a new year. time to get started on yet ANOTHER new book. i admit it, i love books and more than that, i love collecting books. (to my dear mother-in-law, this is for you! :))of course, in my lifetime, i will never have the time to read them all. (not to mention the ones that i CONTINUE to buy. LOVE COSTCO! :)) for some reason, subconsciously,i feel that if i can have my nose in three or more books at a time, i'm a better, more educated person. ODVIOULSY THAT ISN'T TRUE!! maybe it just makes me feel like i'm 'attempting' to be more educated. anyways, my point is...(i usually have one) that i'm trying to do MORE reading and LESS dusting the books on my shelf. (like i dust!) i think i have 8 or 9 books started right now. i'm trying to pull a bit of wisdom out of all of them. starting now,i'm vowing to finish one before i start another. so, as i read, i'll share some of my highlights with you. after all, there's no point in all of us being in LIMBO! :)
here's some of my favorites....
1. -The Message. A year in the Bible.- this is the one that i'm trying to be the most faithful with. we are now 22 days into the new year and i'm still current! could it be? will i actually stick with it this year? just a few pages a day, i think i can do it. the Bible has AMAZING STORIES and this is an 'easy read'!!
2.-The Power of a Praying Parent.- Written by Stormie Omartian. great one.
3.-Lies Woman Believe.- Written by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. my niece, Taya told me about this book years ago. i'm still working on it. i like what i've read thus far.
4. -Boundaries With Kids.- Written by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. front says:"when to say Yes, when to say No, to help your children gain control of their lives." i'm looking forward to finishing this one....hoping to take some good tips from it!
5.-While they were sleeping- Written by Anne Arkins and Gary Harrell. 12 character traits for moms to pray. love this one.
6.-Believing God.- Written by Beth Moore. i'm doing this with a small group on Wednesdays. LOVE MY GIRLS. LOVE THE BOOK.
7.-The story of Edgar Sawtell.- a HUGE book, having a hard time getting past page 27- only 539 to go. yippee. mom, i'm forging thru.
8.-Up to NO good- the rascally things boys do! :) think that one speaks for itself!!
9. of course, one of the main reasons that i can't finish a book is because every month those new issues of People, Country Living, Country Home, Real Simple, Digital Scrapbooking, Creating Keepsakes, Better Homes and Gardens (not to mention the 'special issues' they put out) keep coming!! i'm a sucker for magazines!! my grocery bill is usually about 15 bucks higher than what it should be for this very reason.
there you have it.
since i know you care! :)
i'll keep you posted!
4 comments :
You're on a roll lately, I can't keep up with you! Good luck with the reading. Mia was actually telling me one of the boys in her class (is it Sam?) said if you're reading more than one book at once you're actually reading more pages (towards their reading goal) That made me chuckle!
when you say i'm on a roll, you must be talking about the blog cuz keeping up with my ACTUAL reading wouldn't be hard! :)
sounds like something sam would say. i'll have to ask him about it. however, truth be told, he doesn't think about that reading goal 'thing' more than he has to. :)
i was strolling down memory lane today. cleaning out pictures from way back when! back when the kiddos were little, back when SOME OF US still had hair and of course, back when we had those wonderful girly figures. how about the trip to cultus lake? when the boat started taking on water in the middle of the lake? how about our trip hiking up healeatrob? i was dying. seriously thought i would barf right there! what about all those play dates with sam and mia. we'll have to get out the pictures of them and post them at school. (we'd be SO dead!)oh, i miss those days!
remind me to show you the one of us out at the 80's party at my brothers. remember that night? wondering if this is one of those pictures i should burn? yea. let's just leave it at that! :)
good times. good times.
It's no wonder you haven't finished one of those books yet...they all look like great books but I am overwhelmed just looking at the list! Maybe I should borrow one or two of them...could use the help!!
kath,
maybe we could split up the pile. you read half, i read half, then we can each do a book report and summerize our stacks!! kill two birds with one stone! :)
thanks for last night.
we had a great time!
love you.
me :)
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