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    • My Bedroom is Back

      Posted on June 29, 2023

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      After having the carpet installed on Friday, we were just waiting for the stuff from our bedroom that they packed out to be returned. This morning they brought the pod back and moved everything back in and assembled the furniture. 

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      • Carpet
      • Paint
      • Home Decor
      • Bedroom Reconstruction
    • The Secret Book of Flora Lea

      Posted on June 22, 2023

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      I finished The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry last night, and loved it. 

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      • Patti Callahan Henry
      • Historical Fiction
      • coffee
    • My 40th Birthday

      Posted on June 6, 2023

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      Today is my 40th birthday. I’ve completed my thirties.

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    • Currently Reading

      Posted on June 4, 2023

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      Currently bouncing back and forth between two different books, one hardcover and one digital book. I like them both, but I keep getting interrupted when I sit down and open The Secret Book of Flora Lea. For that reason, I’m further along in The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. 

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      • coffee
      • currently
    • May Book of the Month Club Pick

      Posted on May 3, 2023

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      It’s time to select my Book of the Month Club pick for May. I’m excited because this will be my 12th box, and I want the tote bag! I’m also excited about having a full year of books stamped with their months. Next month is also my birthday month. I’m really interested in The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry. I wish that was a main pick!

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      • Book of the Month
    • How I Choose my Book of the Month Pick

      Posted on May 1, 2023

      • Scan the genres
      • Look at the covers and titles
      • Read the descriptions and recommendations blurbs
      • Look up books of interest on Goodreads and Storygraph
      • Check the number of pages (I don’t want my hard cover to be too heavy)
      • Check the Book of the Month Club Reddit group to see what other people are picking
      • Read the sample excerpt in the Book of the Month app
      • Don’t “vibe” with any of the sample excerpts so far? Start over.
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    • Paint and Carpet

      Posted on April 27, 2023

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      For the last few days, I’ve been focused on choosing new paint and carpet for the bedroom. I knew that I wanted a light pink paint for the walls, so I picked a few colors that I liked and did test swatches on the walls in the room. The three colors that I sampled were Behr Pink Sea Salt, Behr Angelico, and Behr Stolen Kiss.  I painted swatches on every wall in the room to test the color. It’s amazing how the same color can look so different on walls in the same room! All three colors... [Read More]

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      • Carpet
      • Paint
      • Home Decor
      • Bedroom Reconstruction
    • Finished: Persepolis, The Story of a Childhood

      Posted on April 21, 2023

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      I finally finished this graphic novel. I’d had to stop reading with less than 50 pages until the end and finally got the chance to sit down and finish it. This is the second graphic novel memoir that I’ve read. The other was George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy. 

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      • Persepolis
      • graphic novel
      • memoir
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