Tag: Morning Meanderings

This one is a brief one… I was hoping to have more time this morning, but I am not at home, stayed over night for our homeless program and have been running since 6 am.  I am cleaning up here and then on the trail with my friends for a morning bike ride and then a late breakfast to catch up and chat.

I will be back later with a review and maybe a giveaway…. have a few I need to get posted.  Have a wonderful start to your weekend.   Any fun plans?

Oh… I will leave you with this picture.  This is what happens at my house if I bring the laundry upstairs but do not fold it and put it away right away:

I am up.  Vertical is good.  Coffee is good, and my light croissant with peanut butter is good.  Last night I came home and fell asleep on the couch about 7:30 pm.  Then woke up at 9:00 and read…. then asleep again at 10 and didn’t get up until 6:45 this morning.

I am stretched, pulled, tired out, over booked, over whelmed, and over committed.  And… I am pretty sure I have lost my muchness.

Yup.  There it is.

Am I the only one that does this?  Says “Yes, Sure!”  “Oh absolutely!”  “Let’s see I have four minutes between 6:15 and 6:19, yeah, count me in!”

Today I work until 3.  Then I need to go to the post office because I have much to mail.  At 4:20 I pick up the people from the day center who are part of the program I am working with this week.  I make sure the people coming in to serve dinner tonight are comfortable before I make a run for it  home, shower, grab my clothes and a blanket and hurry back, because it is my night to stay over night for the homeless program.  Then I take them back to the day center by 8 am where I will then hurry home, load up the bikes, and meet my girl friends on the bike trail at 8:30 am where we are biking to Nisswa (18 miles one way) to shop and hang out for the afternoon and then bike back home.

I picture this version of me (I think it is me) with a smile plastered on my face laying passed out next to my bike.

Ok… I am done whining.  It is another gorgeous day in Minnesota.  I believe the forecast called for severe storms but I don’t see it.  Its sunny and welcoming and exactly what I need.  🙂

I have what I think is a fun post coming up later today…  hope you will pop in for it.

Go Coffee Pot Go!!!

Is it wrong to rush the coffee pot?  I am zipping around this morning as I have a full day and I am starting it off with a big 9 am meeting that I want to look brilliant for.  I have a couple of things I need to prep prior to this meeting in order for the “brilliance” to have full effect. Part of this meeting is I need to have read chapters 19 and 20 out of the book the me I want to be by John Ortberg.  Love Ortberg so this is no homework assignment at all…. this is – dessert.

😀

And when today is all said and done I am going to enjoy what is supposed to be a beautiful day by rollerblading with my friend Wendy.  The last week has been rainy, drizzly, damp, overcast, gloomy, cold…. and darn right frustrating.  I have roller bladed and biked in this last week in rain sprinkles.  I really want to be done with that.  My final award of the day being this:

This is my back deck and this is where I love to sit and read when the sun is out.  I took this picture this morning – pre sun….  but it is coming.  The weather man said, so it has to be true right?  Right?  Oh please let it be true….

Before I rush out the door I want to say that yesterdays discussion about Bookaholics was so fun!  And you probably (hopefully) have seen I have the survey up now.  I will leave that as top post for a while and then move it to the sidebar.  I hope each of you will take a moment to fill out the survey so I can get an idea of what sort of reader base I have.  It’s very short and I appreciate your help.

Have a super day!  I am back later with a review… maybe something more.  I have a couple drafted discussions that I can’t wait to pull out but they may wait….. 😉

Good Morning!  My name is Sheila and I am a bookaholic.

Symptoms:

1. Inability to leave my home without a book in my purse, one tucked between the seats of the vehicle, or an audio in the CD player.  (In many cases – all  of the above.)

2. The ability to pick up on other people “book conversations” at great distances.  Almost like bat ears I can tune into a book related topic.

3. Most often (in case #2) being able to walk up and join in the conversation without having to know these people.

4. Skipped out on meetings or other events because you were in a really good part of a book.

5. Own a t-shirt that says “I’d rather be reading” – and it is true.
   

6. Have misplaced a book and unable to find it as quick as you had hoped, went out and bought another copy so you could continue where you left off.

7. Refer to Barnes and Noble as my “Mother Ship” and all my friends know this.

8. Can not pass a bookstore without jonesing a little.

9. All the Librarians know you by name.

10. Stay up way too late into the wee hours of the night (which has now become morning) and discover you only have a few hours of sleep before you need to go to work.

And the point of this conversation this morning is #10.  I stayed up way too late reading last night.  Then I woke up at 7 am (I never use an alarm).  I sat up, and thought – 5 more minutes, and layed back down.  I woke up again at 8:05.

I go to work at 8.

AND – and, I had a commitment to deliver keys to a van to friends of ours this morning on my way to work.  They needed the keys by 7:30 – 7:45 am and I said “no problem, It’s on my way to work!”

GAH!

So…… yeah.  I have issues.  Please make my day by adding to this list of bookaholic symptoms, or share your stories from the top ten here.  Oh you know you have them…. 😀

(P.S.  for those of you who received a survey in your email box last night but couldn’t link to it here…. it is coming yet today, I meant to draft it and instead published it….  yes, my madness continues….  perhaps I need coffee…)

Good morning.  🙂

Last night I was staying up later than I should and was watching a movie that I own called The Brave One with Jodie Foster.  Have you seen this?  If you like a suspense thriller, this is a great movie.

When we were in New York recently for BEA Reagan (Miss Remmers Reviews) and I, were walking in Central Park when I was sure that the bridge in the park was the same one as in the movie, The Brave One.   I told Reagan  about the movie as she had never seen it and ran under the bridge pointing out key spots, “This is where the dog was captured, this is where the fight started…”  Reagan refused to walk under the bridge.

