As always thanks for participating and following along each Friday.....Good Luck!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Small scale
Here we go.....for those of you who have played along you know how it works. Those of you who are new to the game here is how it does.... Pictures are posted on Fridays. You have until Sunday 12:00 p.m. Central Standard time to post your guesses. You can either leave a comment on the blog post (comments will be kept private & moderated until Sunday), send me a message on Facebook, or e-mail me your guesses at Jcricket75@yahoo.com. The winner will be the person or persons (we've had a tie two weeks in a row now) who guesses the most correctly. The prize this week will be a set of custom made notecards with the initial of your choosing; such as these:
On my mind @ the moment:
- irritated by the weekend forecast
- annoyed with the new 2" long hole my dogs put into the wall while i was at work
- hoping i get to see one of my favorite gal pals tonight
- wondering why tonite isn't used more than tonight seeing as though (can't it be tho?) grey & gray are both accepted
- how much i hate my dirty house....could someone please Un-invent dust?
- happy my favorite will be home an hour earlier than usual
- disappointed with the buttery garlic popcorn i made for a snack
- enjoying the phrase "morning yawn" when referring to Spring Crocus like these beauties
- elated to see two boxes from my wine of the month clubs had come
- wistful for Spring, despite the first day of it being tomorrow the weather will argue
- reminded by how much i love pandora.com and the new artists it has introduced me to
- sad that my next disc of weeds season 5 won't be here until Monday =(
- anticipating laughing my ass off at my favorite and e.s. playing ddr @ dave & buster's
Thursday, March 18, 2010
On my mind @ the moment
- there's always time for one more cocktail
- looking forward to my photo shoot this weekend with some of my favorite peeps....here
- in addition to giving Malts the nickname "Bubba" I've decided it also works for animals in general as well as small children
- I really want to try my hand at this project
- glad I finally found the blog I was looking for to suggest to a friend
- inhaled 3 bugs on my walk tonight with my favorite & it was GROSS
- tossing ideas around for my Macro Friday project
- watching my dogs wag their tails in their sleep makes me smile
- wishing I could find someone willing to do a diptych or abstract thought project with me, like this one or here
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Book Review-Down River
So after my initial struggles to get through The Story of Edgar Sawtelle I was a bit hesitant to pick up another book. I have been reading a lot of young adult fiction (thanks to my friend Maggie who is a middle school Language Arts teacher). Not to slight YA fiction but it is extremely easy and so leisurely to read! So after having read titles such as Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Shiver, and The Mortal Instruments series, I found myself thinking maybe it's me. Maybe I ruined my reading capabilities by going the easy route with YA fiction. I am an avid reader you could even say voracious....my favorite (#100 in my 365 project) is often amazed at how quickly I read. By the way I highly recommend any of those YA quick reads just as a side note.
So having returned all of my checked out library books (since having a deadline to read them doesn't often encourage me to get through them because of the renewing option), I decided to actually pick up one of the many books I have laying around my house. When I say many, I mean a whole room dedicated to my books. Seeing as though it also shares space with my scrapbooking supplies and is only about 10x12 it can't really be considered a library. I call it my reading room or if I'm feeling crafty it becomes my scrapping room.
I decided on Down River by John Hart (never heard of the author or title before) but Maggie lent it to me so seeing as though I can't really renew through her I figured I should read it and return it. What a great little find this one was! I found I can enjoy reading, it isn't me, and damn I'm fast. I started this one around noon on Sunday and finished it up right before bed Sunday night at ten. Quick read, nice character development, and fun little unexpected twist at the end. I won't say it left me thinking about it after finishing it (as the book reviews on the jacket said I would) BUT it did it's job. It entertained, it wasn't labor intensive, and it got me back into my reading mode. I have such a bad habit of reading like crazy....anything I can get my hands on, a book a day or every other day especially if I'm on vacation and can spare the time...but I also tend to fall out of it and not pick up a book for months on end. I tend to find myself doing this with food, alcohol, and hobbies as well. Hrmmm I'm sensing a personality trait here.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Book Review-The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
I wanted to like this...I really truly did and I kind of do, sort of. Let me explain. The back story: I came across this book the way I usually find new books to read through The Book Page, a literary magazine my library gives away for free. Every time I pick up a copy of that magazine it seems I have four or five more "to reads" on my goodreads.com list. Ask Melissa she often takes cues from what I've added (although I can't explain that since she's the librarian and it should be me taking cues from her "to read" list)....but I digress. So needless to say I found this book through Book Page and it sounded interesting (nevermind that it found it's way onto Oprah's book club list). I should have known once I saw on the book cover who recommended it.....Maya Angelou aside every book I've bothered to read (or should I say waste time reading) that Oprah has recommended-SUCKED.
I check it out..I read some of it. I find the story interesting, the writer's style incredibly laborious. It was work to read through the first 50 pages. That's all I got through after having it for a month and renewing it once. Returned! But it stayed with me, so like a glutton I checked it out again. And again I found myself dreading wanting to work to read it. I enjoyed the story, the characters (it was about dogs for one and a boy with special needs for another). But the work I had to put into it-EGADS! I managed to get to page 270 after once again having it for a month and renewing it again. Returned!
I have yet to decide if checking it out a third time would even be worth the effort it would take to finish it seeing as though even at page 270 I'm still only half way through it! Thoughts? Anyone read this all the way through and liked it? I hate to go off of the goodreads.com star rating since I find I often disagree with people's reviews or star ratings.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
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