Listening....Slip Sliding Away - not exactly pump up music for a Thursday
Eating....nothing, but I just finished up a strawberry greek yogurt
Drinking...nothing, but I just finished up some lemon verbena green tea
Reading...The Salt God's Daughter by Ilie Ruby. I haven't really started it yet, but it looks good.
Wearing...black turtleneck and leggings, cowboy boots and a lilly shift dress (it was a gift before you get to haughty about it I'm not normally a huge fan of printed pants and stuff)
Feeling...excited! I got some more details about my new job and I'm getting stuff set up for my home office.
Weather...cold and windy. There's supposed to be lots of ice tonight. A day at home tomorrow would be wonderful weather gods.
Needing...some caffeine. I'm sleepy.
Wanting...the week to hurry up. I am done with work on Monday and am getting a facial on Wednesday.
Thinking...that I'd like to make a fun lampshade out of paint chips or wax paper or something.
Enjoying...not really having anything to do at work. Short timing is awesome!
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Recent Reads
I've read some good (and some not so good) books lately.
Every now and then I get in a kick where I want to read cheesy romance novels and only cheesy romance novels. Part of the thrill is reading the good parts out loud to anyone that will listen. Normally it's KB....or my coworkers....or my grandma.
This one was just as cheesy as it looked. Basically poor guy loves rich girl, he goes away to build up his fortune and returns to her, but (gasp) as someone else. They do it a lot and she realizes that it's really him because she recognizes his body (ow ow!). There's some drama with an old boyfriend and they end up happily ever after. I read this in about 2 days.
This one was pretty cheesy too. Bad girl hooks up with bad guy, but their love is so good. They end up saving each other from themselves and go off to be married and have lots of babies. La te dah.
Least favorite one of these. Seriously, why do all of these have to end with people having kids to be happy.
This one was probably my favorite. Not a lot of feelings, just a lot of feeling (hardee har har).
After all those romance books though, sometimes you need some substance.
This book was okay. It moved kinda slow, but the story was pretty good. It was told from multiple view points, so that helped to move it along a little bit. It's really long, so definitely have some time on your hands before reading.
This book was okay. It's a pretty short read and a lot of what he says makes sense. I'm all for his style of "vegan before dinner" and cutting down on meat. He also doesn't bash milk too bad (which is always refreshing for this type of book). It's also got some pretty good recipes in it.
What books have you read recently???
Every now and then I get in a kick where I want to read cheesy romance novels and only cheesy romance novels. Part of the thrill is reading the good parts out loud to anyone that will listen. Normally it's KB....or my coworkers....or my grandma.
This one was just as cheesy as it looked. Basically poor guy loves rich girl, he goes away to build up his fortune and returns to her, but (gasp) as someone else. They do it a lot and she realizes that it's really him because she recognizes his body (ow ow!). There's some drama with an old boyfriend and they end up happily ever after. I read this in about 2 days.
This one was pretty cheesy too. Bad girl hooks up with bad guy, but their love is so good. They end up saving each other from themselves and go off to be married and have lots of babies. La te dah.
Least favorite one of these. Seriously, why do all of these have to end with people having kids to be happy.
This one was probably my favorite. Not a lot of feelings, just a lot of feeling (hardee har har).
After all those romance books though, sometimes you need some substance.
This book was okay. It moved kinda slow, but the story was pretty good. It was told from multiple view points, so that helped to move it along a little bit. It's really long, so definitely have some time on your hands before reading.
This book was okay. It's a pretty short read and a lot of what he says makes sense. I'm all for his style of "vegan before dinner" and cutting down on meat. He also doesn't bash milk too bad (which is always refreshing for this type of book). It's also got some pretty good recipes in it.
What books have you read recently???
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Fun Blog Award
I was nominated for a blog award from one of my newest followers from across the pond Zoe.
I love doing these little quizzes and things. Here are my answers to her questions for me...
If money was no object, where would you like to visit?
KB and I have very different tastes when it comes to vacations. He likes to do adventurous things and I like to relax and do lazy non-adventurous things. I think the only place that we'd both like to go is Greece (since their economy is terrible now maybe we could get a good deal!). KB really wants to see the historical stuff (he knows a lot about that) and I think it just looks pretty and warm.
What was the last song you listened to?
The last song I heard was at work when I was listening to the radio. Yes that is the song on the Internet Explorer commercials. I spent all afternoon trying to figure out where I had heard that song.
Would you rather be a dog or a cat for a day?
