Obsessed...who me??!

After this week I think that I need to do a post about obsession.  If you have been reading my blog for very long or you know me, either personally or online you know that I tend to get obsessed about things, people, etc...!!  So, I am going to give you a little picture of the things that I am obsessed with lately!

Let me preface this section by saying that I have tended toward Paranormal/Romance books for about 5 years now, maybe longer.  Ever since I discovered Twilight, which was the spring that they first started working on the first movie.  Before that I read primarily Historical Romance.  I will also tell you that I am a bit of a follower, so if a bunch of my friends are reading something, I want to read it too.  They may not be personal friends either, in fact it wasn't until I had read the Twilight series several times that I was able to convince some of my friends to read it.  Most of my recommendations come from Facebook Friends.  So that's how I got into this whole genre.  I have strayed from it here and there to read some contemporary romance, murder mystery, things like that, then came the Fifty Shades series...  I devoured those books in less than 4 days, and for about a week I had a really hard time finding something that I could get into at all.  It was literally a fluke that I found South of Bixby Bridge by Ryan Winfield.  You can read my review of the book on my other website.  It was one of those facebook ads that says "if you like Fifty Shades of Grey, you will like this book", so of course I had to check it out!  I read some reviews, checked it out on Goodreads and saw this picture on Ryan's Author Profile page and I thought to myself, "if that is the author in the picture, I will read anything he writes".  You all know how shallow I am about things like that!!  So I bought the book on Amazon, read it in a matter of days, it would have been way less time if it hadn't been over the weekend, because I didn't want to put it down.  Long story short...you can read my review if you want to know what I thought of the book beyond that I enjoyed it very much!

The obsession comes in here...I posted my review on Goodreads and within a few hours I got a message, through Goodreads, from Ryan Winfield!  To say that made my day was an understatement...it made my whole week.  He was so sweet, he even tweeted the review from my blog and I have gotten more hits on that post than all the others combined.  I feel like I am cyber-stalking him, but it's not at all creepy, I promise!!  I just think that it's super awesome that he takes the time out to interact with his fans.  Not a lot of authors will do that and I know that he is just kind of starting out, but it's a really good way to build a fan base.  I know that I am anxiously waiting for his next book!

I have been obsessed with these two albums this week...listening to them over and over on my phone!

I am obsessed with these shows and I am sad that the seasons are over...

There are so many more things I am obsessed with but I am going to have to save those for another time!!

To Do List Tuesday!

I haven't made myself a to do list in ages, but maybe that's what I need so that I actually manage to get something done!  Yesterday I got such a late start that I ended up not really getting much done.  I think that when I get up earlier I am not dragging all day long even though I get less sleep.  SO, no more weekday sleeping in for me, even on Mondays!

Here is my To Do list for today

1. Finish and actually put laundry away.
2. Clean both bathrooms.
3. Get Mary's order packed and in the mail (I did actually get this one finished yesterday!).
4. Sew the button on Kristy's Wallet, send to work with Jake.
5. Cut and sew 2 iPad Sleeves, a coupon clutch, a Nook sleeve and a Kindle sleeve.
6. Start cutting an Izzy Purse and a Messenger Purse (I may need more fleece to finish these).

I don't want to overwhelm myself so I am going to stop there!  I will mark these off as I complete them though to keep myself on track.

So, what did you think of Castle last night?  As much as I like Victor Webster, Kate's doctor boyfriend, I was glad that she finally ended it with him.  I am not as happy that she lied and told Richard that she didn't remember him telling him that he loved her because we all know that she loves him too.  I hate it when a series does this though, they just drag it out (ie. X-Files) for so long that you end up hating them both by the 7th(ish) season because they just can't get it together!  Next week it looks like they are back to the funny/witty Castle that we all know and love so that makes me happy.

Glee starts tonight!  My kids are excited even though I don't really let them watch the show...weird, I know.  Colton especially, loves the singing so I watch the show, then the next day I will let them watch all the singing stuff.  For me, there is just too much adult content for them to watch the actual story lines.  They know that Kurt likes boys, but I don't feel like they are ready to actually see him kissing Blaine or hear his dad talking to him about sex, etc.... I am just not ready to cross that bridge quite yet.  For now, they are happy just skipping through to watch the singing.  For the record, I feel the same way about the conversations about sex with any of the characters not just the Kurt/Blaine relationship.  Blaine is actually my favorite character on the show, that boy can sing for me any day at all!  Who is your favorite Glee character?

Any True Blood fans out there?  I know it's been over a week, but what did you think of the finale?  That was CRAZY, wasn't it?!  We all know that Russell is back and will be on next season.  What about Tara?  My theory is, either Bill or Eric will swoop in and bring Tara back, maybe even turn her.  So she will either be indebted to a vampire for saving her life or she will become the thing she hates.  Debbie Pelt is GONE and good riddance for sure. So is Nan, but she was becoming a huge annoyance as well.   I think we will see Jesus again, if only through Lafayettes ghost eyes.  I am a huge Eric/Sookie shipper, but I really would like to see her with Alcide at some point in this next season.  He deserves to have some happiness, don't you think?  I don't know...I just hate waiting 9 months for each season...it's too long!

Well, I guess I should get to work if I am going to get anything marked of my list today!  Have a good one!

Start of a new week...

It's the start of a new week, but it's been a slow start for me!  I slept in this morning until after 10, I was going to get up earlier, but I was so tired I kept going back to sleep.  I had to make myself get up when I did!  We had to run to town to go by the bank so we ate a quick lunch at Hardee's and stopped by Macy's so I could get some new cookie sheets.  I had a couple of the old "air in the middle" ones and one of them got a crack in the corner and started "spitting" out rust dust!  I think I have had them for probably 12 years or so, it was time for some new ones.  I got 2 new non-stick Analon cookie sheets and a big cooling rack.  I have also needed some new cooling racks, but this one rectangle one held 3 dozen cake mix cookies so I think one will do for now!  I also ordered a Emerilware 12" cast iron skillet from Macy's.com.  It was $24 cheaper than the same one in the store and I saved 20% when I ordered and I will save another 20% when my employee discount goes through!  All of these kitchen things were my 15 year anniversary gifts.  Our anniversary is on Wednesday...I really wanted to go to Hawaii for our 15th, but that's SO not going to be happening!  Maybe on our 20th anniversary...

I haven't even started sewing today.  I have a bunch of accessories that I will be working on this afternoon and probably tomorrow.  That will get out another 3-4 orders!  I have a code up now for FREE US SHIPPING, check out my FB page to get that.  You have to be a fan to get the code though!  It's good for the next 4 orders.

I am so excited that one of my favorite shows is back tonight!!  Castle season 4 starts tonight!  I LOVE this show and I can't wait to see what happens to Kate.  I have been a Nathan Fillion fan for almost 20 years now, since way back when he was on OLTL.  He is the only celebrity that I have met, actually.  It was back around 1996ish when he was still playing Joey on OLTL.  We had a new Sears store open and he was at the grand opening signing autographs...weird, I know!  Anyway, I was working and so I send Jake to get an autograph for me, he did, but he also made me go in on my lunch break and get my own.  I was mortified, but Nathan was super nice and he shook my hand and gave me an autographed picture (I have 2 now).  I am going to have to dig those out and find a safe place to keep them!  Since then I have followed him to Firefly, Buffy, Serenity and now to Castle and I love him just as much now as I did when he was the skinny kid playing Joey Buchannan on OLTL.  Captain Mal is my favorite character that he has played, but Rick is definitely my 2nd!

I need to get to work now, but I am going to talk some more about the shows I am loving later!