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Happy birthday KimeyDiann!Awesome pictures Almeta!
(Yes, I realize I'm saying exactly what Stephanie says ;-))
It is official! Hubby, pup and I are moving to a different apartment community towards the end of April :) they don't have a lake facing apartment available but we were able to get an apartment with no one below us which is awesome because of Blake (he likes to wrestle and jump and play). Now I just have to be patient till we move..is it too early to start packing? ;-)
Exciting Stephanie! Only two more months, just start packing things that have been gathering dust anyway (or make it an early spring cleaning and get rid of those things)
Berit wrote: "It's going to be 80 1F here today :-) you can come to beautiful Riverside, California ;-)just so you know there is no river!I live in a community called River A walk and in a city called Riverside ..."Actually, Berit, it is so named after the Santa Ana River which flows from the San Jacinto Mountains down to the ocean in Huntington Beach. The banks were all cemented over for flood control, but I actually remember times when there used to be water in it. Same as the LA River in Los Angles. We used to go horseback riding along the riverbed when I was a kid (there used to be numerous stables along the river that rented horses for $5.00/hour). I grew up in Westminister and went to Garden Grove High School.
We used to drive out to Riverside to go riding too, before it became a huge bedroom comunity. I remember when there was nothing out there but orange grove after orange grove and farming communities.
Thanks, Peggy!! It will be nice to get rid of stuff we don't use :)
I know I've lived out here for the last 17 years, grew up in Redondo Beach, but I couldn't afford to live there :-) I have seen this area grow so much it's crazy. When I first moved out here I would see horses all the time,. Not so much anymore, but I was just in Norco a city nearby and there are still a lot of horses there.
Happy Birthday Kimmy Diane!and congrats on your move Stephanie! I'd start packing now, you can never do it too soon.
Thanks, Berit :) I think I will see what I can get through tomorrow..I have a few things to get rid of (stuff I should have gotten rid of before our last move, lol)
I moved almost 2 years ago now. I went through a divorce and he is still in the house. The beauty of that was I left behind everything I didn't want, which made it easier.:-) Also if I ever decided I needed it I knew I could go get it.
Stephanie - congrats on the pending move! It's never too early to start going through the stacks, hehe. Hmm, maybe you could have a personal Toppler of books you want to read but aren't sure you want to keep. That way your new place will have more empty bookshelves you'll be KimeyDiann - Happy birthday! I'm a year ahead of you but I know exactly what you mean; I don't feel all that grown up, either! I don't think I ever got much past 16. Granted, I'm a very smart, somewhat more mature 16... but still, 16. :D
My parents recently moved closer to me, my mom got rid of so many books and yet they still have a full library in their new house. As to being 30 I am 45 and I still don't feel all grown up, stay young forever!!!!!!!!
Berit wrote: "I know I've lived out here for the last 17 years, grew up in Redondo Beach, but I couldn't afford to live there :-) I have seen this area grow so much it's crazy. When I first moved out here I woul..."Small world, isn't it? I have not been down there for several years now. My mother lives in Paramount (north of Buena Park) and that is as far south as we go, most of the time. Before I moved to Oregon, we lived in Anaheim, just off of Harbor Blvd and Ball Rd, less than 1/4 mile from Disneyland. I cannot even imagine what our little three bedroom house (800 sq. ft) would cost now. We bought it for $21,500.00 in 1971 and sold it in 1976 for $32,000.00. I am sure I could not afford to live there now. The house is still there - I looked at it with Google Maps.
Happy birthday, KimeyDiann. Congrats on your move Stephanie.
Thank you :)I don't have too many books at home to go through since I donated a bunch when we moved from Nebraska to WA state. I'm sure there are some I need to part with that I'm never going to read though:)
@Almeta, did you attend to the Festival? Happy birthday@K-diann!
@Stephanie, glad you have found a place you like to move, I hope you find it better even, when you get all installed
Festival pics are great Almeta. Not ice sculptures I know but there is a seaside resort in the South of England which do sand sculptures and I believe they hold competitions there. they always fascinated me as a child.congrats to Stephanie and KimeyDiann for move news and birthday. I get the feeling that regardless of what age you actually are, you don't feel it.
I'm working late tonight which I'm not looking forward to as I have a longer commute now so by the time I get home, cook and eat dinner, it will be time for bed.
Happy Birthday KimeyDiann!@Stephanie - congrats on your move! :)
@Almeta - love the pictures of the ice sculptures! They are so pretty!
