A Lost World Returns

Sometimes I get lost in a book. When I come across a captivating story I tend to focus all my energies into the creative elements.
However, rarely do I ever finish a book. I am more of a collecter (hoarder!) as I've inherited my parent's love for books & by hunting & gathering during my mother's school's library's annual summer purging I've saved a many 'Discarded' book. With too many years of this tradition, now my shelves resemble this:



What A Mess!



Time for action, to clear my life of clutter & make the next time we move not so dreadful.

My job allows for some free time, as I wait to process orders via email, so I've decided to set aside an hour or two (or four) for reading. I'm going to wean down my bookshelves to house only the books I know I'll want to re-read as I aim for this type of bookcase:


Love how even the Games are organized by color!
















To kick off my reading "schedule", I'm starting my Mr.'s copy of the bestseller, Jurassic Park! It's quite different & very much the same as the movie, which is coming back to theaters on April 5 to be seen in 3D! I'm very excited for this as watching the T-Rex chase down & snap it's teeth at Ian Malcom (Anyone else have a crush on him?) wasn't panic enough in 2D.

"Hold on to your butts." for Jurassic Park 4!

I'm so interested to know what they'll end up talking about! Could someone make the argument for bringing Dinosaurs back to life??

Now you can have your own Jurassic Park!

How Old Are You Really?

Benjamin Franklin was a useful man. As a man of science & inventions, he believed in the American Dream & is among one of my favorite men in history. Throughout his life, Benny said a load of things, which were thought to be intelligent enough to be recorded & used to inspire readers hundreds of years later. One of my favorite sayings is this:

" If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead & rotten, either write things worth reading or do the things worth the writing."





I enjoy Mr. Franklin's frankness. However, we can't all be remembered, & with what society is giving it's full attention to now-a-days, I think I will be okay with not being entirely remembered by the world over. However, this does not mean I should not aspire to action to be remember by friends & family.

What decidedly captured my mind to not let myself go to waste is a tri-fold of happenings:
The 1st being that I no longer get to work in the Executive Dept. at my company. I was late 3-too-many times.
The 2nd being that my job now lends me at most 7 out of 9 hours to spend my day how I want. As long as I stay in a cubicle.
The 3rd is my Mr.who is encouraging me to find fulfillment & not waste those hours. He knows I now feel as though I have no purpose & am utterly bored just sitting still.

"Many people die at twenty-five & aren't buried until they are seventy-five."-Benny Franklin.
I stumbled upon this quote a few days into adjusting to my new position. It made me panic a little as I am soon-to-be 25+2. I had a very difficult time letting go of 25, as I felt 25+1= being old; that my youth was now gone & adulthood bombarded with responsibilities is what my life is to be held captive by. As my Mr.still has a year of Graduate School to go, I am the Bread Winner & I have been feeling trapped.

So I made myself a schedule for how best to spend my work hours. There are only so many (few!) good TV seasons on Netfix & Hulu to watch.

The first 2 hours of work is filled by processing all the work that came in overnight, typing up notes-if needed, watering my two plants &...cleaning up my desk area. There's a nasty cruddy cold going around, & I'm determined to Purell the germs away from my desk area.

Then I complete a Bible study for the next hour or so. I've currently started actively engaging myself at church & am now a part of two study groups. Being social at church has given me an outlet as now at work my dept. is tucked away from any flow of foot traffic.

Next, I practice Typing. This, like sewing, is a skill I GREATLY desire, but have not actively sought out to learn. Now I can.

Lastly, I have decided to learn a language with my Mr. We are practicing French, because he said no to ASL (which I'm re-learning on the side anyways.).  My boss & two co-workers leave at 3, so I have the perfect atmosphere to be able to practice the nasally pronunciations of the French language.

In between all these mini-classes, I take stretching breaks & walk the 5 flights of stairs at my company, and I also eat mini-meals.  My company has great incentives for getting into shape-which right now includes 2 Alaska Airlines tickets-so I've greatly changed my eating habits & learned to watch&record my health.

There is still quite some time left to fill, as I process my work right away, do you have any ideas on how I could productively spend my time?-once all my work is finished of course.