I wasn’t 100% sure that it was the same bridge but tonight I finally Googled the movie and yes, the scene is shot in Central Park and that is the bridge.  If you haven’t see this movie, I recommend it.  Jodie Foster plays an incredible role.

Here is the movie trailer – it is a bit violent in this scene:

Funny memory so thought I would share…    this morning I am setting up for our week of serving with the homeless through IHN. That will keep me busy most of the morning and a bit into the afternoon too.  After that I will be back for a bit to work on Bloggiesta and put up a review.  Yesterday if you were one of the wonderful people who helped me through comments here and on Twitter as I made a color decision for this blog – thank you.  That took way longer than I had planned and your assistance was appreciated.

In the mean time, if you did not have the chance to whack the pinata yesterday, there is still time to do so.  🙂

Good morning!  It dawned on me  that when I talk about Coffee Cup…. you really don’t know who Coffee Cup is.  Prior to this post, Coffee Cup has not shown up in any pictures.  Today – that changes.

Coffee Cup in most households would probably be one of a beautiful matched set and I do own a set of nice coffee cups… but I prefer not to use them.  Coffee Cup to me is actually 4 different favorite coffee cups.  Each has a special meaning to me and the one I drink out of in the morning truly depends on my mood.

So meet the four coffee cups:

This cup I use when I am in a funny mood but I also use it if I wake up in a cranky mood – then it is just a sarcastic reminder “that someday – this may be funny!”

This one I was given as a gift for my 40th and it still holds true.  I plan to stay young and carefree and refuse to grow up.  😀

This one is used a lot.  I received this one at Spicer Castle in Spicer Minnesota when my friends took part in a murder mystery.  I like it because it says “Guilty” and I usually am about something.

This one – this one is my favorite cup and probably gets the most use.  My mom gave me this set years ago with matching canisters.  Through the years the canisters have broke, all the cups have too – except this one.

This one, when I use it, reminds me of my mom.  When I want to feel close to her, or just take a few minutes in the morning to remember what an amazing woman she was, this is the cup I use.

I am often asked how much coffee I really drink and although I talk about coffee every morning and drink it every morning – I do not drink it all day.  I usually stop around 10 or 11 am and switch to water.  At night, I go back to coffee, a cup or two while I relax, and sometimes I drink tea instead.  😀

You are probably noticing some changes around here.  For one, I painted last night.  Not sure if this color  is the final choice but I will wait and see.  I am participating as I can in the Bloggiesta and hope to find some time today to work on future posts and pending reviews.

I am also – in typical Book Journey fashion…. planning a little something “Bloggiesta”themed for this afternoon so please, stop back in if you are in the neighborhood.

Today’s coffee cup?  The 4th one.

Have an awesome day!!!  If you are doing anything fun this weekend let me know 😀

Bloggiesta hours so far:  7

Good morning!  I have to say thank you to everyone that stopped by yesterday to send well wishes on my first official blogiversary.   I was overwhelmed with the response and laughed a lot at your fun comments.  A+ for creativity!  People arrived by row boats to cruise ships,palanquins,trains, parachutes, limos, on the Black Pearl, bikes, dog sled,  roller blades,  water bomber,  horses, rainbows and more.  Seriously – if you have some time  just read some of the comments…. I laughed all day long.  And I haven’t even mentioned the yummy food!  I also did what I always try to do and that is respond to your comments, after all – it was a party and I had to mingle with the guests.  😀

Personally I would have taken the flu powder way…. but that’s just me 😉

And maybe next year it will be interesting to see who traveled the farthest to get here.  Petty Witter came from England, and Book Whisperer from UK, or is it CCQDesigns who came from the Galapagos Islands?

Today I am thankful to be past this milestone and moving a toe into year 2.  This afternoon I am really excited to meet up with a friend I have not spent time with for 20+ years.   I graduated with Ann and we connected on Facebook.  She is meeting me today to go biking on the bike trail after I get off work.  It will be so fun to hang out and catch up on the years.

And tonight…. I may do nothing.  I need a nothing night.  I look forward to a nothing night.  The nothing night will be mine… My Precious….

Ok… hopefully I don’t look this bad in the mornings.  Maybe this is my hint to exit stage left and go get ready for work.  Have a super day – review up later along with book club discussion!

OOH!  Still stretching wiping sleep from my eyes.  I am happy and exhausted all rolled into one.  Yesterday was a marathon day and while I finished…. I feel I dragged myself across that line.

I had left my home at 7:30 am for a conference in Elk River, MN.  My friend Wendy and I made the drive so it wasn’t too painful as we chat chat chat all the way.  A little after 9 am we are at the conference and I am there until 5, where I bow out early as I have book club back in Brainerd at 6:30 and know I am going to be late late late.   I arrive at book club and we discuss Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling Funeral (more on that tomorrow when I review).

After book club wraps up around 8:30 pm I rush with my friend Laura to another location where it is our friend Chad’s birthday.  My hubby had already been there and left (missed him!) but I still wanted to make an appearance.

10:30 pm I roll back into my yard and instead of going to bed I listen to That’s How I Blog with Nicole (Linus’s’ Blanket) and Amy (My Friend Amy) discussing BBAW – Book Blogger Appreciation Week.  Click on the link and learn more about it! Then I read the comments from yesterdays BEA Giveaway bag which are awesome and if you haven’t signed up yet -there is still time to get in on this win!

So…. anyway – I am tired.  And today is my Blogoversary so I am going to drink my coffee and remember what a fabulous year this has been.  Please stop back in for the all day party!  😀