coming soon

it's been a long time, eh?

I've started to post a few times (though the food logs were embarrassingly short-lived...my heart was not in it) about various things, but got sidetracked by work, or errands, or other things. I've actually got a long post with office holiday party pictures that I intend to post this afternoon. Since this year's party is tomorrow night, the post sort of loses relevance after that. So that's coming.

In other news, I've been reading a lot lately. Well, a lot for me. I have a booksfree subscription (I would highly recommend them, except that their shipping is agonizingly slow. Still, beats my past book-buying and/or library late fees) that I haven't been using to its full potential, so I've been making up for lost time.

In the past month, I've sent back The Giver, A Separate Peace, Odd Thomas, and From a Buick 8. My reviews, in order: pretty good, eh, engaging characters but an unsatisfying climax, and so bad I didn't even finish it. I also read Slow Burn and Bleachers, which didn't come from booksfree. Slow Burn had some good info, but I didn't buy into his muscle-organ relationship hoo-hah. Bleachers was alright...I'm not a huge John Grisham fan, and his non-legal books sort of fall flat for me. I HATED Skipping Christmas, for instance. If I wasn't reading it for a book club, I would have chucked it immediately. I just finished Hey Nostradamus (good), and I'm currently slogging through Summer Sisters. I don't know if I'm going to finish it or not. I don't like Judy Blume's adult fiction much, but this one was recommended on some blog I read a while back, so I decided to check it out. Cut the number of pages devoted to puberty and sexual references in half, I might find it easier to get through. I mean, it's not pr0n or anything, but she still seems inordinately obsessed with breasts, periods and m@sturbation. And I've only made it through 10 chapters.

Next is The Deep End of the Ocean, hopefully followed by A Million Little Pieces. I put it at the top of my queue before the last shipment, but they skipped right over it. The hell? The listing said it was available. Whatever. After that are Zombies of the Gene Pool and Bimbos of the Death Sun, which will complete my Sharyn McCrumb reading list. I really liked her Ballad novels (except for Ghost Riders, which put me to sleep..I sent it back after 2 chapters), but the Elizabeth MacPherson series was a disappointment. The girl got on my nerves by the 4th book. I'm hoping this little Elizabeth-free series will be a fun read. But who knows? Worst case, I send them both back after the first few pages and get Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and A Short History of Nearly Everything.

Anyway. Back to weight loss. I've actually lost a little this week, though nothing jaw-dropping. I'm expecting around 180-181 at the WW meeting tonight, but I never really know what that scale is going to do. I'd be fine with a maintain, or even a tiny gain. The only thing I really, REALLY don't want is to be over 182.6, which would give me a negative weight loss for my 7 weeks of meetings. I'm pretty sure that's not going to be an issue.

After the meeting I need to go buy some shoes and a low-back halter bra, in preparation for the party tomorrow night. I had excellent luck finding formalwear this year, and it's actually my most flattering ensemble yet. Of course, as you'll see (again) in the next post, these party photographers don't ever capture my good side.

Have you read "Running with Scissors" or any other books by Augusten Burroughs? Humorous looks at dysfunctional family

I haven't, but it looks good. I added it to my booksfree queue. :)

She has me to give her a humorous look at a dysfunctional family.. But I mean if she wants to read a book on it, whatever. :)