Christmas Knitting ..... in July!

Book: Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

(Sorry the word of the day was starting to bother me.)

Feeling: annoyed by the word of the day and double pointed needles

So I am a knitting freak among other freaky hobbies I have ( like smelling taxidermy and licking stamps. Not really.) And I knit really slowly. I was making my sister a hat last Christmas and I didn't finish it in time so it was going to be for her Birthday and I didn't have it done by then, so now it is for this Christmas along with a matching scarf. So I have learned that I have to start Christmas presents really early. So, I want to make my Dad a pair of socks, seems easy enough, right? Wrong. I have to use double pointed needles which are really hard to use. I am just really bad at it so, I think everyone will just get scarves. Yup nice long, really long and... I don't have a long enough attention span to make a scarf. This is going to be a lot harder than I thought. Well then, I would like to update my summer reading log:

1. The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
2. Beauty Shop for Rent by Laura Bowers
3. Sweets, Treats, and Secret Crushes by Lisa Greenwald
4. Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby
5. How My Personal, Private Journal Became a Bestseller by Julia DeVillers
6. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
7. Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras by Cathy Hopkins
8. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
9. Fins are Forever by Tera Lynn Childs
10. The Melting of Maggie Bean by Tricia Rayburn
11. Queen of the Dead by Stacy Kade
12. Iron King by Julie Kagawa
13. Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
14. Doomed Queen Anne by Carolyn Meyer
15. Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
16. Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
17. Mates, Dates and Cosmic Kisses by Cathy Hopkins
18. Mates, Dates and Designer Divas by Cathy Hopkins
19. Mates, Dates and Sleepover Secrets by Cathy Hopkins
20. Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski
21. Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
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As you can see I changed my goal from 70 to a more attainable 60 I have also read 10 more books since the last time I posted. Let's see if I can make it by the end of summer!               

Summer Reading

Book: Queen of the Dead by Stacy Kade

Word 'o' the Day: askew- slightly off kilter

Feeling: Very tired (time difference stinks)

So I have set myself a very high goal of reading 70 books this summer. It may seem rediculous and unattainable but I plan on making it. So far I have read 10 books. If I read 10 books a week for the next 6 weeks I will have reached my goal with a few days to spare. These are the books I have read so far:

1. The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
2. Beauty Shop for Rent by Laura Bowers
3. Sweets, Treats, and Secret Crushes by Lisa Greenwald
4. Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby
5. How My Personal, Private Journal Became a Bestseller by Julia DeVillers
6. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
7. Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras by Cathy Hopkins
8. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
9. Fins are Forever by Tera Lynn Childs
10. The Melting of Maggie Bean by Tricia Rayburn
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As you can see I still am a long way off. There will be constant updates of my summer reading progress for anyone who cares. If any of those people who care happen to have a suggestion on what to read next I would love to hear about it in a comment. Also, for the people who care, www.authorstop.com has a new contest hint, hint, wink, wink. Adventure/ Romance genre if you care...

Escalators and Moving Sidewalks Amoung Other Things

Book: Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras by Cathy Hopkins
Word 'o' the Day: irked-a fancy way to say annoyed
Feeling: SO ready for a vacation

Going on vacation! And I have found something I hate about rushed people in an airport. They always walk on the escalators. Seriously, they are so you can relax and let the stairs do the walking for you. Walking down them defeats the purpose of an escalator. And I checked, it DOES NOT make you walk down any faster. Also, walking on moving sidewalks. WHY? They move so you don't have to! But again I did check and it does make you faster. That is no reason for you moving sidewalk walkers to walk on them though (unless you are trying to have super speed, walk on future super heroes of the world). Supposedly "free" WiFi is also really annoying. The airports make you jump through hoops to get your one hour of WiFi. I had to watch a really loud ad to bring you internet people this post. You better appreciate it. Well, because of stinky airport WiFi I bring you this post four days late. Apparently you can't save things online when using airport WiFi so I saved this post on a sticky note until I had/have better WiFi at a hotel I am staying at. I really hate having to look for free WiFi hot spots,why can't every public place have wireless internet? 
actual date this should have been sent on: 7/8/11