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Blog Break!
I’m taking a blogging break for the rest of the month. I’ve got a proposal that I’m trying to finish. Hopefully, I can have it out the door by June.
Spring!
I’m so glad that spring is finally here! My tulips are blooming and the weather was warm last weekend. My four-year-old son and I went to the lake last weekend to feed the geese and ducks some popcorn! After the double snowstorms we had over a month ago, it’s nice to enjoy some warm weather. I also enjoy hearing the birds singing every morning – it just makes the day wonderful! Plus, Easter is on the way, so that’s something to look forward to. When I think of Spring I imagine warm weather, flowers in bloom and picnics in the park, and barbeques!
Do you like it when winter turns to spring? What are some of the things that you like about the spring season?
Are Bookstores Dying A Slow And Painful Death??
The last few times I was browsing around a bookstore, I didn’t make any purchases. Why? Because when I glanced at the price of the book, I knew I could get it cheaper on Amazon.com. Also, if I order at least $25.00 on Amazon, I get free shipping. I believe Borders and Barnes and Noble websites have the same deal – order $25 worth of books and get free shipping.
Amazon’s prices are usually a few dollars cheaper than the bookstores – the only exceptions I see are books that are lower-priced at Walmart. I do purchase books from Walmart occasionally. I also purchase books from the bookstore if they are on the discount rack/bin and I can get a brand new book for just a few dollars.
I wondered if these higher prices in bookstores were a signal that they’re going to be gone within the next ten years? 
Also, with e-readers, more people are purchasing their books online. From what I understand, you can store several books on your e-reader – not having to worry about lugging all of those paper books around with you.
How do you buy your books? Do you usually purchase them online or through a bookstore? Do you own an e-reader? If so, do you still purchase print books even though you have an e-reader? Do you think bookstores will still be around within the next ten years?
Answer as many or as few questions as you’d like!
OUR NEW CAR!
We just returned from the dealers! What a hectic day, but we needed to get this taken care of before we had another breakdown! Our car was on its’ last legs and it has served me well over the last twelve years. Here are pics of our new vehicle! What a beauty! I just don’t like having that debt to pay off now! I haven’t had a car note in nine years – I purchased my old Honda Accord back in 1998 – before marriage and child and paid it off in three years (still before marriage and child!) Hope you enjoy looking at the pics!
NEW CAR…HELP!!!
I rarely post 2 blog entries within the same day, but I’m calling out to all blog readers for help!! My old, 1998 Honda Accord is almost dead. I was at the auto shop today and when the mechanic told me how much it would cost to fix the car, I knew I had to say, “NO!” We’ve dumped too much money into this old car for the last couple of years so now it’s time to move on.
We’ll probably get a Honda CR-V EX. Anybody reading this own one? If so, do you like it? Consumer Reports gave it a good rating.
If you have any personal experiences with this model of car, then let me know. I’ve been doing a bunch of research on the internet and so far, I like what I see.
Tired
I’ve been too tired and overworked to blog lately! 🙁
I hope everybody’s been having a great week. Any suggestions about blogging topics? Let me know…
School Days!
I’m going to blog a bit about my personal life today. Do any of you have kids? If so, did you send them to private school or public school? Our child is only four years old and we’re looking at different schools – wondering where we should enroll him. It just feels a bit weird, looking for enrollment options for a kid that’s going to kindergarten next year! The reason it feels kind of weird is because, when I was growing up, we just got on the big yellow bus and went to school. There was no discussion about curriculums, private vs. public, etc.
I didn’t go through all of this discussion about school until I was eighteen, getting ready to go to college, filling out financial aid forms, getting my high school transcript, etc.
After all this talk and discussion, our son might just be going to the elementary school around the corner! But everybody else is doing this, and my friends think I should research all of my options, so, that’s what I’m doing!
Still Snowed In
I’m still snowed in my house. My job was closed again today, and to to tell you the truth, I believe this is a record for me. In all of my history of working full-time after college, I think this is the first time that I’ve been off for four consecutive days because of inclement weather. In Maryland, it’s rare for us to get so much snow. After the huge snowstorm on Friday and Saturday, it took hubby and I three days to dig out. We ventured out to the grocery store yesterday and the place was a madhouse. Why? Another snowstorm was expected and people were stocking up on supplies. The roads were hideous and I was slipping and sliding over chunks of ice in the middle of the road. I did go to my chiropractor appointment last night and at that point, the snow had started again. It was coming down fast and furious and the shopping mall where my chiropractor is located started shutting down. Stores were closing and people were leaving. When I left the doctor’s office, my car was covered in snow and I had to clean it off before driving home! It’s just amazing and phenomenal for us to get so much white stuff in such a short amount of time! Our public transportation, Metro, is shut down today. There’s no bus service and the rail service is limited. It’s been that way for a few days now. The bus service that was running earlier this week was incomplete and not dependable.
I am enjoying my time away from my job, though! I’ve been working mega overtime for the past month and it’s a blessing to be off for so many days with pay, and without using vacation time! I’ve still been in the kitchen a lot, cooking for my family! This morning I got up early and made an apple coffee cake. If it turns out good, I’ll share the recipe with you.
During this winter storm, I’ve also been reading Breaking Dawn, the last book in The Twilight series. All I can say so far is, I loved the first part of the book, but the rest leaves me feeling like I’m reading outside of my element! It’s a very weird story, more science-fiction-like than the first novel and I’ll post a full blog post about this book once I’m finished with it. It’s a big book, about 750 pages, and I’m about 3/4 of the way finished with it.
I’ve also been getting some writing done during this storm. Remember my rejected proposal that I’d mentioned awhile back? Well, I’ve been working on another proposal to send to Barbour. Hopefully, they’ll like this one! I plan on getting that out the door by the end of this week or early next week.
The icicles in front of my bedroom window have grown! They’ve gotten longer and thicker! Here’s the pic:
Here’s some more pics from the winter storm:
Any of you have a lot of snow in your area? If so, how much and does it hinder your daily routine?
Digging Out!
The snow finally stopped and we got over twenty inches of the white stuff! Today, we’re going to finish digging ourselves out! All of the churches in the area have been cancelled because of the weather and the roads still look horrible! Hopefully, by the end of the day, things will be more normal – although I think it’ll be awhile before they dig all of the snow from the back roads.
We have some huge icicles outside our bedroom window! I don’t think I’ve ever seen icicles this huge outside our house before! Those things are big enough to crash down and break something! Here’s a few pics:
