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Today's post marks the end of my blog, The Things We Read. I have not been posting in the last month for several reasons: 1) February I worked a lot; 2) I've moved; and 3) everything associated with The Things We Read (blog, email, and Twitter) appears to have been hacked :( .
This ending makes me very sad and disappointed in the world. Oh well, life goes on.
In the future, you may find my blog back up and running but it will be a while.
Thank you to all who have read and commented on my blog. I've enjoyed sharing our lives and stories. I'll be back online soon, I'm sure.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Cooking My Way
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Peppy Pepperoni Rolls
This recipe is easy-peasy. Perfect for the upcoming Super Bowl game gatherings. It actually comes from a magazine page called "Super Bowl Bash." The rolls are very tasty.
1 can refrigerated soft bread sticks
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning (I used a garlic bread seasoning)
2 ounces sliced pepperoni, cut in half (about 1/2 cup)
1 jar (4 ounces) pimiento strips, drained and finely chopped (I didn't use these)
1. Heat over to 350. Lightly grease baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Gently unroll dough. Sprinkle Italian seasoning evenly over dough. Separate at perforations into eight bread sticks (or whatever your dough is separated into. Mine was 10 sticks).
2. Arrange 6 to 8 pepperoni halves and then about half a tablespoon of pimiento along length of each bread stick. Gently roll up each and place, flat side down, on baking sheet. Tuck in any stray pieces.
3. Bake 14 to 16 minutes until golden brown. Serve immediately or keep warm in oven until ready to serve.
(source: magazine unknown)
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Giveaway - El Gavilan by Craig McDonald
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Last December I hosted a giveaway for El Gavilan; however, the winner never contacted me. So this means I still have the book and another lucky reader will win it.
I LOVED the book. Click here for my review.
Rules:
P.S. Group read of One Hundred Years of Solitude starts February 5. Sign up here.
Last December I hosted a giveaway for El Gavilan; however, the winner never contacted me. So this means I still have the book and another lucky reader will win it.
I LOVED the book. Click here for my review.
Rules:
- Leave me a comment with a way to get ahold of you (email address or blog URL)
- Winner picked February 10, 2012.
- US address only.
P.S. Group read of One Hundred Years of Solitude starts February 5. Sign up here.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Read Last Week - 1
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A time travel novel with a twist. The twist is the space inbetween time travel. Other authors I've read describe the journey from one time to another but Mangum gives that journey an actual space or place. Its a place of healing and evil like Dante's Inferno. I liked the description of the space between. Its a void. A place to think, reflect, regenerate but with the potential to wipe your mind.
The story is much more than that space though. The Hourglass Door is a YA trilogy. A love story between a modern day girl and a 15th century boy. Abby is special. Dante opens his world to her. Its a convoluted confusing world which causes Abby lots of happiness and distress.
I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book but am so glad I purchased and read. Now I need the sequel.
Recommendation: Try it. 4/5 stars
P.S. Group read for One Hundred Years of Solitude starts February 5. Sign up here.
A time travel novel with a twist. The twist is the space inbetween time travel. Other authors I've read describe the journey from one time to another but Mangum gives that journey an actual space or place. Its a place of healing and evil like Dante's Inferno. I liked the description of the space between. Its a void. A place to think, reflect, regenerate but with the potential to wipe your mind.
The story is much more than that space though. The Hourglass Door is a YA trilogy. A love story between a modern day girl and a 15th century boy. Abby is special. Dante opens his world to her. Its a convoluted confusing world which causes Abby lots of happiness and distress.
I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book but am so glad I purchased and read. Now I need the sequel.
Recommendation: Try it. 4/5 stars
P.S. Group read for One Hundred Years of Solitude starts February 5. Sign up here.
2012 Goals - JANUARY Update
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2012 Projects
The Wine Club - I love wine and like to try new ones. I will continue to add and update my list. - ALL MONTHS' POSTS STARTED
100 Things to Do - When I created this list, I knew it would be a lifetime project but in order to actually complete items, I need to consistently revisit the list.
2012 Goals
Financial:
To date: 7 finished/2 did not finish
2 Per Week - 4 weeks: 7 books, short 1 book
Non-Fiction Challenge - 0/9
Memorable Memoirs - 1/12
I Love Italy - 1/8
Global Reading - 0/7
Classics - 0/7
Truth in Fiction - 0/6
European Challenge - 0/5
What's in a Name? - 0/6
P.S. Group Read of One Hundred Years of Solitude starts February 5. Sign up here.
2012 Projects
- Complete the individualized cookbooks I started for my teenagers - 50% DONE
- Join and finish the 2013 Sketchbook Project
- Delete my daughter's stuff on all my computers as she has her own now - 20% DONE
Reorganize photos in photo albums - in flipping through them this year, some have blank pages or random photos missing. I want to put in chronological order, discard the bad/blurry photos that I used to keep (for what reason, I don't know) and condense albumsDONE- Cooking My Way - I almost finished my cooking scrapbook. I will continue to cook my way through all the ripped out and saved recipes until they are gone along with the marked untried recipes in my cookbooks. I do hope to have this project completed by the end of 2012
The Wine Club - I love wine and like to try new ones. I will continue to add and update my list. - ALL MONTHS' POSTS STARTED
100 Things to Do - When I created this list, I knew it would be a lifetime project but in order to actually complete items, I need to consistently revisit the list.
