Comments on: Mountain Journey http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/07/22/mountain-journey/ Rational Life Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:31:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Steve Stirling http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/07/22/mountain-journey/#comment-601 Steve Stirling Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:12:26 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/07/22/mountain-journey/#comment-601 We've been getting a _lot_ of rain here in our Santa Fe neighborhood; something like 4 inches in the past week. I've just finished the final Potter, and I think it's probably the best of the lot. Loved the ending! We’ve been getting a _lot_ of rain here in our Santa Fe neighborhood; something like 4 inches in the past week.

I’ve just finished the final Potter, and I think it’s probably the best of the lot. Loved the ending!

]]> By: Christine Valada http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/07/22/mountain-journey/#comment-603 Christine Valada Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:08:08 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/07/22/mountain-journey/#comment-603 Michael and I went out to do the Harry Potter run on Friday night. We went to the local Borders where I had reserved a book and I gave him my wristband so he could wait on line. Then I barreled over to the Ralphs, stood in line until they started distributing their 40 copies just before midnight, bought one, drove back to the Borders to get Michael--thus saving him about 3 hours in line. He started reading the book at 12:30 and finished at 4 a.m. I got 5 chapters in before I had to get started on party things on Saturday morning and managed to get it finished at 1:55 Monday morning. I resented having to rush through it so that others wouldn't spoil it for me. Now I can go back and leisurely reread the whole series. I love the world Rowling created very much. We had at least 4 people bring the book to read at my birthday party (the invitation encouraged it.) While a number of people showed up in Potter-related tee-shirts, the costume prize went to my friend Emily who actually came as a house elf dressed in a pillowcase with big pointy ears. Everyone was good about not revealing anything about the book, especially the folks who had sat up all night to finish it. Michael and I went out to do the Harry Potter run on Friday night. We went to the local Borders where I had reserved a book and I gave him my wristband so he could wait on line. Then I barreled over to the Ralphs, stood in line until they started distributing their 40 copies just before midnight, bought one, drove back to the Borders to get Michael–thus saving him about 3 hours in line. He started reading the book at 12:30 and finished at 4 a.m.

I got 5 chapters in before I had to get started on party things on Saturday morning and managed to get it finished at 1:55 Monday morning. I resented having to rush through it so that others wouldn’t spoil it for me. Now I can go back and leisurely reread the whole series. I love the world Rowling created very much.

We had at least 4 people bring the book to read at my birthday party (the invitation encouraged it.) While a number of people showed up in Potter-related tee-shirts, the costume prize went to my friend Emily who actually came as a house elf dressed in a pillowcase with big pointy ears. Everyone was good about not revealing anything about the book, especially the folks who had sat up all night to finish it.

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