Books 2013

29 Gifts - Cami Walker (book - almost done)
Without Mercy - Lisa Jackson (ebook - almost done)

A Short History of Women - Kate Walbert (book)

JANUARY 2013
Who Fears Death - Nnedi Okorafor

FEBRUARY 2013
The Woods -  Harlan Cobin
Zero Day - David Baldacci
The Closers - Michael Connelly - Harry Bosch series (Read by Len Cariou) 
One Summer - David Baldacci

MARCH 2013

Deal Breaker - Harlan Cobin (Myron Nolitar Novel  #1)
The Innocent - David Baldacci


APRIL 2013
The Giving Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini
American Assasin - Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp series #1
Kill Shot - Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp series #2
Transfer of Power -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #3
The Third Option -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #4
Void Moon - Michael Connelly
A Darkness More than Night - Michael Connelly
Act of Treason -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #9
Calico Joe - John Grisham
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown (narrator Paul Michael)

MAY 2013

Separation of Power -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #5
Executive Power -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #6
Memorial Day -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #7
Moonlight Becomes Her - Mary Higgins Clark (narrator - Christina Moore)
Consent to Kill -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #8
Protect and Defend -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #10

JUNE 2013
Extreme Measure-Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #11
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Mildred D. Taylor (narrator -Lynne Tigpen)
Pursuit of Honor -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #12 (narrator George Guidall)
The Last Man -Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series #13

JULY 2013

Black Widow – Randy Wayne White (narrator- George Guidall)

The Best of Me – Nicholas Sparks
Mark of the Assassin – Daniel Silva (Book 1)
The Lucky One – Nicholas Sparks
A Woman’s Place – Lynn Austin (narrated by Christina Moore) – Proverbs 31:29-31

AUGUST 2013

Miracle Cure Harlan Cobin

Code to Zero – Ken Follett (narrator George Guidall)
Lions of Luzerne – Brad Thor
Carte Blanche – Jeffrey Deaver

SEPTEMBER 2013

Twisted – Jeffrey Deaver

The Piano Teacher – Janice Y.K.Lee

The Forgotten – David Baldacci

Suspects – Robert Crais

OCTOBER 2013
The Hypnotist - Lars Kepler

NOVEMBER 2013

Two Graves – Preston &Childs

 

 DECEMBER 2013

The Friday Night Knitting Club - Kate Jacobs
The Edge - Jeffery Deaver

 

Audio (and Print) Books 2012

JANUARY 2012
Heaven's Fury - Stephen Fry
Leaving Cecil Street - D. Whitstone McKinney
Hell's Corner - David Baldacci
Hell's Gate - Stephen Fry

FEBRUARY 2012
The Spellman Files* - Lisa Lutz
Heads You Lose - Lisa Lutz; David Hayward
Leaving Yesterday* - Kathryn Cushman

MARCH 2012
Rain Fall - Barry Eisler
Curse of the Spellmans* - Lisa Lutz
Inside Out - Barry Eisler
Sonoma Rose* - Jennifer Chiaverini

APRIL 2012
Nowhere is a Place - Bernice L. McFadden
Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
Loving Donovan - Bernice L. McFadden
10-10-10 - Suzy Welch

MAY 2012
Strangers - Anita Brookner
Choke Point - Barry Eisler
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff - Richard Carlson
The Warmest December - Bernice L. McFadden

JUNE 2012
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
On Second Thought - Wray Herbert
The Gift of Fear - Gavin De Becker

JULY 2012
The Ares Decision - Robert Ludlum
Person of Interest - Ernest Hill
Cry Me a River - Ernest Hill
The Book of Night Women - Marlon James

AUGUST 2012
The Search - Nora Roberts
The President's Daughter - Robert Ludlum
Missing Persons - Stephen White (book)
Executive Power - Vince Flynn (book)

SEPTEMBER 2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Killer Heat - Linda Fairstein

OCTOBER 2012
Dawn - Octavia E. Butler (book)
The Christian Atheist (book - almost done)

NOVEMBER 2012
Adulthood Rites - Octavia E. Butler (book)

DECEMBER 2012
Imago - Octavia E. Butler (book)