2012 Goals
Financial:
- Put aside $10 a week for Christmas - CHICAGO ATE MY FUNDS
- Put aside $2 a day for travel. Not a huge amount, I know but you have to start somewhere - SPENT IT
- Pay off 1/2 of my debt - this is a HUGE goal - BIG FAIL SO FAR
- Get a decently paying regular office job - either here, Chicago, Seattle, or Alaska - ALMOST
- Start freelance work and income - administrative or writing - STARTED 1 ARTICLE :)
- Read 2 books a week. - 7 BOOKS SO FAR
- Read 4 classics - One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Gambler, The Catcher in the Rye, Robinson Crusoe (this one is part of my 100 Things list so I'll count it as part of my personal goals)
- Start an online book club or reading group through my blog or Twitter - FEBRUARY 100 YEARS OF SOLITUTE - JOIN ME
- Read all books on my bookshelves and only acquire 12 books for the year excluding review books(part of my minimalist lifestyle goals) - ACQUIRED 12 ALREADY
- See 1 movie a month at the theater - Rave Theaters in my area is reinstituting $5 Tuesdays. I like the experience of seeing certain movies on the big screen so $5 Tuesdays are great. SAW THE GREY YESTERDAY
- Start/complete 5 items on my 100 Things list - COOKED SOMETHING NEW EACH WEEK IN JANUARY
- Visit my daughter in Italy in the fall or at Christmas time
- Do something or go somewhere new each week
To date: 7 finished/2 did not finish
2 Per Week - 4 weeks: 7 books, short 1 book
Non-Fiction Challenge - 0/9
Memorable Memoirs - 1/12
I Love Italy - 1/8
Global Reading - 0/7
Classics - 0/7
Truth in Fiction - 0/6
European Challenge - 0/5
What's in a Name? - 0/6
P.S. Group Read of One Hundred Years of Solitude starts February 5. Sign up here.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
February Group Read - One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Yes, I'm hosting my first group read with help from Vasilly and Linda. Remember this is my first readalong so hopefully it runs smoothly. It will be a work in progress. Please feel free to tell me what you like and don't like as well as changes and suggestions. I hope to make this enjoyable for everyone involved.
I really enjoy the format that Wallace at Unputdownables does when she is hosting her readalongs. Here are a few links to her readalongs: here, here and here. What do you think?
I really want to incorporate some real-time discussion; in addition to blog posts and comments, thus enters Twitter. I finally created an account @TheThingsWeRead. Real-time discussions on Twitter tentatively set for Mondays at 8:00pm EST, starting February 6th. I usually don't work Monday nights which is why I picked Mondays.
The Plan
My book has 448 pages so about 110 pages per week for 4 weeks.
Reading Schedule:
Week One: 2/5-2/11 - read pages 1-111
Week Two: 2/12-2/18 - read pages 112-218
Week Three: 2/19-2/25 - read pages 219-337
Week Four: 2/26-3/3 - read rest of the book
Blog Posting Schedule:
Mondays
2/6 - introduction
2/13 - discussion on pages 1-111
2/20 - discussion on pages 112-218
2/27 - discussion on pages 219-337
3/5 - discussion on rest of book and wrapup
Twitter Schedule:
Mondays
2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/5
8:00pm EST
@TheThingsWeRead - follow me if interested and I'll follow you back
#100Solitude - for discussion (I picked this hashtag. I'm new to Twitter so let me know if this wrong)
Leave me a comment if you are interested include your blog URL and/or Twitter name.
Yes, I'm hosting my first group read with help from Vasilly and Linda. Remember this is my first readalong so hopefully it runs smoothly. It will be a work in progress. Please feel free to tell me what you like and don't like as well as changes and suggestions. I hope to make this enjoyable for everyone involved.
I really enjoy the format that Wallace at Unputdownables does when she is hosting her readalongs. Here are a few links to her readalongs: here, here and here. What do you think?
I really want to incorporate some real-time discussion; in addition to blog posts and comments, thus enters Twitter. I finally created an account @TheThingsWeRead. Real-time discussions on Twitter tentatively set for Mondays at 8:00pm EST, starting February 6th. I usually don't work Monday nights which is why I picked Mondays.
The Plan
My book has 448 pages so about 110 pages per week for 4 weeks.
Reading Schedule:
Week One: 2/5-2/11 - read pages 1-111
Week Two: 2/12-2/18 - read pages 112-218
Week Three: 2/19-2/25 - read pages 219-337
Week Four: 2/26-3/3 - read rest of the book
Blog Posting Schedule:
Mondays
2/6 - introduction
2/13 - discussion on pages 1-111
2/20 - discussion on pages 112-218
2/27 - discussion on pages 219-337
3/5 - discussion on rest of book and wrapup
Twitter Schedule:
Mondays
2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/5
8:00pm EST
@TheThingsWeRead - follow me if interested and I'll follow you back
#100Solitude - for discussion (I picked this hashtag. I'm new to Twitter so let me know if this wrong)
Leave me a comment if you are interested include your blog URL and/or Twitter name.
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