October 10th

This is Dylon M. We had the last BC at my house on October 10th. We had planned on sitting outside by the fire pit but Mother Nature thought I would be funny to snow. So we had a great fire in the den with lots of candles. Mia apparently liked the fire because she practically crawled in it. Luckily, she moved from sitting on the hearth about 15 seconds before a huge fire log rolled out to where she was sitting!!! (I've always thought she had some sort of premonition power!).

We also found out that Chester (my 3 year old English Fox Hound) was entirely too big to be in between the couch and the coffee table. His big butt knocked over a couple wine glasses, which in-and-of -itself is a tragedy! However, due to Joy and Stacey's quick reflexes no wine was spilled on the carpet. Hooray!

Other notable happenings include Amber's questions about Joy's "normal" people, Joy's gratefulness of Brooks (Mia's husband) for watching Pierce so that she could attend, and of course the much discussed "big log" I brought to the fire. A new vocab word of "nootch" was discovered but I can't remember what it means (so typical of me and vocabulary).

The book that we read was "Time of My Life" by Allison Winn Scotch. The story was about a woman who got a second chance at seeing what life might have been like if she had made other choices (and some sacrifices). This took us through a discussion of what things we would maybe like to change about our pasts and how they could have affected our future. A dabbling of fate talk was included, as would be expected from such a topic. Overall, those who finished reading the book (I'm still working my way through it!) seemed to enjoy it.

The book we decided on for next time is "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" by Katherine Howe. We did not discuss who would be hosting the next BC. The holidays are usually a difficult time for us to put together a date that will work for everyone.

Overall, it was a great night filled with laughter and conversation. We all left with a little bit of wine in our bellies, some good memories and just a hint of carbon monoxide poisoning.