It sounds trite, but I really do like giving gifts more than getting them. That doesn't mean I don't like getting them, too, but I like giving them more! This was also my first year not working retail (well, really at all) over the holidays, so I wasn't already at the mall for work to get my shopping done. A few gifts were handmade (I made little ( Read more... )

I was out of books. Angela lent me some of the book club's picks from the past. Then, in addition to next month's book club choice, I ordered two more books. That should keep me busy for a month, hmm?

• The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester (started today)
  
• Brothel by Alexa Albert
  
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (it's been really popular ( Read more... )

I went to my first book club meeting last night. It's a group that my friend, Angela, found on Craigslist almost two years ago and has really enjoyed. Now that I'm out of school and have time to read again, I felt motivated to find one, and she suggested that I visit hers ( Read more... )

My alarm went off at 3:45 a.m. I picked up Diane and was at the boat by 4:30 a.m. to let the cast in by 5:00. They were on the morning news of our local Fox station. We did four 15-20 second "teasers" followed by four two minute segments. I was in charge of organizing the cast, selecting the pieces, choosing two people to be interviewed, and ( Read more... )

An update on Anderson's sister -- she managed to call and leave a voicemail for her fiance. She has arrived safely in New Delhi, though after some of today's news, it doesn't look like she'll be back in Nepal in the near future. She'll temporarily doing some of the same consular work she did in Nepal after they get settled in. I guess she's been ( Read more... )

I finished reading A Journey of One's Own by Thalia Zepatos while on this trip, and it makes me want to pack my bags and go around the world. It has good advice for women traveling, some of it learned the hard way by the author herself ( Read more... )