Book blogs I love: buttons

Good Morning.
I wanted to let everyone following know, I have added a scrolling box to my other blog A Novel Experience. I wanted everyone to know which blogs I follow and which book blogs are my favorite. each blog is so unique and personal to that author. It is always nice to see how different they can be, even when they are basically on the same topic.
 There are a few that I am following that do not have buttons, so if you add one later please let me know so that I can add it.
 Please take my button as well. Who doesn't want new followers and some free advertisement!?
Please remember the buttons I post on A Novel Experience will only be related to book blogs.
Hope you all will check out some of my favorites and also keep following.
Happy Blogging!

Have I Told You ...

Have I told you that I/we have been busy? Well.... no more than usual. I thought I would give you a few of the top things we have been up to this past week.
1. Elijah came home( Sept 11) The girls were so excited to have their new cousin home!

2. Girl Scouts every other Tuesday now. Yesterday the girls made bookmarks. Sorry I didn't get a pic of the finished product!

3. We decorated for Fall/Autumn/Halloween  however you want to say it! :)

 So, these are the top 3 things that have been keeping us busy lately. Of course there are plenty more things I could list. Like, Bug's volleyball 5 days a week, school, watching Boogie's, all the little things Elijah needs some extra attention for, the daily routine stuff, my new book review blog and working on that, also trying to read some in between. Not to mention the reading homework Roo has had this week and trying to get her motivated to get it done. All in a days time! No rest for the Momma!

Happy Blogging!

Book Blog Debut!!

Who's SUPER excited?!?!?!? ME
I have done it!!! Yea(patting my own back)
My book review blog has an official Title and URL! WoooHoo!
So, Hop on over to A Novel Experience
Grab my new button, follow, comment, share!
I am so excited! I have so many books I cannot wait to write about.
I'm off to read some more now!
Happy Blogging!
P.S. It may take me a few days, but I plan on adding all of my "Blogs I follow/love" buttons to my new blog also.

Tuesday Teaser

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two "teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Share the title & author, too, so that others can add the book to their TBR Lists!


This weeks teaser is from:

House


By Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker(my fave)


pg 148~  She'd whispered a thousand such prayers since stepping foot into this black space. She even tried to dredge up something from the Book of Common Prayer, which contained a few sentiments she'd memorized, oh, so long ago, but those words eluded her.


I am truly loving this book so far. This is honestly the first book by Frank Peretti I have read, but being a die hard Ted Dekker fan, I knew I would love it. I am a little more than half way through it now and I cannot put it down. I will definitely be adding more of Peretti's books to my to-read list.

The votes are in!

I had a total of 5 votes for the title of my upcoming book review blog. 1 of those votes was from myself(making sure the poll worked).
And the winning title is.....

A Novel Experience

As soon as I get the blog running, I will post a link and URL to the new blog!

I want to thank all my regular followers for being so supportive on my book review blog quest. I know I have been in and out and not as consistent as I wish to be. Please continue following and I will do my best to do the same. Again, thank you!

Vote for Book Blog Title!~

The Poll is up!

I wanted everyone to know that with the help of a fellow book lover and blogger, I have finally got a poll added to my blog. 

Please take a minute to vote for your favorite blog title. I am leaving the poll up until September 20, 2011. So don't forget to stop and vote! 

Thank you for stopping by and I will keep everyone updated and of course have a post for the big reveal and new blog addy/URL.

Have I Told You ...

Happy Wednesday!
All I can say about today is that even with all the rain and the temp dropping 20 degrees it is still WAY better than yesterday.
 Yesterday was......stressful. But all my "babies" keep me sane and smiling (most of the time).
I woke up yesterday to the glorious smell of coffee! Yea! :) smiles for Mommy! Then as I'm wiping the crust out of  my eyes(yes, I do that too) and fumbling through the fridge I start to panic!!
NO CREAMER!!.... "What?, Wait, it has to be in here...." Nope, none, nada!!
Ok, so LOTS of sugar and plain old 1% dairy milk....
Just for one day I can deal with this, right?! Every addict has withdrawals so EVERYONE should be treating me like the Queen!
Next, I hear the infamous Bobcat start up! Yes, my neighbors are having a hot tub/closed in porch added to their backyard. They are using our driveway as access to their yard. So, needless to say no one gets any peace between 7am and whenever they decide to take a break or leave for the day!
On to my afternoon. Kids at school, animals fed, bills paid, Boogies semi-napping, Sis doing laundry and getting ready to head out to hospital......
Then as the phone rings, chaos enters!!!
phone ringing, Sis yelling( as she runs upstairs) that the washer has overflowed and is running into playroom, as I get up to go to her, Boogies wakes up vomiting! For the next hour or so it is total mayhem!
Cleaning babies, mopping floors, picking up soaking wet clothes,.....and the stinking phone is still ringing. Did I mention I was also baking...yes, me... baking during all of this craziness. Roo's Girl Scout meetings started back up last night and guess who had to bring snack for 20+ girls on the first night?!?!!
But like I said, my babies keep me sane! And for a show and tell here is what we did to wind down. Boogies got  a new toy over the weekend for here and Roo couldn't wait to show him and play along.
How could anyone not smile and feel completely blessed looking at these faces?!?! I love that they can make any day completely worth all our "chaos"!
Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

Boogie's new toy

New blog...in progress

Happy Sunday,
I just wanted to let everyone know how the new blog is slowly progressing. I have been attempting to make a DIY background. By attempting I mean I have browsed tutorials, flipped through several blogs, help sites and collected patterns, clip arts and images trying to some how figure out this whole creative layering. Through this treacherous process, I have screamed, reloaded, re sized, cropped, saved, bookmarked, searched...... you get the idea. It is not going so well for me. Although it is taking longer than I expected to get it up and going I have been getting in some good reads. So, by the time I actually have a "book blog", I will have a TON to write about!
Also, I am still working on my unique blog title. I have gotten some great ideas both on here and through Facebook(I use networkedblogs also). So, until the next update here is a follow up/updated Title list:

1. Passion for Pages~ 3 votes
2. A Novel Affair~ 2 votes
3. A(nother) Novel Affair~suggested by a friend
4. The Story Keeper~ suggested by friend (I like this one)
5. Diary of a Mad Book Lover~cute!
6.The Musing of a Bookworm~2 votes
7. A Novel Experience~ Liking this one a lot
8. As The Story Unfolds...
9. Read, Review, Restock
10. Tales of a Book -A -Holic
I really wish I knew how to add a voting poll on here, but alas another techy aspect I lack.
Please keep the comments coming and I promise to keep everyone updated as "my story of a book blog" unfolds! :) Hey, I kind of like that one too! Hmmmm......

What do you think? 

This is my actual bookcase! Well, one of them...