I seem to have a lot of trouble beginning a book. It takes me a while to dive into it and the first fifty or so pages are always a challenge. For this reason, I used to make sure that I was in the middle of a book when I knew I was taking a long flight.
One of the rare exceptions to this was on a trip Jake and I took from NYC to Istanbul. I had checked out several books from the library and hadn’t begun any of them. The Time Traveler’s Wife was one of them. It was huge and I am not even sure why I thought it was a good idea to bring it in my carry-on. But I am so glad I did. I opened the first page when we took off and did not close the book until I was finished. And, if you’ve read it you might know that it’s quite a thick book. I could not put it down. It was amazing and incredibly unique.
So, when I heard the wonderful author had a new book, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. I’ll have to admit that this one was harder to get into. It might be because I wasn’t in a confined space. Or because I now have two kids. One of which needs to nurse quite often. Either way, I made it to the weekend having only read forty pages of the book.
Determined as I tend to be, I decided I would read the book this weekend. And I just finished it. All 704 pages. And I loved it. While the book wasn’t nearly as magnificent and as unique as the other one (it is really impossible to do that again I imagine) it was very interesting and worth the read. I liked the characters. I loved the descriptive narrative (which I am not usually fond of). I was interested in the characters though I would have liked a few of them to be a bit more three-dimensional. But honestly, I really loved the book and am still glowing from its dream world.
It was a splendid way to spend my weekend.
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As part of AMM’s anniversary crop we’re having a blog hop and a scavenger hunt. Here is how this will work: each one of the AMM Design Team members will have a special post for the blog hop where you will have the chance to get to know them a little bit better. At the end of the post, there will be a question that will lead you on a hunt through the AMM site and/or AMM blog (the link to the AMM blog can be found on the left sidebar of the main store site). Be sure to check the anniversary crop forum for complete information on the Blog Hop Challenge.
 We rode fake horses.  And real horses.  We played with fake pumpkins.  And real ones.  We even got a spider hat!  And here are a few cute ones just for fun.    I spent most of the rest of the day reading. I am not even halfway in my book this week. I will likely make some more progress tonight and tomorrow but I am not sure I can finish. Let’s see.
 Good day today. And a pleasant, wonderful surprise at work. Nice way to end the week. Tomorrow’s the pumpkin patch! This week’s video is about why you sometimes get photos where your subject is too dark. Feel free to let me know if anything is unclear or if you have questions. Next week is more on light. Photography Tips is a weekly feature and is posted every Friday. You can find all of them here.
   I now sell some of these tags in my etsy store. If there’s a tag you like and are interested in, email me or leave a comment and I’ll be happy to add it.
 I got David these Spongebob pajamas and he loves them. Puts them on several times a day.  I’ve been semi-productive lately. Not getting as much as I’d like done but getting enough done not to feel sad. It does look like I’m not going to be able to finish this week’s book on time though, I’m not even to page 100 yet and it’s like 700 pages. Some good news from today, my brand new BPS class is now open for registration: reclaiming my time. This workshop literally changed how I live my days. And here’s a sneak of my project.  I hope to see you in class! This week’s download is a request from Kim. A set of calendar pages (in PNG so you can change the color). Here’s an example month:  You can download it here: 2010 months set download. You are welcome to play with these as much as you want and use them anywhere you’d like. You are NOT allowed to sell them ever. You don’t have to but I’d appreciate a link back if you do use them. This is part of a weekly digital download series. They are posted every Wednesday. You can find all of the ones that were posted here.
 And here’s the scary moment of the day. Nathaniel’s been getting on all fours and moving back and forth lately. Which is the beginnings of crawling. He’s not even six months yet!! ugh.  Happy Monday. |
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