Gimme A Break

We had an absolute blast of a weekend attending a wedding at the in-laws. Yes, when the clan gets together over a happy occasion, there’s never a shortage of food and I’m sure everyone walked away with a few extra inches to their waistline.

There was such a lot of catching up to do and there seems to be an never-ending stream to new members of the family who’ve just joined us. Anyhow we met a few relatives we never knew we had and that was really fun.

• family event of the year
• finally wedding bells
• weddings
• the rhythm of the mall
• they came anyways

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I took the girls to a book sale. There hasn’t been many lately and the girls are re-reading their old books over and over, the poor things. Unfortunately the books weren’t cheap. I guess times are bad so they’re trying to cut losses by not giving such heavy discounts.

But see, what’s the point of going to a sale if the price is not much better than when it’s not on sale? Book sales are stuffy, crowded and we have to practically elbow our way through and then wait endlessly in line to check out. It’s definitely not worth it if the discounts are low.

• re-reading old books
• my two bookworms
• don’t read, listen to these books
• book sales but
• hopefully an end to heavy school bags

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We didn’t get to any book sales lately though I do believe there were a couple of them happening around town. The girls have been wanting to go buy more books since they’ve long finished reading the last batch of over 60 books we bought at a book sale.

But our guests were here and we just couldn’t get away, and by the time they’d left, the sales were over (I think). I didn’t bother to check the dates because I was just too tired of driving into town again.

I know the girls are a little disappointed. They’ve been reading the same old books over and over until they’ve practically memorized parts of the books. Poor things.

I’ve promised to make it up to them. But meantime, we’ve been going to the book store to read. We don’t buy books at regular prices because they’re just too expensive, so we have to wait for the next sale.

• no books for us
• my two bookworms
• don’t read, listen to these books
• book sales but
• snatch reading

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My kids love to read but it seems we’ve been missing all the book sales so far this year. It was either that we got the dates wrong or the weather was just too hot.

A couple of weekends ago, we thought we’d finally pinned down one of our favorite book sales, only to drive all the way out to the boonies to find that the sale was for the companies’ staff and family only.

We needed a staff card to get in which we didn’t have, of course. So it was a sheer waste of gas and time going all the way out there. There’s supposedly another book sale coming up but I’m not holding my breath .

• re-reading old books
• no books for us
• need a new sofa
• nice combo, tools and dresses
• the sign-up dilemma

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Being a work at home mom, I find it really hard to sit down with a book. I may start out with all the good intentions of finishing a book but I rarely get past the first few pages.

Audio books were created for people like me. If you’re a WAHM like me, there’s a great collection of audio books at AudioBooksWarehouse.net that you really should check out.

I’ve just downloaded their business ebook, 15 Creative Ideas to Increase Your Sales. I thought I’d share this with you since it’s free and you probably would find it useful.

I’m sure you’re just as eager as I am to make some Christmas money, so this is a book both you and I should read.

• re-reading old books
• my two bookworms
• no books for us
• snatch reading
• joining in the rush

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My neighbor, an ardent dog lover, has only one wish in this world – to spend quality time with her happy, healthy dog. She asked me (of all people !) how to train her dog to behave so she and him can live happily ever after.

I had no answer but I promised to help. Happily I found this e-book called How to Train a Happy Dog in 15 Minutes a Day by Dy Witt, dog trainer extraordinaire and a friend of mine!

Fifteen minutes a day is entirely doable, even for busy city folks like us , not to mention how much the dogs enjoy this training. If you want a happy well-behaved pooch, you don’t want to miss this! Oh, and the book comes with 2 free dog training articles too.

• snatch reading
• the weekend has flown
• sauna au naturale
• popcorn monsters
• the city in lights

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Everywhere I’ve looked this weekend, I’ve been seeing the hype about the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that’s due to be out on July 21.

There’s much more excitement this time because this is going to be the seventh and final book. And well, there’s a huge amount of speculation on how the book will end.

Frankly I don’t which one of the main characters will die but I’m going to guess that it’ll be Ron Weasley.

Hermoine, being that she’s such a good student, will end up becoming a teacher at Hogswart.

Snape, whose loyalties have been kinda hard to pin down thus far, will surprise us all by leaving the dark side and turning good.

I guess everyone wants to get their hands on this book and if the queues were long the last time, I’ll bet they’ll be much, much longer this time. Want to avoid standing in line and do good at the same time?

Purchase a book from this website and help a child through these two charities, Save the Children and The Global Literacy Project. For every book sold throught this site, $1 goes to these charities.

Have you always wanted to reach out to the less fortunate kids in the world in the hopes that they will have better lives? Well, here’s your chance.

• no giving up!
• online auction where you can save and do good
• don’t you have any manners?
• no books for us
• how to deal with rising costs by using smart shopping techniques

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Do you wake up in the morning and groan about how you’re ever going to get through the day? Maybe life used to have meaning for you but now it’s one routinely dready day after another, and nothing exciting ever happens?

Known as emotional fatigue, it’s a listlessness, a lack of focus brought on by our modern-day lifestyle of working too hard, juggling too many obligations and plain not having enough time to play.

And it’s a condition that just seems to get you deeper and deeper into the rut. You try to focus your attention on something that used to be fun but it turns out not to be so much fun any more. And then you get into more of a depression when you realize even jokes don’t make you laugh any more.

The good thing though is that you can get yourself out of this emotional pit.

• 5 unusual ways to relieve stress
• count down
• moon and stars
• the frisbee nature of giving
• present from a buddy

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