I'd totally rather be a dog. Specifically one of my dogs. They get to lay around all day and then get lots of treats and love when they get home. Case in point...
If time travel was invented, where would you go?
I don't know if there's a certain period that I would like to go to. I really like the old 60s James Bond movies, I'd like to magically time travel to a James Bond movie....preferably one on a tropical island.
Do you prefer city life or country life?
I'm not sure I've ever really experienced city life. The biggest city I've ever had to deal with wasn't really that big in the scheme of things. Regardless, I think I'd rather be in the country. KB likes to pee outside and I want to get chickens.
What is your favorite brand of nail polish?
I used to really like OPI and think that it was the best. Last year I got Essie's Carry On and really fell in love with Essie. I'm a terrible nail biter, so I don't normally wear a lot of nail polish, but this one stays on really well and isn't that expensive.
High end or drug store make up?
I don't normally wear a ton of make up, but I guess what I do wear is a mixture of high end and drug store. I normally wear Bare Minerals Faux Tan and blush daily with mixtures of Lorac, Mac, and drug store eye liners and shadows. I always normally wear Maybelline Great Lash mascara in black. I like it because it wipes clean easily. I hate having clumps of mascara left on my eyelashes even after I've washed my face.
What was the last thing you bought?
I bought a Diet Coke today from Subway. That's not fun at all. I wish I had bought some sort of cool clothes or jewelry, but just a Diet Coke.
How would you describe yourself in three words?
I never know how to answer these things. I'm terrible at describing myself. If I had to guess I'd say smart, sassy and small. I just like the alteration and I am shorter than almost everyone I know.
I'm cheating and nominating anyone that wants to participate - feel free to talk about random things about you too!
I love doing these little quizzes and things. Here are my answers to her questions for me...
Why did you start blogging?
I started blogging because I was creeping on other people...a lot. I thought it would be less weird for me to creepily read their posts if I had my own blog to hide behind, but it turned out to be pretty fun and a cool way to get ideas and feedback from other people.
What is your favorite thing to do on a rainy day?
I really like to read and sleep. I like to do those on days that aren't rainy, but they just seem better when it is rainy. I picked up a new book today. Let me know if you'd read it. It looks like it's some sort of collection of short stories.
KB and I have very different tastes when it comes to vacations. He likes to do adventurous things and I like to relax and do lazy non-adventurous things. I think the only place that we'd both like to go is Greece (since their economy is terrible now maybe we could get a good deal!). KB really wants to see the historical stuff (he knows a lot about that) and I think it just looks pretty and warm.
What was the last song you listened to?
The last song I heard was at work when I was listening to the radio. Yes that is the song on the Internet Explorer commercials. I spent all afternoon trying to figure out where I had heard that song.
Would you rather be a dog or a cat for a day?
I'd totally rather be a dog. Specifically one of my dogs. They get to lay around all day and then get lots of treats and love when they get home. Case in point...
If time travel was invented, where would you go?
I don't know if there's a certain period that I would like to go to. I really like the old 60s James Bond movies, I'd like to magically time travel to a James Bond movie....preferably one on a tropical island.
Do you prefer city life or country life?
I'm not sure I've ever really experienced city life. The biggest city I've ever had to deal with wasn't really that big in the scheme of things. Regardless, I think I'd rather be in the country. KB likes to pee outside and I want to get chickens.
What is your favorite brand of nail polish?
I used to really like OPI and think that it was the best. Last year I got Essie's Carry On and really fell in love with Essie. I'm a terrible nail biter, so I don't normally wear a lot of nail polish, but this one stays on really well and isn't that expensive.
High end or drug store make up?
I don't normally wear a ton of make up, but I guess what I do wear is a mixture of high end and drug store. I normally wear Bare Minerals Faux Tan and blush daily with mixtures of Lorac, Mac, and drug store eye liners and shadows. I always normally wear Maybelline Great Lash mascara in black. I like it because it wipes clean easily. I hate having clumps of mascara left on my eyelashes even after I've washed my face.
What was the last thing you bought?
I bought a Diet Coke today from Subway. That's not fun at all. I wish I had bought some sort of cool clothes or jewelry, but just a Diet Coke.
How would you describe yourself in three words?
I never know how to answer these things. I'm terrible at describing myself. If I had to guess I'd say smart, sassy and small. I just like the alteration and I am shorter than almost everyone I know.
I'm cheating and nominating anyone that wants to participate - feel free to talk about random things about you too!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Pinteresting Wednesday
I've been a little MIA from Pinteresting Wednesdays recently, so here's a fresh one.
