She Thinks She's Witty

Today we had "Second Breakfast" at the office to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first publication of J.R.R. Tolkein's book, The Hobbit . It was a delightful affair with tea and bisquits, bangers and mash, pancakes, and hard boiled eggs. I feel so lucky to work in a place where we can have fun events like this over lunch time. We all got names of characters in the book or hobbit-esque names. This was mine: The meal reminded me of the movie coming out, though, and the movie that I used to watch when I was little. This is the hobbit that I remember: This is the new hobbit: That's a bit of a change, but I'm excited for the movie! I've still never actually read the book, though. I do feel kind of bad about that. It's one of those books that I feel everyone should read at least once. I'll add it to my list of books to read at some point. Cheerio, Rach

Design By Curly Girl

Right now Elizabeth Gilbert is my inspiration. She gets me and she doesn't even know it, lol. I love the movie Eat, Pray, Love , but I was loving the book even more. I'm reading another book right now for a book talk I'm leading, but after that's done, I'm headed straight back to the writings of Ms. Gilbert. One of my favorite quotes from the book and the movie is the one about her missing her boyfriend, David: “I’m not laughing.” I was actually crying. “And please don’t laugh at me now, but I think the reason it’s so hard for me to get over this guy is because I seriously believed David was my soul mate. ”He probably was. Your problem is you don’t understand what that word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that’s holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the mo...