Reader Appreciation Award

Woofreakenhoo! The lovely Kate http://katepolicani.com/ has nominated me for the Reader Appreciation Award. Like Kate I love getting these. It makes writing the blog worth it. Thank you Kate.

Reader Appreciation Award rules:

1) Include the award logo somewhere in your blog.

2) Answer these 10 questions, below, for fun if you want to.

3) Nominate 10 to 12 blogs you enjoy. Or you pick the number.

4) Pay the love forward: Provide your nominee’s link in your post and comment on their blog to let them know they’ve been included and invited to participate.

5) Pay the love back with gratitude and a link to the blogger(s) who nominated you.

The Questions for the Reader Appreciation Award:

1) What is your favorite color?

My favorite color is really two, light pink and white. While I love wearing all colors these are the ones that top my list.

2) What is your favorite animal?

This is the easiest question anyone can ever ask me. I am owned by eight birds and the love I have for this animal is vast. My favorite animal, the bird.

3) What is your favorite non-alcoholic drink?

Sweet ice tea hands down.

4) Facebook or Twitter?

I have to say Facebook for most of my family back in New England are on FB. It is a way to stay in touch which they do on FB.

5) Favorite pattern?

I am not quite sure what this means.

6) Do you prefer getting or giving presents?

I have to say both. Let’s be honest who does not like to receive gifts? But seeing a person smile upon opening a gift I gave them is priceless.

7)Favorite number?

I have three:3,7,9

8) Favorite day of the week?

It has to be Thursday. That is the one day of the week my husband is not working at night.

9) Favorite flower?

I love all flowers. To enjoy the many colors and shapes of the various plants lifts me up.

What is your passion?

Life

Blog Nominees:

 http://tracyjamesjones.wordpress.com

http://www.traceybaptiste.com

 http://www.susielindau.wordpress.com

http://workingmomadventures.wordpress.com

http://thebridgeofdeaths.com/

 

Boring Books

For the longest time one of my most annoying habits was to finish a book once I started it. No matter how bad it was written it would be read from beginning to end. It was a tick that drove me nuts. I was not obligated to finish it if it did not suit me so what propelled me to finish every single book I started remained a mystery.

This is how it has been for as long as I can remember. My love for books started the minute I learned how to read. Even to date our house is filled to the brim with books on all topics imaginable. We could probably open up a mini library or a book mobile at best if we wanted to. The thought of throwing a book away well it is just not done. I will swap it with someone else, give it to a used book store or to the library before that will ever happens.

My love of books is why I am a part of two book clubs. One that is run out of a local library by one of the librarians and one run by me for my women’s group. I can read books without bringing them home to keep was one of my first thoughts. This gave me a whole new world of books that I would never have thought to pick up to read.

Then it happened. The librarian picked a book that was just oh my gosh horrible. Every time I picked it up my body would cringe for it knew this was going to be a struggle. Deciding to not finish it was hard for me and the guilt of not reading it from beginning to end filled my insides from top to bottom. Getting to the meeting it turned out a few ladies had not read the book either for the same reason. But they did not have the same tick I did about finishing books.

It happened again only this time with the book club I ran. The book had all the praises and high reviews and the synopsis made it sound just awesome. It was not. I struggled again for the second time in a week as another book did not get read completely. This patterned soon enough repeated itself over the next few months.

For that I am grateful. Finally the annoyances and guilt that came with reading a boring book was getting nipped in the bud. While I hated to not finish each and every book I picked up I did not beat myself up for it like in the past

Freedom is a sweet word and it comes with so many different meaning. Thank you boring books of the world, thank you for being out there and helping me get rid of this frustrating habit.