Archive for January, 2009

I Woof You

Monday, January 26th, 2009

I promise that I won’t bring this up any more.

But I love this book. Most of the time, I’ll warrant, those tiny gift books that are 200 pages or less (this one is 160) are usually a waste of money and time. But I guarantee if you purchase this one or even just sit for 30 minutes in a book store and read it cover to cover, it will enhappy you. As cheesy and corny as it is, I think it truly has some valid points to make on being happy. Enjoy the things you have. Treasure your friends. Take time to rest. Eat cookies. What else do you need?

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Well Said.

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Read: I Have Seen the Enemy, and She is FABULOUS: How to Read Women’s Magazines Without Feeling Awful About Yourself

Sometimes I think I’m immune to self-loathing, and I have conquered a fair bit of it due to my awesome husband who constantly reminds me that he thinks I’m a babe. I do notice that when I start picking up the fashion magazines or watching beautiful people on TV I start thinking that I’m not good enough. There are so many better things to focus on rather than looks. At the same time, I want to be well-dressed and not sloppy when I go out into the world.

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Ramblings

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

This morning I was putting cream and sugar in my coffee, and I looked at the fat-free label on the cream bottle. Then I wondered, how can cream be fat free? It’s CREAM for crying out loud.

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House Warming

Monday, January 5th, 2009

So we’re settled into the new house! We still have boxes to unpack but we are getting closer to being completely settled in every day. Of course, we’ve been living here for the past month or more, and we still have junk to do, but that is mostly because with Christmas and everything we’ve been busy doing other things. Tomorrow is the day that I’ve decided to take all of the Christmas decorations down, so that’s what I’ll be doing once I get home from my volunteer stint at the Sagemont Library.

Mom came and went; we dropped her off at the airport this morning. It was really nice to have her here, we spent a lot of time just relaxing, talking over a cup of coffee and hanging out. Of course, we did our fair share of shopping too. This means I’m done shopping for the next few months! Christmas was great too, we had the family over for Christmas morning (more like noon, but you know…) and then we had dinner with the extended family that evening. Between work, Christmas functions and New Year’s Eve parties, I’m bushed. I’m actually quite looking forward to getting back to the regular routine of things. Classes don’t start up for me until Jan 20th, so I’ve got another 2 weeks to relax in between shifts at the bookstore.

Well, it’s a new year and you know what that means. Resolutions! To sum up last year, I did not lose 10 pounds but I did read a lot of books. I’m going to keep track of what books I read this year too, but I’m not doing my monthly updates anymore. You can keep track of my progress on my 2009 Books page (located on the sidebar). So that means I needed a new resolution. I think last year I was too ambitious. This year, I’m reading through the Bible in one year. I picked up a One Year Bible from work (yay employee discount!) and I’m trying to get into it every single day. It’s only 5 days in and I’ve already missed one day, but I did go to church that day so that counts for something, right? I’m blogging about the process, so if you are more interested in reading about my bible reading, lemme know and I’ll forward you the URL. The goal was to blog every single day, but considering how slack I am updating this one, you can imagine how the other is faring (re: not well). I think now that I’m getting back into my routine, though, I might be able to turn it around.

Anyways, I hope everyone had a great New Year! If there are any resolutions out there, let me know in the comments so I can pray for and encourage you.

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Should auld acquaintence be forgot?

Friday, January 2nd, 2009
  1. SPT Believing God – Beth Moore
  2. PBS The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
  3. BOR A Lion Among Men – Gregory Maguire
  4. PBS Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas – Ace Collins
  5. BOR The Purpose of Christmas – Rick Warren
  6. GFT Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett [audio]
  7. PBS Don’t Go To The Cosmetics Counter Without Me – Paula Begoun
  8. PBS The Worst Noel – Various [audio]
  9. PBS The Good Book – Peter J. Gomes

This is the most books I’ve read in months! And sadly, I finished out with only 88 books. If I hadn’t crashed and burned back in May, I would have made it to 100 before fall. I had some good ones this month too. The biggest stinker was The Good Book. Just don’t bother. But I had some great fiction reads, check out my recommendations for the month at the bottom of the post. They are all some of my favorites overall. I’ll be doing a little wrap up soon, but I’m just not sure what wrappy-uppy things I’m going to do yet.

I just managed to get the second audio book in on the last day, which meant that I had to subject Mom to some pretty awful short stories. I also had to force myself to finish up The Good Book which was supposed to be in preparation for this year’s resolution but turned out to be a lame-o. But I have started with my new year’s resolution: reading through the whole Bible in one year. We’ll see how that goes.

My recommendations:

  • Time Traveler’s Wife
  • A Lion Among Men
  • Pillars of the Earth
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