


Buzz:
It seems like things are going pretty well on your project. GREAT JOB!! You should get some sort of prize. Or a ribbon.
Or pancakes.
Well, that was exciting. Glad there wasn’t any more damage.
[Buzz it]Buzz:
This was surreal, wasn’t it?
[Buzz it]EEP!
Let’s hope it was because they were trying to avoid a cat crossing the road and not because they had too many drinks (or were too busy texting).
[Buzz it]Wow - I feel all caught up. Didn’t even know you were in pt.
Nice to have 4 days in a row off. And if it does snow more, you won’t have to tackle the roads.
I read about your dinner. It sounded terrific.
Have a nice day!




OK, I feel much better about this post than the one I wrote about the books I read in 2008. I mean, come on. Five books in the entire year? Well, I didn’t read my first book until May of this year, but I still outdid all of my years that I’ve been keeping track so far. Here’s my list for 2009:
B is for Beer by Tom Robbins
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Novelties and Souvenirs by John Crowley
Emma by Jane Austen
The American Claimant by Mark Twain
Giving by Bill Clinton
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
Speedbumps by Teri Garr
Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasan
Crippen by John Boyne
Lost Island by James Norman Hall
Bottomfeeder by Taras Grescoe
Search the Shadows by Barbara Michaels
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Paganism by Carl McColman
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Sabbatical by John Barth
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The 39 Steps by John Buchan
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
That’s it! I’m currently in the middle of three books and so happy to be there!! Happy reading in 2010, everyone!
Good list - there’s a couple I’d like to read on that list. And a couple that I already have read.