I think I can say that Fall is finally here. Or at least the crisp Fall air is finally here. The colors not so much. We still haven't gotten around to any Fall activities, and at this point, I'm not sure when or if we'll do them. Renovation updates We are almost at the halfway point into our ground floor renovation. The flooring is almost done, cabinets are ready to be setup, appliances are here. It's exciting to be on the other side of the renovation when things are getting finished. There's still easily 2.5 weeks worth of work left in the kitchen, and another 2-2.5 weeks for the master bathroom, so mid-November is likely when we are done with the renovation. Assuming no delays. Flooring coming along All of us are pretty exhausted at this point. Walking up and down the stairs to pick items from the makeshift pantry and then cook on the main floor gets old very fast. I have been able to work from home without issues and I'm grateful for that. I've set up m
And what a fun week it was! Armchair BEA was a huge success to me! I can particularly attest to that by saying that I didn't do much work at all this week - at least for the first four days. By Friday, I was slightly panicky, and because of my desire to end the week with a feel-good sentiment, I managed to work seriously yesterday. With my Tweetdeck tuned to #BookBloggerCon.
If you haven't checked out my posts yet, here are the links.
- BEA Discussion: Rise of the online book club member, in which I talk about how popular online book communities have become.
- BEA Discussion: The Blogger and the Microblogger, in which I suggest how bloggers can become avid microbloggers, aka twitterers.
- BEA Discussion: Books from far, far away, in which I ask how we can blog proactively and give more attention to the lesser-known books.
- BBC Panel: How to keep an active buzzing blog, in which I give a few strategies to keep your blog active and non-redundant.
Thanks to the wonderful organizers - Tif, Emily, Michelle, Florinda, and Danielle - for having set up this excellent event, that
- Gave me a chance to be a part of BEA and BBC from my comfy chair.
- Introduced me to a whole new set of truly wonderful bloggers, some who I have never come across before, and can't believe I missed them for so long!
- Spread a lot of blogger love.
- Gave us a chance to connect more as friends than bloggers during the Twitter party on Thursday.
- Gave me an excuse not to work this week.
- Gave me an excuse not to write reviews this week.
- Won me 9 wonderful books, without even going to BEA.
- Introduced me to a ten-year old blogger!
*Applause, Applause*
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I did a wrap-up post too.
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