Play day

I'm looking forward to this weekend.  I have tomorrow off. Yea!

I got a head start on the weekend by playing around with my blog this evening.  Yea! again.

This week the weather has been extremely nice--a little foggy--in the forties even.  Spring is definitely on the way.

Along with spring comes a list of dreadful things I need to get done.  Dreadful only in that I am dreading doing them not that they are dreadful in and of themselves.

1. Clean the basement (blech)
2. Scrape the paint off the garage & the porch awnings
3. Paint the garage & porch awnings
4. Clean out the gutters
5. Wash the siding on the house

But tomorrow is my day off so I'm not going to think about it . . . much.

How to tell when the timer on your stove is broken (in one easy step)

If your pizza comes out of the oven like this:

the timer on your stove is probably broken.

Generally not a people person

Recently, I have been reading books nominated for the Iowa Teen Award and the Iowa High School Book Award because I am trying to put together a teen program at the library.  The book I am currently reading is called The Year We Disappeared: a Father-Daughter Memoir.

Generally, I don't read biographies.  I just can't get into them.  I'm not exactly sure why.  So I was a little leery about reading this book.  It is the story of a policeman in the 1970s who was shot in the line of duty, the events surrounding this event and the effects it had on his family and his life.

I really like how the book is written.  It is in the chronological order of the events that happened but every other chapter is from the daughter's perspective--who was nine at the time of the shooting--and the father's perspective.

I have had to force myself to turn off my light at night because the story is so engaging.  And here I am writing about it and I haven't even finished it! (Which is why this book is not listed on my 100+ Reading Challenge post.)

This memoir is definitely a must read!

Photo from www.bn.com

Hooked up and wired in

Ah . . . .

I can e-mail.
I can browse.
I can search.

Finally!

My fancy new computer arrived on Wednesday and I have been updating and uploading since then. My very first BRAND NEW computer.

And the best part . . . . it's completely paid for -- no debt!

I am very proud of myself for this feat. 

As a result, I will be back to my regularly scheduled blogging next week.

Erg . . . who would have thought

Well, the button has been pressed there's no going back now. 

I bought a computer. 

It only took me hours of deliberation and weeks of thinking.

Who knew it would be this difficult for me to spend my hard earned money?

Now I have to wait 3-7 days for it to arrive . . .