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2:58AM. Just woke up. Can't fall back to sleep. Perhaps I'll read.
3:22 a.m. EST Husband has to go in early tomorrow, and neglected to bring me any Cokes today, so I'll have to go out early and pick some up to make it through the day. Unless I just sleep. But I'm too stoked about these Dresden Files books I haven't read already. However, I think I'll probably be taking a nap now. Tired!
It's 6:41 AM and I really don't want to go to school:( At least I have a day off tomorrow :)
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Terri thanks! I need the work out!
It's 9:36AM and I am checking in with everything. I will be around all day so feel free to keep me busy with discussions and stuff. Terri, I am fully recovered, Monday was really the only day It hurt to blink. I need to do more physical activity, I have become soft in the last few years, but it felt good to help out my Dad and get that driveway shoveled.
Victor, I have to be honest and say at this point in my life I would rather be back in school and have to go to a job I don't like everyday. College was great for me but High school sucked so I can understand your feelings. Good luck to you. Hope you are fully recovered from your shoveling as well.
9:46 AM. At my desk working away. Hoping today goes quickly. I miss being at home with my kitty girls, and I think they miss me, as well. Tonight we have a dinner for Mark since he got employee of the quarter last year, and one of the four people who got employee of the quarter last year will be employee of the year. I hope it is Mark because he works so hard. Guess I should get back to work! Will check in again and see how my favorite GR friends are doing! Oh and my aunt joined GR yesterday! She lives to read as much as I do!
Oh and hi Terri!!! I miss you! How's Charlie?
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Kathryn wrote: "9:46 AM. At my desk working away. Hoping today goes quickly. I miss being at home with my kitty girls, and I think they miss me, as well. Tonight we have a dinner for Mark since he got employee of ..."Always a joy to see you post something Kathryn, Have a good day at work and I hope your husband get Employee of the year. That would be really great for him and I will send encouraging thoughts your way in hopes he gets it.
10:32 a.m. I hope to finish my book today and get some much needed work done.
*waves and hugs Janie* :) How are you?
Thanks Chris! I hope so, too! But we will see! Either way, I am still very proud of him! I will let you know later tonight! How is everyone doing today? It's almost the weekend!! :)
I'm doing great Kathryn. How are you? I haven't talked to you in awhile!! I've missed you!! :-)
Kathryn--sending hugs and hope for your husband's award. It's great to have a spouse to be proud of! Good to see your posts.
Charlie is great--he's getting so big! He's 8 months old now and at least 45 pounds, and when he stretches next to me in bed he's almost as long as I am. He's still a ball of energy, I just love playtime with him. (He's a ferocious tug player and also loves to play catch.) He's my boon companion. :)
Charlie is great--he's getting so big! He's 8 months old now and at least 45 pounds, and when he stretches next to me in bed he's almost as long as I am. He's still a ball of energy, I just love playtime with him. (He's a ferocious tug player and also loves to play catch.) He's my boon companion. :)
Thank you Terri! It is great to have a spouse to be proud of for sure! :) 45 pounds!!! Wow! I think I told you I used to have a miniature sheltie when I was younger. She was always so happy and energetic! Phoebe was a great dog, and so sweet. Shelties are great dogs and I hope we can have a dog once we buy a house. Our backyard is not equip for one now. But we will have to see how Gizmo and Pepper feel about it. Hahah
??? pm EST I have no idea what time it is. My husband's monitor is screwed up. The keyboard on my laptop doesn't work. My husband's laptop doesn't have a working mouse pad. WHY DOES MURPHY HATE ME???? *sigh*
Sometime around 6 p.m. EST Just checking in on e-mail and adding review for Backup. Lots of tiny little offspring from where Betty's eggs have been hatching, ranging from ones that look to be a couple weeks old to ones almost too tiny to see. Did I mention Betty laid a third egg sac? She's a busy mamma spider!Almost finished backing up my computer files. then wait for hubby to return home and try to figure out how to get a computer working for me to do my editing starting Monday. *sigh*
9:47 p.m. Enjoying some Fritos and reading.
