Reading

I like to read. Ok, let me rephrase that I like to read trashy romance novels, murder, suspense, and a variety of other books. I don't like to read about history, I did that in high school. I don't like to read about President McKinley's murder, even though it does involve murder, it also involves politics, which I'm not a fan of.

And just for the record, I'm not to crazy about marketing and managerial accounting either.

So tonight, while I sleep I'm going to dream that all of this stuff comes to life and transforms itself into romance, or murder (without the politics). Because accounting hooking up with marketing at a tropical locale sounds so much more appealing to read. Pssst...look for the surprise ex lover, the balance sheet, showing up trying to thwart romance attempts.

Stay tuned for news tomorrow about my totally awesome digital giveaway. Details on Thursday!!

Book Review: The Long Way Home

I have taken on a new little project. Reviewing books. A friend set me up with doing it, and this is my first review. As I read the books I will be posting a review here as well as several other places. So for the 3 people who read this blog, enjoy the reviews.

The Long Way Home is the second book in the Homelander series that continues to follow Charlie West. Charlie woke up one day and an entire year of his life was completely gone. He had no memory of the events of the past year; the murder of his friend, his association with the Homelanders, or falling in love with the girl of his dreams. Andrew Klavan has does a great job of pulling you in and keep you guessing until the end. I was surprised to find that I enjoyed this book as much as I did. Klavan does an amazing job of writing to a young adult as well as a 30-something. He throws in “life lessons” that we all need to be reminded of from time to time; believing in yourself, having faith, and the power of friends. There are twists and turns and surprising revelations by Charlie as he searches for the truth and for the year he lost. This is an amazing tale of having faith and believing in yourself. I am looking forward to continuing reading the rest of the books in this series. This book was provided by Thomas Nelson

Addictions

Hello, my name is Abby and I'm addicted to recipes. And cross stitch, and crochet, and precious moments.

Geez, no wonder I never have any time, money, and weigh more than I should.

I suppose I should add school to that list, but it is definitely not something I want to continue forever, just a temporary annoyance. I digress.

I have tons of recipes. I get so many cooking newsletters every day, week, and month that I could probably print 200+ recipes a month if I printed them all. That doesn't include the cooking magazine I subscribe to or the cook books that I buy or have inherited.

I could probably cook a new recipe a day for the rest of my life and at the rate new recipes pop up, I could never cook them all.

So why print new recipes if I can't cook them all? I don't know. Because I love to cook. It's therapeutic, and some days chopping an onion beats chopping my husband, plus one involves prison, and I would rather avoid that.

I love to cook, I love finding a new recipe and making it, and then tweaking it, although some don't need tweaking. Then forcing my husband and other innocent bystanders to eat it. None have died yet, and most rarely complain.

Last night for dinner we had one of my favorite things, risotto. (I'll post the recipe later.) It is time consuming, but the end result is so worth it.

I guess that's why I like cooking and cross stitch for that matter. You are creating something. You are starting out with a blank canvas, or a bunch of ingredients and creating something. Not everyone can do it. You can learn how to cook, but you may never feel passionate about it, you may never be that good at it, just good enough to get by. Or you may be great at it. I don't create my own recipes. I typically alter other recipes. Mostly because I am too chicken to venture out on my own.

Kinda like this blog, I was so afraid to put ME on display like this, that I would crash and burn. Then I realized that I'm the only one who would care if I failed. So I took the plunge and here I am. Doing something that I'm actually enjoying. Kinda like cooking, and cross stitching.

Now, I better go clean out my email, and maybe find a few new recipes too try.