Site of the Week- Goodreads

Welcome to a new feature on my blog- “Site of the Week.” In this feature, as the title implies, I will weekly share a web-site I find fun, useful, and interesting.

The 1st site of the week post was actually inspired by something my sister in-law, Megan, posted on Facebook about wanting to be a part of a book club. Since I am in the US and Megan is currently in Italy the 2 of us starting a book club could be a bit challenging, however it is not totally impossible. Thanks to the world wide web and our site of the week . . . . Goodreads that and so much more is entirely possible.

I should note that I was introduced to this site a few months ago by a friend from church. Thanks Leslie!

Goodreads is sort of like a social networking site for readers. This site really has some great features  that any reader would find totally useful. Here are just a few of the things you can do once you become a member:

• Search for books
• Make a catalog of books you have read and would like to read
• Rate books and write reviews
• Form book clubs
• See what your friends are reading

As an avid reader, I find Goodreads extremely useful! I always have one book going and one audio book going at the same so the cataloguing of what “I have read” and what “I want to read” is very useful to me. I also like to see what books my Goodreads friends are reading. This often gives me ideas of things that I might want to read.

My least favorite thing about Goodreads is how few friends I have on the site. So if you are a reader of my blog and a reader of books I encourage you to become a member, you will not regret it. After you join, find me! I would love to see what you are reading!

 

Until next time . . .Happy Reading!!

Feeling some Love for the Winter Olympics

So every evening for the last week my life has been pretty much consumed with the WINTER OLYMPICS in Vancouver. Now normally I am more a Summer Olympics kind of girl, but I have been pretty into all these cold sports this go around. I even missed the 1st 5 minutes of LOST this week because I was watching some kind of down hill skiing. If you know me this says a lot, I am a die hard Lostie who never misses a moment!

Let me just state the obvious some of these sports look pretty dangerous. I mean some of these people are sliding down these snow covered hills, and ice packed tracks faster than Clark W. Griswold did in that sledding fiasco in Christmas Vacation. How do you ever get the nerve up to make that 1st ski jump?!

That being said I would just like to let everyone know that the only place you will ever find me at a Ski Resort is the SPA.

Me + Skis/Snowboard+Cold/Icy Surface= Broken body parts

I am just to much of a klutz for this kind of stuff. Plus I honestly just do not like to be cold. Call me a priss, call me a coward, call me whatever you want that is just how I am.

In all my Winter Olympic watching my favorite Olympics event thus far has been Snowboarding.

Two words- SHAUN WHITE

This dude is seriously awesome! If you don’t believe me just watch.

Not only is he just an unbelievable snowboarder, but he also has signature hair. It kind of looks like Carrot Top and Robert Plant got together on the same head of hair.

 

Carrot Top

Robert Plant

Shaun White- See what I am saying??

 

I have a great amount of respect for Shaun White and all his fellow Olympic athletes. They all have a passion and drive for there respective sports that is beyond belief. Many have dedicated there entire life to getting to the Olympics and maybe they will never make it to the podium but they will get to compete and represent there country. To me that is what the Olympics are all about! Well that and some really cool opening and closing ceremonies!

With that I must return to NBC and see what I have missed!

USA! USA! USA!

C’mon you know you want to chant it with me!

Here’s to the Green Shirt

Back when Nick and I first started dating we took a little shopping trip to American Eagle in the Johnson City Mall.  I must have had a coupon otherwise I am not sure how I ever convinced Nick to go. On this glorious shopping trip Nick purchased the infamous GREEN SHIRT. The shirt was meant to look vintage I think, and it says “Shark Bar” on the front. Since purchasing this shirt Nick has worn it constantly for the last 5 years and I have proof . . .

 

Here is the green shirt at the family picnic in 2005.

 

 

The green shirt at the Ripley’s Aquarium in 2005.

 

The green shirt hiking in 2005.

 

The green shirt at the Family Picnic in 2006.

 

And yes the green shirt was even there in California when we got ENGAGED!

Also on our honeymoon snuba diving adventure in St. Maarten in 2007.

The green shirt even made it to Myrtle Beach in 2008.

 

Now it is important to note here that after 2008 the shirt was actually banned from being worn in public due to its condition.

There is no longer any fabric on the arm pits and what is there has the lovely sweat stained look.

 

The logo actually does look vintage now.

When we went on our Cruise in November of last year we actually took the shirt with the intention of throwing it over board ceremoniously, however, we learned of all these pesky rules that the cruise line had about things being thrown over board. So the shirt is still with us and is still being worn for work around the house purposes only. I used to give Nick a hard time about the shirt and I have actually threatened to “off it” on several occasions, but I have decided to embrace the great GREEN SHIRT!! It has been with us to a lot of places and I may actually have family members that think the Green Shirt is the only one that Nick owns since he wore it to the family picnic 2 years in a row. The shirt is here to stay!

Now I know that Nick has worn the green shirt more than what I have pictured above. So if you have pictures PLEASE share them, we need to make sure we have a comprehensive history.

So here is to the Green Shirt or perhaps one day the Green Dust Rag!