We have both been reading soradically the past few days (nothing of real substance) but didn't find time to update until tonight, so we just updated our total progress on the left side of the blog rather than also listing the number of pages read today.
We have both been working some overtime (Ilya is working tons!), including a good chunk of the day today. I spent most of the rest of today cooking up food for us for throughout the week (made some really yummy sesame chicken lo mein with peanut sauce and tried a new recipe from Pinterest for apples, sweet potatoes and chicken in the slow cooker) and then we both fell asleep reading. Now here I am updating before we officially turn in for the night so we don't go too long without sharing our progress!
Alas, we are quite tired and Ilya has to work more tomorrow while I do our laundry, clean and finish the rest of the food for the week. So it is time to head off to sleepyland. Hopefully we will be able to read tomorrow before bedtime so we won't fall asleep!
Terms of the Duel
New-Year's resolutions have a pronounced and infamous tendency to fall by the wayside by, say, the 1st of February. Perhaps, however, that is because they are resolved upon, adhered to, and discarded, by solitary individuals. Perhaps what's needed is some good old-fashioned competitive spirit.
The participants:
- Ilya Gandelman - desk jockey from 9-5:30, Monday thru Friday. Free time activities include, but are not limited to, writing, reading, watching tv/movies (very selective in this area!), eating Meredith's delicious food, playing with Gizmo, spending time with family and friends.
- Meredith Gandelman - also a desk jockey, from 9-6, Monday thru Friday. Free time activities include, but are not limited to, reading, watching tv/movies, cooking/baking for Ilya (and others), snuggling/playing with Gizmo and spending time with family and friends.
The resolutions:
- To read more books
- To watch less television
- To spend less money (by reading library books, and by making our way through unread volumes gathering dust on the shelves)
- To spend more quality time together with a shared interest
Therefore, the challenge proposed: who can read the most books in a year? On one side the wife, on the other the husband: who'll get the most volumes under her or his belt before 2015?
The rules:
- Books will be chosen independently. Any genre or subject is eligible.
- No second thoughts once starting a book. An uncompleted book is not counted, except of course as time lost. We shall have to choose carefully; and if a book seems to be disappointing, best to soldier on through to the end!
- A 300-page minimum. However, books briefer than 300 pages may be combined with others to count as one entry in the Duel.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
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