Happy Valentine's Day

I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you'll be able to enjoy it with someone/something you love. 


The picture above is actually the card I sent out to my friends and family for Valentine's Day. Since I did not get it all together before the winter holidays to send out a card then, I thought why not for Valentine's Day?! I looked online on many of websites (minted.com, snapfish.com, shutterfly.com, finestationary.com) and I could not justified spending nearly $4 a card! So, after finding the perfect font at 1001freefonts.com I created this card in Microsoft Publisher, printed, stuffed, addressed, stamped and sent out. The key to this mini DIY project was patience. 


Happy Valentine's Day,

Listening to Books

     My daily commute to works gives me about an hour of time in the car to listen to the radio or drive in silence. When the commercials seem to never end of the radio I have found that audio books are a great solution. I am fortunate enough to have a great set of parents who spend a lot time in the car themselves to get audio book hand-me-downs! 

     Since the end of November/beginning on December, I have been listening to a number of books on CD.  I love just about any murder mystery/drama/conspiracy theory novel out there and will read anything by Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Michael Connelly, Dan Brown, James Patterson or Emily Giffin. With all those authors and genre of books I believe I am pretty well set for those long commutes that await me every morning and afternoon. I want to share my most recent reads/listens with you and give recommendations of more books on CD for those long (or short) commutes, where ever you might be headed. 

Recent Reads:

Killing Lincoln  By: Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Divide and Conquer By: Tom Clancy (Note: Abridged)

Lullaby Town By: Robert Crais 

Ford County By: John Grisham

Other Recommendations:

(Any book from the above mentioned authors)

Bossypants By: Tina Fey

STORI Telling, Mommywood & Uncharted TerriTORI  By: Tori Spelling

The Third Secret By: Steve Berry

Zero Day By: David Baldacci

     Other options besides buying the books on CD.... This Christmas my brother drew our father's name for our annual Christmas gift exchange. Later that evening my sister-in-law asked my brother, "Do you know what you are going to get your person?" with a short and quick reply he stated, "Yes." Our father loves listening to books on CD, so a subscription to audibles.com was the perfect gift for him. Shortly after "opening" his gift he already had about 10 books on his wish list! Every month he gets to select one book to listen to via the Internet or by download (additionally he can purchase an unlimited amount of books at a discounted rate). Probably Top 5 gifts of all time for him. Our father has three books down and many more on his wish list. Maybe someday I will join audibles too, but for now I am very happy with my audio book hand-me-downs! 

Happy Listening/Reading!

Kady