It's
been awhile since my last post, and after thinking about things to
update about, I settled on, well, everything!
Books
First
things first, the bookworm in me must tell you about the books I have devoured
lately:
·
Catching Fire (Kindle App) (2nd Hunger Games Book –
re-read in preparation for the 2nd movie release)
·
Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick (Kindle
App)
·
Divergent by Veronica Roth (Kindle App)
·
Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Kindle App)(2nd
Divergent Series Book) –starting to read
I
had been reading a bunch of good books lately. Silver Linings Playbook was a
little odd. I thought it was going to be much better than it was, because I
really liked the title of the book, but alas, that’s what you get for judging a
book by its cover – or title for that matter.
I
picked up on the Divergent series and could not put the book (tablet) down.
Literally, Derick and I got home from a play at the Yellow Tree Theatre last
night (Miracle on Christmas Lake I) around 9:30pm, and I was curled up in bed
reading away until after 11pm! The book was getting really good and I was over ¾
of the way through the book. I ended up finishing it on the bus ride to work
this morning and continued onto the snippet of the next book. I think they
already have me hooked! Looking into the series, right now there are three main
books, but then I noticed there are some other books that were written in between
the others! So much to read! Yay!
Christmas Preparation
Christmas
preparation this year happened a little backwards! We finished our Christmas
shopping on Black Friday this year. It felt SO good to get everyone checked off
the list! I really felt like gift wrapping all of the goodies, so I did – I wrapped
every present in the house before I decorated a stitch for Christmas.
Following
the great gift wrap episode, I put up the tree, strung it with lights and
cranberry garland and placed the presents all under and around the tree. But
that is as far as I got with decorating it. I could not muster the energy or
the labor to will myself to unbox all of the ornaments and place them on the
tree – I told Derick we were going “Minimalist” this year. Haha.
I
strung up some other garland around the house and some other small decorations
here and there, but not the full monty this year. I think that might be a sign
that I need to de-clutter my house…
But
after “decorating,” I baked and I baked and I baked! I made 5 different kinds
of cookies last Sunday afternoon and two more types of dough to make into
cookies. After that, there are three more kinds of cookies to bake and my
holiday baking should be complete! I used the heck out of my kitchen last
Sunday! I used almost every last measuring cup and spoon that I had in the
house, glass bowls and my mixer and oven sure got a hearty workout!
Thrifting
I
also made it out thrift-store shopping with my aunt and sister as well last
weekend. It was a lot of fun and we found some really neat stuff! I found more
than I had bargained for – and so did the rest of them! It is so nice to know
that you can go to a place like that and get some really awesome things and not
have to spend close to full-price on them! Some of the items we purchased were
brand new! That is the BEST!
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