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A New Way of Living | Weekly Snapshot

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I don't know about you guys but this has been one of the longest weeks ever. With schools closed and work moved to home, this has been a new way of living. When the changes and shutdowns came just before last weekend, there was no time to really process the information. Within days, life had changed. And then on Monday, I reported to work, from my home, with kids also at home. It was when Friday finally rolled along that I felt the gravity of the situation, how we'll be rarely getting out for weeks, if not for months. How schools were likely going to be closed for months. How work still had to be done remotely or worse, there was no work to do anymore due to layoffs or a shutdown. How there was not going to be any dining in restaurants for months.


That was a very sobering thought. I didn't sleep until 1.30am that night.

How are you all doing? What are some of your tips to keep your sanity on while we get through this very difficult time? Some of you are in places that are …
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Mailbox Monday -- Jan 11, 2010

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This meme is hosted by Marcia @ The Printed Page. It is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eBooks & audio books do).

Purchased Books



  1. The Client by John Grisham
  2. Open Season by Linda Howard
  3. Copycat by Erica Spindler
  4. Night Sins by Tami Hoag
  5. Magic Hour by Susan Isaacs
  6. Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
  7. The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardner
  8. Lake News by Barbara Delinsky
  9. The Switch by Sandra Brown

I did go a little crazy when my cousin took me to a local bookstore. Mmm.. Racks and racks of books, how do you just walk out without buying a single book. Now, I intended to buy only two or three, max five. But eventually, I took out 9! Now I need to figure out a way to take these with me to VA, without exceeding my baggage limit. LOL!

See what others have bought over the last week!
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Wrighty said…
Wow! Great choices!! I love every one of those authors. Enjoy them all!
January 11, 2010 at 4:39 AM
Mary (Bookfan) said…
I read Breathing Lessons a looooong time ago. I think I liked it : )
Have a great week!
January 11, 2010 at 6:49 AM
Kristen said…
I have the same problem at bookstores. LOL! Enjoy all your new books. :-)
January 11, 2010 at 7:05 AM
bermudaonion said…
I think books are desperate for a good home, so they latch on to you when you walk into the bookstore. I love Anne Tyler's work. Enjoy!
January 11, 2010 at 7:23 AM
Alayne said…
Haha fabulous list! Just one for me at The Crowded Leaf.
January 11, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Marce said…
I'm a new follower just from those choices, 9 books, lol, you will paying extra for those..... Excitement will get us everytime.

Here is mine
http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2010/01/mailbox-monday.html
January 11, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Athira said…
Wrighty, glad you liked them! I can't wait to read them!

Kristen, hard to ignore the books, right?

bermudaonion, that makes me less guilty, LOL! Thanks!

Mary, Alayne, and MarceJ, thanks! :-)
January 11, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Susan said…
I always go overboard at the bookstore, but there are worse thing to spend your money on, right?
January 11, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Kara said…
What a nice haul of books!! This week is our library book sale...so I am hoping to get some good deals!!

Bookstores are dangerous!! LOL
January 11, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Athira said…
Susan, you are so right!

Kara, waiting to see your list of books! :)
January 12, 2010 at 7:54 PM
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