I used to be a reader - big time. My family says that I used to have a book with me everywhere I went and it was true. I could devour books like none other and reading was one of my favorite passtimes. Then high school hit and required reading kind of put a damper on things. Occassionally I will find a book that really keeps my attention, but I read a lot less than I want to.

Today my friend Mandy invited me to join GoodReads, a website that reminds me of Facebook, only all about books. It’s a really neat site and I like the concept of seeing other’s thoughts about books. Also, it’s nice to see the books you have read all organized (makes me feel like I’ve read more!). 

Anyways, if you all decide to join, be sure to friend me! (http://www.goodreads.com/profile/aforementionedthoughts) 

Some friends and I had another Christmas Craftin’ Night tonight. It’s so hard to believe we’re almost in December already! I still have so much crafting to go…

One of my favorite things about using Wordpress as my blogging tool (besides that is free) is that anyone can make a plugin to make service work in just the way you need. I use many different plugins on this site, but today I want to write about one that I’ve been looking for, for months now.

 I’m an avid believer in comments as part of the blogging world. I love to get ‘em and leave ‘em. One of the things I don’t love about blogging vs. using a site such as LiveJournal or Vox is that most of the time people don’t get any of the responses I might right back to their comment. I know most of the time I don’t check back to see if anyone has written back when I comment on a blog. The Comment Email Responder fixes that here on this site.

 Now, when you leave a comment and I respond to it, you should get an email letting you know what I responded. I wish all websites had this feature, since I think it really opens things up for dialogue.

Anyways, I’ve tested this plugin on a comment I wrote and it worked great for me. If you run Wordpress on your site, maybe this plugin is what you’re looking for as well?

* I have no affilation with the person who created this plugin or his site. I’m just very excited to have this plugin that I’ve been wanting for so long.

Sam and I went to see Enchanted on Saturday evening and I was plesantly surprised at how much I liked it. I expected to like it okay, like pretty much every Disney movie, but it was a very cute, charming movie. Sam liked and it as well and apparently we weren’t the only ones.

I’m sure you know the plot behind the movie, even if you haven’t seen it yet. It starts out with the same old animated story.. beautiful girl living in the woods, hanging out with the woodland creatures; she falls in love with a prince, but his wicked stepmother wants to kill the girl. Instead, she sends her to New York, which is where the story gets interesting. I love as each character changes from animated to real life.

Almost all of the characters were very like-able, which I liked. I loved the bright colors and the fast paced storyline (yeah, I’m very much a kid in my attention span). There was just the right amount of comedy and romance. Good stuff.

I’ve really been enjoying the time off of work - resting, relaxing, doing some things around the house and spending time with my wonderful husband.

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We had a nice Thanksgiving. And I got to try out something new!

A friend at work had loaned me a copy of a magazine earlier in the year, where I saw a recipe for a turkey cheese ball that I just knew I had to make for Thanksgiving this year. And surprises of surprises - I did!

I think he (and his brother, I ended up making two) turned out pretty cute. And tasty, if I do say so myself!