Life In The New Year: Promises . . .

1.  More frequent and regular blog posts . . . honest!

2.  More homemade soups, sauces, individual smoothies, and guacamole--thanks to one of my handy dandy Christmas gifts from hubby . . . a Cuisinart Smart Stick Chopper/Immersion Blender.

This batch of homemade (all natural/partly organic) spaghetti sauce yielded the equivalent of 5 jars of spaghetti sauce.  At the very least, I saved about $12 (normally spent on organic jars of spaghetti sauce).  Plus I felt like an iron chef sticking my immersion blender straight into the pot of simmering whole tomatoes--very exciting! 

3.  That I will (eventually) finish this book:

I have an undergrad degree in English Lit., but somehow feel jilted that I was never required to read Tolstoy.  So, I casually picked up Anna Karenina this summer and toted it with me to Florida for our annual week long summer vacation --foolishly thinking I would finish it.


It's January 9th.  I'm on this page:

I have to read to page 940.  But, I am 30 something, pregnant, and tired.  I wake up many mornings to my book flopped open on the floor and my LED reading light shining up at me from its hiding place beneath my book.  It doesn't help that I am a multi-book reader.  I can't just read one thing or one genre at a time.  I am currently also reading:

So, naturally, reading multiple books slows my Anna Karenina progress down a bit.  But, I am thoroughly enjoying my Tolstoy experience and look forward to a conclusion in the near future.  


I especially want to finish Anna Karenina; because, I am quite anxious to begin reading this little treat my husband picked up for me over a month ago (and I waited months for it to be finished and released):

Yes, I am a dork; and, proudly so!  I was devastated when I found out that Brisingr was not the last book of the Inheritance Cycle.  I am quite anxious to travel back to Alagaesia.