*Narrator - Christina Moore

Best R & B Classic Christmas Songs*

1. Boys 2 Men - Let it snow

2. Temptations - Silent Night

3. Chris Brown - This Christmas

4. Jackson 5 - Give Love On Christmas Day

5. Jackson 5 - Have Yourself A merry Little Christmas

6. Mariah Carey - All I want for Christmas Is You

7. Luther Vandross - Every Year, Every Christmas

8. Luther Vandross - Please Come Home For Christmas

9. The Whispers - Christmas Medley

10. The O'Jays - Christmas Just Ain't Christmas

11. Teddy Pendergrass - Joy To The World

12. Whitney Houston - Joy to The World

13. The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

14. Babyface - White Christmas

15. Silk - Merry Christmas - 

16. Dionne Warwick & Gladys Knight - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

17. Stevie Wonder - Little Drummer Boy

18. Al Green - I'll Be Home For Christmas

19. Envogue - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

20. The Whispers - Happy Holidays To You

21. Babyface -The Christmas Song

22. Destiny's Child - 8 Days of Christmas

23. Keyshia Cole - Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas

24. SWV - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on a open fire)

25. Jamie Foxx - Christmas List

26. R Kelly - Merry Christmas

27. Beyonce - Silent Night

28. Stevie Wonder - Someday at Christmas

29. Alicia Keys - O Holy Night

30. Donnie Hathoway - This Christmas

* http://brandonfowler66.hubpages.com/hub/Best-RB-Christmas-Songs - accessed 12-19-2012

Appreciating the Gift of Time

So I left my job on March 2, 2012. The hours were beyond crazy and I just had to go. The hours were so long (6:30AM) and so crazy (until 8, 9 sometimes 10PM and several Saturdays!!) that I just had to go.

I can't believe the small things that went undone. Really small things that take no time at all, such as putting oil in the reed diffuser. Seriously, I was just too tired get to them and/or too foggy to realize that they still needed doing.

So here is the abbreviated "to-do" list for the time I will be off.

1. Finish Repeat's Counted Cross Stitch (done and at the framers! YAY!!)

2. Finish Baby Girl's Quilt

3. Choose and chart Shortie's Cross Stitch

4. Vacuum

5. Fill the reed diffusers

6. Rearrange the plants

7. Get rid of all the shoes I'm not wearing (Freecycled! YAY!)

8. Find the Area Community Center

9. Make two recipes from my new (Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone - Deborah Madison) cookbook

10. Complete the paperwork for all kinds of stuff (this could fill a Thursday Thirteen List of its own!)

11. Get an eye exam (done); physical (done); mammogram (done); pap (done)

12. Clear out the closet

13. Go to the Cleaners (I discovered that if I take everything that really needs to go I will inadvertently fulfill number 6 "clear out the closet" sigh)

Audio Books 2011

DECEMBER 2011
[52] Marrying Daisy Bellamy - Susan Wiggs
[51]The invisible line - Daniel J. Sharfstein
NOVEMBER 2011
[50]The Successor - Stephen Frey
[49]The Insider - Stephen Fry
[48] The Power Broker - Stephen Frey
[47]The Adjustment Bureau - Phillip K. Dick
OCTOBER 2011
[46] Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
[45] The Bourne Deception - Eric Van Lustbader
[44] The Sixth Man - David Baldacci
[43] The Shack - William P. Young
[42] True Blue - David Baldacci
SEPTEMBER 2011
[41] First Family - David Baldacci
[39] The Life of Pi. -Yann Martel
AUGUST 2011
[38] The Legal Limit - Martin Clark (Ed Sala)
[37] Excuse Me, but I was next..." how to Handle the top 100 Manners Dilemmas - Peggy Post
[36] On The Run - Iris Johansen
[35] The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly
34] Camilla's Roses - Bernice L. McFadden
JULY 2011
33] Trunk Music - Michael Connelly - Harry Bosch series
[32] Echoes - Danielle Steele
[31] The Scarecrow - Michael Connelly - (Jack McEvoy)
[30] Echo Park - Michael Connelly - Harry Bosch series (Read by Len Cariou)
[29] Lost Light - Michael Connelly - Harry Bosch series (Read by Len Cariou)
[28] The Overlook - Michael Connell - Harry Bosch series (Read by Len Cariou)
[27] 9 Dragons - Michael Connelly - Harry Bosch series (Read by Len Cariou)
JUNE 2011
[26] The Bond
[25] Ten great American short stories
[24] The Fifth Witness - Michael Connelly
[23] The Last Snow - Eric Van Lustbader
[22] Divine Justice - David Baldacci
MAY 2011
(21) The Union Quilters - Jennifer Chiaverini
(20) The Measure of a Man - Sidney Poitier
(19) The Reader - Bernard Schlink
APRIL 2011
(18) The Quilter's Homecoming - Jennifer Chiaverini (Narrated by Christina Moore)
(17) The Bishop's daughter - Wanda e. Brunstetter (Narrated by Christina Moore)
(16) The quilter's daughter  - Wanda e. Brunstetter (Narrated by Christina Moore)
(15) The storekeeper's daughter- Wanda e. Brunstetter (Narrated by Christina Moore)
(14) Round Robin - Jennifer Chiaverini  (Narrated by Christina Moore)
(13) The Brass Verdict - Michael Connelly
(12) Circle of Quilters - Jennifer Chiaverini
MARCH 2011
(11) The Reversal - Michael Connelly
(10) The Testament - John Grisham
(9) The Aloha Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini
(8) The Cross-Country Quilters - Jennifer Chiaverini
(7) The Confession - John Grisham
(6) Day after Night - Anita Diamant
FEBRUARY 2011
(5) A woman's worth - Tracey Price Thompson
(4) The New Years Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini
(3) The Christmas Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini
JANUARY 2011
(2) Independence Day - Richard Ford
(1) March - Geraldine Brooks

