More Reading, Less Sewing

This weekend started with an after-dinner trip to Half Price Books, which meant I spent most of my time curled up in one comfy spot or another, reading.

I have 4 new (old) books:

• Andrew Weil's 8 Weeks to Optimum Health
• Melody Beattie's Beyond Codependency
• Gavin de Becker's The Gift of Fear
• Jon Kabat-Zinn's Full Catastrophe Living

So far, I've finished The Gift of Fear (it's about personal safety and predicting violent behavior -- a must-read, though a bit scary), started 8 Weeks to Optimum Health (more on that later), and skimmed Beyond Codependency (not really impressed with that one, but I heard about the author at my internship and thought it was worth a try).

I'm looking forward to starting Full Catastrophe Living, even though I don't really know what it's about; I'd heard of that author from one of my grad school professors and that was the only book of his I could find at Half Price.

I did get a little quilting done around all the reading. I cut out all the fabrics for 1 of the 5 (FIVE!) quilts that I need to have finished before Christmas, and I hope to start piecing it this week. I'm still working on washing, drying, and ironing all the new fabrics I got last weekend, plus I'm nearly done with block 4 from the sampler quilt (remember that one?). And I've got another knitting date coming up this weekend! Definitely keeping busy around here...