Well, I had a very good week full of blissful moments:
- finding that 2nd duvet set for the kids' beds. Seriously, small things like this cause me untold joy.
- receiving one of my etsy parcels (the first set of pearl earrings). I feel 100% me again. The parcel arrived, I grabbed mys scissors, opened it and immediately put on the pearls instead of the gold studs I've been wearing. Mmmm :)
- meeting F at the infertility support group. She's gorgeous, warm and with the most beautiful accent. She also brought me a gift which is displayed on my side table. I did a small crafty thing with her wrapping paper too; I loved it so much.
- finally getting a parcel of books from MandyE. There is a story to this but basically she sent it in June last year for my babies' 2nd birthday. Yes. I will download pics and show you sometime...
- getting booked and paid for a talk in two weeks time. I'm trying to raise money for my airfare to She Speaks in North Carolina so every bit helps. This is a quarter of the money target God and I have set for me.
- I had a brainwave this week and decided to pay someone (my VA) to enter all the books I've read over the years on Goodreads. She did 3 hours this week and it's looking good. Makes me so happy to see more of a record on there. Random weird fact - I started keeping a record of all the books I read on 18 November 1991, the last day of my matric exams, probably because I looked forward to all that non-studying time. I still have those notebooks. Most of it was on a spreadsheet at some point but there are years missing although I should still have the books. That's 20 years people - scary!
Do you keep records of the books you read? How?
Lovely to capture those blissful moments.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading all about WHEN (not if!) you attend She Speaks :)
"...cause me untold joy"...how poetic, Marcia! And I know completely what you meant! :)
ReplyDeleteI was just telling J today about the potential for you to come to the conference here. We already started making virtual plans for our trip! :) :) C'mon, funds!!!
Marcia...stateside! I'm excited! Maybe you should set up a donation link.
ReplyDeleteI also feel better that it's not just my package that took it's sweet time. I seriously still feel bad about that!
My blissful moment happened tonight driving home from the beach; realizing that the imperfection of family time is perfect.
DH keeps a reader's journal. I've never logged. I rarely finish books but I can pour through articles and research! His journal lists titles, pages, year to date pages, and what he liked/disliked.
It was great to meet you too and I love my gift.
ReplyDeleteLooks like removing the wv thing made a big difference.
Hi, Marcia, I'm an avid reader but now with work and everything (aka blogging...) reading has become a precious time-out. Many times I prefer to read a book rather than watching the evening movie. And I started a "bookz" album on Facebook, where I add a cover pic and a small quotation from the ones I love the most.
ReplyDeleteI am catching up from the weekend...but if you come to North Carolina, I SO need to get up there. My stepsister lives in Charlotte! I am going up there in September for the Democratic National Convention, but if you are there, I might have to make two trips! : )
ReplyDeleteI have just started keeping track of the books I read over the past couple of years. Sometimes I go back and add books I remember onto Goodreads, but I don't have a definitive list. I wish I did...