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Bookish (and Not So Bookish) Thoughts (2)

 
I'm linking up with Bookishly Boisterous' Bookish and Not So Bookish Things again.  Check out the other posts here!
 

1.) I am officially in love with Susanna Kearsley's books.  I don't know why it took me so long to read them because they are amazing!

2.) The tiny dictator that lives at my house (aka Julia) has not been wanting to go to bed lately.  Once she falls asleep, there's no problem but it's been taking her well over an hour to go to sleep.  The minute she gets in bed, she decides it's time to play.

3.) I'm really behind on writing reviews and other blog posts.  I don't why I constantly do this to myself.  It's hard for me to find the time to work on the blog but I really shouldn't let things pile up so much.

4.) My birthday is today.  I'm now 31 and I just don't know if I'm okay with officially being in my 30s.

5.) I need a serious attitude adjustment.  Normally, I can play nice and get along with everyone but I'm struggling lately.

6.) The book I'm reading right now is told in the third person POV.  I'm so not liking it. 

7.) We are going to baptism prep class next week so we can get Julia baptized and I'm pretty excited about it!

Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

Comments

  1. Happy birthday!

    Re no. 3 - a couple of weeks ago I saw another blog do a whole bunch of '70-word-reviews' - a good way to catch up and probably fun to write. Maybe that approach would ease your burden and get up to date?!

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