Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Day Book Prompts_2014 JAN 05
Outside my window... Darkness. Near-cloudless sky. City lights. A frigid raw temperature of EIGHT BELOW with temps expecting to drop to NINETEEN BELOW by morning and a "feels like temperature" of –56°F.
I am thinking... that I've got to get back to tackle my office mess; it feels SO GOOD to have organized all three closets so far this year.
I am thankful for... schools to have been called off already for Monday morning; it will be MUCH TOO COLD for school. The HIGH for tomorrow is TEN BELOW.
From the kitchen... we made a roast in the crockpot, as well as a Sweet Onion Spoon Bread recipe that I love.
I am wearing... white anklet socks; black, polartec pajama pants; a long & lean, red tank; the red, cashmere turtleneck sweater that has been MISSING since we moved here in February 2009; a red, polartec zip-front sweatshirt and glasses.
I am creating... GIANT PILES for Goodwill. On my bedroom floor: 1 winter jacket, 2 dresses, 11 pair of shoes, 19 bottoms and 71 tops!
I am going... to continue my quest for clean and organized living (and HOPE to keep it that way once I figure these messes out!) Want to have a home for everything and put everything in its place.
I am reading... Mrs. Lincoln's Dress Maker and hating it; The Snow Child - having JUST started reading it; audio book of The Round House AND Life After Life, which feels like a S - L - O - W start.
I am hoping... that the library will come through with a printed copy of the audio The Round House OR the audio for The Snow Child. I like to listen to them while I clean the kitchen at night and enjoy reading paper copies during the day.
I am hearing... the furnace kick a few short minutes after it kicks off. It's going to be a long, cold night. Perfect for snuggling. Hoping the power doesn't go out (again) like it did earlier in the week.
Around the house... we're taking our Christmas decorations down. The mini tree is left in the living room, but shouldn't take too long to come down tomorrow. We'll hopefully be done tracking faux pine needles all over the house soon!
One of my favorite things... quiet time at night. A cup of hot, chai tea in the morning. Snuggling with both boys together in the recliner in the morning.
A few plans for the rest of the week... Arranging an impromptu DATE NIGHT to celebrate the anniversary of first meeting each other. {Feeling SO LUCKY for being in the right place at the right time!}
I am thinking... that I've got to get back to tackle my office mess; it feels SO GOOD to have organized all three closets so far this year.
I am thankful for... schools to have been called off already for Monday morning; it will be MUCH TOO COLD for school. The HIGH for tomorrow is TEN BELOW.
From the kitchen... we made a roast in the crockpot, as well as a Sweet Onion Spoon Bread recipe that I love.
I am wearing... white anklet socks; black, polartec pajama pants; a long & lean, red tank; the red, cashmere turtleneck sweater that has been MISSING since we moved here in February 2009; a red, polartec zip-front sweatshirt and glasses.
I am creating... GIANT PILES for Goodwill. On my bedroom floor: 1 winter jacket, 2 dresses, 11 pair of shoes, 19 bottoms and 71 tops!
I am going... to continue my quest for clean and organized living (and HOPE to keep it that way once I figure these messes out!) Want to have a home for everything and put everything in its place.
I am reading... Mrs. Lincoln's Dress Maker and hating it; The Snow Child - having JUST started reading it; audio book of The Round House AND Life After Life, which feels like a S - L - O - W start.
I am hoping... that the library will come through with a printed copy of the audio The Round House OR the audio for The Snow Child. I like to listen to them while I clean the kitchen at night and enjoy reading paper copies during the day.
I am hearing... the furnace kick a few short minutes after it kicks off. It's going to be a long, cold night. Perfect for snuggling. Hoping the power doesn't go out (again) like it did earlier in the week.
Around the house... we're taking our Christmas decorations down. The mini tree is left in the living room, but shouldn't take too long to come down tomorrow. We'll hopefully be done tracking faux pine needles all over the house soon!
One of my favorite things... quiet time at night. A cup of hot, chai tea in the morning. Snuggling with both boys together in the recliner in the morning.
A few plans for the rest of the week... Arranging an impromptu DATE NIGHT to celebrate the anniversary of first meeting each other. {Feeling SO LUCKY for being in the right place at the right time!}
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Reading List 2014
At the top of this post, I will keep track of books that I have read in 2014. Below, I will keep a running list of books that I (someday) hope to read.
BOOK CLUB READS 2014:
Lunch
The Snow Child
Library
The Chaperone
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Little Wolves
The End of Your Life Book Club
What Alice Forgot
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
HER
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
BOOKS I WANT TO READ:
Parenting with Love and Logic
Happier at Home - Gretchen Rubin
The Reason for God - Timothy Keller
Stumbling on Happiness - Daniel Todd Gilbert
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
The Anti-Romantic Child - Priscilla Gilman
HEARD ABOUT THEM IN THE NEWSPAPER/INTERNET... some of them "classics":
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
Anna Karenina - Tolstoy
any title by author Kurt Vonnegut
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
The Instructions - Adam Levin
Orlando - Virginia Woolf
The Education of Henry Adams - Henry Adams
Pride & Prejudice, Emma - Jane Austen
Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
The Yellow Birds: A Novel - Kevin Powers
MAYBE CONSIDER...
Killing Jesus - Bill O'Reilly
Lincoln's Last Days - Bill O'Reilley/Dwight Zimmerman
Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilley/Martin Dugard
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Glass Castle
The Book Thief
The Kite Runner
Harry Potter books
Twilight series
Sarah Palin
Spoken from the Heart - Laura Bush
Me talk pretty one day
Water for Elephants
To Kill a Mockingbird
Mockinbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee
The Faraway Nearby - Rebecca Solnit
A Field Guide for Getting List - Rebecca Solnit
RECOMMENDED BY OTHERS
Elin Hildebrand (any title)
Jodi Piccoult - Plain Truth OR Between the Lines
The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D - Nichole Bernier
Brooklyn - Colm Toibin
Hector and the Search for Happiness - Francois Lelord
Louise Penny
Macy Dobbs
Penelope Lively
"The Round House"
In the Garden of Beasts
Devil in the White City
When She Woke
BOOKS I WANT TO READ MY KIDS
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - done
Toys Go Out #1 by Emily Jenkins
Toy Dance Party #2 by Emily Jenkins
Toys Come Home #3 by Emily Jenkins
BOOKS I WANT TO READ MY KIDS
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - done
Toys Go Out #1 by Emily Jenkins
Toy Dance Party #2 by Emily Jenkins
Toys Come Home #3 by Emily Jenkins
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