Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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Lesson learned ... don't put electronics and water in the same bag.3
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MissKalhan wrote: »Books are life! I'm currently devouring (as in I bought it yesterday and I'm almost done....) the newest Harry Potter installment, which is a rehersal script for the play that's coming out. I was away camping for 5 days and finished two books during that time, I cannot fathom not enjoying reading.
Since we have slowed down in here I have been reading vociferously again. I did just discover ebooks. I avoided them like crazy as I love real books, but being able to read on my phone is wonderful. Like now. I am grazing my mare in the dark reading. I have always been a book worm. Problem is if it's a favorite author I am paying twice... real and ebooks!
And, if you want an audiobook (I was looking for one when we were driving back from vacation), they seem crazy expensive...like $25.
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My book situation is out of control, they are currently crammed everywhere possible (including in multiple layers on bookshelves so I can't even see half of them) and still in boxes in our basement but I can't bring myself to get rid of them or stop buying them. I buy and read tons of ebooks too but I still like to have actual books for stuff like vacations and travel - I hate relying on my phone or ereader or tablet battery so I always have backup real books and sometimes I don't want to be staring at a screen. I'm also really into audiobooks, I listen when I run or on walk/bike commutes and long road trips.
I'm funny with them though, if someone wants to read one of mine or needs it for something I have no problem lending or giving it away and never seeing it again. I'm not sure why I don't mind but for some reason I'm Book Santa and will just give them out to anyone who asks. I did it a lot with my university textbooks if I knew people who were taking courses right after me with the same prof, and I still do it today if I have a friend over who wants to borrow something. I wonder how many books I'd have if I didn't share them quite so freely, haha. It kind of warms my heart when I'm over at someone else's house and see a book I lent them though.
In my dream home I'd do the built-in bookcases and the rolling ladder for sure. One of my friends did that in a house she built and I am obsessed, it's the nicest office ever.
I often thought it would be nice to have one room that was a library. Supplied with comfortable chairs with lighting behind them. It would be away from the hub bub of the rest of the house.
I like the rolling ladder idea.
This is in my future dream home. But I always end up on my bed reading regardless.
Me, too. Once in great while I will lay on the comfy old couch upstairs, if the house is quiet.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »We went last night to pick up my son's last Optimist football helmet. Last year of Optimist. Bittersweet! I love being team mom and my husband loves coaching, so that is bitter. But he'll be playing school ball next year, so he'll go straight to practice after school and I won't have to rush around getting him to practice, and dinner cooked, etc, so that's sweet!
I never heard of optimist football. Is the like pee wee?
Yeah, just a different name. Flag football for when they are 6 and 7, tackle for 8, 9, 10, 11. Next year will be school football.0 -
Thursday's SL 5x5
We hadn't been to the gym for over a week, and I was feeling it!!! I was supposed to deload, but I didn't. I'm sure that's going to be a decision I regret later.
Squats - 150 lbs. 5x5 THESE WERE ROUGH but I completed them. ALL OF THEM!!! This ties my PR back at the beginning of the year! We'll see if I can progress from here.
Bench - 113 lbs. 5/5/5/4/5
After busting out those squats, this weight felt impossible and on my last rep of my fourth set, I brought the bar down too low for too long and just couldn't push it back up. I'm still happy with my progress, so I wasn't too disappointed.
Rows - 95 lbs. 5x5 This was the only weight that I deloaded on, but it was only for 5 lbs. These felt good, and I should be able to move up to 100 lbs. next time.
We ended up going to the gym with some guys from church and we shut the place down!!! The coolest part about last night was that Mr. Mo and I were giving them lifting advice and that felt AWESOME!!!
Last night was just a great night!!!5 -
Italian_Buju wrote: »MissKalhan wrote: »Books are life! I'm currently devouring (as in I bought it yesterday and I'm almost done....) the newest Harry Potter installment, which is a rehersal script for the play that's coming out. I was away camping for 5 days and finished two books during that time, I cannot fathom not enjoying reading.
I love reading too, but just find it so hard to find the time! I have had the same two books on go all year this year!
I read on the bus which is how I get around town so that's my time plus I don't watch a bunch of tv etc so I binge read instead of binge watch.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »MissKalhan wrote: »Books are life! I'm currently devouring (as in I bought it yesterday and I'm almost done....) the newest Harry Potter installment, which is a rehersal script for the play that's coming out. I was away camping for 5 days and finished two books during that time, I cannot fathom not enjoying reading.
Since we have slowed down in here I have been reading vociferously again. I did just discover ebooks. I avoided them like crazy as I love real books, but being able to read on my phone is wonderful. Like now. I am grazing my mare in the dark reading. I have always been a book worm. Problem is if it's a favorite author I am paying twice... real and ebooks!
And, if you want an audiobook (I was looking for one when we were driving back from vacation), they seem crazy expensive...like $25.
I used to listen to audio books on cassettes commuting (aging myself I know). That is how I finally got through war and peace.
Now I zone out to country music.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »
Definitely a dead laptop. And miifi. My hard drive crashed 3 weeks ago. Now my whole computer is dead. This guy really wanted to die.0 -
MissKalhan wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »MissKalhan wrote: »Books are life! I'm currently devouring (as in I bought it yesterday and I'm almost done....) the newest Harry Potter installment, which is a rehersal script for the play that's coming out. I was away camping for 5 days and finished two books during that time, I cannot fathom not enjoying reading.
