Journal Jar Prompt Number 010

The next simple pleasure of mine is #6. I thought at first that thinking up all of these pleasures would be tough... a very hard thing to do. But as I'm actually sitting here posting, it seems that the more frequently I post, the easier it gets. Every time I sit down to write about a new simple pleasure that is completely and wholly mine, a new one comes to mind. I find that if I try to sit down and write them all out as a list, it's not working too well. It is working to do them one at a time - a single step forward into what seemed intimidating at first is now easy as pie.

Simple Pleasure #6: Reading. Reading is another very important part of my life. I think that the cool thing about reading is all of the different subjects out there to read about. There are books on countries, cities, animals, plants, famous people, etc. Anything that you would want to know can most likely be found in a book. One of my favorite places to be is the library. Being surrounded by all of those books just calling out to you to come and pick them up. I am most intrigued by mystery books; Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys in particular. I like how they have a plot - they aren't too easy to read, yet they don't take an amazing amount of work. When I'm reading for pleasure, I don't want to be bothered by not knowing what is going on. A book that I'm reading right now is The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. For those of you who aren't aware, The Hobbit is the book that (Tolkien) wrote before he did his famous Lord of the Rings trilogy. I haven't read that trilogy yet, or even watched the movies, but that is my next choice after this one. Also I like the Inkheart and the Eragon books. Both are trilogies.

Journal Jar Prompt Number 009

Well, this is my 5th simple pleasure post; I haven't been posting these pleasures in any particular order - basically I've just been thinking about things that I enjoy, the first thing coming to mind being what I post about. I'm not quite sure of the reason for this, but I do know now that what I'm about to tell you guys about is probably one of the greatest pleasures in my life - simple as it may be!

Simple Pleasure #5: Cooking. I know that there are a lot of people out there who hate to cook - absolutely, positively, hate it. I can't figure out why. I've been cooking dinner every night for my family for a while now and it never grows old. I love using the knifes, the pots and pans, the fresh ingredients - I think this is why I want to be a chef when I grow up, but you never can tell. I just think that it is so easy to do... when I'm working in the kitchen, I often loose track of time and discover that I want to be there longer. That's why the idea of working as a chef - being in the kitchen all day long is so appealing to me. I get caught up in my work and often times even forget what I was doing or even what needs to be done in the future. I've noticed that since we got new knifes, pots, etc, that I am now much quicker at chopping things. I can chop a medium onion into slices within 2 minutes and dice a small onion into a fine dice for burgers in about 3. I enjoy experimenting with different techniques and preparation experiments - often times preparing weight watchers or low fat meals. I love to cook. I want it to be my life.

Journal Jar Prompt Number 006

Now here we go with another post - the second one in a series of what will be 14. In the previous post I talked a little about how one of my simple pleasures in life is nature itself... the flowers and the animals, the sky and the ground. I'm back to talk about one of my other simple pleasures and here we go with simple pleasure #2.

Simple Pleasure #2: Photography. I love to take pictures. Whether they be of nature, people, places or even small things that other people may never have noticed before, I love capturing that little moment in time - it feels to me that I'm showcasing something that otherwise might have easily been forgotten. Special memories of something someone once said, a crazy outfit that someone decided defiantly matched, a moment that officially changed your life for the better! A photo is, simply put, a part of a lifetime of memories; a single second in this long time period that we call life. With the age of digital photography here, it makes it cheap, simple, and easy to snap that perfect shot - and if you mess up, quite frankly, it doesn't matter!! Who really cares what you do to get that shot? If you have to sneak up on that sleeping kid or the little boy climbing a tree, it's 100% worth the work to get the shot... plus, being so quick and all, there is instant gratification, which I love!