by SMThornton | Jul 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
A good book should leave you… slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. ~William StyronI love the idea of exhausted readers, not only because they’ve lived several lives, but also because they were up until the wee hours of...
by SMThornton | Jul 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
I cannot live without books. -Thomas JeffersonI have a somewhat addictive personality. This is not to say that you will become addicted to my sunny disposition after meeting me, but instead that I tend to become addicted to certain things. Example? In high school I...
by SMThornton | Jun 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
My apologies to those of you who don’t watch Seinfeld- I might have seen every episode and thrown a party at my house when the last episode aired. Anyway, there’s an episode where George’s co-worker notices him stuffing himself with shrimp cocktail...
by SMThornton | Jun 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
I was lazy yesterday. It was a gorgeous day and I decided to sit outside and soak up the sun before we went camping. My daughter got tired of playing in the sprinkler and ran around to the front door as I flipped over to my stomach to sun my back (trying in vain to...
by SMThornton | Jun 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
*breaks out in an Egyptian happy dance*I’ve reached 200 followers! And I’m giving out a boatload of awards in honor of all you frabjous people reading this! As always, these are no-pressure awards (I know some of you don’t do awards and that’s...
by SMThornton | Jun 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dear Present Participles,I’ve never written hate mail before, but my last post was about attempting something new. So I’m trying my hand at hate mail. I hate you.You are like the mucus in a Mucinex commercial, but even less appealing. And you’ve...