Today Ryan had plans to golf with some coworkers after work.
So what did I do to entertain myself since I have no friends in Ocala yet and didn’t feel like bumming around in the hotel room?
Well, first I ate dinner at the hotel buffet. Kind of. I picked at the dinner before throwing in the towel and making myself a peanut butter and jelly bagelwich back in the room. And then the fun began!
I took my boo-tay to Barnes & Nobel to pick out a new book! (I finished The Glass Castle yesterday. Review to come!)
I selected this book based on your recommendations and reviews I read. Hopefully it’s a winner.
Two things before we move on to my next solo activity of the night:
- I need an Ocala address so I can get a library card. I’ve spent $45 on books since we’ve been here! $15 a book x 3 adds up!
- Would you guys have any interest in a PBF book club? I could pick a book (using your recommendations) and announce it on the blog. Then, a month or so later, I would review it and ask questions that we could all discuss in the comments section of the post? Yay? Nay?
Moving right along to my next activity…
I took myself on a fro yo date!
Mochi was crowded, but not unbearable this evening, so I waited patiently and got myself a cup of chocolate, cake batter and carrot cake frozen yogurt, topped with Heath bar and Butterfinger bits, Oreos and Cap’n Crunch cereal.
Someone please tell me why so many fro yo places don’t have whipped cream as a topping option? Why? I just don’t understand.
Random fun fact: My dad calls whipped cream out of the can “vitamins.” Whenever we have ice cream sundaes at home he always asks us if we’d like them topped with some “vitamins.”
Speaking of vitamins, I am seriously addicted to Adora chocolate calcium disks. Yesterday I ate eight over the course of the day. Eight. That can’t be good.
Off to look up the dangers of consuming too much calcium…
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Yes! Bookclub all the way! Except for I’ve read the last 4 books you’ve read a while ago, I’m just afraid it will be one I’ve already read. I have a lot of time to read when my little one is sleeping;)
you could still definitely weigh in on the discussion even if you read it a long time ago!
You’re going to love The Kite Runner. I read it back in college – it’s great. I must say, that there are some sections in the book that are very hard to read. I’m super sensitive to graphic images – and the descriptions in the book are very, very intense.
It’s a very powerful book though with a strong message – I think you’ll enjoy it!
Hey, Julie! I have never left you a comment until now, but I’ve been religiously following your blog for a few months. I absolutely love your positive outlook on life and you have inspired me to start my own blog (I’m sure you here that often, though).
Anyway, I would love to participate in a PBF book club! I’m a Language Arts teacher and love to read, so I think that would be a lot of fun!
thank you for commenting, katie! 🙂 i’m glad you’re interested in a book club and started a blog!
I’m jealous of your fro yo date. I want some 🙂
my fro yo date with… no one? yeah, i’m cool like that. 🙂
That just means more for you 😉
I was just thinking yesterday that a blog book club would be fun! Sign me up!
The Kite Runner is a fantastic book. I hate giving away my books but that one I was more than willing to pass along so others can experience it as well.
The Kite Runner is an amazing book!! You should read A Thousand Splendid Suns next — it’s by the same author. I think it’s the better of the two books!
I agree with Bri…after the Kite Runner read A Thousand Splendid Suns! So good and thought provoking! The Kite Runner is also a movie, so you could watch that after reading the book 🙂
I am in for the book club!!!!
I would absolutely love a PBF book club! I’ve always wanted to join one but there’s not one in my area with members under 50!
hahaha i know, me too!! my mom just joined a book club and i’m trying to get an “in” into hers! but it’s 2 hrs. away!
Great book! I want your froyo!
Love love love the idea of a PBF book club!! Count me in 🙂
I would be really interested in a book club! I was just thinking about this recently, so this is exciting.
Love the book club idea!
Oh my goodness, haha! My dad calls chocolate milk “medicine”. In the evening, after dinner, he’ll grab the Hershey’s chocolate syrup and a glass of milk and make chocolate milk and all the little ones are like “Dad, dad! Can I have some?” and he says no, because it’s his “medicine”.
🙂
I think our dads are long lost BFFs.
This sounds silly, but I definitely just blogged the other night about how chocolate milk is my “feel good medicine” and it always makes my day better!
I vote yes for the book club! Plus, The Kite Runner is an amazing book- very intense with a lot of twists.
This the first time I have ever left a comment on anyone’s blog. I love reading your blog and smile every time you post pics of Sadie! The Kite Runner is such a great read. It covers some pretty serious subjects but is written so well. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
YES PLEASE to the book club!!! i always read your recommendations and then come back to read the comments about them when I finish the book!
I would LOVE a PBF book club!! So glad you are reading the Kite Runner….it’s one of my all time favs
just an fyi — i was recently telling my mom how much i loved vitafusion calcium gummies and how sometimes i eat them like candy and she told me that too much calcium CAN be bad for you! apparently she knew someone in college who was bulimic and ate tums constantly because of the acid reflux and she ended up getting kidney stones from the excess calcium! not to scare you or anything, just wanted to let you know 😉
yikes! it’s crazy b/c i think we always worry about getting ENOUGH calcium and never really think about the side effects of TOO much. thank you for this comment!
no problem! i was surprised to hear it too, especially since i definitely worry about getting enough calcium.
haha I looove vitamins on ice cream!
