tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75342777957922078722024-03-05T13:24:53.534-07:00Austen Knows Bestldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.comBlogger314125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-69307458857589743642018-01-05T12:01:00.005-07:002018-01-05T12:01:38.042-07:002018 Book Challenge!
Here we go!
I've decided to bring back the goal of reading more. Not to take me away from all the new changes, experiences, and responsibilities now in my life. But to give me the Wife for Life Delights that I need to help me
*remember who I am
*have something I know I love
*rejuvenate and restore
So I've upped the categories back to 50! We'll see how I do. My general aim will be ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-18638685204225899112018-01-05T11:23:00.003-07:002018-01-05T11:23:50.021-07:002017 Book Challenges Wrap-UpWell.......
This year I feel I have the least since I finished college! Quite an accomplishment over 10 years, even though 3 years ago I stopped having the goal of "reading less."
HOWEVER!
This year on GoodReads, I decided to count every book I read in storytime, even if I had read it before 2017 or earlier in the year. So at least my GoodReads goal was well and truly met (328 out of 200). ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-36690240869715605872017-10-11T17:48:00.001-06:002017-11-16T11:44:46.824-07:00Sooo....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.
ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-17860623098548650172017-08-15T19:26:00.003-06:002017-08-15T19:26:45.341-06:00Enneagram - for future researchI 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 ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-77572642098968698332017-05-17T23:45:00.000-06:002017-05-17T23:45:07.653-06:00I 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
ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-74190208559899176622017-04-14T21:18:00.000-06:002017-04-14T21:18:05.089-06:00Austen & 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!!
ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-20594376967071235012017-03-24T08:59:00.000-06:002017-03-24T09:03:16.437-06:00Darcy ListThis 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)ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-86630045590958695792017-01-20T17:46:00.003-07:002017-01-20T17:46:42.597-07:002016 Book Challenges Wrap-UpIf 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 ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-19143360548081964132016-11-26T11:23:00.000-07:002017-10-11T17:37:47.368-06:00My Current Project - Part 2 (Clothing)So, things happen that keep me from working on my project on a daily or even weekly basis. But as that thing this time happens to have a name and a cute smile and just makes my heart happy, I don't mind that my project has been put off a bit more and thus will take longer than originally planned, I don't mind.
Then again, maybe it won't take so long. In the time since I began the project, I was ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-42879932161701767272016-10-07T22:22:00.001-06:002016-10-07T22:22:28.968-06:00My Current ProjectI finally got started on my 2-3 month long Organize/Downsize in The Hobbit Hole. And I'm exhausted! Well, OK, I was exhausted before I started because of my health issues. But I knew this would be tedious, exhausting work. Which is why is is 2-3 months and not a week or two. When I get tired for the day, I'm done. It's going to leave quite a few piles of mess all over the place as I go along, butldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-43340691429523348242016-01-28T23:37:00.000-07:002016-01-29T00:41:53.613-07:00I Have Been Changed for Good: 10 YearsI like this reminiscing stuff. January 28th marks 10 years or two HUGE milestones. I thought I would re-post a blog entry I wrote on a different, private blog. It explains...a lot. It wasn't written the day of the milestones, but it shares what I experienced with one of them.
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009
Day 7: Wicked Worries
There comes a problem when you have loved something so much for a ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-62103388546041932022016-01-05T20:15:00.000-07:002016-01-05T20:44:35.710-07:00The 2015 Book Challenges Wrap-UpAmazingly, among all the busyness of last year, I got some reading done. Granted, it came in spurts and hardly anything would have been read if it hadn't been for children's books and audiobooks on the 10,000+ miles I drove. Still, I read. And I was WAY under goals. But if it hadn't been for my splurge of December reading, I would have only been at 50% of my main reading goal.
