Nine books. Yes my friends, that is how many books I have read so far this summer. Nine. And I am ready to start book number ten.
Considering I haven't read a total of nine books in the past...oh I don't know....at least six and a half years I think that is pretty impressive.
I love reading. Love it! I adore escaping into new and exciting worlds. But once the kids come along there just wasn't time or energy. I read a couple here and there but I would struggle to get through them and then wonder what happened to my passion for reading. Well fear not - it has been rediscovered! Now that the kids are getting older and are able to self-entertain better, it's easier to find time to read. Mostly I read on the weekends because finding time during the week is difficult at best. But the summer weekend bring less expectations for getting everything that needs to be done, and more time for just hanging out on the patio reading. Don't get me wrong, we have a long To Do list for summer things but the lure of the books is hard for us to ignore. We are both enjoying out leisure reading time.
There is nothing like escaping into a good book. I mean, it's not like I'm taking away from, oh I don't know, finding an acne cure. The laundry, cleaning and yard work; yes. But that can wait until Monday. :)
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
My Monday
It's been a busy day full of everything and nothing. This morning I was out bright and early doing some serious weed pulling that had to be attended to. Those darn "side of the house" areas that are tucked away and well...forgotten. They manage to grow some serious weeds...and a few starter trees that had no business growing where they were.
From weed pulling I came in, cleaned up a bit, got the kids ready and headed out to the eye Dr to pick up a copy of my lens prescription. From there, we headed out to the mall so that I could get a pair of prescription sunglasses. My eyes, which have always been incredibly light sensitive, have been killing me in the sun but the clip-on sunglasses I bought last summer distort everything horribly and make me queasy (and I can't really see without my glasses) so clearly prescription sunglasses were needed before I lost my mind.
This is the second summer for wearing glasses full time and I was miserable last year with the clip-ons but thought I could deal this time around since my vision has settled down (and in October I got a new prescription which made a huge difference in my seeing-ability). Turns out - nope. The clip-ons just don't cut it and going without sunglasses has been pretty bad.
So I went to B*inyons with a great coupon (50% of lenses plus 50% off frames). I still spent *GULP* $200. OUCH OUCH OUCH! And I picked inexpensive frames. Seriously inexpensive. The coating for the lenses was only $20 so the rest of the cost was the lenses themselves - and it was half off!! WOW! And then, after forking over the money - it was a three hour wait to get my glasses. We waited, the kids and I. We waited and waited. We hit the library, had lunch at McDonald's, played in the play area, had ice cream and finally it was time to go back.
Only.....only.
There was a scratch on one of the lenses and they had to be remade. They would be ready around dinner time. I had briefly thought of leaving them until tomorrow but I did end up going out tonight to pick them up. The second time was a charm and I now have sunglasses to wear. I'm happy about that - it will make driving so much easier. :)
OH OH OH!!! Did I tell you I read an entire book this weekend???!?!?!?! I know I didn't so here goes....I read a book this weekend!!!! It was so. much. fun!!!! I haven't been able to have that much dedicated reading time in forever and it was glorious! What did I read? Light, fun stuff..."Confessions of a Shopaholic". If you haven't read it - it's fun reading. I found it at a garage sale for fifty cents. Yay! And good news for me - there are several more books in the series and a few other non-series books by the same author. Happy happy!!!
Reading is good. :)
From weed pulling I came in, cleaned up a bit, got the kids ready and headed out to the eye Dr to pick up a copy of my lens prescription. From there, we headed out to the mall so that I could get a pair of prescription sunglasses. My eyes, which have always been incredibly light sensitive, have been killing me in the sun but the clip-on sunglasses I bought last summer distort everything horribly and make me queasy (and I can't really see without my glasses) so clearly prescription sunglasses were needed before I lost my mind.
This is the second summer for wearing glasses full time and I was miserable last year with the clip-ons but thought I could deal this time around since my vision has settled down (and in October I got a new prescription which made a huge difference in my seeing-ability). Turns out - nope. The clip-ons just don't cut it and going without sunglasses has been pretty bad.
So I went to B*inyons with a great coupon (50% of lenses plus 50% off frames). I still spent *GULP* $200. OUCH OUCH OUCH! And I picked inexpensive frames. Seriously inexpensive. The coating for the lenses was only $20 so the rest of the cost was the lenses themselves - and it was half off!! WOW! And then, after forking over the money - it was a three hour wait to get my glasses. We waited, the kids and I. We waited and waited. We hit the library, had lunch at McDonald's, played in the play area, had ice cream and finally it was time to go back.
Only.....only.
There was a scratch on one of the lenses and they had to be remade. They would be ready around dinner time. I had briefly thought of leaving them until tomorrow but I did end up going out tonight to pick them up. The second time was a charm and I now have sunglasses to wear. I'm happy about that - it will make driving so much easier. :)
OH OH OH!!! Did I tell you I read an entire book this weekend???!?!?!?! I know I didn't so here goes....I read a book this weekend!!!! It was so. much. fun!!!! I haven't been able to have that much dedicated reading time in forever and it was glorious! What did I read? Light, fun stuff..."Confessions of a Shopaholic". If you haven't read it - it's fun reading. I found it at a garage sale for fifty cents. Yay! And good news for me - there are several more books in the series and a few other non-series books by the same author. Happy happy!!!
Reading is good. :)
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Chapter Books
Remember this book? It's just as good as I remembered. I am having a blast reading it to Kelton and he is loving every word. We're on chapter six and neither one of us can wait to read tomorrow nights chapter. We're both already looking forward to reading the last chapter so we can take a trip to the bookstore the very next day to get the second book in the three part series.
I'm already planning which series will come next: the Henry Huggin's set or maybe it will be Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing and Super Fudge (by Judy Blume)! I can't even tell you how fun it is to have a kid who is getting into "chapter books"! It's so, so, so much fun!
It's so cool that all these chacters from my childhood are just sitting there waiting to be part of my son's childhood. And just think - I have another little one who I will get to share this fun all over again with in a couple of years.
I am so lucky! :)
Remember this book? It's just as good as I remembered. I am having a blast reading it to Kelton and he is loving every word. We're on chapter six and neither one of us can wait to read tomorrow nights chapter. We're both already looking forward to reading the last chapter so we can take a trip to the bookstore the very next day to get the second book in the three part series.I'm already planning which series will come next: the Henry Huggin's set or maybe it will be Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing and Super Fudge (by Judy Blume)! I can't even tell you how fun it is to have a kid who is getting into "chapter books"! It's so, so, so much fun!
It's so cool that all these chacters from my childhood are just sitting there waiting to be part of my son's childhood. And just think - I have another little one who I will get to share this fun all over again with in a couple of years.
I am so lucky! :)
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