Shut The Fridge

Okay, in case you haven't notice, I am now officially, www.shutthefridge.com ....no more BlogSpot in there.

I own shutthefridge.com.

I don't really understand it.  I am counting on my IT friend, John, to keep it straight for me.

I made the change a week or so ago...and I am getting more traffic.

I am a little unsure about some of it. I have a page that shows me my "traffic sources", and some of them make me nervous.

I will just hope (and pray) that the creeps stay away.

I also have to wonder about some of my overseas readers. 

I mean, I have a friend in Scotland....but that is all I know about.  Seeing that someone in Russia and even China is reading my blog makes me nervous.  I mean, I think it is cool....in theory....but, you hear about such icky things these days, you know?

Anyway, if you follow me, your link to my page should still work....if you manually type in the web address for my site...it should be easier now.

www.shutthefridge.com

Something I Never Imagined I Would Say

My Kindle thumb is nicely recovered, thank you.  I took the weekend off of reading and finished painting my living room.

Pictures to come....if I can get my newly found camera to cooperate!

Anyway, L-girl, when she was showing me how to use my friend's Kindle, rediscovered our hand me down Kindle that we have used for a school reading assignments, but, my friend had left it stocked with books that they had read, noticed that The Hunger Games was on there.  She asked if she could read it.

Since I have read the whole series and found them fascinating, entertaining, and disturbing, I had to think about it a bit.  We talked about it.  I told her there was some really disturbing parts and kids, her age, were killed and it was treated as sport and like it was no big deal.  But, I ultimately decided she could read it.  (I look forward to our discussions after she has read it.  D-man and I had some great ones!)

So, she started reading during our travel time to Minnesota too.  Then, when we got back, she had schoolwork to catch up on, then left for a church  retreat.  She got back Sunday evening.  The kids and I snuggled up and watched a Hallmark movie. Then she decided to go read a bit.  I stayed up and watched a What Not To Wear episode (more on my reasons for that in another post). 

So, after I learned how NOT to dress, I went in to see her asleep with the Kindle and its little reading light dealie on and open right next to her.  Her hair was all flopped over her face.  She was all slumped over and curled up.

Here is where I said something I just never imagined coming out of my mouth.

I said, "Turn that book off and go to bed."

Off.

I told her to turn the book off.

I find it funny....but also a little sad that it wasn't just a "shut the book and go to bed", you know?

Kindle Thumb

Is that a real disease?

I think it should be.

I think I have it.

You see, I just took a quick trip up to Minnesota to see my mom and sisters and see my nephew in a play.  I was really busy around here trying to get things done before we left.  It occurred to me a day or two before my flight that I hadn't made my usual trip to the library to stock up on reading material for the plane ride/wait time at the airport.

My friend, Sherri, offered to let me borrow her Kindle that had lots of books already on it.  More specifically, lots of historical romances.

In my previous life, I read voraciously.

I read just about everything I could get my hands on....but I especially enjoyed light murder mysteries and historical romance....again....light historical romances....not too much of the....(ahem).....sex stuff....if you know what I mean.  I really liked the historical romances that had the strong female character with the man that didn't quite know what to do with her....she just wasn't like other women of the time.  Sassy.  Not insipid.

Just good, sort of mindless, but entertaining, escapist reading.

We have a really, really old hand me down, Kindle that the kids have used for some school reading, but I had never used it.

So, I accepted my friends offer of her Kindle, but I grabbed some 2 year old Good Housekeeping magazines from my stack, just in case.

L-girl and A-girl came with me to Minnesota, so they gave me a little tutorial on the plane.  I got it figured out.  I found a book to try.

Enter....Kindle thumb. 

I read the whole flight up to Minnesota, then I read the whole flight home.  When we got home I was about half-way through a book, so when I got up on Wednesday to get back to my real life (and the bachelor type mess that  greeted me when we got home) I decided to read while I read my coffee....and then start my To Do list for the day.

So, um, yeah.....I finished the book....then decided it was too late to get anything done from my list before we had to head to church....so I started another one.  I was able to get some things done Thursday, but decided to read a little at bedtime....so, I read until midnight or so....then decided to finish up my book again with my coffee in the morning.  I was able to do it....and did actually get a few things done on my To Do list on Friday.....but....

Now my Kindle thumb hurts!

A lot.

I blame it on the fact that I am a fast reader and have to click the Next Page button a lot.

I forget what it is like to really just sit around and read.  Even when I should be doing other things...to just be lost in a book. 

And, the worst part, I only feel a little bit guilty.

My right thumb hurts.....it really does....but I am pretty ambidextrous, now that I think about it....