Is there any felicity in the world superior to this?

[olde_fashioned]

A couple teeny real life updates, and a more obvious one:

• After what seems like a century, I've finally gone and changed my layout. I love my old one still, but it was time for a change, especially with everything in my life so different, I felt it was only fitting to have a fresh look on my LJ as well. ;-) A bright, clean look is what I was aiming for. It's a little summer-y, so we'll see how I feel when the end of the year rolls around. ;-)



• This Sunday was such an odd day...it actually rained, which is not at all normal for this time of year. Rain is so delightful and I wasn't about to miss such a rare opportunity, so I promptly ran outside and stood in it. ;-P It was so much fun, and I can't remember the last time I took the time to freely embrace the rain rather than run from it, even loving it as I do.



• I snagged a copy of Amanda Foreman's Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire biography for cheap at a used bookstore (imagine my glee upon beholding it!), so I've been perusing that of late. It's proving a fascinating read so far, and even in the first few chapters I've already learned enough to say that as miscast as I thought Keira Knightley was in The Duchess, apparently Ralph Fiennes was even moreso, since the Duke was only 9 years older than his wife, and not as dark or brooding as Fiennes. They need less grumpy and more languid...I'm thinking Simon Woods might have been a better choice, LOL!



• Thanks to my brother's generous birthday gift, I've finally read Georgette Heyer! Sprig Muslin was something I'd started while waiting in a bookstore, and wanted to finish, so that made choosing one from her vast selection of Regency romances a lot easier! It was cute, and it's obvious why she's such a natural choice for Austen fans. ;-) Not as good as JA (but then again, who is?), but I'd like to keep reading more of her work.



• Having fallen in love with Evelina last summer, Fanny Burney's Cecilia and Camilla have joined the ranks of literature on my shelves! Both volumes are, I might add, veritable DOORSTOPS, weighing in at approximately 1,000 pages each! I can't wait to start one but I confess I'm a bit intimidated since it's such a huge undertaking...
  
  Would anyone else be interested in possibly trying to start up another Group Read?

Comments

[kf-creations.livejournal.com]

lol, some food for the body is good, weight loss or not LMAO.....

You don't have any screen wipes do you? ......

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

No, actually, I don't! I do have Lysol wipes and those car ones though...which wouldst thou prefereth? ;-P

[kf-creations.livejournal.com]

LMAO at your icon

and The car ones sound cool :-)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

LOL!

They're only hand wipes, though we did have window cleaning wipes at one point....

I should invent Food Removing Monitor Wipes and make a fortune!

[kf-creations.livejournal.com]

LMAO

Oh you did that you would have make killing! heheheh