When I was a kid, I read constantly, usually making it through three or four books a week. Lately, though, I had kind of lost interest in reading fiction (except for Harry Potter books), and non-fiction can be kind of dry after a while. For a year or so, all of my reading was strictly online. Until the British mysteries came along, that is.
I tried reading mysteries when I was in junior high school, and I didn't care for them...not enough romance to suit my silly, sappy teenage tastes. Now that I'm older (and more realistic), though, I have discovered that I love a good, twisty mystery. So far, Colin Dexter's books are my favorite--I finished the last one in a day and a half. A trip to the library today yielded four more Inspector Morse books, and, since it's cold enough to freeze a welldigger's hinder off outside, I am all set to snuggle up and read to my little heart's content.
But what about my online life? Blog posts uncommented-on, LOLcats not LOLed-at, inane Facebook quiz requests ignored (What Kind of Vegetable Are You?), and a dirty, lonely Pet Society critter sadly languishing in her little house. And my poor blog, nearly un-blogged for the last two months. Well, this won't do. So, I'm going to work on dividing up my free time a bit better, so that I can keep up with all of my online peeps, too. Now, which household chore can I ignore in order to gain that extra free time? I already don't cook, so that leaves laundry, loading the dishwasher, and cleaning. I guess if you see me at Aldi buying a huge pack of paper plates, you'll know which one I chose.
(The reading puppy came from: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/library/pottwablib/dog%20reading.jpg.)
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Ah, reading. I've gotten back to reading more. And I mean books, not Us magazine.
But, yeah, something has to give. For me, it's been cleaning and TV watching. I'm not sorry I'm watching less TV, but the house . . . is pretty gross.
Oh, well!
JD: I guess Real Simple magazine doesn't really count as reading either, does it?
Unfortunately, I usually don't need a whole lot of encouragement NOT to clean the house, since I loathe and despise cleaning. When the dog-hair tumbleweeds get to be too much for me, I guess I'll put down my book and take care of it. Maybe.
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