A Work in Progress

"Polishing my halo" is what my mother used to say to congratulate herself when she had finished a large or tedious household task. I've been taking advantage of the uninterrupted time I have with my husband at work and all of the kids away to do some serious cleaning. The using a toothbrush to scrub the tiles kind of cleaning. My house is thanking me and my halo will be shining brightly by the end of this week. When I take a break, I've been reading Stuff by Randy Frost. It's about compulsive hoarders, a disorder that has fascinated me since I saw a TV show or two about it. The book is extremely readable even though it presents Frost's research about the basis of hoarding. I think one of the things that makes it so good is that he really seems to like the people he studied. Reading their stories makes it a lot easier to clean out the closets.

I've been participating in a year-long reading challenge hosted by Vickie . I decided back on January 1 to go for the gold and read 100 books this year. Vickie allows participants to include audio books in the total and thanks to that I'm up to 52 books this year, about half of them books on tape. Now A Southern Daydreamer has posted her summer reading challenge. Should be no sweat to meet the challenge by reading these books I've pulled from my shelves: 1. Evan Blessed by Rhys Bowen 2. Winterkill by C.J. Box 3. Glittering Images by Susan Howatch 4. Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts 5. For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose 6. look me in the eye by John Elder Robison 7. Letting Go by Karen Levin Coburn nd Madge Lawrence Treeger 8. Murder on Waverly Place by Victoria Thompson 9. To the Hilt by Dick Francis 10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by (do I even need to write this) J.K. Rowling (and yes, I know that I'm the only person on the plan...