tuesday truths {the "winter makes me bitter" edition}
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i hate being cheated
out of the promise of a good storm day.
i love a good storm day.
what is the point of living in a place
with bitter cold winters
if you can't get a good storm day once in a while.
and today...i felt cheated.
i'm still bitter.
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i am failing spectacularly
at almost
all
of my new years resolutions...
ALREADY.
it's been so long since i have been to the gym,
i think i forget where it is.
i am existing on diet coke and mike and ikes.
no sauna.
no board games.
no eating healthier.
sigh.
winter does this to me.
i just want to wrap myself in
layers of fuzzy blankets
and sleep
until the sun comes out...
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i may have created a new playlist
consisting of mainly power ballads
and one country song
at 3 am the other night
when i couldn't sleep...
whatcha readin' special edition...the 2017 summary
My goal for 2017 was to read 24 books.
In all honesty, I was SURE that I was going to be able to do it
because I wasn't doing any weddings...
and yet...I still did not hit it.
but...I came pretty close...22 books!
the year before was 19 so it's a progression...
a slow one, but a progression nonetheless.
I also said I was going to re-read all of Lucy Maud Montgomery's books.
I read 2.
But that wasn't a 2017 goal.
That's an ongoing one.
I did want to read all of the Harry Potter books
and I DID IT.
Not all in 2017 but a good portion of them...and finished the
last two in 2018.
That was a bucket list item so yay! :)
Here is how I felt about the remaining books I read in 2017:
◘ Harry Potter (I am not going to link them here because I am pretty sure you know where to find them) - I have to say...I completely loved these books. I was re-reading the first couple but then the rest were new to me. I loved them. The characters, the writing, the imagination, the twists and turns...Dobby...Dumbledore...Dursleys...so many fun words to say.
♥♥♥♥♥ out of 5 ♥s
◘ Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn: I enjoyed this but not as much as I had liked Gone Girl. It might have been the subject matter though. I have a soft spot for kids. :) Still a great read though!
♥♥♥♥ out of 5 ♥s
◘ Before You Know Kindness - Chris Bohjalian: I really, really loved this. His writing is beautiful and the characters always feel so real. The story pulled me in and made me wonder what I would have done. Great read!
♥♥♥♥ out of 5 ♥s
◘ The Mothers - Brit Bennett: The truth is I knew nothing about this book or author. It was right after the library took a chance and gave me a new library card and this was an e-book that was available so I read it. And I was glad that I did.
♥♥♥♥ out of 5 ♥s
◘ Dark Places - Gillian Flynn: I liked this one more than Sharp Objects and slightly less than Gone Girl. Definitely carried you along wanted to know what was going to happen.
♥♥♥♥ out of 5 ♥s
◘ Witches of New York - Ami McKay: I love her writing. And the subject matter. And the cover. And the era it was written in. And her characters. All in all...I loved this book. I want to read more by her!
♥♥♥♥♥ out of 5 ♥s
and that was what I read in 2017! Looking forward to reading even more in 2018...
and definitely open to suggestions!
wordless wednesday...
tuesday truths....(it is tuesday, right?)
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i got to work today
and realized
i had my shirt on
inside out.
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i
seriously
am not able to ever
cook the
right amount of
potatoes.
i always always always cook too many.
tonight i thought
"i'll fix you" (um...to myself)
and i used a smaller pot
AND THEN COULD BARELY FIT
all the potatoes into it
and now it just completely
boiled over
and i had to move it to a bigger pot.
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i went to a writer's group on saturday.
i hadn't planned on reading
the short story i had written for battle tales there
but a good friend
coaxed me into it...
i was totally nervous.
the table was silent as i read...
and i was reading it off my phone
(tiny print)
so couldn't really look around to gauge reactions
or to see if people were still awake
so
when i got to one pivotal part in the story
and the librarian
literally
cheered
YES!
with her hands in the air
it was both shocking and
so frigging fantastic....
it is such a satisfying perplexing incredible feeling
to think that you evoked
enough emotion in
someone
to make them
cheer
in a
library.
(and honestly...it makes you want to do it again and again.)
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and yeah.
i'm still editing photos from the fall.