What October means to me...the kick off to my three most favorite months of the year! The leaves are changing. Our homegrown pumpkins and cornstalks join the other harvest decorations around town. I am drinking way too many pumpkin spice lattes (a nod in return to JoAnn:). And Dewey's read-a-thon returns. I was a lot late in learning the date for the RAT and decided not to participate as life has been a little fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants lately but now that the day is here I don't want to miss out completely. So although I am not signed up, I am going to join in...unofficially. The hour is late and I may be only able to read and cheer on for a few hours but nonetheless I am in and will begin by answering the traditional opening meme...
1. Where are you reading from today? Central PA, USA
2. Three random facts about me: 1. I was the top fundraiser in my third grade math-a-thon...I hate math. 2. I took the CBEST for fun...well and to rub the fact that I passed it in the face of a guy I despised because he was taking it for the fifth time. 3. I love games...I have this competitive side that I blame on my dad:)
3. How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours? One book does not a pile make... I will be reading Bleak House.
4. Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon? No.
5. If you are a veteran read-a-thoner, do you have any advice for people doing this for the first time? Read whatever takes your fancy when it takes your fancy and if you have no fancy at all take a break.
I also hope to spend some part of the day catching up with my favorite blogs. My last post was in June and I am about that far behind as I was able to check in only a few times during the summer. My youngest began kindergarten this fall and as a family we are getting back in the groove, so I hope to return to blogging on a regular basis. I did return to the original name of my blog, I missed it so.
I am off for a hot cup of coffee to go along with the latest in Esther's narrative.
3 comments:
Oh Psmith! I have missed you!
So glad to see you back. And happy to see the old name. I love it. Your youngest started kindergarten. What a milestone for you and your family. I remember that day very well. I went shopping for the first time without any kids, and I just sobbed walking down the aisles. I wonder if anyone saw me that day.
Darlene - Unforgivable to take so long in responding to your comment...I have missed you all so much and hate that my blogging is so inconsistent...I miss the daily connecting with other booklovers:(
Nan - Sorry so long in writing back. This sounds horrible but one thing I have come to appreciate is going down the aisles without having to overcorrect the shopping cart...my youngest's favorite thing was to hold onto the cart as she zigzagged from one set of shelves on the left to another set of shelves on the right to study the goods:) On the other hand, there is a new joy in hearing about her couple of hours spent with friends and learning new things. Today we ran into one of her friends and it was so sweet to see them hug each other in their excitement even though they had been together only 24 hours earlier.
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