12:39 a.m. EST My husband receives Best Husband of the Month award for buying me a new laptop! Yay! So, I've been setting it up, learning my way around Windows 8, and finished Side Jobs. On to Ghost Story now. So psyched!
1:41am EST. Having a rough night, hoping GR will provide distraction and relief.
Katy, great news! My hub got himself a MacBook a couple years ago--I have commandeered it, and he has been quite understanding about it. I'd be lost without it. Is the Kindle still missing?
I just finished on the library site reserving a bunch of books (I now have 23 pending). My lists seem neverending, but I think that's a good thing. I requested a nice mix of recent fiction, including some short stories, a few cookbook/chef books, a couple memoirs, and some older works of fiction. Hub will pick up what's available on Saturday. I already have Heartsick in hand and am looking forward to the buddy read next week.
TGIF everyone!
Katy, great news! My hub got himself a MacBook a couple years ago--I have commandeered it, and he has been quite understanding about it. I'd be lost without it. Is the Kindle still missing?
I just finished on the library site reserving a bunch of books (I now have 23 pending). My lists seem neverending, but I think that's a good thing. I requested a nice mix of recent fiction, including some short stories, a few cookbook/chef books, a couple memoirs, and some older works of fiction. Hub will pick up what's available on Saturday. I already have Heartsick in hand and am looking forward to the buddy read next week.
TGIF everyone!
3:45 amsorry to hear you're having a rough night terri- hope you find some relief
23 books pending! i'm looking forward to hearing about your selections- sounds like a nice mix of genres- hope you enjoy
i'm also looking forward to the heartsick buddy read :)
Terri wrote: "1:41am EST. Having a rough night, hoping GR will provide distraction and relief. Katy, great news! My hub got himself a MacBook a couple years ago--I have commandeered it, and he has been quite u..."
Terri, We are going to be buddy reading THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV starting Saturday, it would be great if you would you join us?
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Kathryn I am well, hope you are as well! Take care and dont work too hard.
Katy gratz on the new laptop!
Thanks, Terri and Janie. I'm still accustoming myself to it, as the keyboard is very different, and when I move the cursor a certain way (and I can never do it deliberately) the time pops up right in front of everything. Heh. Plus apparently Amazon doesn't provide a desktop app to read Kindle books for Windows 8, because when I click the "download" button it takes me to where I can browse my books, but no place to download anything. Weirdest damn thing... And yeah, the Kindle is still missing. Apparently this is one of the things the gremlin has decided to keep, despite my inconvenience. *sigh* Maybe I'll ask my mother-in-law if she can find me a deal. She's amazing at finding deals. Dmitry picked his up at Wal-Mart for $69, so if all else fails... but I loved my Keyboard Kindle, and his doesn't have the keyboard. And I don't adjust well to change... LOL
12:42 p.m. EST Crashed early this morning after barely making a start on Ghost Story and slept way too long. I have to finish the Dresden Files, write a blog post for a guest spot on a friend's blog, and finish all my ABNA reviewing before I go to bed Monday morning. *shakes head* Why do I always put things off like this? LOL So, skimming most e-mail, deleting most blog posts unread, and moving as fast as I can.
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Katy did you go to the 'buy Kindles' page? Cause there is a small link on that page for "reading apps".
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...
It's 3:08PM and I thankfully have the day off. Got a good nap in while my son napped and soon we will be off to the library. I have a few reserved myself. Only 2 books and 1 cd, so nothing like Terri's list. Terri, I hope you are doing better now. Had I known, and had the ability to stay awake last night I would have talked with you as a distraction.
Congrats on the new laptop Katy.
Yeah, Janie, that's the page I went to. Check I click "Download" here is where it takes me...http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-...
And I can't get anywhere else, there is no button on that page to download. *shrug* And before you suggest it, the 'more info' link goes here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HCCNJU
and the "View in Windows Store" goes... nowhere. So, yeah, it appears there is no downloadable, desktop app for Windows 8, as that link is basically to take me into the Cloud reader. And finally "App Support" just opens a new browser window. There is no selectable option in the Help menu at Amazon to allow me to send them an e-mail. Believe me, I went through ALL of that yesterday trying to find a way to download the damn thing *frustrated sigh*
4:13 p.m. EST Just adding some quotes from the book and clearing out accumulated e-mail before returning to reading.
