Friday, March 13, 2009

More to come......

In exactly 6 hours I will be officially on spring break! I am so in need of a full week away from it all. I am very hopeful that I will rest, relax and rejuvenate in that time frame and be more than ready to head back to school for the final 8 weeks.

I feel like I have been remiss in my postings this week. I have had quite a few papers to grade, tests to create, and literature units to complete before the break and have not had much chance to sit down and adequately compose a blog entry. I have several ideas for entries, however, that I plan to write next week. So as a teaser....here are a few of the fun, exciting things that have happened to me over the last few days:
  • I learned my course schedule this summer and I managed to secure my two first-choice classes: Rewriting a Life and Teaching Shakespeare. I will write a separate blog entry for anyone who cares to know more about the classes and the books I will be reading.

  • I finished the book, We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. This was recommended to me by several after I reviewed The Hour I First Believed. I am still sifting through my thoughts and reactions to the book and will post a review next week.

  • I hope to finish The School of Essential Ingredients this evening and will also plan to write a review for that book as well.

  • I can actually participate in Mailbox Monday!! I received my books for the summer classes I am taking AND I received my first review book from author Christopher Barzak. I am hoping to read and post about his book next week -- and to really get a head start on the 10+ books I need to read prior to June 16.
  • Another author, whom I discovered on Book blogs, has asked me to review her memoir about being an artist in France in the 1960s. This sounds just lovely and I am very honored to have this opportunity. I will probably receive the book sometime next week.
  • I won a give-away!! Actually, I won two give aways -- I never win anything in my life! I will post about these two highlights of my week and give full credit to the two wonderful ladies who made it possible.
  • I have a ton of library loot --- woot woot! I went to the library to finish grading papers yesterday and thought I would just check to see if any holds were received. I was SO surprised when 8 books were brought out! Many were books I plan to skim for my 7th grade mystery unit but.....Drood and The Help were available after weeks of waiting. AH...spring break is going to be good.

  • and last...but certainly not least.....I was bestowed the I Love Your Blog award by Jackie at Farm Lane Books. I am truly touched by those who think my ramblings are worth reading - and I am humbled and blessed by this gift. I do have a question - for anyone who is in the know - I would LOVE to properly showcase the award buttons that I have received, but I do not know how to add a 3rd column to my blogspot page (the right side is getting a little cluttered!) If you can help me out I would GREATLY appreciate it!
Well, that is all that I can think to write about for now. Like I said, I am very hopeful to get lots read - and many posts written - over the next 7-10 days when I am relatively free from life's duties, responsibilities and obligations. I am not going anywhere exotic or fancy -- but my husband has reserved a room for me in Branson, MO (about 4 hours away) from Sunday - Friday and I will have quite a bit of peace and solitude --- something I desperately need and which sounds quite exotic to me at this stage in my life.

12 comments:

  1. Enjoy your vacation. Seems like there will be lots of good stuff coming from you next week. I am looking forward to it.

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  2. I hope you have a wonderful trip. I was thrilled to see that you won a giveaway!

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  3. To add another sidebar to my blog I followed this this tutorial. That site has lots of great tips!

    Can't wait to hear your thoughts on The Love We Share Without Knowing. Enjoy your Spring Break!

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  4. Enjoy your trip. What a sweet thing for your husband to do! I'd love to know more about your classes and what you'll be reading.

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  5. Your hubby sounds like a real sweetiepie, enjoy your much anticipated break.

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  6. Happy Spring Break! I look forward to reading all you hope to blog about--sounds like you have some good stuff planned. Your husband sounds like a doll--what a wonderful week you will have--I know that the older I have gotten, the more I crave time alone-to keep my own schedule and do my own thing. I am sure you will have a wonderful time. Thanks for your sweet comments on my blog--my cardiac monitoring is over and I have a follow up call with the doctor next Wed. to discuss results.
    I am off to bed with my book--have a great Saturday!
    *smiles*
    Kim

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  7. Enjoy your Spring Break, Molly. What a nice husband to give you a gift of peace and solitude for your R and R! He's a man that understands the intensity of teaching (and of life)!

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  8. I hope you enjoy your vacation. Your books for school sound interesting so I hope you blog about them. Your husband is great! Have a great time!

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  9. Spring break? Lovely. PLease enjoy for many of us who haven't had a spring break (due to corporate career path) but find that spring breaks are "built in" to our instinctive clocks, a leftover from glorious school years. I think if I had one, I would read and read and read (and run around the block a lot to compensate for all that "sit" time).
    Enjoy!

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  10. Hi Molly!

    I hope you are enjoying your first day of break! As you know, you have won a copy of Drood from my giveaway (you are so speedy, you caught it before I could get over here!) Please email me your mailing address and Drood will be on its way. Thanks so much for entering (BTW, I just put up a new giveaway!).

    Carey
    thetometraveller at yahoo dot com

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  11. Enjoy your vacation! You have a lot of great stuff coming up for you :-)

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  12. Enjoy your time! Spring break as a student meant something different than spring break as a mother :)

    I'm looking forward to hearing about Drood, it looks interesting but I'll be curious if the story holds up to its heft.

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