in ten years?

• Laying on a beach somewhere drinking a Pina Colada and relaxing!

~ Now copy this post and rename it and answer the above questions too!!!

Question

While reading The Shack (I am only in Chapter 5), I came across something that made me wonder. On Page 75 Mack says, "I've always sort of pictured him as a really big grandpa with a long white flowing beard, sort of like Gandalf in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings." Here's the wonder part: would the average person have included the author's name in that sentence? Who has not heard of Gandalf or Lord of the Rings to where someone would need to insert the author?! Especially since, in this case, Mack was talking to a close friend of his.

So I guess the real question is, do authors have a code of conduct in which they give each other "shout outs" if specific work is mentioned in their books?