Misadventures of the 10lees

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Because real news is just too depressing!

Sometimes when I can't find anything else to write about on my website I end up writing about current events. But I can't find any words to say about current events recently, they are just too depressing. It makes me very sad to see what happens in our world. So in the absense of that, I will update you on my entirely thrilling life.

Scott and I have been shopping for couches. We finally found 'the one' at La-Z-Boy, though it isn't a recliner couch. It is beautiful and comfortable, long and poofy, just what a couple needs. Now it is a little expensive and we are hoping to purchase two couches as we currently have two couches and they both need to be replaced. One because a cat peed on it (probably not one of the ones we have now) and one because it is ugly and uncomfortable. Wish us luck in finding a quasi-matching cheap couch. Don't worry, there will be pictures when we purchase one... or both...

Recently I read the book Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez, I very much appreciated her fresh look at Afganistan. It was amazing to see what another American woman thinks of the culture, especially when she is immersed in it. Deborah went to Afganistan as a way to escape her abusive husband, and ended up assisting (and pioneering) a beauty school. It turned out that beauty salons were very big before the Taliban, and then were closed when the Taliban took over. As every woman knows, beauty salons are a place for women to be together and to be themselves. The novel is a highly recommended read, not necessarily because the writing is wonderful, but because the story is enlightening. Plus I very much like the line "You tell one thousand Afgani wives to sit, they sit. You tell one American wife to sit, she says 'kiss my ass.'" Ha!

Hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Posted by 10lees at April 24, 2007 07:37 PM