It is currently 15 degrees outside, with winds between 20 and 25 mph...occasionally gusting to 40 mph. Kids, it is cold outside. Our radiators are hissing away, but with 2 window air conditioner units, there is always a slight chill. It's about this time each winter that I start craving spring so badly I can taste it. If I have to put on a scarf, hat, gloves, boots and a coat one more time, I may run screaming down the street. And I LOVE winter! But this time of year feels like we will never ever be warm again...it will be 20 degrees until I die.
Blessedly, I only have to put up with it for 2 more days, and then I get a reprieve. On Wednesday afternoon I'm flying to Southern California for 5 whole days. I can hardly wait!
My cousin Carrie (she's actually officially Kevin's cousin...but I claim her as my own!) has recruited me to go with her to CA to help her get her 3 small children out there for a much needed visit with grandparents and aunties. Her twins (7 months old) will get to meet their great-grandmother for the very first time. Carrie will get to meet her new little niece (6 weeks old) for the first time. I get to go with them, get a break from the monotony of winter, see my friend Amber, spend some time with Kevin's family, and play with some of my favorite kids on the whole planet! I'm really looking forward to it.
Hmmm...according to weather .com, it's supposed to be 68 degrees and sunny this weekend. Pefection!
Guess I better get started packing my Reefs, t-shirts, and sunglasses.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
What kind of reader are you?
My friend April brought up a very interesting point about reading. There are essentially two kinds of people in the world...well, I should say two kinds of readers in the world. There are Library Readers and there are Barnes & Noble Readers. April, as well as my husband Kevin, are Library Readers. They get a book, read it, and are done. With very few exceptions, they have no desire to re-read a book they have already read. I mean, come on...what's the point? You already know what happens! No suspense, no drama. Boring!
I, on the other hand, am a Barnes & Noble Reader. If I like a book, I will read it numerous times. Why, you ask? It's like re-visiting an old friend. I have invested time, energy and emotion in these characters, this storyline. Sure, I know what's going to happen...but I enjoy watching happen again anyway.
Kevin will start a book, then, for whatever reason, put it down and not pick it up for years. When he does, he'll briefly skim the part he already read, and then pick up where he left off. In contrast, when a new Harry Potter book comes out, I will go back re-read every Harry Potter book that came before so I'm all caught up with the storyline. I've read some of those books 4 times!
April says, "I have always thought people were NUTS for re-reading a book. Real book nerds do that." Yes, I have been called a book nerd a time or two...and I'm okay with that. I am a nerd in many areas. I own my nerdiness.
So...what kind of reader are you?
I, on the other hand, am a Barnes & Noble Reader. If I like a book, I will read it numerous times. Why, you ask? It's like re-visiting an old friend. I have invested time, energy and emotion in these characters, this storyline. Sure, I know what's going to happen...but I enjoy watching happen again anyway.
Kevin will start a book, then, for whatever reason, put it down and not pick it up for years. When he does, he'll briefly skim the part he already read, and then pick up where he left off. In contrast, when a new Harry Potter book comes out, I will go back re-read every Harry Potter book that came before so I'm all caught up with the storyline. I've read some of those books 4 times!
April says, "I have always thought people were NUTS for re-reading a book. Real book nerds do that." Yes, I have been called a book nerd a time or two...and I'm okay with that. I am a nerd in many areas. I own my nerdiness.
So...what kind of reader are you?
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