I’m anxiously waiting…

…the arrival of this little gem!

I ordered it yesterday and it should be on its way now to my lovely doorstep. (Which I need to stare with you all. I do love the fall!).

The Shop on Blossom Street

While out of town this past weekend, I was bad.  Instead of finishing reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; I read The Shop on Blossom Street off DeAnne’s nook. 

I have been wanting to read this book (and the others in the series) since I picked up the Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: The Shop on Blossom Street pattern book.  This book (both the novel and pattern book) is filled with baby afghans.  I picked it up when I decided to knit one for each of my dear sweet friends when they were pregnant. I feel in love with it instantly.  To this date, I have knitted four patterns from this book.  I hope to knit more for others when the time comes.  After reading the book, it was nice to know more about the patterns I had read about (from the pattern book) and knitted. 

DeAnne had the second book in the series, A Good Yarn, on the nook as well.  So what did I do; start it.  I can’t wait till I either get my own nook or see DeAnne again so I can finish it.

On the knitting note, I frogged the socks I started for Brian when we were dating to start over. Maybe this time I can figure out how to do them correctly; it will be my first pair.  I have two more skeins to make one of me and one for either Brian or myself.

Book Memories

Books have always been an important part of my life.  From the time I could read, I have been reading constantly.  Certain books brings back memories from years ago or gives me a warm feeling inside each time I read it.  I even remember the one and only book my mom took away from me and I have yet to finish reading it to this day.  Mom rarely censored our book reading since she was an avid reader as well.  The Apartment was a young adult book that I was reading in either late junior high or early high school and I left it on the couch one night when I had gone out.  Mom picked it up and read part of it and thought a story about a young couple living together and not married was something I should be reading.  Silly parents. :) I need to see if the library has it and finish it.

At the end of elementary school, I read the Anne of Green Gables series for the first time. I had started many times before that to read them but I would always start to picture the movie and never able to finish the first book.  Finally, I did.  Up until sometime in college, I re-read the series each summer. My sister and I both would.  We shared her set she had received as a gift one year and those poor little books were in pieces by the time she got a new set a few years after she got married.  The Anne books would take me into a world that I would be immersed in.  There were days during the summer when I would read almost 2 of the books in a day.  All I did was read; stopping only to eat and pee.  The Nancy Drew books were the same way, I would read 2 books a day most days. 

This year I started acquiring the Ramona books (since like most of the books I read as a girl belong to my sister) for myself.  I read one in between heavy reading.  It gives my brain something to read that does not require thought and it brings back warm memories.  I guess I’m hoping that if I have kids one day they will enjoy reading the same books I did.  The Nancy Drew books were DeAnne’s as well.  I borrowed them from here a little bit ago to do the same as the Ramona books.  Just something to read when I’m not ready to get back into something heavy. 

This week a friend reminded me of another set of books I was in love with growing up; Lurlene McDaniel books. All her books were about teenagers with either cancer or some other health problem that only had a few months to live.  The first book I read of hers was Six Months to Live. It started a series about a girl named Dawn Rochelle who had leukemia.  I’m hoping that all these books are in one of the boxes I have in my attic or somewhere at my parent’s house.  I feel the need to add them to the list to re-read. (Not that I need to add to the long running list of books to read. :))

I keep thinking of this book that I read either in elementary or junior high school, but cannot think of the name of it.  I want to say it was a year book, like 2026 or something like that.  It was set in the future and the main character was moving to the moon as one of the first families there.  I need to see if I can find it.  Maybe I need to make a trip to the library back home to see if they still have it.  I remember where it was in the old library, but it moved years ago. 

I know I’m not the only one who has memories from books!  I would love to hear about the books that hold a special light in your eye or bring back certain memories.

Saturdays, Books, Leaves

Happy Saturday!  My sweet husband just feed me breakfast and coffee in bed.  I love Saturday mornings when he makes breakfast.  Today is suppose to be a pretty day, mostly sunshine with the high of low 50s.  I’m actually looking forward to getting outside in a little while to rake.  Yesterday we sat on the patio for a little happy hour and it just got to me. (I cannot wait till Spring when we can come home and have happy hour on the patio.  One of my favorite things to do in the Spring and Summer.)  I did not like looking a yard, flower beds, etc covered in leaves.  Plus it will be a good work out  for us. 

I have a new goal.

Anyone who knows me, knows I have a obsession love for books.  In my old house I had stacks everywhere I could put them.  I ran out of room on the small bookcase I had, I put them under my nightstands, in stacks under the end tables, as decor on the mantel, and anywhere else I could find.  As it is now I am running out of room on the bookcase we have now.  Each year for my birthday my  parents would give me a gift card to Square Books or another bookstore.  I would plan which books and how many I could get with the gift card.  This resulted in me having many stacks of books that I have yet to read.  For the rest of the year I’m going to set a goal for each month to read a list of books.  Beginning with March (oh my!  Can you believe it’s already March!  Where does the time go?  It feels like yesterday was Christmas and I was taking all the decorations down.) I plan to post my list here each first of the month.

March:
Love in the Time of Cholera (already in progress)
Living Dead in Dallas (already in progress)
Sharp Objects (already in progress)
Mere Christianity
Lamb

Last night we headed up to Baldwyn for dinner at Pizza Factory. (If you are ever in town and craving pizza, this is the place to go.  It honestly is the best pizza in this area.) We had a low key night with a movie at home, Couples Retreat.  We ended up not finishing it due to us both being tired, but so far it’s good. 

Where the Wild Things Are

I love this book. Growing up it was one of my favorites and still it today. I did not realize they were making a movie of the book, but the final cut is complete. It did not see the release date, but I know it will be good.