I love reading too, but just find it so hard to find the time! I have had the same two books on go all year this year!
I read on the bus which is how I get around town so that's my time plus I don't watch a bunch of tv etc so I binge read instead of binge watch.
Yeah this is why I don't have TV. If I have the time I'd rather read.0 -
MissKalhan wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »MissKalhan wrote: »Books are life! I'm currently devouring (as in I bought it yesterday and I'm almost done....) the newest Harry Potter installment, which is a rehersal script for the play that's coming out. I was away camping for 5 days and finished two books during that time, I cannot fathom not enjoying reading.
I love reading too, but just find it so hard to find the time! I have had the same two books on go all year this year!
I read on the bus which is how I get around town so that's my time plus I don't watch a bunch of tv etc so I binge read instead of binge watch.
Yeah this is why I don't have TV. If I have the time I'd rather read.
Same! (although I have a TV, cuz football!)0 -
MissKalhan wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »MissKalhan wrote: »Books are life! I'm currently devouring (as in I bought it yesterday and I'm almost done....) the newest Harry Potter installment, which is a rehersal script for the play that's coming out. I was away camping for 5 days and finished two books during that time, I cannot fathom not enjoying reading.
I love reading too, but just find it so hard to find the time! I have had the same two books on go all year this year!
I read on the bus which is how I get around town so that's my time plus I don't watch a bunch of tv etc so I binge read instead of binge watch.
I take the bus too but rides are usually 15 minutes or less so I rarely would take a book out. At home I prefer TV as I can multi task. I can listen to news while cooking and cleaning and watch something light while online. I can't do anything else while reading.
Also when I read I almost always fall asleep, lol....and often find my mind wanders and then realize I have no idea -what I read on the last four pages and have to go back and re-read (OCD), so I am super slow.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »
Definitely a dead laptop. And miifi. My hard drive crashed 3 weeks ago. Now my whole computer is dead. This guy really wanted to die.
IT recovered the harddrive and gave me a new shell. Back in business!!!!!!!!!!
Now to order a new mifi....2 -
MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »And speaking of books, I have been invited to a baby shower later this month and the parents have requested instead of cards, please bring a book for Baby.
This is apparently quite common now. There have been a few showers at work where we have done this. What was yours?
A book of counting rhymes. I thought about buying two, the rhymes book and Little Men. I may still do it. Little Men is a classic.1 -
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Thursday's SL 5x5
We hadn't been to the gym for over a week, and I was feeling it!!! I was supposed to deload, but I didn't. I'm sure that's going to be a decision I regret later.
Squats - 150 lbs. 5x5 THESE WERE ROUGH but I completed them. ALL OF THEM!!! This ties my PR back at the beginning of the year! We'll see if I can progress from here.
Bench - 113 lbs. 5/5/5/4/5 After busting out those squats, this weight felt impossible and on my last rep of my fourth set, I brought the bar down too low for too long and just couldn't push it back up. I'm still happy with my progress, so I wasn't too disappointed.
Rows - 95 lbs. 5x5 This was the only weight that I deloaded on, but it was only for 5 lbs. These felt good, and I should be able to move up to 100 lbs. next time.
We ended up going to the gym with some guys from church and we shut the place down!!! The coolest part about last night was that Mr. Mo and I were giving them lifting advice and that felt AWESOME!!!
Last night was just a great night!!!
Your energy amazes me!1 -
Indeed many of the things in our household are the same way.
At this time it's livable Abe we have other priorities.0 -
Indeed many of the things in our household are the same way.
At this time it's livable Abe we have other priorities.
I had to split it over 2 years and 2 bonuses. My view was I really needed to do it in case I get laid off (which I always worry about) I needed to have it updated to sell. I'd rather do that when I have a job then when I am panicking about not having a job!2 -
Day 12 of #noalcohol. We're going to MMA fights Friday night, and it's going to be hard to resist.3
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Day 12 of #noalcohol. We're going to MMA fights Friday night, and it's going to be hard to resist.
I know you can do it!!!1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Day 12 of #noalcohol. We're going to MMA fights Friday night, and it's going to be hard to resist.
Day 7 #nomorealcohol
Yeah, I'd have to drink to get through an MMA fight.
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Sometimes I get lost in religion. So many different people talking about their version of how to worship, or what is right or wrong, or all kinds of check boxes that need to be crossed before I am part of the religious crowd. It is funny to study and see, not one religious icon/leader had an established religion at the time of their lives. Buddha, Jesus, Socrates, Muhammad...the religion of these leaders came about through the interruption of man and how a select few wanted to worship or follow their leader. It is counter active to exactly what any of them had in their messages, which was to learn about yourself from within. To individually find how you are to worship, respect, or live to be a light in the world for others. It isn't about a canned lifestyle and facade of religion, but a personal journey and relationship with the world around and within.
I confess, I just hate being told that my questioning everything about what to believe, how to believe, and if I should believe mean that I am somehow wrong.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Day 12 of #noalcohol. We're going to MMA fights Friday night, and it's going to be hard to resist.
Day 7 #nomorealcohol
Yeah, I'd have to drink to get through an MMA fight.
I think our reasonings are different...
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Day 12 of #noalcohol. We're going to MMA fights Friday night, and it's going to be hard to resist.
Day 7 #nomorealcohol
Yeah, I'd have to drink to get through an MMA fight.
I think our reasonings are different...
Without a doubt. But you are silly. I am right on this one. MMA = GROSS!0 -
Day 8 #nomorealcohol1
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