August Reading List

August 
3.49 Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor (8/25) free/library 5 stars 
2.48 Dog Training for Dummies - Jack Volhard (8/16) free/library 3 stars 
1.47 Dragonbane - Kenyon (8/16) free/library 5 stars

so yeah, not much recreational reading time right now. I started back at college in August, and in all the prep and cramming for the placement tests, i haven't had much reading time for ME.

I'm totally counting my textbooks towards my totals.

Dragonbane and Days of Blood and Starlight were both excellent reads. Kenyon is awesome. I've read bad things about the final book in the Laini Taylor series. and i'm debating reading it. I'd rather stop now than read a heartbreaking ending i think. which i know, makes me lame. 

but i'm the chick who refuses to read any more of the Kim Harrison Witch series because i don't want one of my favorite characters to die. if i don't read it, it won't happen! 

Open For Business!

I opened my Etsy shop!

Paula's Miscellany. I'm currently selling my Standard Size Midori insert printables, i'll be adding some Cahier size ones soon, and some new standard size ones. Feel free to message me with suggestions.

here is a preview!

 

Page on a day, with water, mood and weather tracker.

 Reading Log, simple, rate your own way, perfect for book clubs.

Week on Two Pages, with daily water tracker. all are undated.

This is a bit of a niche item, it's a Hurricane Tracking log. the kit includes printables for both East and West coast, a blank supply list and the National Hurricane Center's suggested supply list.

As thanks for reading my blog, and checking this out, use the coupon code Back2School until August 31, 2015 for 10% off!

Rabbit Hole

This is my new Fauxdori by Selwynn's Traveler on Etsy. Isn't it purty?!

These are the inserts I designed, printed, and bound. I'll be putting the printables for sale on etsy in my shop by the end of the month. 

And I go back to school August 21st!!  I'm so excited. I'll be taking Intro to Education, Environmental Science and Prep Algebra. I got a pill grant so I'm really excited.

Craft Time!

I've been paying more attention to my planner and all the fun things that can go into it. Right now I'm carrying the small size PlanAhead ring planner, it's the same size as a Personal Filofax, but not as pretty.

I tried dressing it up with duct tape, it didn't go well. So it's plain black. I also have to fill in my own dates, so it's only filled out until December. I have hopes that I'll get a new, pretty planner for Christmas. And then Kae can have this one.

I also discovered Midori and Fauxdori planners. And I want one. With printables, they're so customizable. And I've been spending much time on etsy deciding what I need. In the meantime o thought. I can make one!

Well, sorta.

I started with pink and black felt I already had in my craft stuff, and glued it together with spray on glue.

It's Kae's, pink and black with pink elastic and a cupcake. 

And then I busted out some faux leather. 

It didn't turn out as well. 

I sewed a couple blank inserts for Kae 

 Which she's using to keep notes for a story she wants to write. She took notes while I told her about Japan's involent in WW2. 

I've decided I'll buy my fauxdori covers, and have 2 in my etsy shopping cart that I can't decide between. 

June Reading List

June
9.40 Dead Ice - Laurell K Hamilton (6/28) library 4 stars
8.39 Vampire Mistress - Joey Hill (6/?) own 1 star
7.38 Velvet Haven - Sophie Renwick (6/?) own 4 stars
6.37 Sins of the Heart - Eve Silver (6/11) own 5 stars
5.36 reality is Broken - Jane McGonigal (6/10) library 2 stars
4.35 what your 4th grader should know - e.d. Hirsch, jr (6/9) library 4 stars
3.34 House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski (6/9) library - 5 stars
2.33 Harry Potter azkaban - Rowling (6/7) re-read/own
1.32 The Girl at Midnight - Melissa Grey (6/6) library 5 stars


of all the books i read this month that i owned, only one of them "Sins of the Heart" was any good. They're all getting traded in to the used book store for credit and new books.

the two non-fiction were..alright. Reality is Broken was boring to start, and very pretentious. What your 4th grader should know was alright, it was more for Kae to read than me, and we'll revisit it at the end of her 4th grade school year.

The Girl at Midnight and House of Leaves were the favorites. House of Leaves is horror, and very disjointed, which adds so much to the actual fear of it. "That suggests that what you fear most, is fear itself. And that is Very Wise." - Remus Lupin.

Well

We got a dog..

This is Dyson. He's a year old Hound/Lab mix that we got from Animal Control. 

He was already fixed, came with his shots and chipped. For $15. 

He and Connor get along really well.

Kae is getting there. She's still kinda scared of him.

Look at that face.

Oh Jeez it's back

The pit...

We went backwards to the pit.

It's become a running joke with our group, a game of "would your rather" and the other is always "cross the pit."

Would you rather have dinner with your in-laws OR cross the pit.

Would you rather potty train a toddler and a puppy OR cross the pit.

The pit.

 At least I didn't get stuck this time. I rolled an 18 of 20 and strutted my tiefling self right over. 

We found out that every time we don't push forward to the next room, we get jumped by more Kobalds. Not looking forward to next week. Maybe the DM will take pity on us. I mean, we retreated to the pit.