Link up with The Vintage Apple to play along.
Here are my favorite Pins of the week...
What are your favorite Pins this week???
Link up with The Vintage Apple to play along.
Here are my favorite Pins of the week...
What are your favorite Pins this week???
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Recent Reads
I kind of took a break from reading recently too (what have I been doing?), but I've still read quite a few books recently.
I'm not normally a huge historical fiction book, but this one was a pretty easy and interesting read. It's set in Italy during WWII and supposedly was based off of a true story. It follows a young art restorer, her lover, his business partner, and the business partner's wife. Everything revolves around a painting that the Nazi's want, but no one wants to hand over. It had a lot of art terms that I didn't really understand, but it was still interesting.
Jessica Hagedorn is supposed to be a really good writer, so I had high hopes for this book, but it ended up just being weird and annoying. It's told from the viewpoint of lots of different people and it's really hard to keep up with. It follows an older woman who used to be a famous writer, her lesbian lover, her next door neighbor who she wants to be her lesbian lover and the next door neighbor's teenage daughter. There are lots of drugs and lots of weird scenarios. I don't really understand how an old invalid woman that can hardly move can do so much cocaine. Who is supplying this lady?
I really liked this book. It reminded me a little bit of "The Lovely Bones", but with a different twist. The book revolved around the disappearance of a young teenage girl by an older man in the neighbor hood. It's all about how her best friend, her family and the girl herself cope with the tragedy. It ends a little strangely, but overall was a really good read.
This book was readable, but wasn't anything too memorable. It's very "Something Borrowed" and I felt like I had read this book more than a few times. Basically best friends end up breaking up over a man. It's all about how they deal with their break up and what happens with their new relationship. It was pretty blah.
This one goes without saying. It was pretty cheesy and written pretty poorly, but I'm definitely hooked. I had to run into Wal-Mart over the weekend and tried to find the other two, but they didn't have them. I didn't know if it was because it was sold out or because the little town we live in isn't really into that sort of thing. Needless to say, I'll be scoping them out at Barnes & Noble next.
What books have you read recently???
I'm not normally a huge historical fiction book, but this one was a pretty easy and interesting read. It's set in Italy during WWII and supposedly was based off of a true story. It follows a young art restorer, her lover, his business partner, and the business partner's wife. Everything revolves around a painting that the Nazi's want, but no one wants to hand over. It had a lot of art terms that I didn't really understand, but it was still interesting.
Jessica Hagedorn is supposed to be a really good writer, so I had high hopes for this book, but it ended up just being weird and annoying. It's told from the viewpoint of lots of different people and it's really hard to keep up with. It follows an older woman who used to be a famous writer, her lesbian lover, her next door neighbor who she wants to be her lesbian lover and the next door neighbor's teenage daughter. There are lots of drugs and lots of weird scenarios. I don't really understand how an old invalid woman that can hardly move can do so much cocaine. Who is supplying this lady?
I really liked this book. It reminded me a little bit of "The Lovely Bones", but with a different twist. The book revolved around the disappearance of a young teenage girl by an older man in the neighbor hood. It's all about how her best friend, her family and the girl herself cope with the tragedy. It ends a little strangely, but overall was a really good read.
This book was readable, but wasn't anything too memorable. It's very "Something Borrowed" and I felt like I had read this book more than a few times. Basically best friends end up breaking up over a man. It's all about how they deal with their break up and what happens with their new relationship. It was pretty blah.
This one goes without saying. It was pretty cheesy and written pretty poorly, but I'm definitely hooked. I had to run into Wal-Mart over the weekend and tried to find the other two, but they didn't have them. I didn't know if it was because it was sold out or because the little town we live in isn't really into that sort of thing. Needless to say, I'll be scoping them out at Barnes & Noble next.
What books have you read recently???
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Saturday Randoms
Here are some random things for Saturday.
I've been really craving chocolate oatmeal no bake cookies recently. I'm not normally a huge fan of these and I can't even rememver the last time I had them. I made them a few nights ago and they were amazing. KB and I ate the whole pan in one sitting. I made these chocolate overnight oats today. Hopefully they'll be like a healthier version of no bake cookies.
