Thursday

Trudy, so sorry to hear that the year isn't ending on any more of a positive note than it started on.  I sure do hope that 2013 is better for you.  It's nice that you can get together with a friend and have Christmas.

For all of you who have children in school or grandchildren in school, I can't even begin to imagine how it feels sending them to school daily.  We were raised to think that school was a safe place, and yet all these awful things happen there on a regular basis, and it's not just the shootings...it's the bullying, and the teachers being inappropriate with their students.  It's really a sad sad statement about society today.

Donna M. your pictures are always wonderful!  I too find water to be calm and soothing, whether it's just flowing gently are whipping against rocks and massive waves!  

Donna, I hope you do get your church group up and running.  It would be good for people to be getting out and having a social life.  Keep them young, and have a good group to be aware of what is going on in their lives, and have someone to check on them if they aren't seen or heard from for a bit.

Our Christmas tea was nice.  We usually manage to wrap up a bunch of books that the reviewers didn't want, or that the publishers sent duplicates, or that the publishers were nice enough to send to us as they know we use them to raise money for literacy.  We sell them in small bundles for $5.  Well, this year it appears that either our group had changed and weren't willing to spend $5 for a mystery package of book, or we have more and more of us doing only ebooks.  I really do want to move to pretty much ebooks, but I did buy a package that was cowboy related, because their were two books that I had heard a lot about.  I knew that because I helped to wrap those books!

On Sunday we had a re Fresh Fiction event team/staff.  It turns out that we raised about $1800 for literacy this year.  Not bad considering that we only give 10% of the proceeds to the cause.  Will be interesting to see what we raise next year, as we have managed to get a few more events lined up that have potential for being big.

I read Calculated In Death by Robb.  It's coming out next year.  For those who read the series and love the interplay between Eve and all the secondary characters...those characters have very small parts.  This story is mostly between Eve, Roarke and Peabody.  It was ok...not a favorite, but still very worth the reading time.

I am reading a book by Tara Taylor Quinn.  I don't remember what it's called. It's a superromance and is the second book in her Comfort Cove series.  I have about 50 or so pages left of that one.

I listened to Never Knowing by Chevi Stevens.    It was a pretty good thriller.  There was a twist at the end that I somewhat saw coming, but not in the way that it actually played out!  That somewhat means...I knew that one character wasn't what he seemed, but I had no idea!

I managed to get my hands on The Wanderer.  It's the first book in Robyn Carr's new upcoming series.  That's going to be my next print book.  I've read the first few pages...not even the first chapter, but I think it's going to be interesting.  With the holiday coming up I should be able to get it finished somewhat quickly I think!

I am also listening to Calico Joe by Grisham.  I should finish that today as it's a short listen, and I'm on the last part. 

Ok...got to get my hair dried on on my way.  I like to go to work early because it takes forever to get home in the afternoon, and I refuse to spend that time traveling both ways!  So I go early, and have coffee and read before I have to clock in.

Oh...I finally heard about the HeadStart job, and I didn't get it.  I didn't think I would because I hadn't heard.  The rejection letter was really nice, and they claim they'll keep me in mind for the future.  We'll see.  There was one lady who I saw screening and she looked so put together and young that I somewhat hope she's one of the two they hired!  I will have no way of knowing, but in my mind she got one of the positions.

Have a great day!

Sandi