Have you seen this new weekly meme being hosted over at Beth Fish Reads? Beth writes:
Weekend Cooking is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews, cookbook reviews, movie reviews, recipes, random thoughts, gadgets, fabulous quotations, photographs. If your post is even vaguely foodie, feel free to [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2009’
Weekend Cooking: Apples and Chicken
Sewing on Saturday
I have been sewing today…specifically I am piecing a queen sized quilt top for our bed. I am loving this quilt with its rich reds and beautiful floral theme. The primary fabric is from Anna Griffin’s Flora collection. I hope to get the whole top pieced today except for the borders because I am going [...]
Maybe HP Deserves 2nd Chance?
On Monday of this week, I posted this rant about HP and their poor customer service. I also tweeted it…and thanks to my loyal readers, that post rose from oblivion on Monday to page two for a Google search about HP and customer service yesterday. Apparently that got the attention of a lovely woman named [...]
Adding to My Stacks
I found myself wandering the aisles of Barnes and Noble yesterday, and I had no impulse control. Look what I bought:
I have some great reading in front of me!
Women Unbound Start of Challenge Meme
Eva is asking participants in this challenge to do a quick start 0f challenge meme.
1. What does feminism mean to you? Does it have to do with the work sphere? The social sphere? How you dress? How you act?
I grew up in the midst of the woman’s movement and feminism [...]
The Women Unbound Reading Challenge
November 1, 2009 – November 30, 2010
Eva at A Striped Armchair, Aarti from Booklust, and Care from Care’s Online Book Club are hosting a challenge dedicated to women which has its own challenge site. The Women Unbound Reading Challenge encourages participants to read nonfiction and fiction books related to the rather broad idea of ‘women’s [...]
Beware: HP Does Not Care About Their Customers
I am going to rant a bit here…
I have always purchased HP products because I thought they were a reputable company, but my experience with them in the last week has proven to me that I could not have been more wrong about them.
We had a power outage here in Northern California which caused a [...]
Book Give-away for Random Reading Challenge Participants
As promised, I am holding a book give-away for the participants of the Random Reading Challenge. I used Mr. Linky on the sign up page to choose TWO winners (I randomly picked two numbers using Random.org). There are 90 people participating in this challenge.
The winners are….
#36 LN at Books Et Caetera who has won [...]
Mailbox Monday – October 26, 2009
Welcome to another edition of Mailbox Monday hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page each Monday.
I found two pretty great books in my mailbox this week:
The Superstress Solution by Roberta Lee, MD came to me from Caitlin at FSB Associates. Due for release in January 2010 through Random House, this non fiction book is all [...]
Bundle of Trouble – Book Review
To-Do List:
1. Take Laurie to her one-month wellness appointment.
2. Visit Galigani in the hospital, find out what happened to him.
3. Find George.
4. Interview Kiku (bring own water!).
5. Call Winter Henderson re: hippie chick alibi.
6. Read the parenting book from library.
7. Find the parenting book from library.
8. Oh yeah, diet, exercise, clean car, be good mom/wife, [...]
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