Our home buying process is making me stress through the roof. The bank still hasn't approved our loan and probably won't until April 3rd or 4th. We are scheduled to close on the 29th. The sellers will be out of town from the 30th to April 15th. Great. They gave us an extension on due diligence but not closing and we have to pay an extra $1000 in due diligence fees. Our lease is also up on our current place at the end of March. We're hoping that we can stay for one more week, but if we can't we'll be staying with KB's parents.....and driving over an hour to work every day. I pretty much hate my life right now. If this falls through we will be out over $5k and won't have anywhere to live. Home buying sucks I highly DON'T recommend it! No wonder that industry is in the toilet. Everyone working in it is an idiot.
Due to my high levels of stress my diet has consisted of mainly junk. Last night I ate oreos and milk for dinner. In the past two days I've eaten a whole bag of these. Don't judge they are delicious.
I've been reading a lot recently to try to take my mind off of all my issues. I've read these so far. They were okay. KB's mom gave me "The Shack" and "Kisser". "The Shack" is pretty Jesus-y (maybe she's trying to tell me something) and "Kisser" is a really easy read. I also read the Pioneer Woman's book. I'm not a huge Pioneer Woman fan. Growing up on a farm at lot of what she does is really unrealistic. Let's face it - if you are a regular farmer's family without a blog empire you can't just stay at home and be wonderfully home schooled domestic. Newsflash farming is not investment banking and Marlboro Man is not bringing home the bacon....or the steak....or whatever.
I went to my first thrift store today and loved it! If we weren't semi homeless right now I would have totally bought a few things. I found some Spode and Waterford for $2. There was also this really awesome vintage couch for $100, but KB hated it and I'm not sure where we would put it in our new house. I'm now on the hunt for creepy thrift stores to hit up.
What's going on in your Saturday???
I've been really craving chocolate oatmeal no bake cookies recently. I'm not normally a huge fan of these and I can't even rememver the last time I had them. I made them a few nights ago and they were amazing. KB and I ate the whole pan in one sitting. I made these chocolate overnight oats today. Hopefully they'll be like a healthier version of no bake cookies.
Our home buying process is making me stress through the roof. The bank still hasn't approved our loan and probably won't until April 3rd or 4th. We are scheduled to close on the 29th. The sellers will be out of town from the 30th to April 15th. Great. They gave us an extension on due diligence but not closing and we have to pay an extra $1000 in due diligence fees. Our lease is also up on our current place at the end of March. We're hoping that we can stay for one more week, but if we can't we'll be staying with KB's parents.....and driving over an hour to work every day. I pretty much hate my life right now. If this falls through we will be out over $5k and won't have anywhere to live. Home buying sucks I highly DON'T recommend it! No wonder that industry is in the toilet. Everyone working in it is an idiot.
Due to my high levels of stress my diet has consisted of mainly junk. Last night I ate oreos and milk for dinner. In the past two days I've eaten a whole bag of these. Don't judge they are delicious.
I've been reading a lot recently to try to take my mind off of all my issues. I've read these so far. They were okay. KB's mom gave me "The Shack" and "Kisser". "The Shack" is pretty Jesus-y (maybe she's trying to tell me something) and "Kisser" is a really easy read. I also read the Pioneer Woman's book. I'm not a huge Pioneer Woman fan. Growing up on a farm at lot of what she does is really unrealistic. Let's face it - if you are a regular farmer's family without a blog empire you can't just stay at home and be wonderfully home schooled domestic. Newsflash farming is not investment banking and Marlboro Man is not bringing home the bacon....or the steak....or whatever.
I went to my first thrift store today and loved it! If we weren't semi homeless right now I would have totally bought a few things. I found some Spode and Waterford for $2. There was also this really awesome vintage couch for $100, but KB hated it and I'm not sure where we would put it in our new house. I'm now on the hunt for creepy thrift stores to hit up.
What's going on in your Saturday???
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Bookshelf
Here's a quick update of what I've been reading recently...
I finally got on the bandwagon and read this book. I really liked it even though I felt like it didn't have much of a plot after the first few chapters. I could have read a few hundred more pages about Aunt Tootie's crazy nice house in Savannah. Oletta also reminded me of my grandmother a lot.
This book was a super easy read and didn't have much substance (but sometimes that's okay). Basically it's about a teenage girl dealing with her parents divorce, moving around a lot and somehow falling in love along the way. I read it in about a day. I'm glad I didn't spend any more time than that on it.
This book was okay, but was a little long and got boring towards the end. A young professional woman breaks up with her boyfriend who is a writer. He writes some bad stuff about her in a magazine and about 100 pages later she ends up pregnant. I really thought it would be better than that, but it wasn't.
This book made me really glad that I don't have any food allergies. This is the true story of a lady that is allergic to pretty much everything and how she deals with it. I really had no idea that cantaloupe could make someone's throat swell up so much that they almost die.
