08.16.07

Posted in Literary Pursuits at 1:27 pm by admin

If you haven’t signed up for goodreads yet, there is no better time than summer to get started. This site is a great way to keep in touch with all of your friends who enjoy reading. You can swap book recommendations, start a list of “to-read” titles and generally just keep informed about what every else is reading. I like it because each year I set a goal for myself of a certain number of books I would like to read before December 31st and goodreads is an easy way to keep track of all the titles I am through so far.

my ‘read’ shelf:

Austen Enthusiast

Posted in Literary Pursuits at 1:22 pm by admin

I have found an author who is also an Austen Enthusiast and she happens to be an excellent writer herself. So, how that I’ve reread pretty much every Jane Austen novel three times or more I have started in on Elizabeth Aston’s Austen novels. As a well-educated Oxford lady with a true love for everything Jane Austen she has creatively continued the legacy of the Darcys. Currently I am reading The True Darcy Spirit which is the story of Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s granddaughter. The stories are delightful, entertaining and Aston adds a few slightly modern twists but doesn’t detract from the feel of Pride and Prejudice.


08.14.07

One of those Days

Posted in Personal at 4:52 pm by admin

Why is it that some days one is just grumpy for no reason?
You wake up and the sun is shining, birds singing and you can hear your husband singing in a growly, frog voice in the shower and you think, “Today is going to be a good day.” But it’s not.

The bathroom has to be cleaned.
You have to chase the FedEx man down the street, waving the little ticket he left on your door for the second day in a row and screaming for him to stop since the package he has is REALLY important.
You forget to put the laundry in the washer AGAIN and the cycle runs through without anything in there. Chalk it up to another “clean the washing machine” day.
You sit down to check your email and catch up with a few friends and end up being bogged down with 55, yes 55 emails. Most of them you don’t want to answer but have to because they’re your Mom or your Boss.
When it’s time to make dinner the fridge appears to have eaten all the food without asking you and there is nothing left for you and your very hungry husband.
What is it about these days that turn out to be rotten, good for nothing and very frustrating?