Daba Town News

• School has started - I am currently teaching 8 sections of math split between three schools and four locations... EEK. Most of the time I enjoy the classes but tire of the amount of work. I'd love to blog, create, relax, play, sleep more often, but I am thankful for work.
• David is excited and happy about his schedule this semester so far. He is almost done with the Gen Ed requirements.
• Life living with others has been straining sometimes, but most of the time I feel it is going more smoothly than I expected and we haven't run out of money yet! (Blessed)
• Nephew Owen (Big O, Monkey) is over 5 months old and he is such a chunk! He is rolling, playing, smiling, and starting to eat some baby food.
• Met my 75 (minimum) books read goal last year. I will go ahead and try this again (3rd year).

Funny Book

I've loved Shannon Hale's books in the past so when I saw one on the library shelf I just grabbed it. I am currently reading The Actor and the Housewife and it is quite funny. I'm only about half-way through, but I've enjoyed it every much so far.

Shift in Interest

I feel a shift coming on. My reading has slowed and I think crafts are coming in the near future. I still have my 75 book goal this year, but since I am at about 55 books read, I am sure I can reach my goal by the new year.

I have two baby gifts to make and some other experimental projects coming up.

What are your favorite crafts and what projects are you working on?

Summer Reading

One of my favorite things to do each summer is read as many books as I can enjoy (which is usually a considerable amount). I like to read to relax, to be entertained, to get my mind off math, and to learn. I've been reading the Sookie Stackhouse "southern vampire" books and have been enjoying them in a fluff sort of way. They are easy to read, quick paced, a bit romantic, and very entertaining.

Here is my summer reading list from most recently read to read just after graduation - copied from goodreads.com - ignore the stars. I enjoyed Poison Study and Hourglass Door the most off of this list.

	Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5)	Harris, Charlaine		read, ebooks, own [edit]	4.00	Jun 21, 2010	Jun 19	edit view
	Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4)	Harris, Charlaine		read [edit]	4.15	Jun 19, 2010	Jun 12	edit view
	Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3)	Harris, Charlaine		read [edit]	4.02	Jun 13, 2010	Jun 12	edit view
	Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2)	Harris, Charlaine		read [edit]	3.92	Jun 12, 2010	Jun 07	edit view
	Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)	Harris, Charlaine		read [edit]	3.87	Jun 10, 2010	Nov 18, 2008	edit view
	Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5)	Mead, Richelle		read [edit]	4.57	Jun 05, 2010	Feb 06	edit view
	Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast	McKinley, Robin		read,ya_clean_recommendations [edit]	4.09	May 31, 2010	Nov 18, 2008	edit view
	Mountain Laurel (Montgomery Saga, #7)	Deveraux, Jude		read [edit]	3.59	May 31, 2010	Jul 07, 2009	edit view
	Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)	Hale, Shannon		read [edit]	3.90	May 29, 2010	Dec 30, 2009	edit view
	Poison Study (Study, #1)	Snyder, Maria V.*		read [edit]	4.21	May 27, 2010	Feb 06	edit view
	Living Dead Girl	Scott, Elizabeth*		read [edit]	3.84	May 25, 2010	May 01	edit view
	The Hourglass Door	Mangum, Lisa*		read [edit]	3.81	May 23, 2010	Feb 27	edit view
	The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3)	Bray, Libba		read [edit]	3.93	May 22, 2010	May 11	edit view
	Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2)	Bray, Libba		read [edit]	4.02	May 18, 2010	May 11	edit view
	A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)	Bray, Libba		read [edit]	3.75	May 12, 2010	Aug 02, 2009	edit view