A Day In My Life

Top BOOKs of 2011

I love to read...I LOVE books...Uhm...I work in a BOOKSTORE:)  I thought I would share some of my favorites that I read in 2011.

Books that made me laugh...

I LOVE Janet Evonavich...her Stephaine Plum novels are honestly Laugh out Loud books.  I got to read TWO  Plum novels and one new novels series in 2011:

 

Books that made me think:

TWO books  that changed my life and how I look at things:

 

Books that I enjoyed for the heck of it:

Don't let this list fool you I read a ton more...some were pretty good...some I started and didn't finish for one reason or another...and some were just okay.

What have you read lately?

Dancingly, Denise

What are YOU reading?

Since I need to write a blog post everyday this month for the blog challenge, and I am trying to increase traffic flow to my blog AND I would love to have people comment...i thought I would ask you what YOU are reading and share with you what I have been reading this summer.  Books and magazines alike!

BUT first... I am not sure if everyone knows how to comment on a blog?  Seriously, someone asked me the other day where you go to comment and I realized maybe it isn't that easy...and the other thing is the comment section  has changed positions and is a little harder to see.  So...you finish reading this post and at the bottome of it you see something like this:

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You see where it says "comments (3)" ?  if you click on that it takes you to the comments section of that particular post.  If there are already comments you need to scroll down through them and you will see a box and it says "post a Comment"  It has a place for website, but if you don't have one you don't have to fill that in.  Once you are done, hit POST and voila!  Hope that helps, but if it doesn't...just email me at magicalmemories2@aol.com

So, back to books:

I just read... Fat Chance by Julie Hadden

It was pretty good, sort of inspiring.  She was one of the finalist on the Biggest Loser.

I am working my way through this magazine, which I ALWAYS absolutely LOVE ... Where Women Create

I am waiting for the fourth book in this series to come out on newstands:

The Bride Quartet By Nora Roberts

And I am starting to read:

Jillian Michaels Master Your Metabolism

It's the whole "balancing your hormones" that caught my attention!

So you see, I read like I live my life!  I gotta have a few things going at once:)

I also have the newest Stephanie Plum book sitting here waiting for me...that always makes me laugh so I may start that very soon!

SO...WHAT are YOU reading?  I would love to know!

Dancingly,Denise

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Just Do It...

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,  How great Thou art, How great Thou art.  Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,  How great Thou art, How great Thou art!"

I attended a memorial service for Larry Hoyt today.  It was a beautiful service.  Like everybody else I don't like going to these things, but as Dad and Bonnie would tell me...and I would tell them "put on your big girl panties and do it".  What I wanted to say though is that this service reminded me how much I love church hymns...I always feel so peaceful and "full" after hearing or singing them.  Larry was a very kind soul...he will be missed.

Ihave read the newest issue of "Where Women Create"  cover to cover in the last two days.  This issue really struck a chord with me.  Marisa Haedike (who I do not know at all...and have never even visited her blog until NOW)Creative Thursday  In the magazine she wrote:  "We are not alone when we think that we have to have it all figured out before we can fully commit to our dream.  And while I understand that this seems logical and wise, I have come to realize that it can just be one more excuse not to step into the life that is meant to be ours."

Hmmm, there I am in writing.  I WISH I had written that:)  So often I have a dream or a goal...and because I can't get an image of the "big picture" I just don't do it...or even more if I can't diagram a "plan" of the end result...For instance...I want to create something...it is fun for me to do and I might be able to create a bit of an income out of it...BUT because I can't "figure it all out" I just keep THINKING about it.  You know NIKE really had something with their "JUST DO IT" slogan.  I get lost in the final results...get so overwhelmed trying to to figure it all out that I give up.  But here I read... "stop doing that".  Stop ignoring the life that is meant to be mine...and so here is where that will happen.  What is something in your life that you keep studying for...planning for...thinking about...but haven't made the big move to JUST DO IT?

