Book Journal

I'm going to start recording all the books I've read. I've been asked several times how many I read in a year, and frankly, I'm not sure. I think it's about fifty a year but I've never kept track before.
So I'm starting now. I won't give away any endings, but will briefly describe plots.
Right now, I'm reading Echo Burning by Lee Child. It is a Jack Reacher novel. For those who don't know. Jack Reacher is an ex-military cop who travels around the US helping people. He's a wanderer with no fixed address but a strong sense of right/wrong and has no problem killing people if they need it. In this book, he's picked up in Texas by a woman who promptly asks him to kill her husband because he beats her.
So far, I'm having trouble getting into this one. It hasn't "caught" me as quickly as some of the other Jack Reacher books.

Harmony Hope

Harmony Hope
Wow! I haven't been here in a while. I will start posting more often as it does make me feel better.
I'm not really loving the job at the moment. Inventory is fast approaching, and with me being the Inventory Control Specialist - it will be kind of like a report card of how I'm doing. It is a scary prospect, however, being responsible for over a million dollars of merchandise!!
You know how they tell you to find something that you love to do and figure out how to turn it into a career? I need to figure out how to get paid and stay home and read!! Do you think that I could post it on Monster or Workopolis? "Will read for cash".
It really is hard to be a "working Mom". I know that that is an oxymoron, but meaning working outside of the home and then coming home and working as a Mom. I work outside of the house by necessity, not by choice. I would love it if we could maintain our present "lifestyle" on only my husband's income. We can't however, so I work. I don't get paid enough for what I do (who does, really?), but my efforts are appreciated by my bosses who affectionately refer to me as "Girl Friday". I have some managers who come to me, when they aren't sure of how to do something - which is gratifying.
What I don't like about working outside of the house is the fact that it's not the balancing act that I was hoping for when I had kids. It becomes a hassle when one of the boys is sick and the school calls. Yes, I go to get them, because that's my job as a parent, but then I have to stay late at work to make up for the time missed and to do the tasks that didn't get done.
I have been searching for jobs that could be done at home. I've been into Quixtar, Herbalife, Melaleauca and some other companies that are basically a big scam - forcing you to fork out hundreds of dollars before you see $10 back. I don't want to be my own boss - I want to do work for someone else and get paid for it - preferably from my own home. I don't think that I'm asking too much (read: SARCASM). Obviously, I haven't found what I'm looking for yet, as day after day, I put on that tacky red shirt. I want to look forward to getting up every morning, not have to drag my sorry ass out of bed. I want to be excited about my life, and I'm not right now. I have a lot of things in my life that others don't, and I don't want you to think that I'm not grateful for all of it because I am - but it's still not the life I want for myself or my children.