Life...It's All Good! A blog about things I find interesting and fun...I love to make new friends, read, share, music is a joy in my life. The amount of new, interesting, mind-boggling things I find on the internet amazes me everyday. I view life with fascination!
Awoke last night at 2 a.m. with a churning tummy and a headache and unable to sleep until about 4:30 a.m. Woke up to the alarm at 6:20 still with the same feelings going on. Made the phone call to the boss, who was nice about my request for a sick day and commented that another employee was also sick.
Tonight homemade chicken soup is simmering on the stove and the smell itself is already making me feel better. There isn't anything better or more soothing than homemade chicken noodle soup, I can hardly wait. I hope I'll feel better tomorrow so I can return to work which will make "the boss" happy! I want to make a change when it comes to being sick, I vow to enjoy and appreciate each day I feel good!
Here is what I envision, not my picture cause mine isn't done yet: On a scary note I'm worried about the economy, heard on the news about 50,000 jobs lost today alone. I'm hoping things start to improve but I'm worried that my previous blog on the state of the economy and the redesign of the dollar bill isn't far off. But, I'm still hoping for the best in our economy and our world.
First three day weekend...new schedule at work...three day weekends every other week. I'm loving it this week but I'm sure next week, not so much! Enjoyed my first Friday off lounging about, reading, surfing the net, etc.
Saturday, even better, went shopping and to see a movie with a good friend. Saw Twilight for the first time although it may not be as good as the book I'm still giving it 4 stars cause I really like the actor/actress playing Bella and Edward. I really like Alice and Charlie in the movie too. And I loved the books! Who knows what I'll do today but either way it will be a good day cause I'm just happy to have TIME OFF! Happy weekend to you!
Well, three weeks off work and I'm getting the blues about going back tomorrow. Early cold mornings, nine to 10 hour days, problems to solve, meetings...blah! The time off was nice while it lasted. Guess I'll just count my blessings. I am lucky to have a good job, good pay and a cool boss. Still I wish I had a rewind button for the time I had off!
And as my friend Cindy said yesterday on the subject: "Well, at least I won't be alone in the misery. People all over the U.S. will be grumbling, getting up early and getting back to the work grind, just like me!"
Darn...one book shy of 100...I regretfully must report that I almost made 100 books this year, which would've been a first for me. I had three weeks off and should've easily reached my goal but instead I was too tied up with Christmas preparations, a visit up to Northern California to see my family, getting a water main fixed at the house and basically no inclination to read. Well, 99 isn't a bad amount and it wasn't like I set the goal for 100; it just became my goal when I was sooooo close.
I really enjoyed the books I read this year there were only a few I didn't enjoy. I enjoyed several of the books involving animals that I read this year. Such as Marley and Me, God of Animals, The Plague Dogs, The Labrador Pact, Water for Elephants, and The Darkest Evening of the Year. I obviously enjoyed several Dean Koontz books and Greg Iles became an author that will definitely be on my reading list in 2009. Of course, I, like many got caught up in the Twilight saga but, I still haven't seen the movie. Lovely Bones was also a book I enjoyed more than I thought I would. What books did you particularly enjoy in 2008?
Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year's!
Books Read in 2008
By the Light of the Moon, Dean Koontz
Odd Hours, Dean Koontz
Echo Park, Michael Connelly (good book)
Stars, Kathryn Harvey
Don't Scream, Wendy CorsiStaub
True Evil, Greg Iles (great thriller)
Outer Banks, Anne River Siddons
Deja Dead, Kathy Reichs
O is for Outlaw, Susan Grafton
Hearts in Atlantis, Stephen King
Butterfly, Kathryn Harvey
Cry No More, Linda Howard
I Don't Know How She Does It, Allison Pearson
Body Surfing, Anita Shreve
The Host, Stephanie Meyer
Tigress, Jennifer Blake
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
The Opposite of Love, Julie Buxbaum
Vanish, Tess Gerritsen
Northern Lights, Nora Roberts
Prior Bad Acts, Tami Hoag
Wild Fire, Nelson DeMille
Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
BergdorfBlondes, Plum Sykes
Killer Dreams, Iris Johansen
Third Degree, Greg Iles
Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden (good read)
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, Billie Letts
Where the Heart Is, Billie Letts
Summer Sisters, Judy Blume
Back When We Were Grown-ups, Anne Tyler
The Beach House, James Patterson
True Betrayals, Nora Roberts
Brother Odd, Dean Koontz
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
You've Been Warned, James Patterson
Blood Test, Jonathan Kellerman (blah)
The Quickie, James Patterson (twists & turns)
Forever Odd, Dean Koontz
Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz
74 Seaside Avenue, Debbie Macomber
Key of Light, Nora Roberts (mediocre)
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
Lost and Found, Jacqueline Sheenan
Fearsome Fourteen, Janet Evanovich
Lean Mean Thirteen, Janet Evanovich
Twelve Sharp, Janet Evanovich
Eleven on Top, Janet Evanovich
Ten Big Ones, Janet Evanovich
Sleep No More, Greg Iles
To the Nines, Janet Evanovich
Hard Eight, Janet Evanovich
Seven Up, Janet Evanovich
Hot Six, Janet Evanovich
High Five, Janet Evanovich
Four to Score, Janet Evanovich
Hold Tight, Harlan Coben
Three to Get Deadly, Janet Evanovich
Two for the Dough, Janet Evanovich
One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
Life Expectancy, Dean Koontz
Twenty Wishes, Debbie Macomber
Gone for Good, Harlan Coben (good mystery)
6 Ranier Drive, Debbie Macomber
Seize the Night, Dean Koontz
The Good Guy, Dean Koontz (great book--thanks Janet!)
50 Harbor Street, Debbie Macomber
Fear Nothing, Dean Koontz
44 Cranberry Point, Debbie Macomber
The Husband, Dean Koontz
The Labrador Pact, Matt Haig (hated the ending!)
Beginner's Greek, James Collins
No! I Don't Want to Join a Bookclub!, Virginia Ironside (humorous)
The Secret of Lost Things, Sheridan Hay (didn't like it)
Change of Heart, Jodi Piccoult
God of Animals, Aryn Kyle
One Door Away from Heaven, Dean Koontz
The Plague Dogs, Richard Adams
The Breathtaker, Alice Blanchard
The Finishing School, Michele Martinez
Velocity, Dean Koontz
311 Pelican Road, Debbie Macomber
Good Grief, Lolly Winston
Obedience, Will Lavendar
The Darkest Evening of the Year, Dean Koontz
204 Rosewood Lane, Debbie Macomber
Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Piccoult
16 Lighthouse Road, Debbie Macomber
Back on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber
Marley and Me, John Grogan
18 Seconds, James Collins
A Good Yarn, Debbie Macomber
Walking in Circles, Before Lying Down, Merrill Markoe
The Daring Book for Girls, Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
Pigs in Heaven, Barbara Kingsolver
Wouldn't Trade Nothing for My Journey Now, Maya Angelou
On a scary note I'm worried about the economy, heard on the news about 50,000 jobs lost today alone. I'm hoping things start to improve but I'm worried that my previous blog on the state of the economy and the redesign of the dollar bill isn't far off. But, I'm still hoping for the best in our economy and our world.
