"And to this purpose"

"If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate; and though I know it is all very right and necessary, I have often wondered at the person's courage that could sit down on purpose to do it." (In other words: rambling analyses, opinions, ideas, views, and comments from an English major, Essay/paper-writing enthusiastic, Austen-loving Master Librarian on, well, Jane Austen...and a whole lot of other things, too.)

"Celebrated Passages are Quoted"

Heidi's favorite quotes


"What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously. "Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to," answered Diana, with that maddening air of superior wisdom always assumed by those who are engaged over those who are not."— L.M. Montgomery

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Sooo....

In case you noticed the quick mention two previous posts ago, something happened in my life over the last year.

I found and married a man far better than Henry Tilney himself.

A new direction for my Happily Ever After has come about.

And I am loving every bit of it.



Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Enneagram - for future research

I am ready to start exploring another Personality test. So I am posting my results from two different free online tests.

From 9types.com -

Your highest score will indicate you basic type, or it will be among the top 2-3 scores. You have answered all the questions -- terrific!
Type 1Type 2Type 3Type 4Type 5Type 6Type 7Type 8Type 9
652735314


From eclecticenergies.com -
You are most likely a type 2.
Taking wings into account, you seem to be a 2w1.
No personality test is completely accurate. Although several measures were taken to make this test as accurate as possible, there's always a chance that you are not typed correctly by it. Therefore, when deciding which Enneagram type and wing you are, you might also want to consider the types with the highest test scores on the lists below.

(Note that your lowest scores may be omitted.)
Type 2 - 11
Type 6 - 10.4
Type 4 - 9
Type 9 - 7.7
Type 1 - 7.4
Type 5 - 6
Type 7 - 2.7

Wing 2w1 - 14.7
Wing 6w5 - 13.4
Wing 2w3 - 13
Wing 1w2 - 12.9
Wing 4w5 - 12
Wing 6w7 - 11.8
Wing 9w1 - 11.4
Wing 1w9 - 11.3
Wing 5w6 - 11.2
Wing 4w3 - 11
Wing 5w4 - 10.5
Wing 9w8 - 8.4
Wing 7w6 - 7.9
Wing 7w8 - 3.4

I quickly read some basic summaries of Types 4 and 2 from 9types.com. Glanced at Type 1. Definitely more to read up on and contemplate. Here are links to read up on them.

Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
Type 4
Type 5
Type 6
Type 7
Type 8
Type 9

For sure, it is Interesting!

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

I speak


SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2010

Huh.

Well.
November 2008
Quality Time:10
Acts of Service:8
Words of Affirmation:5
Physical Touch:5
Receiving Gifts:2





I, well, I...
April 2009

Quality Time:10
Acts of Service:7
Words of Affirmation:6
Physical Touch:5
Receiving Gifts:2

I guess things do change.

October 2009
Physical Touch:10
Quality Time:9
Words of Affirmation:5
Acts of Service:4
Receiving Gifts:2

That and it probably helped that I read the book and understood more about each love language. The revelation of this recent result actually makes quite a bit of sense, though. 

SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010

Oh my.

changed again!



I feel loved when...

THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES

My Primary Love Language is Quality Time

My Detailed Results:
Quality Time:10
Physical Touch:7
Acts of Service:7
Words of Affirmation:5
Receiving Gifts:1
I finally took this quiz, not as a single. And not just in a relationship, but now married!

And my results:





11
Physical Touch
9Quality Time
6Acts of Service
2Receiving Gifts
2Words of Affirmation
Interesting. Gifts barely changed over 9 years!

Friday, April 14, 2017

Austen & Montgomery--Sister Authors!

My friend posted this article on my Facebook page. And as an Austen AND Montgomery fanatic, I find it PERFECTION!! How did I never think to liken the two heroes of these fabulous authors before?

Enjoy!!


Friday, March 24, 2017

Darcy List

This came up in my Facebook memories. And I realized it was the perfect post to be on this blog. So I am reposting.

March 24, 2015
Sorry, my preferences and I don't agree with this line up. My order: Firth in Bridget doesn't even make the list because I don't like that movie. 9. Rintoul. 8. Henderson (only seen it once). 7. Olivier. 6. Rhys. 5. MacFadyen (he wasn't given much to work with) 4. Firth. 3. Seale (LDS version). 2. Gordh (he was a very close 1st) 1. Cowan.
It seems I have a thing for seeing my Darcy's in modern settings. :-)
P.S. And for me, JJ as Henry Tilney will always beat out Darcy.


"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
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Comments
Mary Mitchell De Bastos Henry Tilney will always beat out Darcy!
Sara Lyn Busch Hm... I'm not even sure how I would rank them. Tilney all the way! 

