Bloggy Break

So much for trying to blog once a week. I didn't want to give up blogging. Mostly because I enjoyed having other people stop by and comment. I enjoyed reading other people's blogs, too. But having the time has become a problem. With what free-time I have reading blogs has just become a low priority. It has become increasingly difficult to find the motivation to blog at all. So I'm going to officially take a break. Maybe I'll come back. Maybe I won't. Maybe I'll just blog about the books I'm reading. I've enjoyed the time I spent reading others blogs and in general will miss all of you.

Changes Coming On

Tomorrow is my last day of work at my current job. I am leaving this slow-paced, quite workplace (with a window) to go back to the hurried, frantic pace of retail. I'm not really going to go into the reasons for this change because I don't feel I need to defend my decision. The decision was prayed about and it has been made.

The reason I'm telling you is that it will affect not only my blogging but my reading of blogs. At my current job I have lots of downtime with which to spend on the computer reading blogs. At my new job not only will I not have time but will not have internet access. This means I will only be checking blogs on my off-time. Sadly, I will be cutting down on the number of blogs I can keep up with.

So many people I have gotten to know through the blog-world and many of them I will miss checking in with several times a week. I will still visit, I'm sure, though not as frequently, and I will try to blog at least twice a week.

Bloggers in the House!

My mother (Bears in Exile) and SIL (Road Rage - Little Trucker) are visiting. My Daddy is coming on Friday. Can you count to five? That's right. Five adults = five laptops.

Tuesday

Today is the first day of a 3 day-in-a-row workweek for me. (I know some of you work 5 days in a row. But please remember that I work 10 hour shifts and am not allowed to leave for lunch.) I have caught up on my blog reading and now must come up with something witty to blog about. (Tomorrow, I'll read all the magazines - what will I do on Thursday?)

"Today you will feel completely in control of your life and it will feel as though nothing can fluster you. This will be very useful as there is likely to be something of a crisis at school or in the workplace that will need your input. A positive aspect between the Moon and Saturn will allow you to cope with ease. "

This is my horoscope for today. The crisis could be that my previous employer (WM) has begged me to come back and offered me more money and better hours than I was making with them before. I am having a hard time with this decision. I hope the Moon and Saturn will help me out.

I read about this quiz called Weffriddles on Chichimama's blog and I am stumped. I only got to level 3. Someone help me out here.

I got several comments on my jeans blog. It seems at least 5 people are reading my blog. Wow!

I weighed in today and have lost a total of 9.2lbs. Yeah for me!

Books

Well, I have been working on my blog once again. I finally have pictures. At my sister-in-laws suggestion I listed my books with links for the curious to check out. Whew! Quite a few books listed over there.

I rarely read a book I do not enjoy. In fact, I do not mind putting down a book after 20-30 or more pages if I realize it is a dud. Of course, some books are much better than others. I just recently finished a good one, Seasons of Her Life, surprisingly by Fern Michaels. In the past, I have scoffed at Fern Michaels books as being too shallow and written on too low a level for me. This book was quite ejoyable and covered the life of a young girl starting when she graduated from high school in 1950. It reminded me very much of the book, Evergreen, by Belva Plain which I read several years ago.

I don't think I have ever read as many books as I have in the last year. I started writing down the books I read in 2001 and I still have mosts of those lists (incomplete because of a hard drive crash). I read through several entire series this year. Elizabeth George has written a series of books about two Scotland Yard officers as they solve various murders. I truly enjoyed this series as the heroine is easy to relate to. I also read through the Mitford Series by Jan Karon (how had I missed this one before) and the Cedar Cove series by Debbie Macomber. Looking back on the list, I don't think I could pick a favorite. I am currently trying a new author, Rick Mofina and a new shipment of books is due anyday.

Saturday

Well, I updated my blog with the new format. I hope you like it. (Whoever you are that might be reading.) I figured out how to put a blog roll on and a list of the books I've read in 2006. I haven't completed the list but when I do I'll have to do something different. The list is currently over 60 and I can't figure out how to decrease the spacing to get it all on there. Maybe I'll put two in a line.

My mother has started blogging. Yes, it's true. Now everyone must be doing it. Her blog is called Bears in Exile. She even has pictures which is ahead of me. I also need to acknowledge her contribution to my "secrets" list. I learned some of that from her.

I've also been researching this 'meme' trend and I am very interested.

"For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." Romans 12:3

Bloggers

I have only been blogging for a few months but I have been actively reading several blogs for over a year. Since I started my current job, I make a habit of checking in on several blogs several times a week. This weekend I had the opportunity to meet the author of one of my favorite blogs, AtHomeDaddy.

AtHomeDaddy's blogs are very amusing. He was just as amusing in person however, he referred to his children and wife with unknown names (not the Princesss, the Talker, and Boss Lady that I have come to know). I found the experience a little displacing but enjoyable just the same. Now if only I could meet the author of the OdaMae Baby Blog.

Another blog I enjoy is called, Maya's Granny. Maya's Granny lives in Alaska and she is quite a storyteller. She tells stories about when she was a youngster as well as when her children were small. She also comments on things that she is passionate about. She manages at least one blog a day and sometimes more.

I am not sure I can ever blog once a day because I find I really don't have that much to say. At least, not that much to say at the risk that someone else might read it.

I am not going to blog on the ballgame this past weekend or the one coming up. Maybe I will do that next week if necessary. Also, a couple of important events coming up next week that I am sure will be worth a blog.

5.5lbs so far, yipee!!