4 August 2008, Monday

If you go to the book section of my website now, you will probably notice a big difference. It's not really there any more. Over the last month I've been moving all of my reviews to a different format. They are now all on a B.Log (book log, or blog). This way they are searchable and people can comment on books as they read them too. I'm excited for this new format. I will be keeping the table with the basics on this part of my site. And I'm going to go back and recreate the tables for past years as well. But all the reviews will now be elsewhere. Now to get busy reading more books. Enjoy Miss Giggles' Book Log!

7 August 2008, Thursday

My mom sent me two cards for Wiggle Your Toes Day yesterday and National Lighthouse Day today.

Yesterday I wiggled my toes over at the hot tub at my apartment. The pool was almost the same temperature as the hot tub. It's kind of hot right now.

There aren't a whole lot of lighthouses around Tucson. But I saw some tall lights in the form of lightning when I was driving home tonight. Does that count?

And happy half-birthday tomorrow Dad. The Olympics are having a big party for you.

8 August 2008, Friday

Happy Olympics!!

I've been trying to hand quilt a king sized quilt for four years. I haven't made much progress on it in the last 3.5 years. The first (and so far only) quilt I've hand quilted was the bedspread I had on my bed through college. I made that one back in 1996. My mom and I put it on frames in the living room and watched the Atlanta Summer Olympics while we quilted it. So tonight while watching the Opening Ceremonies, I'm putting my spool quilt up on frames in my living room and my goal is to have the qulitng all done by the Closing Ceremonies. I hope I get calouses real fast on my fingers. This is going to be a lot of hand sewing. I'll let you know how I do.

All told there are 60 spools to quilt (that's counting putting pieces of spools with other pieces to make a whole spool). I have about 22 of them finished already. One whole short side of the blue border is done plus about a third of one other side of a long blue border. None of the yellow border is done yet. I have a lot to do.

9 August 2008, Saturday

I love books, oh yes I do.

11 August 2008, Monday

Happy Anniversary to my parents. I'm so glad they fell in love. And even more glad that they still are in love.

13 August 2008, Wednesday

Hooray for Lefties! You are a rare treasure.

15 August 2008, Friday

Now today, today is a holiday I can get behind - Relaxation Day. And I plan to do just that. With a bubble bath between Olympic coverage and everything.

Also, happy birthday to Tanya.

21 August 2008, Thursday

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29 August 2008, Friday

I'm officially an aunt. Goobi joined the family this morning.

30 August 2008, Saturday

Last year I had season tickets to BYU football. And what a great season it was. I loved it! BYU opened their season by beating UA. I thought that was a telling sign. I of course was cheering for BYU and hoping UA would lose. Go Cougars!

Today both BYU and the UA open their seasons again, this time they aren't playing each other. And this time I'm a student at the UA. I'm still cheering for BYU to win (I always cheer for BYU to win). And I'm also still cheering for the UA to lose Why you might ask? Because the guy doing the game preview segment on the news last night was so cocky, I just wanted to slap him. Go Idaho Vandals!