Thank you for all of the birthday wishes! Almeta, those sculptures are AWESOME!
Stephanie, you definitely need to start sorting now. Maybe not officially packing, but getting rid of what you don't need and packing away the things you don't use often. You'll be glad you did it when it gets close to the move day.
Happy birthday!You could move everything like I usually do and sort it out on the other end, and then hate yourself for moving it all ;)
I love ice sculptures! Thanks for sharing Almeta!
I just got the most hilarious recommendation from Goodreads. "Because you have read Succubus Blues, maybe you'd enjoy The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton."
Well yes goodreads, I loved the book when I was 6, and not because I read books about sexy demon creatures. WTF?
On an interesting note though, I had the best 21st birthday party themed the Magic Faraway Tree. Everyone had to come in costume (best way of getting saucepans if you need). They had to climb up a ladder through a tree into our second story window. Take a multicoloured shot and slide down the slippery slip we made on the stairs. Each room downstairs was a different land. Lexx handmade toffee shocks from profiteroles and sherbet. Never had a themed party since. Too good. Although I did want to do a Narnia one.
Rusalka wrote: "I just got the most hilarious recommendation from Goodreads. "Because you have read Succubus Blues, maybe you'd enjoy The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton."Well yes goodreads, I loved the book when I was 6, and not because I read books about sexy demon creatures. WTF?"
ROFL! But they are both shelved as fantasy.
Camilla wrote: "ROFL! But they are both shelved as fantasy. "Apparently!
They really need to work on that tool...
Love the sound of your themed party. sounds amazing.I keep getting those GR recs but based on books I didn't rate that highly. if they are going to rec then do it based on 5 star reads surely
Sarah wrote: "I keep getting those GR recs but based on books I didn't rate that highly. if they are going to rec then do it based on 5 star reads surely"I keep getting recs on books I haven't read but shelved on my various genre shelves (I shelve them when I mark them "to read", e.g. on my horror, scifi, vampire etc. shelf. When I have read the book, I delete it from the genre shelf and mark it only as "read".). If I would get recs only based on books that I've read and rated 5 stars, I would be getting very fews recs, I'm afraid (because I very rarely give any book 5 stars).
I get those too Camilla. But also recommendations based on books I rated only 2 stars...
I get recs on two star books, too! "Because you read x, try y..." I want to shout, "I didn't like x, rec me the opposite!" :P
Rusalka wrote: "Happy birthday!You could move everything like I usually do and sort it out on the other end, and then hate yourself for moving it all ;)
I love ice sculptures! Thanks for sharing Almeta!
I just..."
I totally want to do a theme party! My BFF turns 30 this year too AND she is preggers. I'm either going to have a Harry Potter themed birthday party or baby shower for her!
The theme party sounds like fun. I don't often look at my recommendations, but I chuckled because I get recs on my "abandoned" shelf. I know I can deselect that shelf, but it's kind of amusing.
Janice wrote: "I don't often look at my recommendations, but I chuckled because I get recs on my "abandoned" shelf. I know I can deselect that shelf, but it's kind of amusing."You don't look at them? Why? I look at them daily. But that's probably one reason why my TBR shelf is almost 5,000 books long, LOL!
What is even worse is Audible, they recommend books to me I have already purchased from them ;-) of course I would like that book I own it, and I already bought it from you!
@ Rusalka - how long did it take to prepare for such an elaborate party and how many helpers did you have? Any way, sounds awesomely fun!!Hmm, maybe I need to organize a themed party for some auspicious occasion in near future : )
Berit wrote: "What is even worse is Audible, they recommend books to me I have already purchased from them ;-) of course I would like that book I own it, and I already bought it from you!"LOL, that's even worse than GR!
Camilla wrote: "You don't look at them? Why? I look at them daily. But that's probably one reason why my TBR shelf is almost 5,000 books long, LOL! ..."That's why! LOL! I have 900 on my wishlist. Last time I looked, there were only (only) 450 on there. How did it double so quickly?
Berit wrote: "What is even worse is Audible, they recommend books to me I have already purchased from them ;-) of course I would like that book I own it, and I already bought it from you!"I've managed to acquire the same book twice. I think I picked it up in a sale, and then it was a freebie. I'd forgotten I had it (didn't check my goodreads shelf), and put it in my cart. Now I have two copies. I thought that they had safeguards against that, but apparently not.
