Finding Krissi

There is nothing like a good work out to clear the cobwebs. Each day I workout my commitment to live healthier grows stronger. Why do I forget how wonderful it feels to move? There are a lot of things I forget that make me feel wonderful. Mostly, because before the wonderful there is a lot of hard work. For example, exercise before I can feel the wonderful after glow of a good work out, I have to actually endure the workout. Eating right, so much easier to sit down to a bag full of jellybeans, enjoying the sugar rush, then to prepare a good and balance meal. Ironically, the jellybeans will eventually make me sick but the healthy meal makes me feel stronger. The list goes on our goals, our relationships all give us the feeling of strength when we commit and take care of them. A little while ago an author name Chris Tomlinson, contacted me and asked how I would feel about reviewing his book. “Crave, Wanting so much more of God.” I followed a couple of links he provided and read through s...

Grabbed a book off the shelf this morning. It was just a random pick from the library. No rhyme or reason just one I grabbed from the shelf. After I picked it up and settled down to read I laughed out loud. The book is called, "The New Policeman," by Kate Thompson. The back of the book says the following; There never seems to be enough time in Kinvara, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter. When J.J.'s mother says that what she really wants for her birthday is more time in her day, J.J. decides to find her some. But how can he find time for her, when he barely has enough time to keep up with school and his music? And where will he get time to find out if the shocking rumor is true—that his great-grandfather was a murderer? It seems as though J.J.'s given himself an impossible task. But then a neighbor reveals a secret to him—there is a place where time stands still. J.J. realizes he's the only person who can make the journey, but to do so he'll have to v...

I have been on a streak lately. I have had suggested to me or have accidentally read so many good books.  I have a growing list of authors that I can't wait to read more of.  Last night a friend handed me a copy of, "The Hunger Games," by Suzanne Collins. I started reading it at 9:00 and kept saying, "One more chapter and I will go to bed. Okay, one more chapter and I will go to bed." I could not put the book down and honestly it was one of those books that had me by the first sentence.   At 11:30 and 150pages into the book I made myself go to bed.  Which didn't really work out to well because I just kept thinking about the book and what was going to happen next.  I'm not even entirely sure I saw my children this morning because I had my nose buried into the book. Then it ended with this sentence, "END OF BOOK ONE." Do you know what that means? That means there is a book two! Which I am not allowed to go and get until I get some chores done. ...

One of my great passions in life is reading.  I love books, I love opening them, and diving into a story that takes me anywhere and anytime in the world. I love the imagination that reading requires from you.  I love being taken away and watching someones life unfold before my eyes.  I was at one of those, get to know you activities, and the question was asked, "If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?"  My answer was, "It would depend on the book I was reading, I always want to go there."  I think a small part of me believes that I will meet the people in the book. That I could become part of some amazing story. My favorite genre of book has always been, Young Adult. However, I force myself often to venture into the unknown and find new authors and new genres. Through out the years I have read many classics, for one reason or another, I think that it will make me smarter.  It hasn't yet but maybe someday it will.  I enjoy a good romance and mo...