Where on this green earth is my Kindle? I saw it last week, and now the house elves have spirited it away.
How on earth can my Yahoo! inbox fill up with junk in just mere hours?
If I was able to do entire laundry load of purples today, does that say something about me?
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Thursday, April 05, 2012
The Truth Will Set You Free
If you read this blog at Blogger rather than through a feed, you may have noticed my Goodreads "currently reading" shelf in the sidebar. See how leanly stocked it is these days? I'm listing only three books as being currently read, quite a reduction of the nine or ten titles that languished on that list for months, or even years in some cases.
No, I didn't suddenly finish all the books I started reading two years ago (that's how long Little Dorrit has been on that shelf). After agonizing for months about the sheer messiness of it all, the light bulb came on and I realized the solution was another shelf--"read most of it"--which allowed me to move titles like Stiff and The Book Thief, books I didn't read 100% of but I don't intend to go back to. I then quickly purged the "currently reading shelf," sending things to the new "read most of it" shelf or to the existing "may finish someday" shelf if I had read only a third of the book or less.
I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my life and am glad my "currently reading shelf" now honestly reflects my book-reading activity (magazines, blogs, catalogs, knitting books, cookbooks and cereal boxes are another matter altogether).
As for Little Dorrit, I renewed my attentions to it about two weeks ago, and I'm nearly finished. Maybe this is a sign that I'm mature enough to tackle Bleak House and David Copperfield for real this time around.
No, I didn't suddenly finish all the books I started reading two years ago (that's how long Little Dorrit has been on that shelf). After agonizing for months about the sheer messiness of it all, the light bulb came on and I realized the solution was another shelf--"read most of it"--which allowed me to move titles like Stiff and The Book Thief, books I didn't read 100% of but I don't intend to go back to. I then quickly purged the "currently reading shelf," sending things to the new "read most of it" shelf or to the existing "may finish someday" shelf if I had read only a third of the book or less.
I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my life and am glad my "currently reading shelf" now honestly reflects my book-reading activity (magazines, blogs, catalogs, knitting books, cookbooks and cereal boxes are another matter altogether).
As for Little Dorrit, I renewed my attentions to it about two weeks ago, and I'm nearly finished. Maybe this is a sign that I'm mature enough to tackle Bleak House and David Copperfield for real this time around.
Friday, March 30, 2012
State of Things
The conference I helped plan took place last week in Knoxville and seemed to be a success. It was a difficult week and I'm glad it's over. The two worst parts were the lack of sleep and the fact that I ran out of clean undergarments on Thursday night. I smelled pretty rank by Saturday afternoon! I still have a fair bit of cleanup work to do on the conference.
They're a trifle large, but I bought some nude pumps to wear last week. Mission accomplished.
After agonizing about it for months, I cleaned out my Goodreads "currently reading" shelf. I moved eight items to "may finish someday" or to a new shelf called "read most of it." I feel much better now that the three books I'm actively reading are the only items on the currently reading shelf.
The weeds and fall pruning I should have done are OUT OF CONTROL at my house. I fear I'll never get ahead of them, particularly since it's already too hot for yardwork, in my opinion.
I haven't baked in ages, but last night I made banana bread and almond-anise biscotti. I overbaked the biscotti a tad, and it's a bit crunchier than I hoped, but all in all it was a success and is a decent substitute for Nonni's original biscotti. Next time I will bake it for less time, chop the almonds finer, and perhaps crush some of the anise seeds, all of which may make it more acceptable for sharing.
They're a trifle large, but I bought some nude pumps to wear last week. Mission accomplished.
After agonizing about it for months, I cleaned out my Goodreads "currently reading" shelf. I moved eight items to "may finish someday" or to a new shelf called "read most of it." I feel much better now that the three books I'm actively reading are the only items on the currently reading shelf.
The weeds and fall pruning I should have done are OUT OF CONTROL at my house. I fear I'll never get ahead of them, particularly since it's already too hot for yardwork, in my opinion.
I haven't baked in ages, but last night I made banana bread and almond-anise biscotti. I overbaked the biscotti a tad, and it's a bit crunchier than I hoped, but all in all it was a success and is a decent substitute for Nonni's original biscotti. Next time I will bake it for less time, chop the almonds finer, and perhaps crush some of the anise seeds, all of which may make it more acceptable for sharing.
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