1. My parents’ visit last weekend was really fun. They brought along my little brother and his son, so it was so, so fun watching the boys hang out. Cousins are so fun. This weekend we are having visitors again- our closest friend growing up and his girlfriend are coming up for a few days. There is really not much as great as old friends, especially old friends you haven’t seen in awhile. They’re getting here tonight and I’m counting the hours!
2. January is weird. I was getting discouraged because I haven’t been getting as much reading in as I usually do and just seem like I’m plodding through books. I have been keeping a spreadsheet of my books read since 2009, so I looked back and realized that January is always my worst month as far as book reading goes. This seems counterintuitive to me- I would guess that it’s cold and gross out and there’s nothing else to do, so I would read more… right? Nope. I don’t know what it is, maybe just plain old busy-ness, but I think I’ve read less than 10 books this month. Crazy. The good thing is that several of those (including the book I’m currently reading) are great books. At least I’m not picking duds!
3. Shaun got a new job that he starts next week! The effects on me are minimal really, but I’m still really excited for him! He’ll be doing something very, very similar just in a younger company that is kind of more in line with what he wants to do long term. Pretty fun stuff!
4. How does YouTube choose what will be the picture that “stays” at the front of a video? Why do I look so stupid in that picture down there? Is there a way for me to look less stupid? It bothers me.
5. I’m considering a major overhaul of my bookshelves. I have talked about this one other time, but lately I’ve become a little bit obsessed with changing them. I know it will be a giant pain in the butt but ever since I added the fourth shelf, I feel like you really have to stand far back to get the “effect” of the color-coded-ness, and our apartment is too small to stand very far back. I think that horizontal stripes will be more obvious. My fear was that it would be really hard to add books because my space is limited anyway, but probably in the next month or so I’ll be needed to add another shelf so there will be space at each end, making adding books easy. I’ve almost talked myself into it like three times this week. With the slightest nudge, I’ll probably start pulling books off of the shelves. Please nudge me.










