Yup. Still Reading.

I really do need to hurt my sister-in-law as she was the one who INSISTED I just take ONE more course to get this whole certification thing over with. She doesn't even read my blog!

Please don't get me wrong, however. It is a lot of reading but do you understand the JOY of HAVING to read? I mean I can't fail the class. And I can't waste tuition fees and...honey, can you put the kids to bed? I have to READ. Can you give the kids a bath (okay, Green Husband does that anyway)? I HAVE to read. Honey, can you get up off the couch and make me some coffee. I'm very busy over here. Reading.

So, two quick things -

Bumper Sticker of the Week: "Recycle Yourself - Be An Organ Donor"

and...I just had to steal this quote that's featured on a new blog I'm catching up on Walk Slowly, Live Wildly:

"Beware of activities that require new clothes"
~ Henry David Thoreau

The Bookworm Emerges

for a moment (this week's reads are My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan).

This should really be Green Husband's post because he has gone ahead and selected this year's seeds for our garden. Can spring be far behind? This year he ordered exclusively through Seed Savers, purveyor of heirloom seeds.

Here are his picks for Garden 2008. What are yours?

Henderson Bush Lima Bean
Buran Pepper
Calabrese Broccoli
Brandywine Tomato
Large Red Cherry Tomato
Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce
Early Scarlet Globe Radish
Rossa di Trento Lettuce
Early Fortune Cucumber
Quadrato Asti Giallo Pepper
Pride of Wisconsin Melon
America Spinach
Amish Snap Pea
Green Arrow Pea
Early Snowball Cauliflower
Amish Melon

The Bookish Life

This week's required reading is:

A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer

and

Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye

And yes, I have read six books so far in three weeks!

Books of the Week

The great ignoring of my blog continues this week as I am busy completing this week's assignments, including Skellig by David Almond (which, by the way, I've already finished and highly recommend. It is one of the best books I've ever read, full stop).

I will also begin Sabriel by Garth Nix. I don't know about this one...

Le This and Le That

A few tidbits before I get back to hitting the books.

Yes, I have been remiss in not announcing sooner the winner of my bloggy book(s) giveaway...so here goes:

Village Mama over at Mama's Village is the winner of Healthy Baby, Healthy Mom

Carrie from With All That I've Been Given is the winner of Time to Feed Baby

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me at giftofgreen [at] gmail [dot] com with your mailing address.

The two books I am reading this week for my class are The Outsiders and The Chocolate War (Readers Circle). Blast from the past, eh?

Classes Resume

This week is the first week of my class.

We are reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

I'm reading this particularly adorable edition illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (of We're Going on a Bear Hunt fame).