Follow Friday (TGIF): Thankful and Life

This Week’s Question:

It’s Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. so we want to know what you are Thankful for – blogging related of course! Who has helped you out along the way? What books are you thankful for reading?

Rie’s Answer:

Bloggers:

(Links go to blogs)

@Parajunkee- BB101 are some of my favorite posts and gave me the idea for Blogger Helper. She’s always so helpful and I simply adore her.

@RabidReads- Whenever I have a coding question that I simply cannot figure out I go to her. She’s a coding genius. Plus, you know she’s just awesome.

@Isabooksoulmate- My history soulmate. I love talking to her even if I don’t do it often enough. And I mean seriously who doesn’t love R.A.K.

@BasicallyBooks-This girl is so amazingly sweet. Love her.

@Basiasbookshelf- This is my chica for early morning talks. She is interested in the same stuff I am (design, coding, technology) plus of course BOOKS!

@Greadsbooks- When I type g in my address bar it thinks I’m going here. Which 90% of the time it’s right. I love her blog. I love her.

There are so many bloggers that have helped me I could not possibly thank every single one. So if I talk to you endlessly on twitter I probably love you.

On the book side:

This book meant so much to me. Probably more than a book has meant to me since I began reading. It’s about so much real heartbreaking stuff everyone deals with much more than it’s about Hades and Persephone.

Pabkins' Answer:

@missiontoread - The lovely Rie - she makes me feel right at home in making me part of Mission to Read.  She knows how to crack a whip that one!

@VVb32reads - I stalk her - I can't help it - she always has such fun events on her blog plus she is an absolute sweety.

Mary! aka M.A.D. (she doesn't have twitter that I know off)  - who I met because of V - she cracks me up so hard sometimes that I shoot tea from my nose and I fear I might piddle myself.  So check her out!

@rnclementson - This is my sister Rinni - she puts up with my crazy blogging and I always love all the cool things she posts up at her blog - she feeds my craft related madness.

Books I'm thankful for? My whole library! Earned with the cold sweat of a maxed out credit card - oh and some from the blistered fingers of entering bloggy giveaways...but mostly its my compulsive book buying addiction that is to blame....or wait thank right?

This Week’s Question:

When You're Not Reading: What occupies your time when your nose isn't stuck in a book?

Rie’s Answer:

Baby Pic of my Hub

Primarily? My husband. Seriously, I’m a graduate student and this boy takes more of my time than all that studying combined. But I do so love him. Oh and Miss Chlo, my furbaby.

Furbaby: Chloe

Graduate school. I’m a history graduate student. Papers seriously consume my life. I mean SERIOUSLY. When I’m not writing papers I’m researching.

Internship. I’m an intern for a local museum. I catalog objects as they come in to the museum and research objects that donated. I just started this internship a couple weeks ago, so I’m not sure what all it’ll entail.

Volunteering. I volunteer for several local organizations, although ever since I started graduate school I’ve had to back off my volunteer hours.

Pabkins' Answer:

Spending time with the husband - and trying to make babies *wink* TMI? Too bad you asked.  *evil laughter*

Crafting - I am a craftaholic! I like to make things...creepy cute things!  I pick up hobbies as quickly as I pick up books.  I paint, work with polymer/paper clay, fabric, yarn, you name it and I'll probably try it.  I am really into trying to make dolls as well as I have a doll collection.  Yes, I know I'm supposed to be an adult.  I also knit, cross-stitch.  

Watching Anime - I can go on weekend long bingers of anime watching - I've been addicted ever since I was probably 3 when I lived in Japan.  Luckily my husband is addicted too.

(Rie's Note: And working incredibly stupid hours that keep her from being able to talk endlessly with me.)

                       Rie and Pabkins       

Essentially, we are two sides of the same coin. We both love to read but have tastes that range to such opposite ends of the fiction spectrum!  Rie our blonde haired smoothie perhaps is the light and lovey side of us, Pabkins the chocolate haired one brings us the darker delights.

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