Karli’s Comments (group member since Feb 23, 2010)

Karli’s comments from the Busy as a Bee Books group.

I started and am loving it! Sort of Jonathan Tropper-ish feel. Very good for my slump, I started last night and am over 1/2 through.

Steph - I love it...so yeah, now I'm thinking of houses and rating them with stars. That one would be a solid 4 stars...

But I really think the bedrooms are too small....like won't hold the furniture we already own too small. I feel like such a novice at all this, I don't really want to hire a realtor when I'm not ready to list my home or even commit to this whole buying process yet. Basically, there is nothing wrong with our home other than we're feeling cramped and we can't fence the yard for a dog. The price here is good, we built this one, so I LIKE everything inside. It's just we're starting to be ready for something new, and we are picky, so I want to be looking because the perfect house is out there and I don't want to miss it. And interest rates are pretty....yeah.

I finaally finished The Red Pyramid - and the fact that I took over a week to read a YA book describes my slump pretty accurately...I'm not sure what I'll pick up next, but my dear friend Amanda just brought me a stash of books, and I think Which Brings Me to You: A Novel in Confessions looks intriguing.

The house that my mother found listed was NOT a house we liked - it was a multi-level that was all broken up into small rooms, and some didn't really seem to have a purpose. So, then we went to an open house for another home I looked at last week that I liked. Well, we all like the house...which is exciting and scary. The realtor said he would buy our home if it didn't sell in 3 months...

My husband is having anxiety attacks now. :$ We'll see.

I'm going to an open house with my family in an hour and a half...and this one has a huge yard with a dog enclosure fence already built! (from the dead grass I'm guessing this house owned a girl-dog!)

I'm getting sort of excited - Mike really liked the look of this one online too. My mom actually found the listing and showed it to me. FUN!

....and the celebration included a lego set and new Barbie Vet set. :) It's actually like having NO kids. they are quietly playing in their rooms having a blast. :)

Off to try finish a book and get excited about something new.

I like John C Reilly WAAAAY better as Haymitch.

Long, crummy, awful day at work...like, almost one of those days I get scared for humanity. UGH.

On a brighter note, the kids are done with school, and had good report cards and we're goin gout for supper tonight to celebrate. :)

I'm starting to slump - nothing is that compelling or interesting right now...I'm still plugging away at The Red Pyramid as I am so close to done, and the YA read isn't forcing me to be too involved. I'm hoping for an upswing soon though.

I managed most of the week back at the office, today I'm trying to get my house CLEANED as I was distracted all week at work knowing the chaos that waited for me at home. I'm acouple hours into the cleaning now and things are looking much better already.

While on vacation our children fell IN LOVE with their cousin's dogs. Mike and I have been kicking around getting a pet for a couple years. He HATES cats, and our home now cannot handle a dog. (neither of us likes small dogs - I grew up with Golden Retrievers and a Chow-Chow, he had a Boxer/Lab mix, the dogs the kids fell in love with are Boxers) I alwas felt this was our first house - but not THE house, and have been looking at the realty websites off and on for a couple years. Well, I've been looking a LOT lately...and Mike is semi-on-board now. He's my financial conscience, which is a good and frustrating thing sometimes. *sigh...I need a winning lottery ticket, because my patience level is pathetic. Once I decide I want something, I want it NOW. And I'm pretty sure I've found my "IT" house.

So! That's my news. Looking forward to our Christmas in July exchange - so glad we've got a good group participating again!

Welcome Anne! What did you do for SSA? I'm a claims rep for the agency...I've had a few bureaucratic rants on here in my section due to super fun days helping the people! :) Congrats on your retirement, I'm still a couple decades away from mine.

Is your chocowine Apothic Red? Because we've nick-named that Chocolate Wine in my house...

Denise - go to the Kindle group on Goodreads. There are a ton of free or cheap books outside those two genres. :) I'm a little irritated that most of the books I own aren't marked as "lendable". I still really need to post which I have that are lendable for you guys.

She always wraps things up - these aren't books for reality, they are my sweet, easy reads. It's easier to suspend my reality when she's going through, making her magic and letting things resolve neatly into the happily ever afters. :) I loved this one too.

I'm reading on my Kindle. It was one of those freebies and I started reading it on the plane on the way home...I was a bit irritated by the writing at first, but it evened out and the story is fairly interesting.

we're leaving for home tomorrow...I have enjoyed the sun a lot, read both The Peach Keeper and The Help while on vacation. My family is off at a movie while I re-pack to go home...and it's not any more fun somehow! I HOPE I can sleep on the plane tomorrow - we are going to have to be up and at-em at 3:30 in the morning to get on the plane. Worth it though when it means I should be back in my own house shortly after noon tomorrow! Most of the day to unwind, unpack and breathe...

I AM NOT READING ANYTHING...

I'm about 60% through this one, and am really enjoying it - and it seems odd that I'm remembering all the "there's not magic in this one" comments because I don't think it seems any less magical than the the ones...

I told Kasia that when I was a child my mom was always mean and crabby before a trip and I couldn't help it! :P

Remind me that vacations are worth it, please...

Spent the day doing prep, and as I packed for my kids discovered that all the shorts my husband bought our son are 2 sizes too small. URGH!!!!!!! Flying trip to Old Navy to get stuff that will fit, then called The Children's Place (in fargo, 70 miles from here) to check out their return policy without a receipt, cuz I have no idea where that one ended up, and it's a store credit type of deal. Blah - I just bought a bunch more stuff, don't really need credit now. However, if it can go on a gift card, I suppose we can use it for school clothes in the fall.

Still packing, but HAD to vent.

I still haven't gotten my books for my Kindle either...must not forget!

Hugs girl!!!! That IS huge. I hope that everything works out the way it should. Either way, staying at home OR the classroom will be a blessing for your family. I WISH we could manage for me to be home - or have been home - a couple of years at least, but mine is the job with all the benefits and the best paycheck, so that's never been an option in my house. But I really believe that if a Mama has an opportunity to do that, TAKE IT. It will work out the way it is supposed to. And think of all the joy you're not going to miss because you'll be there with them!

Keep breathing - even though there will for sure be moments that advice is tough to take! :)