Settling In

A week and a half after "moving day," I'm feeling settled. Furniture is arranged, pictures are hung on the wall, and the few lovelies* that I'm willing to risk sitting out around Little Mister are nestled on end tables and book shelves.

It's starting to feel like home.

And...I've discovered Pinterest. Addicting, glorious Pinterest. Oh Pinterest, I salute you, you sucker of time, you consumer of spare moments, you collector of wonderful, practical, and sometimes edible ideas. There are so many creative projects I want to attempt, so many delicious recipes I want to try out...and so few hours in the day when I have a sleeping child and enough energy to do anything other than collapse into a chair with a book.

Speaking of books, I'm in the middle of an awesome one--The Shadow of the Wind. A review will be forthcoming once I make my way through it. For now, though, I'll leave you with the opening paragraph, to whet your interest, while I take a break from settling into our new home and settle down in my rocking chair with my deliciously captivating book.

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time. It was the early summer of 1945, and we walked through the streets of a Barcelona trapped beneath ashen skies as dawn poured over Rambla de Santa Monica in a wreath of liquid copper.

*Mrs. M Dictionary--Lovely: (n) a sit-around, i.e, a figurine, floral arrangement, or book end; plural: lovelies.