Friday, January 20, 2017

2016 Book Challenges Wrap-Up

If 2015 was busy, 2016 feels like it was even more so. Which is odd considering I had less official responsibilities outside of my regular job. But inside my regular job, I took on quite a bit because we were short 90 staff hours for about 5 months. And then someone amazing came along in October that brought reading almost to nil. If it weren't for those Picture Book reading binges to prep for storytimes and the joy of audio (especially now that I have a smartphone and could listen to them while mowing the yard, etc. besides just in the small car trips or my few hours off desk), very little would be read.

As a reminder, here was our points system for the S-n-H Challenge:

1. Each book must be at least 100 pages to count. (Under 100 equals .5 points.)
2. The first book in a category is worth 10 points. The rest are worth 5.
3. Any book you own is worth 25 points.
4. Any books on your goodreads "to-read" list previous to 2015 is worth 25 points.

For 2016 we altered the 2015 challenge to be a bit more doable, and picked categories that might have a bit more appeal with a few that would still be a challenge. 34 categories. That seemed much better than the previous 51. And it was the age I was turning, so I liked that. Because of that certain amazing man I met in October, who I ended up becoming engaged to in December, my reading not only dropped down significantly, but I was sure I was down in some categories. So it is to my great amazement that I not only completed all 34 categories, but actually completed a few of them twice!

I will admit that I moved a couple around to earn as many points as I could. ;-) But otherwise, here are my results. Please forgive me that even though I followed the instructions on how to save an Excel sheet as a JPEG, it is uploading with a black background. What in heavens?!? Also, I noticed after I had gone through all that trouble that I counted a book in 2 categories! Oops!!! So...Yeah. I'm, like, 10 points difference? 20? Letting it go.

AND don't forget my random A to Z Scrabble Challenge--because it intrigues me! This year I didn't care about who I was reading or the points. Just intrigued to see what I read. Scoring goes as follows:

 1 point: A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T, U
 2 points: D, G
 3 points: B, C, M, P
 4 points: F, H, V, W, Y
 5 points: K
 8 points: J, X
 10 points: Q, Z

(Bonus point for each of "my" letters--H and T.)

Picture Books


 Set 1 (1st 10 categories)

Set 2 (2nd 10 categories)


 Set 3 (3rd 10 categories)


Set 4 (last 4 categories)

 Extra books in established categories
Totals

 Books under 100 pages


COMPARISON TIME!

2013 Total Books: 287
2014 Total Books: 299.5
2015 Total Books: 182
2016 Total Books: 172 (3/4 of that being picture books)

2013 Total Pages: 29,584
2014 Total Pages: 24,656
2015 Total Pages: 15,766
2016 Total Pages: 12,749

2013 Points: 1152.6
2014 Points: 1429.9
2015 Points: 1043.2
2016 Points: 968.3

For A to Z:
2012 Titles: 246
2013 Titles: 223
2014 Titles: 79
2015 Titles: 51
2016 Titles: 41

2012 Title Letters not read: Q, X, Y, Z
2013 Title Letters not read: G, J, K, N, Q, X, Y, Z
2014 Title Letters not read: K, Q, U, V, X, Z
2015 Title Letters not read: J, K, N, U, V, X, Y, Z
2016 Title Letters not read: E, J, K, Q, V, X, Z

2012 Highest Scoring Title letter: H (30 points)
2013 Highest Scoring Title letter: H (35 points)
2014 Highest Scoring Title letter: B (27 points)
2015 Highest Scoring Title letter: W (24 points)
2016 Highest Scoring Title letter: tie for F and W (12 points)

2012 Authors: 210
2013 Authors: 254 (whoa! Go me!!)
2014 Authors: 64
2015 Authors: 39
2016 Authors: 36

2012 Author Letters not read: N, Q, U, X, Z
2013 Author Letters not read: E, I, Q, U, X, Y
2014 Author Letters not read: I, N, Q, R, U, X, Y, Z
2015 Author Letters not read: G, I, K, L, O, Q, R, X, Y
2016 Author Letters not read: A, J, N, O, Q, U, X, Y, Z

2012 Highest Scoring Author letter: W (28 points)
2013 Highest Scoring Author letter: Tie! B and H (30 points)
2014 Highest Scoring Author letter: H (35 points)
2015 Highest Scoring Author letter: J (16 points)
2016 Highest Scoring Author letter: H (25 points)

2012 Grand Total: 456
2013 Grand Total: 477 (wow. higher even with reading less.)
2014 Grand Total: 346
2015 Grand Total: 233
2016 Grand Total: 188

The numbers tell it all. I may have actually tied with last year if the last 3 months of 2016 hadn't been filled with someone amazing--who may distract me from some reading in 2017 due to planning a wedding.