A Give Away

Lisa Leonard makes some awesome jewelry and she has a give away going on.  Hop on over there and leave a comment for a chance to win.  Lisa Leonard Designs.

If I won I'd purchase the through my lens necklace with the $50 gift certificate.  I tried to copy a photo of it, but couldn't, so you'll just have to go to the web page if your curious.

My daughter, Meghan has purchased several pieces of her jewelry

and just loves it.

I sent her birthday money in December and she

bought this necklace with it. 

She wears it almost daily.

My Addictions

They say confession is good for the soul.

I'm going to confess two of my addictions.

Popcorn....

Yes, most of you already knew that.

It's harmless you say,

well not if you should be limiting your salt

and there is such a thing a "popcorn lung".

Google it if you don't believe me.

But it's my other addition that

is running rampant these days.

That's my book addiction.

Yep, I have a serious one. 

The more my bookshelves fill up

the more books I want to collect.

I read the book Room...

You've got to read it, if you haven't already.

That was soon followed by reading

And now I'm in the middle of this book....

And today this book arrived!!!!

I read her book the Glass Castle last year or so

ago, it was unbelievably the best read ever.

An incredible true story.

I trade books at www.paperbackswap.com/

and buy them at www.thriftbooks.com/

I also occasionally hunt some down on Ebay

and also buy them from a second hand store that

has 80% off books that don't sell with a specific time period.

And when I get enough swag bucks points

to trade for a gift certificate to Amazon.com

yes, I usually spend it on books.

Then there's Salvation Army.

See I told you....

Addicted.

Seriously,  Hopelessly....

Forever....

Addicted.

Fess Up. 

What are you addicted to?

Way Back When is Back #21

Whoa! I didn't realize my last Way Back When was
Way Back in September.
I didn't realize it was that long ago.

It's back!
And Guess who the Star is today??.

This little guy .....

is my great-nephew

I had forgotten how cute Corban was at this age.

Some kids change in looks and some kids you can

easily pick out from their baby photos.

I don't think I could fool anyone or I

would have said you have three chances to guess.

Corban, Corban, Corban,  You're right!

And here he is today if you'd like to see how little he has
changed as far as looks go.  Corban

Five New Books and a Gift

I bought some books last month with my (swag bucks earned) Amazon gift cards.

If you haven't already signed up for Swag Bucks you really should give it a try.

I've totaled $45.00 in gift cards since I started the program.

All of these books happen to be on the topic of autism.

I just finished "Boy Alone", it was rated five stars,

 but I think I'd knock it down a star or two

for all the f-words.  I won't be sending this one to my

daughter as I sometimes like to do when I find some good

information to pass on.

My daughter, Amanda recommended a book she just finished

called ROOM.  So I also ordered it and started reading it this weekend.

I've done quite a bit of reading while I was sick.

I'm on the last 25 pages already as it's hard to put down.

I'm hooked on the narrative of the little five year old boy 

  and seeing things through his eyes.

It's a book that would be great for a club to read and discuss.

I'm finding I wish I had someone to talk about it with.

Two gifts came in the mail, but the bird is put away with Christmas decorations already.

This one however will be staying with the rest of my collection.

I love it!

And yes, Samoluk family...I miss you too,

each and every one of you.

The Littlest Snow Angel

She's the littlest snow angel I've seen in a long time anyway.

I'm sure Daniela thought we'd lost our marbles

lying her in this cold white stuff,

flopping her arms and legs around.

She made two snow angels and walked around a bit

and then she was all done with being outside.

She started crying and we came back in the house

where it was nice and toasty.

Reading Together

Techno-savy or Nor?

I would have to say "NOT" very emphatically!!!!

I spent a whole lotta time trying to send pictures from my phone to my email today.  Oh! what a pain that was.  Then I had to copy them to my pictures file and then to the desk top of my computer and then upload them to the blog.  That reads  T-I-M-E and so much of it, but it wasn't
time I could use to do something productive like cleaning my house anyway....I was
waiting at the beauty salon and riding in the car, so that makes
me feel better about it I guess.

But hey... I figure it keeps my brain sells from dying off.

Trying to figure out all these technological operations must be

like working out puzzles...right?

Phones are not the best cameras, but I take what I can get.

This little one is growing up fast and such a doll baby.

She sleeps with her arms that way all the time.

It's a good signal that she's tired when she starts

the hand to head moves.