And I say yes to a book club! I’m about 2/3 of the way done with The Glass Castle!
Yes! It might make me read something worthwhile! After pursuing a masters in English I’ve kinda jumped on the chick lit bandwagon and have had little motivation to get off 🙂
I think the idea of a book club is great! Since my close friends and I all live scattered throughout the country, we used to have one and would discuss our books via email. The Kite Runner is one of those books that tugs on your heartstrings and if you like it I’m sure you will also like A Thousand Splendid Suns. I also used to overdose on my vitamins – the gummy bear kind! I still think they are really tasty!
HUGE yes to book club!!!
Ohh, the Kite Runner. That is such a good book, but made me cry so so hard, and many parts were difficult to read. But I loved it 🙂
Kite Runner is a fantastic book—I’m sure you’ll love it!
I’d totally be interested in a PBF book club. All the ones I’ve found in my area is made up of women MUCH older than me. This isn’t a huge deal, but I’d love to read and discuss a book with people my own age!
You haven’t read Kite Runner? I read it once when it first came out, and then a second time when the movie came out. It’s an amazing story. Sad, but beautiful.
PBF Book Club? Heck yeah!!!!!!!!!
I drove through Ocala today on my way to visit my parents (I’m at FSU in Tallahassee going through Nurse Practitioner school) and thought about you.
Love your blog 🙂
Book club is a great idea! May pick up Sara’s Keys or The Glass Castle. Still waiting for The Help to become available.
I wish our town had a froyo place. All we have is TCBY and i dont think that even counts haha.
I’m totally in for that book club!
I enjoyed Kite Runner a lot, it’s such a great book!
I have been asking the same question about the lack of whipped cream at fro yo shops! That is the only topping I can’t live without, I can eat whipped cream by itself.
A book club would be fun!
I read ‘The Kite Runner’ several years ago. Its a very sad but good story. You should follow it with the authors second book ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, I own both!
The Kite Runner is one of my most favorite books! You will fly through it. It’s one of those books you can’t put down. Another book by the same author, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is also very very good. Good choice! Can’t wait to read what you think of it!
The yogurt spot in Texas always has cans of whipped cream (vitamins) !!! I always need vitamins!!
Woah. your fro-yo bowl sounds amazing! I need to try some of those flavours 🙂
No whipped cream?! What a tragedy!! My fro yo bowls are always filled to the brim with that stuff. I’m jealous of your carrot cake flavor, though. I’ve never seen it before!
I love the book club idea!
Yeah, you can get kidney stones from too much calcium. It is possible to get too much of a good thing. I’m always really careful about vitamin consumption. Probably because when I was a kid my mom relentlessly repeated that you should only take ONE flintstone vitamin a day and NO more! otherwise I would have eaten them like candy.
true story: when i was little, i apparently climbed up onto the counter and ate half a jar of flinstone’s gummies. thankfully my mom is a nurse and knew ti give me a medicine to induce vomiting. she then told me it was all the vitamins that made me throw up, not the medicine so i wouldn’t do it again!
Definitely YAY to the book club. I have been reading like its my job all summer long, I think I’m up to 25 books (and libraries are the best thing ever for this reason) but I know Im gonna fall off the wagon once school and internships begin…would love a book club!
I’m one of those older ladies (almost 50) that doesn’t want to discuss books with a bunch of old ladies!! HAHA I’m totally IN for the book club with you youngsters!! 8)
woohoo! welcome aboard!
YES on PBF book club!!!! I’d definitely participate!!!!
I’d love a book club! Sounds fun
Would definitely love a PBF book club! Count me in! 🙂
I love the idea of a book club!
And The Kite Runner is absolutely AMAZING!!
the kite runner is my all time FAVORITE book, and I read a lot! You will love love love it! Make sure you check out A Thousand Splendid Suns (same author) when you finish!
Book Club! A future teacher’s dream! I am reading “Little Bee” right now, but I will certainly be ready for the next discussion.
And for the record, solo Fro-yo dates are sometimes necessary. I went to Menchie’s tonight!
I would LOVE a PBF book club! Count me in!
I think a book club is a great idea! We seem to have similar tastes in books as it is!
Holy wow you have a lot of flavors going on in that froyo cup! Looks delish 🙂
You are going to LOVE the kite runner – it’s so riveting! The movie is good too, but not as good as the book (naturally)
yes, yes, yes! i’ve been lacking so much in the reading department this summer and a PBF book club would totally keep me accountable and give me some good book ideas! yay all the way 😉
I hit the thrift stores for super cheap books. Just picked up four today, and they usually have a pretty great selection. Check and see if your new town has a Goodwill to save some moolah till you can get a library card:)