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Five for Friday
Jul. 13th, 2018 12:40 pm1. I have fallen in love with Wayfair. After loving the curtains I bought for Emma's room, I decided to get a runner for the foyer and a breakfast tray I intend to use as a kind of portable table when I'm lounging from couch to couch and need somewhere to set my tea (we don't have end tables yet).
2. We got a bookcase for Emma's room, and we're going to tomorrow to get her a cube storage thingy, so after tomorrow, her room should stop looking like a hell-hole LOL. We're also getting a medicine cabinet for her bathroom and a beautiful cabinet for my study where we can put all our office supplies; my desk is full up of my stationery and notebooks and journaling supplies.
3. Pictures are going up on the walls! All the curtains have been hung! It's looking awesome.
4. Next thing to tackle is the garage and the back porch. Josh's parents are coming to visit in two weeks, so my goal is to have them cleaned by then. I also want us to have purchased another bed by then; Emma will get the new bed, and her bed will go in the guest room. Then I think we'll be done purchasing things for the house until we get our regular paychecks at the end of August. At that point, we're buying outdoor furniture for the screened-in porch. I can't wait until it cools off. I am dreaming of reading and grading and writing on that back porch.
5. Some books what I have read:
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Although the sample size is small (2 books), I think it's clear that Trollope isn't for me. This is a perfectly adequate, perfectly serviceable book. I don't regret reading it, but I'll never feel compelled to read it again. Trollope does not excite my emotions; he doesn't make me laugh (every now and again, some slight mirth), he doesn't make me cry, and he doesn't make me swoon with the beauty of his words. I do like his characters but not enough to make me run out and grab the next 600 page installment of this series.
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What Not to Wear by Trinny Woodall
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book is about how to disguise various problems like big arms or no boobs. I really like that the authors use themselves as models; one page shows them wearing unflattering styles for the particular issue, and the facing page shows them wearing more flattering options. Good, solid fashion advice, and seeing the pictures side by side really hits home why each piece works or doesn't. I have to admit, though, that the tone kinda grates; their insistence that large arms always be covered with sleeves, for example, or their conviction that big boobs always coexist with large arms or that small boobs always sit atop a skeletal chest. I think anyone who has issues with weight or body image would probably find this book uncomfortable to read.
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BONUS: My blood pressure was 117/73 at my annual exam yesterday! Whooooooo!
2. We got a bookcase for Emma's room, and we're going to tomorrow to get her a cube storage thingy, so after tomorrow, her room should stop looking like a hell-hole LOL. We're also getting a medicine cabinet for her bathroom and a beautiful cabinet for my study where we can put all our office supplies; my desk is full up of my stationery and notebooks and journaling supplies.
3. Pictures are going up on the walls! All the curtains have been hung! It's looking awesome.
4. Next thing to tackle is the garage and the back porch. Josh's parents are coming to visit in two weeks, so my goal is to have them cleaned by then. I also want us to have purchased another bed by then; Emma will get the new bed, and her bed will go in the guest room. Then I think we'll be done purchasing things for the house until we get our regular paychecks at the end of August. At that point, we're buying outdoor furniture for the screened-in porch. I can't wait until it cools off. I am dreaming of reading and grading and writing on that back porch.
5. Some books what I have read:
Barchester Towers by Anthony TrollopeMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Although the sample size is small (2 books), I think it's clear that Trollope isn't for me. This is a perfectly adequate, perfectly serviceable book. I don't regret reading it, but I'll never feel compelled to read it again. Trollope does not excite my emotions; he doesn't make me laugh (every now and again, some slight mirth), he doesn't make me cry, and he doesn't make me swoon with the beauty of his words. I do like his characters but not enough to make me run out and grab the next 600 page installment of this series.
View all my reviews
What Not to Wear by Trinny WoodallMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book is about how to disguise various problems like big arms or no boobs. I really like that the authors use themselves as models; one page shows them wearing unflattering styles for the particular issue, and the facing page shows them wearing more flattering options. Good, solid fashion advice, and seeing the pictures side by side really hits home why each piece works or doesn't. I have to admit, though, that the tone kinda grates; their insistence that large arms always be covered with sleeves, for example, or their conviction that big boobs always coexist with large arms or that small boobs always sit atop a skeletal chest. I think anyone who has issues with weight or body image would probably find this book uncomfortable to read.
View all my reviews
BONUS: My blood pressure was 117/73 at my annual exam yesterday! Whooooooo!