This life is all we have...it's ours...what shall we do...

Dancingly, Denise

 

Monday...Monday...

If you are looking for the post on my studio and what it looks like click this link:  A Day In My Life: Where Woman Create...BLOG PARTY!

"Every other day,  Every other day,  Every other day,  Of the week is fine, yeah.  But whenever Monday comes,  But whenever Monday comes,  You can find me crying,  All of the time." -The Momma's and The Poppa's

I really don't cry on Monday's...but that song has been going through my head today, so I thought I would send it through yours too:)

I posted another purse on Etsy today...I think this is awfully CUTE:

 

It is very little so I call it a "get up and go" purse.  You can throw your cell phone, some lipstick and your keys in it and "get up and go":)  It would also be adorable for a favorite little girl...especially if she has a sweet ladybug outfit (Lauren did when she was little:)

I had forgotten that when we ordered Lauren's SeaMonkeys I also order to felting books.  They came today and I can't wait for some time to sit down and check them out:

Anyone out there needlefelt?  And if you do I would love some ideas on books that have great patterns in them?

Well, it's getting late and I have some boxes of Goodwill stuff to take pictures of and get out of the house.  I hope you all have a great evening and that Monday didn't find you CRYIN'...oh Monday, Monday.

Good Night...

Denise

 

 

 

What I am reading...

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”

John Burroughs

Enough Already by Peter Walsh

I have been wearing a podometer for the last couple of days...this is my reading as of right now (5:10pm)

 

I would like to reach 10,000 steps a day...this is after just regular daily stuff and 1/2 hour on the treadmill today.  I am anxious to wear it tomorrow to see how many steps I clock in BOSTON!  Going on a trip with my sons 8th grade class to Boston tomorrow...so you won't hear from me probably until this weekend...we will be home tomorrow too, but then Friday is busy...and graduation...etc.  I'll have plenty of pictures to share!

Denise

Artful Blogging

 

I just discovered this book ARTFUL BLOGGING by Somerset Studios and have devoured two issues of it in the past few weeks.  The book is so full of "eye candy"...such beautiful pictures and art work and I have found some great blogs from it.

The other book I am enjoying right now is The Savvy Crafter's Guide to Success.  It is giving me some great ideas on the "purse" front.  By the way I hope to be able to add some more felted, knitted purses to my Etsy store this week.

As promised I wanted to show some glimpses of what I did this weekend, this first project is designed by Teresa Collin's and I loved it so much I picked up another one of her kits this weekend. This is just a few pages of the whole thing. There are no pictures in it yet, but I plan to add pictures of Scott and the kids and I:

 

 

 

 

 

And the other project is  an acrylic book, created by Angela Moen of the BUTTON FARM...here are a couple of pages from it...again no pictures in it, but I have ideas:

 

 

  What fun!

Well, I am off to watch some t.v. and knit!  See ya tomorrow...

Denise (6:00pm 23 degrees, feels like 13.  High 26, Low 7)

What I'm Reading

I am reading this book right now.  Do I like it?  Well...it has been choppy reading as I started it before Christmas and so I haven't been able to really consistently read it.  I do like it...kind of a feel good sort of a story.  Makes you want to go work at a STARBUCKS;) and i don't even like coffee!  Would i read it again?  Nope...not unless I was going to work at or manage a Starbucks, which I am not planning on doing anytime soon.  Should YOU read it?  If you have some spare time and want to...I say sure.

I have on loan from the library, that one and these two...they all need to be back NEXT Thursday with no renewals available soooooooo I have some heavy duty reading to do! But I love to read so here's to finding some time!

Have you been reading anything good?  Please share in my comment section.  I hibernate and stock up on good reads from now until April so I would love to hear what you are reading.

By the way... I walked...I am keeping my food journal today...and I am drinking WATER!  Woohoo...go Team Denise!

Peace and happiness, Denise