Adventures in Life

This post is just a check-in entry to see my progress for my 36 book goal. So far I am ahead of schedule.

January
1. I, Alex Cross, by James Patterson
2. Alex Cross's Trial, by James Patterson and Richard Dilallo

February
3. Galatians: Breakaway to Freedom (Bible Study), by Sarah Howell
4. Julie and Julia, by Julie Powell
5. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

March
6. Run for Your Life, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief, by Rick Riordan
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan
9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse, by Rick Riordan

April
10. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
11. Mudbound, by Hillary Jordan
12. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth, by Rick Riordan
13. Worst Case, by James Patterson

May
14. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian, by Rick Riordan
15. I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui
16. Make Over: Revitalizing the Many Roles You Fill (A Modern Girl's Bible Study), by Jen Hatmaker.

June
17. Echoes of the Dead, by Johan Theorin
18. Storm Front, by Jim Butcher
19. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella, by Stephenie Meyer
20. The 9th Judgment, by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
21. Twenties Girl, by Sophie Kinsella

July
22. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Demigod Files, by Rick Riordan
23. The Murder of King Tut, by James Patterson & Martin Dugard
24. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific, by J. Maarten Troost

August (currently reading)
25. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
26. Private, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Posted by at 7:19 AM | Permalink

I was going to do this update at the end of January, but oh well, stuff happens.

1. Run in a race. I have started running again...sort of.
2. Lose 10 more pounds
3. Finish 2009 Scrapbook
4. Read Run For Your Life by James Patterson
5. Read Rites of Spring (Break) by Diana Peterfreund
6. ReadTap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund
7. Read The Lost City of Z by David Grann Done...and I can't say that I would recommend it.
8. Read Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
9. Read The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
10. Read Broken Music: A Memoir by Sting
11. Read Catch Me if You Can by Donna Kauffman
12. Read The $64 Tomato by William Alexander
13. Read Storm Front by Jim Butcher
14. Read I, Alex Cross by James Patterson Done...and excellent as usual.
15. Read Heat Wave by Richard Castle
16. Read That 20's Girl by Sophie Kinsella
17. Read Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson Done, but not your typical Alex Cross book.
18. Request Medical Records
19. Go through Credit Card Stuff
20. Read the Bible, chronologically, in one year. Here is the printable version. I am on schedule.
21. Complete the 365 Project. I am going to do it this year! I am staying fairly caught up. I am finished with January and working on February.

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We have been busy preparing for an upcoming trip and getting ready for a party. I am having a Southern Living at Home party tomorrow. A few people are coming over and while looking at all of the products we will be munching on yummy desserts. I am also making a veggie tray since some people may have new year's resolutions to cut out sweets (I am NOT one of those people).

Last night we went to the store and I managed to take a picture of Alex pushing the shopping cart. He has been doing it for a little while, but this is the first time that I thought to take a picture. We only let him push the cart if the store isn't busy. I guess I should look into purchasing a toy cart for him.

He is pushing the cart though he is hard to see in this picture.

Sometimes he likes to push the cart from the side (I think he can see a little better this way).

I finished reading I, Alex Cross and Alex Cross's Trial. That knocks off numbers 14 and 17 off of my New Year's Resolution list. I really enjoyed I, Alex Cross. It was the typical book from the Alex Cross series. Alex Cross's Trial was good, but it was not at all what I was expecting. For some reason I thought it was going to be another book in Alex Cross series, but I was wrong.

Gabe and I managed to watch a few movies while he was off from work. My favorite was Star Trek. I would even recommend it to someone that is not a fan of the series or other movies (I did not like the series). We also watched Coraline, Duplicity, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Funny People, and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

I will post a picture of Alex's plate either later on today or tomorrow. I am getting ready to go pick it up soon.

Posted by at 9:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (7)

Last year was the first year that I posted my new years resolution. It seemed to work, so here we go again.

1. Run in a race.
2. Lose 10 more pounds
3. Finish 2009 Scrapbook
4. Read Run For Your Life by James Patterson
5. Read Rites of Spring (Break) by Diana Peterfreund
6. ReadTap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund
7. Read The Lost City of Z by David Grann
8. Read Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
9. Read The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
10. Read Broken Music: A Memoir by Sting
11. Read Catch Me if You Can by Donna Kauffman
12. Read The $64 Tomato by William Alexander
13. Read Storm Front by Jim Butcher
14. Read I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
15. Read Heat Wave by Richard Castle
16. Read That 70's Girl by Sophie Kinsella
17. Read Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson
18. Request Medical Records
19. Go through Credit Card Stuff
20. Read the Bible, chronologically, in one year. Here is the printable version.
21. Complete the 365 Project. I am going to do it this year!

Posted by at 9:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Since the year is at and end, it is time to check on last year's resolution.

1. Organize Stamps - complete
2. Finish 2008 Scrapbook - complete
3. Lose Baby Weight - complete
4. Do A 365 Scrapbook - this one isn't going to happen. I lost my motivation when I lost my camera.
5. Make at Least One Christmas Present Per Month - complete
6. Update Alex's Baby Book - complete, but it is an ongoing process.
7. Unpack/Organize House ( I would LOVE to complete this by the end of February) - complete
8. Landscape Back Yard - complete

Okay, so overall not too bad.

Posted by at 9:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Since the year is almost over, I decided to take a look back at my New Year's Resolution post to see how I am doing. Hopefully, this will also kick my behind into gear to finish off my list. Okay, here we go.

1. Organize Stamps - um...cricket noise in background...this is on my list for this month
2. Finish 2008 Scrapbook - complete
3. Lose Baby Weight - can we just move on to the next number?
4. Do A 365 Scrapbook - this one isn't going to happen. I lost my motivation when I lost my camera.
5. Make at Least One Christmas Present Per Month - complete
6. Update Alex's Baby Book - I did do this, but now I need to do it again.
7. Unpack/Organize House ( I would LOVE to complete this by the end of February) - complete
8. Landscape Back Yard - complete

Okay, so overall not too bad. I just need to do numbers 1 and 6...we aren't talking about 3.

Posted by at 6:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

My resolutions for the new year have been hanging out in my palm pilot. I finally have a chance to post them. My plan is to look at them next year and see what I actually kept. I should be sleeping right now, but here it goes.

1. Organize Stamps
2. Finish 2008 Scrapbook
3. Lose Baby Weight
4. Do A 365 Scrapbook
5. Make at Least One Christmas Present Per Month
6. Update Alex's Baby Book
7. Unpack/Organize House ( I would LOVE to complete this by the end of February)
8. Landscape Back Yard

I am going to bed. Maybe sleep more should have been on my list.

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