Book Chatter

I don’t get to sit down for long chunks of time to read. No.. when I read, it is usually in short spurts because there is always a child that needs a bandaid or someone is desperately craving a fruit snack. Due to all of these distractions I have to use a bookmark. I refuse to fold the pages down. I learned long ago (in grade school to be exact), that folding a page could bring down the wrath of God.. almost as bad as creasing the spine of a book.

However, my bookmarks always go missing. I have been known to open up a book at book group, only to have a strip of toilet paper float out. Yes, I have used toilet paper before as a bookmark. I have also made my own bookmarks as I am into card making and no matter how pretty I make them, they go missing too.

A few months ago I found these bookmarks called LastLine. They clip onto the page and mark the last line read. I know you can use a paperclip, but paperclips distort the page whereas this bookmark does not. I love them! They come in packs of two and you can find them at Barnes & Noble. I’m happy to say, that I have not lost these yet and they are not attractive enough for my daughter to snatch from me.

I also love the Mark-My-Time bookmark. This bookmark records your child’s daily reading. My son has to read at least 30 minutes a day for school.. and then I ask him to read another 30 minutes so this timer comes in handy. You can find them at most bookstores or you can buy them in packs of 3 at Sams Club.

I’m for anything that will make my life a bit easier.

This is my daughter. All she cares about when she wakes up is what’s for breakfast, the weather (so she can decide on an outfit) and whether to wear her hair up, or down. These are the musings of a 4 year-old.

When I wake up, my musings are a bit different but probably not unlike yours (humor me). When I wake up, I immediately think about when I can go to bed again. Oh yeah, and there is all that other stuff in between like what’s for dinner, or what will the homework be today? Oh and of course I cannot forget the big question. What’s for lunch?

Where I work, lunch is time to socialize so we rarely eat in. The morning begins with a flurry of emails. Where will we go? Who is going? Who is driving? That sort of stuff. Today I am hitting the gym on my lunch break so I am not joining the lunch time festivities.

In addition to all this, I often think about my to-do list:

Pay orthodontist
Donate items to “last day of school” party
Get gifts for the teachers (my daughter has 6 preschool teachers and my son has 3)
Sign-up for swim lessons
Plant tomatoes
Finish reading Prodigal Summer
Finish listening to Thunderstruck
Pick-up prescriptions
Make 11 STAR props for community theatre
Laundry, laundry, more laundry

Of course..this is just a drop in the bucket. I can’t seem to remember any other items at the moment. I am going to try a knock a few of those off right now.

Chatting with friends about books and life…