It rained all day today and now it's thick with fog. I love this sort of weather. Despite it being rainy, it was still incredibly warm. We're getting there on the temps! And, being totally, completely in love with the rain, I wanted to start my baby girl out early. We bundled her up, wrapped her in two blankets, hid her beneath an umbrella, and ( Read more... )

I've decided I'm going to keep track of the books I've read this year. Last year, before I got pregnant and lost my writing mojo, I neglected my reading pile. This year, I'm going to try to read more because a) it's fun and b) it'll be good for the writer in me.

In January, I read:

Need
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Shopaholic takes Manhattan
Wondrous ( Read more... )

1. I'm quitting energy drinks tomorrow! I binged all weekend, cut back yesterday, only had one today, and tomorrow I'll have none. Seriously, if I quit smoking, I can quit energy drinks and stick with it!

2. Allow me a moment to be a crabby bank teller: Don't bring eight deposits and two tax payments to the drive-thru thereby holding everyone else ( Read more... )

It's been entirely too long since I made a big purchase of books from Amazon.com. But now that I'm working and getting a steady paycheck, yea-ha! I'm buying some books, dang it!

I just hit the submit button on my order.

I bought:

Thirteen Reasons Why
I've been wanting to read this book for months now. I requested it at the library, but it took them ( Read more... )

I read Bloom (Elizabeth Scott) yesterday and really loved it. Maybe I loved it so much because it reminded me of Dessen's The Truth About Forever. BUT...the similarities also pulled me out of the story a few times. Like that Lauren's boyfriend is perfect in every way. That her father works in land development and has a hard time communicating with ( Read more... )

I did NOTHING today. I watched a movie (The Knockaround Guys) and read a book.

I can count on one hand the number of books I've read start to finish in the last six months. For some reason, since I've been writing seriously, I haven't been able to read really anything. Not for a lack of trying though. I've started and stopped probably fifty books. I ( Read more... )