UPDATE #1: HUBS' HEALTH:
After I lovingly broadcasted to the world that Hubs was fully engaged in a "puke fest" on Thursday night I thought the worst was over. What followed was puking, puking, and more puking. Finally, four hours after the puking commenced, we took Hubs to the E.R. He couldn't even stop throwing up long enough for the nice lady to put an I.V. in him. Finally he had some anti nausea pumping through his veins, some anti cramp crap pumping through his veins, and lots of fluids getting put back in. The boy was totally dehydrated. Four hours and one middle of the night pharmacy visit after THAT we were back home. It was 4:30 am. I tell you this much, I don't love 4:30 am like I used to. In my college days I lived for the 4 and 5 am hour. That was when I really knew it had been a good night if we were still out that late. The later the better for me. Now I see the 4:00 am hour and I want to puke.
Hubs didn't leave the house all Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Not even once. It has been a long weekend of doing nothing. But sometimes that's okay. He did eat a chicken taco tonight (first real food in three days!) and is even playing with the dog a little bit. He's on the mend!
P.S. He lost 7 pounds. IN THREE DAYS! Talk about a miracle diet!
UPDATE #2: GIVEAWAY WINNER:
The winner of the massive January group giveaway is Gayle Talabay. Gayle, sweet cheeks, you are about to get HOOKED UP. And I am so incredibly jealous. Be watching for an email.
UPDATE #3: BOOK CLUB
The 2013 Book Club Selection is finalized!!! DRUMROLL......
February: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
March: The Fault in our Stars by John Green
April: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May: Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
June: Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
July: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
August: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
September: Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
October: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
November: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
December: We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Our first read will be Gone Girl because that is the book that received the most votes. Besides that, I just kind of placed the books in a month that seemed appropriate. The Great Gatsby is in April because the movie is coming out in May and I figured we should all have it read before then. The Help and Seriously...I'm Kidding are in June and July because they seemed like great beach reads. (Ah, the beach! Does such a thing truly still exist?!?) A Thousand Spendid Suns and We Need to Talk about Kevin are both heavier reads and for that reason felt more appropriate in the fall/winter.
I tried to get a good balance of heavy and light books and a good balance of different topics, genres, time periods, writing styles, etc. We've got a little bit of everything in this book list and I am so excited! One book that received a lot of votes that didn't make it to the reading list was The Secret Life of Bees. I found the book to be a little too similar to The Help in theme and since The Help got more votes and is a way better book, I figured we could just do The Help. And I thought The Secret Life of Bees was totally boring.
I seriously am so excited about this. Almost 200 women voted for the book club- can you even imagine a book club with 200 people?!? EEE, GATS!
So that we all kind of know what to expect with the book club, we will "meet" to discuss book club the last Wednesday of every month. That will put our first book club discussion on Gone Girl on February 27. Buy the book, check it out from your library, steal it, do whatever you have to to get a copy! Then spend a few hours hidden in a corner where no one can bother you and enjoy the simple pleasure of reading. And then come prepared to talk talk talk about the book.
WOOT. WOOT.
P.S. If you plan to participate in Bon's Book Club, I would love it if you grabbed a button and displayed it on your sidebar. Of course, you don't have to. Just if you want. You know. Cuz reading is hip.
After I lovingly broadcasted to the world that Hubs was fully engaged in a "puke fest" on Thursday night I thought the worst was over. What followed was puking, puking, and more puking. Finally, four hours after the puking commenced, we took Hubs to the E.R. He couldn't even stop throwing up long enough for the nice lady to put an I.V. in him. Finally he had some anti nausea pumping through his veins, some anti cramp crap pumping through his veins, and lots of fluids getting put back in. The boy was totally dehydrated. Four hours and one middle of the night pharmacy visit after THAT we were back home. It was 4:30 am. I tell you this much, I don't love 4:30 am like I used to. In my college days I lived for the 4 and 5 am hour. That was when I really knew it had been a good night if we were still out that late. The later the better for me. Now I see the 4:00 am hour and I want to puke.
Hubs didn't leave the house all Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Not even once. It has been a long weekend of doing nothing. But sometimes that's okay. He did eat a chicken taco tonight (first real food in three days!) and is even playing with the dog a little bit. He's on the mend!
P.S. He lost 7 pounds. IN THREE DAYS! Talk about a miracle diet!
UPDATE #2: GIVEAWAY WINNER:
The winner of the massive January group giveaway is Gayle Talabay. Gayle, sweet cheeks, you are about to get HOOKED UP. And I am so incredibly jealous. Be watching for an email.
UPDATE #3: BOOK CLUB
The 2013 Book Club Selection is finalized!!! DRUMROLL......
February: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
March: The Fault in our Stars by John Green
April: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May: Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
June: Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
July: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
August: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
September: Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
October: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
November: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
December: We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Our first read will be Gone Girl because that is the book that received the most votes. Besides that, I just kind of placed the books in a month that seemed appropriate. The Great Gatsby is in April because the movie is coming out in May and I figured we should all have it read before then. The Help and Seriously...I'm Kidding are in June and July because they seemed like great beach reads. (Ah, the beach! Does such a thing truly still exist?!?) A Thousand Spendid Suns and We Need to Talk about Kevin are both heavier reads and for that reason felt more appropriate in the fall/winter.
I tried to get a good balance of heavy and light books and a good balance of different topics, genres, time periods, writing styles, etc. We've got a little bit of everything in this book list and I am so excited! One book that received a lot of votes that didn't make it to the reading list was The Secret Life of Bees. I found the book to be a little too similar to The Help in theme and since The Help got more votes and is a way better book, I figured we could just do The Help. And I thought The Secret Life of Bees was totally boring.
I seriously am so excited about this. Almost 200 women voted for the book club- can you even imagine a book club with 200 people?!? EEE, GATS!
So that we all kind of know what to expect with the book club, we will "meet" to discuss book club the last Wednesday of every month. That will put our first book club discussion on Gone Girl on February 27. Buy the book, check it out from your library, steal it, do whatever you have to to get a copy! Then spend a few hours hidden in a corner where no one can bother you and enjoy the simple pleasure of reading. And then come prepared to talk talk talk about the book.
WOOT. WOOT.
P.S. If you plan to participate in Bon's Book Club, I would love it if you grabbed a button and displayed it on your sidebar. Of course, you don't have to. Just if you want. You know. Cuz reading is hip.