Janice wrote: "That's why! LOL! I have 900 on my wishlis..."LOL, I didn't even have a TBR list before I joined GR about 13 months ago. So 5,000 books added in one year is not bad, eh? And that includes only the first book in each series that I haven't started yet. If I manage to read 200 books a year (I did that last year, this year I've set my goal to 150 books), it will take me only 25 years to read the books currently on my TBR list - without adding any new ones during that time.
Is it possible to give a TBR list as an inheritance?
Camilla wrote: "Is it possible to give a TBR list as an inheritance? ..."Only if you are actually in possession of them.
The problem is, 25 years won't be enough because we keep adding to them faster than we read them.
It's a bit depressing, isn't it, knowing that there are more great books out there than you can ever read? Also a good thing though, knowing that there are enough good books to last you a lifetime!
Janice wrote: "The problem is, 25 years won't be enough because we keep adding to them faster than we read them."Adding any books to my TBR list? Who, me? NEVER!
I add several books to my virtual TBR list every week and usually only read 1-2 books in that time period. I have resigned myself to the fact that I will never read ALL of the books I want to. But realizing how many books I do want to read is finally allowing me to convince myself that it is okay to not finish a book. I repeatedly tell myself when reading a not-so-great book, there are better books out there and you are wasting your time.
Peggy wrote: "It's a bit depressing, isn't it, knowing that there are more great books out there than you can ever read? Also a good thing though, knowing that there are enough good books to last you a lifetime!"I totally agree! At least I know I will never be in the situation where there wouldn't be a book to read that interested me.
Peggy wrote: "It's a bit depressing, isn't it, knowing that there are more great books out there than you can ever read? Also a good thing though, knowing that there are enough good books to last you a lifetime!"My dad is 85 - soon to be 86, and he's still reading up a storm. He sent me home with more books on the weekend. When my mother was well, she would always send me home with a care package. Now, my father has taken over as chief cook and bottle washer, he never misses that important task, but he includes books in it. One is never too old for a care package. :)
Ahw that is so nice Janice!@Kimeydiann: I should follow your example and more often abandon books that are just meh.
KimeyDiann wrote: "I add several books to my virtual TBR list every week and usually only read 1-2 books in that time period. I have resigned myself to the fact that I will never read ALL of the books I want to. But ..."I agree. I have interpreted it so that I don't read any books that I don't feel inclined to, even if it's a monthly challenge etc. I figure that since I will most likely never read all of the books on my TBR list, why should I waste time on reading something that I'm not interested in in the first place?
And now I've been chatting here all evening and not reading...
Janice wrote: "My dad is 85 - soon to be 86, and he's still reading up a storm. He sent me home with more books on the weekend. When my mother was well, she would always send me home with a care package. Now, my father has taken over as chief cook and bottle washer, he never misses that important task, but he includes books in it. One is never too old for a care package. :) ..."My ex-husband's parents always used to come and visit us in October every year. They had a small moter home and drove up from Southern California. They always came with what they called "a care package" full of groceries and presents for the girls. It was so much fun anticipating when they would get here. They were truely wonderful people. They are both gone now. I miss them very much. We were always close, even after my husband and I split up.
Peggy wrote: "Ahw that is so nice Janice!@Kimeydiann: I should follow your example and more often abandon books that are just meh."
I'm not very good at actually following through with that, but I'm trying. I always hope that a book will get better. Or even if I'm not very invested in the book, I'll still wonder how it will end and I'll stick with it. I think I have probably less than 5 books I've started and not finished.
Woohoo! Frozen pipe to the washing machine again! This time they cut a hole in the wall behind the fridge and put the heater behind the fridge again to "warm up" the pipes. Sigh. I don't think they thought things out when they designed this building, lol! Oh well. Apartment life :) April 22nd can't get here soon enough!Oh and I have a job interview next week :) It is part time which I am really happy about but the hours aren't the greatest :( oh well. It is a foot in the door that could lead to better hours someday :)
Peggy wrote: "It's a bit depressing, isn't it, knowing that there are more great books out there than you can ever read? Also a good thing though, knowing that there are enough good books to last you a lifetime!"Linda Holmes at NPR wrote a wonderful essay about this a few years ago - The Sad, Beautiful Fact that We're All Going to Miss Almost Everything. It puts the issue into wonderful perspective; I highly recommend it. :)
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Almeta, those sculptures are awesome!!