Happy New Year everyone!! I am still not sure where 2007 went but I am sure glad to have spent the last half of it with you here at Planet Books. One of my resolutions for 2008 is to be a better blogger and not go so many days without talking with you. The trip home [...]
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I know that I had said that I would post the vote for our January book today, but unfortunately I do not have a list of titles ready. This trip has dominated my time and I don’t have a clue of what titles I would choose for our vote. I would like some suggestions and [...]
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I hope you aren’t too stuffed this Christmas evening and I hope you got everything you wished for. The hubby and I have had a great time being home in MD/VA, busy as it may be, and can’t believe that we are almost half way through our trip with only a week left in this [...]
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So far our trip is going very well. The air is crisp, the borrowed in-law’s Lexus is driving very smoothly and the money is being spent. Visiting with family is lovely and meeting our nephew for the first time (when we moved to Okinawa the brother-in-law was neither married nor a parent) has been very [...]
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Well, we made it. That’s more than I can say about our luggage though. We landed at O’Hare from Tokyo with less than an hour to get luggage, go through immigration, customs, re-check luggage, take a train to the last terminal, get through security and hop on our flight to D.C. so of course our luggage [...]
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The bags are packed, the books and mags are in the carry-on along with “Uncrustables” and my life line, my iPod. Rocky’s with dear, loving friends (rough night after dropping off that little doggie and then coming home to an empty house) and he even sent us an e-mail to tell us about his evening.
The weather [...]
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Sarah McLachlan - ”River”
Dave Matthews Band – “Christmas Song”
“All I Want For Christmas Is You” from the film “Love Actually”
Perry Como – “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas”
Judy Garland – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
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Some of you know I turn 33 on the first day of 2008. I like the sound of this number and though 32 has been a great year I feel that 33 has some surprises in store for me and I am excited to discover them. As you all know I am also a book lover [...]
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We are counting down the days till we make the long pilgrimage home for the holidays next weekend. I have been busy preparing things that I need to bring with me such as gifts for friends and family, craft projects I have to finish there becuase that’s where the Joann.com order is being shipped to, the [...]
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“The Pillars of the Earth” is still very good. I’ve been so busy in the recent days that the only time I’ve been able to find to read has been just before falling asleep at night. As I read it I find myself very interested in reading Follett’s suspense thriller material too. He keeps the [...]
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