PS: Finally managed to reach a useful help page. There is no downloadable desktop app for Windows 8, per this:Kindle for PC is a free application that lets you read Kindle books on your Windows-based personal computer running Windows XP with Service Pack 2+, Windows Vista, or Windows 7--no Kindle required. Kindle for PC offers most of the features you would find on Kindle devices..
Apparently they haven't developed it or something, which is why the "download" link just takes me to info about the Cloud reader. Which means any .mobi file I have that I did not receive directly from Amazon... I guess I'll have to hope are DRM free and can be converted with Calibre. Which I'll have to download. I had JUST downloaded it on the other laptop, dammnit... Heh
Thanks, Chris! I really like the keyboard on this one!4:35 p.m. EST Finished with e-mail, back to reading.
It's 5:23 PM and i'm watching a movie with my parents
No it's a mystery and horror movie
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6:23 p.m. I hope to get some more reading done tonight.
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Katy wrote: "PS: Finally managed to reach a useful help page. There is no downloadable desktop app for Windows 8, per this:Kindle for PC is a free application that lets you read Kindle books on your Windows-b..."
Katy wrote: "PS: Finally managed to reach a useful help page. There is no downloadable desktop app for Windows 8, per this:
Kindle for PC is a free application that lets you read Kindle books on your Windows-b..."
I read ebooks exclusively, mainly mobi and epub files. FBReader is by far my favorite app that I have found to do this, and it works on Windows 8. www.fbreader.org/win32
Janie wrote: "oh Katy hub showed me on his. He just got Windows 8 You should have a store icon on your screen and be able to click under apps and it is there."As I said, when I clicked on the store icon... nothing happened. It didn't go anywhere.
Chuck, I'll take a look at that.
12:58 a.m. EST Just finished Ghost Story and am chomping at the bit to move on to Cold Days but if I don't clear out the e-mail it'll grow out of control, so... soon, my pet, soon *strokes book*
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Janie wrote: "Sorry Katy just trying to help..."No, it's cool. I have no idea why it was working for him. When I clicked it, it just refreshed the same page. *shrug*
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2:27am. Up early, I need some time to read. I have 2 books to finish and I'm supposed to start a rather difficult buddy read today (The Brothers Karamazov) and HeartSick starts Mon. So I'm pretty booked up and I'm also getting a new passel of library stuff today, which makes me really happy. Plan to spend some time in the kitchen today making gnocchi in a butter/sage/Parmesan sauce. It's probably 2 years since I made this, it's a real favorite and a challenge to make. Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!
3:57 a.m. EST Thinking about a nap soon, so just clearing out e-mail in and preparing to shut down the computer for the "night"!
11.55am GMT - I'm watching Most Haunted while my son has a nap, reading Anna Karenina and waiting on two deliveries :)
It's 7:37 AM and i'm watching yes dear with my mom and my brother
9:09am. Getting ready for the day! Mark and I have lots to do, but I need breakfast first. Lol have a great Saturday, everyone! Oh, and sshhhhh! Going to take my book with me so I can read when I have a few moments. ;)
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Sounds like you have a great day ahead of you, Janie!!
Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "11:51 AM Wrote the eight chapter to my novel last night. Posted it today on my profile. The writer's block has ended!!!"so proud of you, old man!! i knew that twisted mind was holding goodies! :D
Congratulations, Kyle.
11:54am ET. Good Morning, Kathryn!! I miss you!Trying to figure out how to read 1000 pages in one sitting... *tabulates coffee versus chocolate*
I think this will work :D
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Plan for today is read, read, read!! (Oh hurt me...) Hope everyone has a great day!
Kathryn, so good to see your post!
Janie, I admire your discipline with the new workout!
Chris and Victor, hope you're both recovered!