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The Sunday Salon: Feeling A Little Off and a Little Bit Dreamy

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Sunday Salon

This past week was pretty much like any other week, except I’ve been feeling a little off. I think my body is telling me to get back into the swing of things as far as exercise goes. Since the hand injury, the routine that I worked so hard to establish went right out the window. I was okay for a really long time, but this past week I’ve been feeling pretty lousy. I think the lack of movement is why so this week I am going to start adding activity back into my morning routine. It will kill me at first because I really do not have ANY extra energy but it has to be done.

On a happier note, the #winditup2013 read-along is in full swing and I couldn’t be happier. Reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is an experience in and of itself, but reading the book with others makes it even more special. We’ve been having a good time discussing the book. Little tidbits here and there, a Tweet, a FB post and emails going back and forth. This week we begin book two!

Reading the book has put me in a very relaxed, dreamy mood. I like it. I like feeling as if the only thing that exists is the book in front of me. I haven’t felt like this in a really long time and it’s made me want to re-read the Murakami books I’ve already read.

Plus…

Have you heard all the fuss about Murakami’s new book? I didn’t even know he had a new book in the works so when it released in Japan last week, I couldn’t help thinking that #winditup2013 hit at the perfect time. All the bookish buzz over his new one makes reading Wind-Up even more exciting, If you want to read about his new book, check out this article. No word on how long it will take for the English translation to come out, but it took over two years for 1Q84 to hit US shelves. I hope we don’t have to wait that long this time.

Other than that, I woke up really late today and what did I do? I shampooed the carpet, My wiring is seriously off. What are you doing today?

Bookish Talk, Life

The Sunday Salon: Getting Organized

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Reading Loft
The Hub has been on a business trip all weekend so that made it the perfect weekend to do some spring cleaning. I find that when he is gone, I can’t get ANY reading done because the kids are always at me but The Girl seems to like cleaning when I am doing it with her, so we tackled the garage. We also cleaned out drawers and closets but there is one area that still needs some attention. Yep, those shelves you see above.

That, my friends, is the loft where I keep some of my books. Originally, The Boy took it over but now he prefers to hole up in his room. The Girl doesn’t spend any time there so I am thinking that it will be mine again very soon!

I have a bookshelf downstairs that holds my TBR list in order. It stares at me and reminds me to read. This loft though, houses books that I want to read at some point in my life, as well as books that I have read and want to keep. That middle shelf are all books that I want to keep. Mostly because they are signed or part of a series or books that I think my son might read for school in the near future. The left is a mish-mosh of stuff and the right is mostly YA books.

It’s actually a nice space. There is a couch and a desk and you see the corner of the TV there. You also see  my son’s exercise stuff and some stuff my daughter stuffed in just to get it out of her room. Overall though, it’s a comfortable space and I am sort of looking forward to claiming it back.

We’ll see how that goes.

Sunday Salon

In a little bit, I am off to take two giggly girls shopping for outfits for the Variety Show that the school is putting on. The Boy is off to the Observatory with friends and then maybe, just maybe I will have some time later to read something. If I do, it will be The Painted Girls. I am also about halfway done with  The Silent Land and it’s very strange! I am not sure if I like it or not. It’s good to have a reading plan but knowing me, I will be tearing that loft apart later.

What are you doing today? It was a gorgeous 80 degrees yesterday and today it’s gloomy and about to rain. Plus, I see in the forecast that we are expected to get three days of rain this week! We need it, but I really prefer to spend rainy days at home.