Today is going to be one of those days i do not enjoy (you guessed it...errands and bathroom!!). Yucko!!! I need to go to the mall (yucko!!!) and a few other places. I also need to get into my bathrooms (yes i made it plural...i have 2 and they both need to be worked on...). So it looks like I will be getting out my handy steamer (i need to tackle the "crud" in my shower tiles...yucko!!!), washing toilets (yucko!!!) and scrubbing and washing rugs and my decorative towels (i have never figured out how my "do not touch" towels get dirty!). *sighy*
I also have some "weekly" things on my list...

*have my hunny bunny finish his "honey do list"
* vacuum, vacuum and more vacuuming
* get more addresses for holiday cards
* make or buy turkey day cards
* figure out menu for turkey day
* finish my photo cards that i started last week
* get all my holiday decorating completed
* update blog on the books i have read so far for the fall reading challenge

***whew*** that will keep me busy for a while.

Fall Book Challenge update...

Becoming a Person of Influence....John C Maxwell and Jim Dornan...

I have been reading this book for a week and i am really enjoying it! I thought it would be ok but it is better than ok! It talks about the importance of being someone who can influence another person. It also gives little "life lessons" and some great quotes from people who have influenced others. I read this book on my breaks or lunch at work at it is amazing how fast time flies when you are reading something with lots of "meat". Yummy!

It gives you ways to apply what you have read at the end of each chapter (I am not sure what the exact word is...). The first chapter had something that was incredible for me! It suggested we do 2 things daily we do not want to do before we do something we want to do! wow! what a concept. I came home and I have been doing this for a week and I have to say it really works! I am able to enjoy the "want" so much more because i was able to do two of the "need" things first! There is nothing like sitting down to blog knowing you washed some dishes and put a load of laundry it!!! I do this when I want to watch something on DVR, scrapbook a page, read...

This in itself has been work picking up this book to read!!! I hope to change my behaviors and add this to my daily lifestyle (I'll update in a month on how this is going...). I cannot wait to see what other "nuggets" are in this book! I have also started the Encyclopedia of and Ordinary Life.......Amy Krouse Rosenthal. (Iffy right now on what to think...that timeline is killing me!!! teehehehehe!)

This is going to be fun! I have challenged myself to read the13 books on this list this Fall. I have been wanting to read some of these books for months, others are because I adore the author and there is one that is pure fun (teeeheehehehe...i will enjoy that one during my bubble baths). The challenge started on the 23rd of this month and will end on December 21st! Boy!!! I already have something special to buy if I do this (teeeehehehehe...is it possible to bribe yourself???). If you are interested please come join the fun and we can talk about the great books we will be reading!


1/ The Glass Castle...Jeanette Walls
2/ Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices and Priorities of Winning Life......Tony Dungy
3/ Twighlight.......Stephanie Meyer
4/ The Tipping Point....Malcolm Gladwell
5/ Mine Till Midnight.....Lisa Kleypas
6/ Becoming a Person of Influence....John C Maxwell and Jim Dornan
7/ Encyclopedia of and Ordinary Life.......Amy Krouse Rosenthal
8/ This Year I Will...M.J. Ryan
9/ Every Day Deserves a Chance....Max Lucado
10/ Living Out Loud.....Keri Smith
11/ Dark Celebration.....Christine Feehan
12/ Dark Possession.....Christine Feehan
13/ Middle Sex: A Novel......Jeffery Eugenides