My Nook and Two Thumbs Up for Barnes & Noble

Besides stitching and other crafts,  I like to read and listen to audio books.  I was introduced to Stephanie Plum (by Janet Evanovich) in October and have been reading the series in order.  I am on Smokin' Seventeen, it was available as an epub book from the library.  My Nook was fully charged, I loaded Smokin' Seventeen onto my nook on Monday morning, read during lunch both Monday and Tuesday.  I took it to the community center to walk with on Wednesday and no battery power.

If you like to read while you exercise you will understand what a huge disappointment this was.  I cut my walk short and drove over to B&N to get a new battery.  If I had been smarter -- I would have jumped off the treadmill and walked to B&N <sigh> thought of that much too late.  Anyway, I walked into the store, looked around and couldn't find the replacement batteries.  I went to customer service, told them that I was looking for a new battery and the super nice representative took my nook, checked to be sure it was up to date with software and replaced my battery -- for free -- how nice was that??!!  Maybe it's part of the warranty, it is one of the early edition Nook's, I don't know.  I'm a pretty happy camper!

Rwanda Partners Basket Co.

This beautiful basket was made by Egidia from Rwanda.  I bought it at a Costco road show for Rwanda Partners Basket Co, "a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of the poor and marginalized in Rwanda".   The road show isn't currently scheduled to go further east than Colorado -- but, you can learn about this organization and perhaps find a perfect basket at their website:  Rwanda Baskets

New Year Resolutions 2012

With the start of each new year I give a bit of thought to new year resolutions and end up with the same thing.  Once again, in keeping with the holiday spirit my 2012 resolution is "If you don't have anything nice to say.... don't say anything".  I don't think I'm a mean or bad person but there are times when things spill out of my mouth and - too late - I realize that it was not something that should be said.

Cheers to the New Year -- do good and be good!!