What good books have you read recently?
What good books have you read recently?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Updates
I feel like all I've really posted on the last few weeks are link ups, so here's a little update about what's going on.
-The joys of home ownership just got worse. Our landlord called us last week and told us that he is putting our house on the market. We've got to get moving.....now. That being said, we're expanding our home search to a few areas we haven't looked before in hopes of finding something good. We're going to look at a few more houses this week so hopefully we can decide on something soon. In some ways it's comforting to have a time line since I'm afraid KB would just keep looking until forever and not find anything, but in other ways it scares the bejesus out of me to know that we might not have a place to stay. Scary.
-Since we're going to be moving out of our current home sooner than planned we're doing a lot of clean up so it's not a master clean when we finally move out. Our bathroom is designed really terribly. There are no vents and no windows, so the steam from the shower has nowhere to go. We have a terrible mildew problem in there because our landlord is really dumb and not the best house flipper. I've tried to use all the natural products I can find and nothing was making the mildew go away. Finally I broke down and tried this stuff....
It's definitely not natural, but it definitely works. I didn't even have to scrub and everything came right off. I would suggest wearing gloves and a mask. I found out the hard way when I breathed in a bunch of it and thought I was going to die.
- I finally used up all of my old face wash and got around to using my new Kiehl's ones and I love them. I have the rare earth cleanser and the cucumber toner and they are both great. The cleanser has a slight exfoliator but not too much and it leaves my skin super clean and soft. The toner is also really good for making my skin soft and moisturized. So far I'm only using really tiny amounts because they were expensive. At the rate I'm going I can probably make them last a year or more.
Buy this now.
-I've been trying to keep up my reading recently and have read a couple of okay books.
This book was kinda boring and predictable. The "oh poor pitiful me, I'm fat and the world just doesn't understand" schtick got a bit old towards the end.
This book was pretty good. It's all about food allergies and how this lady copes with them. I don't have any food allergies and I don't know anybody with really serious ones so it was kind of interesting to learn about them. It makes me really glad I don't have to look at everything I eat and wonder if it will kill me or not.
-I had a dentist appointment yesterday so I took the whole day off and just laid around. Work has been super stressful recently and it seems like nothing goes right. I've definitely had a few days where I got so angry that my face was purple. A good day off with nothing to do and clean teeth should hopefully help things. I spent yesterday working out, cooking, cleaning and getting my teeth done. I love going to the dentist. Fresh clean teeth is one of the best feelings in the world.
-The joys of home ownership just got worse. Our landlord called us last week and told us that he is putting our house on the market. We've got to get moving.....now. That being said, we're expanding our home search to a few areas we haven't looked before in hopes of finding something good. We're going to look at a few more houses this week so hopefully we can decide on something soon. In some ways it's comforting to have a time line since I'm afraid KB would just keep looking until forever and not find anything, but in other ways it scares the bejesus out of me to know that we might not have a place to stay. Scary.
-Since we're going to be moving out of our current home sooner than planned we're doing a lot of clean up so it's not a master clean when we finally move out. Our bathroom is designed really terribly. There are no vents and no windows, so the steam from the shower has nowhere to go. We have a terrible mildew problem in there because our landlord is really dumb and not the best house flipper. I've tried to use all the natural products I can find and nothing was making the mildew go away. Finally I broke down and tried this stuff....
- I finally used up all of my old face wash and got around to using my new Kiehl's ones and I love them. I have the rare earth cleanser and the cucumber toner and they are both great. The cleanser has a slight exfoliator but not too much and it leaves my skin super clean and soft. The toner is also really good for making my skin soft and moisturized. So far I'm only using really tiny amounts because they were expensive. At the rate I'm going I can probably make them last a year or more.
-I've been trying to keep up my reading recently and have read a couple of okay books.
-I had a dentist appointment yesterday so I took the whole day off and just laid around. Work has been super stressful recently and it seems like nothing goes right. I've definitely had a few days where I got so angry that my face was purple. A good day off with nothing to do and clean teeth should hopefully help things. I spent yesterday working out, cooking, cleaning and getting my teeth done. I love going to the dentist. Fresh clean teeth is one of the best feelings in the world.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Book Year in Review
I challenged myself to ready 25 books this year. I got really close, but didn't make it. Needless to say I was pretty proud of myself for reading all of these....
If you aren't on Goodreads then you should be. There's no way I could have kept up with all of these books on my own.
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