Audio Books 2010

JAMES BALDWIN
The Fire Next Time
CHANG-RAE LEE
The Surrendered
ANITA DIAMANT
The Last Days of Dogtown
GERALDINE BROOKS
Year of Wonders®
People of the Book®
AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
The time traveller's wife
BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL
What you owe me ®
72 Hour Hold
JENNIFER CHIAVERINI
The Master Quilter
The Lost Quilter
The Winding Way Quilt
JOHN GRISHAM
Skipping Christmas
Playing for Pizza
The King of Torts
The Appeal
The Broker
ROBERT LUDLUM
The Bourne Betrayal
the Bourne Deception
The Bourne Legacy
The Bancroft Strategy
PHILIP MARGOLER
The Fugitive
NEVADA BARR
Blind Descent
Hunting Season
OCTAVIA E. BUTLER
Kindred-®
RON CARLSON
The Signal
KRIS RADISH
Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA
JHUMPA LAHIRI
The Namesake
DONNA LEON
Through a glass darkly (#15) - A Guido Brunetti book -20 in the series
Blood from a Stone (#14) - A Guido Brunetti book -20 in the series
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
Half of a Yellow Sun®

Today I am grateful that...

1. The sun is shining.
2. I get to see my DD, DSnL, Repeat and Shortie everyday
3. I know my way to and from work without the GPS
4. A friend said he is proud of my risky, courageous move
5. I spoke with my BFF for over an hour uninterrupted!
6. I'm driving to see a friend from school this weekend!
7. I worked all day in the garden on Saturday
8. I have plants in my office
9. The baby will be here soon!
10. Repeat included me in his family "flower".
11. Shortie tells me about his day.
12. I am happy!!
13. I am loved!

Thursday Thirteen -

Thirteen things I'd do for DD's birthday if she wasn't turning the BIG blank-0 ...

1. plait her hair


2. put day of the week barrette's on the ends of the plaits


3. buy her two scoops of Baskin Robbins' Cookies 'n Cream ice cream


4. read with her in the bed


5. brush her hair from her face - ( the plaits always untwist)


6. have a "movie mania" day ( that's when I'd let her and her brother watch movies until their eyes popped out...okay maybe just two or three in a row)


7. have her friends over and watch her interact with them


8. cook with her


9. dream out loud


10. have a family room picnic with shrimp and scallops


11. eat out


12. stay up talking and doing needlework together


13. tell her "I love you"; "I miss you when you're away"; "I'm so very proud of you!"

hmmm...looks like some of this I can do even if she is turning the big blank-0...

so do you think she'd wear the barrettes? (LOL)

Happy Birthday DD!!!!!! - Love Mommy

Birthday minus 2

Thursday Thirteen

So this is the first thursday thirteen blog - but I only have nine in time!

Thirteen Things I want to do before I'm too old to do them ( this sounds better than "before I die" - Also I don't necessarily want to call it a "Bucket List")

1- ride in a hot air balloon
2- go to Africa for a month or more (but I'd settle for two weeks)
3- go to as many different beaches as I can
4- learn Tai chi
5- vacation at an exotic beach without feeling like I should cover some part of my body - you know feeling too fat!
6- go to disney world w/ Repeat and Shortie (their parents can come too!)
7- clear out the basement and the middle bedroom
8- write a book or something damn close!
9- a complete collection of Dr. Seuss books for myself
10-