How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways

I treated myself yesterday to a trip to the library.  I love, love, love the library, especially the one by our house.  I could spend months, weeks, days, hours in one.  You can find anything in the library.  I went there with the notion of getting this book.


A month or so ago I had gone into the library and checked out this book along with about 10 others that I had intended on reading.  Of course, with work, school, planning the wedding and spending time with the little man and hubs when he's not working, I didn't have enough time and knew I would never get through all of those books.


Well, yesterday someone posted on Facebook that she had read this book and absolutely loved it.  So, of course I had to go and get it.


I ended up with these books:
The Career Girl's Guide to Becoming a Stepmom 


It Sucked and Then I Cried by Heather B. Armstrong


There was another book but I can't remember the name offhand...


Anyway, I've started reading The Career Girl's Guide to Becoming a Stepmom and I have to say, it's a fantastic read thus far.  I'm very picky when it comes to books.  It has to keep me interested from page one, I can't read a book if it can't keep my attention.


I am an avid reader of Heather Armstrong's website and I can't wait to read her book.  I've had her book on my MUST BUY list ever since it came out.


I didn't realize how hard it is to find books on step-parenting.  When you go into Borders or Barnes and Noble they don't have much of a selection.  I've found a few on Amazon.com, I will have to start looking there from now on.  Once I read all of the books in the library of course...


We had a very productive yet extremely busy weekend.  Hubs had to work on Saturday so it was just me and the little man all day.  He's going through his only wants to play video games phase and it's hard to not just let him sit there for hours at a time.  The video games are good babysitters I'm not going to lie.  So, instead, he got to go with me while I drove all over town running errands.  Poor thing, he probably thinks all we ever do is shop.


I had wanted to take him to the Children's Museum but there were several toys he had gotten for Christmas that he still hadn't opened so I compromised.  We could stay home but he had to play with his toys that he hadn't opened yet.  Come to find out he had some pretty cool stuff and he didn't even know it.  My mom bought him a Nerf Gun for Christmas, turns out it's "automatic", shoots like 10 rounds at a time.  Hubs and the little man had a field day when he got home from work.  Running around the house shooting at each other.  We went for a walk around the neighborhood, hubs and I walking while the little man rode his scooter he got for Christmas.  It was such a gorgeous day outside.  After that we had to get ready to take the little man back home to his Mom's :0( and then we went and took hubs' mom out for dinner for her birthday (which is today).  Happy Birthday Mom!!


Well, it's about three weeks until the wedding and there is still so much that needs to be done.  Getting out the first round of thank you notes from our wedding shower last weekend.  It feels good to get them sent out.  Slowly but surely getting things done.  School has been rough starting, for some reason the classes this semester are very "teams" oriented and no one is acting very "team" like.  Procrastination doesn't even begin to describe it.


Here's to hoping the rest of the week is as productive as yesterday was!!  :0)