As a reminder, ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-56188218425515696072015-10-24T11:14:00.001-06:002015-10-24T11:14:44.149-06:00One last SOA nostalgia moment, if you pleaseLook at these screen shots I took of me as I watched my SOA videos during my nostalgia. Yep. THAT hair. It would be another 7 years before I learned how to get a better, less fluffy curly look. But once in a while, I still love having that 80s do. All it takes is a brush. :-)
Upper left - putting a new roll of film into my camera. Top of Grindelwald--just before I went down a slide and got myldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-48377300249023353332015-09-11T08:18:00.000-06:002015-10-24T11:20:05.342-06:00Remembering September 11, 2001 - 14 Years AgoIn the nostalgic spirit of the year, this was my journal entry 14 years ago:
9:55p.m. This day will go down in history. And not just for me, but for the entire world. I woke @ 6. Read scrip. We didn't get out to walking until 6:50 because we were waiting for Mandy & Jessica who wanted to join us. Today we ran for a bit. We went down by the Carriage ride place & beyond to a magnificent ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-67972058576594076172015-07-24T20:24:00.000-06:002015-09-11T08:25:41.699-06:00SOA Memories Part 1115 years ago - My European tour conclusion. The one morning Natalie woke up on her own (we blamed Krista's hair dryer). Having a Sabbath day with Jenny and Ciarra. My 5th and last lunch in Europe. Only getting to see Heidelburg castle from a distance. Experiences with The Gold Bus Song. An extremely emotional me that led to an extremely emotional last 24 hours as we said farewells, flewldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-68370984748061059122015-07-23T22:22:00.000-06:002015-09-11T08:22:50.396-06:00SOA Memories Part 1015 years ago - My most difficult day on tour (one of many examples of how I was punished for so many years for being an introvert, and feeling guilty because I didn't understand what and how I was yet). But aside from that, experiences included seeing Reims cathedral (most reverent one I visited). Meeting LDS missionaries on the street! Concert in Luxembourg. The very somber morning of visiting ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-91792679430272127722015-07-20T21:16:00.000-06:002015-09-11T08:17:31.032-06:00SOA Memories Part 915 years ago - Disneyland Paris! Our concert was first (and the only time the choir sang Ol' Joe Clark correctly). Gavin & the Mormon Trio going on the rides together (Pirates of the Caribbean with the drunk people!!). Trying 3 times to buy The Perfect Beauty & The Beast music box, and failing. frown emoticonGetting my first Winnie-the-Pooh (oh the irony!). Seeing Chad jump over two ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-27064501115985608112015-07-19T20:12:00.000-06:002015-09-11T08:13:22.850-06:00SOA Memories Part 815 years ago - one of the best days of the entire tour! Though not on the original itinerary, some of us got to go to VERSAILLES! (Another huge dream come true.) Downside was only one fountain was on, and it took us over an hour to find it. Sadly passing on going to the Louvre because of a misunderstanding. Lunch #4 (Salade Verte--because I could order it in French!). Our Mormon Trio + Mrs. Bean ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-49832318663125372382015-07-18T22:08:00.000-06:002015-09-11T08:09:42.650-06:00SOA Memories Part 715 years ago - The whole reason I wanted to go on this tour: Singing in Notre Dame Cathedrale!! (And also one of the few who used a bathroom inside--all the way down in the dungeony depths.) Repulsed by the breakfast of just bread (I think this was the morning I cut myself on a hard roll, too.) My 3rd lunch in Europe--items I'd hoped to try for many years (un crepe chocolat et un croque-monsieur)ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-79214925112605857412015-07-17T21:04:00.000-06:002015-09-11T08:05:39.180-06:00SOA Memories Part 615 years ago - traveling to Paris!! My 2nd lunch in Europe (it was McDonald's....). Buying moutarde in Dijon pour ma Maman (Mom) only to find out later it had alcohol in it (oops--we still kept it for many years just to look at it). Stuck in Parisian traffic. Riding les Bateaux Mouches at night (and NONE of my pictures turning out). Hotel Mercure renamed Heartbreak Hotel (guy problems). Best of ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-87118213894564165872015-07-16T20:03:00.000-06:002015-09-11T08:05:49.780-06:00SOA Memories Part 515 years ago - Switzerland, from the German side to the French side, and feeling the full weight of homesickness as it was the longest I'd ever been away from my family. Trummelbach Falls. My 1st lunch in Europe, eaten at Interlaken (and it was Italian....). Bought 2 more music boxes (also now in possession of nieces). Ending in La-Chaux-de-Fonds with a short choir rehearsal before our concert (ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-14423907574129725482015-07-14T22:57:00.000-06:002015-09-11T08:31:28.004-06:00SOA Memories Part 415 years ago - Grindelwald, Switzerland. Taking Dramamine to prevent car sickness during this 2nd pass through the Alps. Tasting REAL chocolate--heaven. Discovering SNOW after our gondola ride up Mount First. My feet and back side getting very wet going down a slide on the mountain. Becoming an absent-minded criminal. Finally getting to hear the band perform.
See the wrappers from the amazing ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-57424311703167359992015-07-14T22:42:00.002-06:002015-09-11T08:32:12.777-06:00SOA Memories Part 315 years ago - Stresa, Italy, one of my very favorite places of the whole tour. The beautiful Isola Bella. Viewing mountains and palm trees with gorgeous Lake Maggiore in between. The best bed in all of Europe. The only time I was able to swim in Europe. Italian GELATO! Learning to skip a rock (in Lake Maggiore). My 2nd castle.
Natalie Spring That was my first time skipping rocks too! ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-30586185008327972712015-07-12T21:21:00.000-06:002015-09-11T08:33:19.829-06:00More Sound of America memories15 years ago - Venice & Verona! Shopping 1st meant I got my first ever porcelain doll (with the gorgeous hair, whom I no longer own) but never got to have my dream of riding in a gondola. Watching the niftiest demo at a glass factory. Getting Italian silk ties for the men in the fam. Singing in mass at St Mark's Basilica. Avoiding high tide in Venice (rather gross). Sunset over Venice (ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534277795792207872.post-88759517573051451162015-07-10T22:07:00.001-06:002015-09-11T08:37:26.173-06:00Sound of America memoriesThis month marks 15 years of one of the greatest experiences of my life: my European tour! I am overcome with nostalgia. I've started posting on Facebook my memories, but realized I should probably put it on my blog--one of my more "permanent" places of reminiscing.
So, to catch up. Yesterday's post:
15 years ago - my first taste of Europe. Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Eating sauerkraut, bratwurst,ldsjaneitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925051891110460699noreply@blogger.com0