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Wish / Do

Where did the week go? On the one hand it dragged but on the other, it flew by. I guess the back and forth kid stuff, meetings and the like kept me busy enough to not know what day it was. I hate when that happens.

In all the craziness I got to thinking about my blog and decided that I will be switching out the template soon. Very soon. The theme I am currently using has been discontinued and my latest commenting problem was due to the template being outdated. To be honest, for two years now I’ve been trying to simplify my life and that should include my blogging space as well. Right?

I’ve found three templates that could work for me even without customization but I wanted to give you all a heads-up. I don’t want you to stop by and be surprised by any of it. Hopefully, you’ll find the new format cleaner and more streamlined. It will be in by the weekend! Exciting, huh?

Now, a little Friday update. We have our last track meet of the season this weekend and it is supposed to be WAY hot! We also have to figure out how to get the other kid to his SAT test which is on the other side of the world… not really but not anywhere near where we will be for the meet. Saturday is also The Hub’s birthday so we’ll have to work some celebration in somewhere. The Teen is rehearsing like crazy for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels too which makes family time darn near impossible.

I hope you are having a wonderful Friday so far. I am just glad that the end of the week is here. STILL have not moved. STILL don’t know if The Girl made choir. It’s a waiting game.

Until later. Happy Friday!

Okay, so the other day I decided to change my header a bit (see it up there?). I didn’t want to change it too much, but I wanted it to be a little brighter and I wanted an image with a second Adirondack chair.

Why? Well, I am supposed to be “chatting with friends about books and life” and it occurred to me that the one chair screamed LONER. Also, it had been a particularly stressful week when I put the header up, so you might notice the “empty” wine glass. That drink was drunk!

This was the old one:

I still like the old one, but I like the new one better. At least for now. I had been wanting to change it for a long time so it feels good to check it off the list.

The other thing that I’ve been thinking about is that I haven’t been terribly wowed by my reading this year. I am not referring to quantity. Instead, I am referring to the caliber of literature that I’ve picked for myself. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve enjoyed several of the books I’ve read so far and I’ve recommend many to others but besides Safe from the Sea, I haven’t read any that have stopped me cold. You know the ones I mean. I am talking about the books that make you stop and think about life, love, the world, eternity, etc.

I need more of them.

I don’t want to come up with a formal plan to make this work because as soon as it’s a formal thing, my interest wanes. So, I am going to be inserting meatier, more substantial reads in between what I’ve already promised to review. It’s what I had planned to do all this year, but somehow loss my mojo. This may mean more classics and definitely some older titles. Don’t you get tired of seeing the same reviews over and over again anyway? I know I do.

If you’ve been thinking about changes, whether it’s a related to blog design or your reading in general, what have you been thinking about doing?

Chatting with friends about books and life…