Sunday Inspiration (1)

"In the morning, prayer is the key that opens to us the treasures of God's mercies and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts us up under His protection and safeguard."

Billy Graham, Till Armageddon

Follow Friday (2)

Follow Friday is hosted by parajunkee.com & alisoncanread.com     
For the rules, click through on the button.

Q. Let's step away from books for a second and get personal. 

What t-shirt slogan best describes you?

This was a hard question to answer.  I had a different post ready, but deleted it when I remembered a t-shirt from my past.  You can't read it very well in this photo, but the shirt says, "I think I'm allergic to morning!" 

In retrospect, I find this a funny shirt.  Let me explain.  I was, and still am, allergic to nearly everything.  Hence the artificial Christmas tree! 

Allergic or not, mornings and I have never gotten along.  Funny that I should be named Dawn, because I'm rarely up early.  I am a snooze-button addict who should probably caffeinate but doesn't. (You don't want to see what caffeine does to me!)  So nearly every morning, I slump into work and invariably respond to the receptionist's friendly "How are you?" with the same word -- "Sleepy."

While much is unchanged, I have improved.  It used to be you couldn't speak to me until I'd had my breakfast.  Well, on second thought, that's still your safest bet!

 

 

The Time Will Come (3)

 

"The Time Will Come"  is a weekly feature hosted by Jodie from Books for Company.

Each Thursday, we share a book that might be sitting unread on our shelves for now, but we do intend to get to! 

(Thanks go to Jennifer @ It's Fay, Not Fey! for the graphic!) 

I know Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series was a hit before the HBO series True Blood ever began.  And while I haven't seen a single episode of the TV series, I understand that it made the books even more popular.  Still, I never got around to reading it.  Sometimes when something is all-the-rage, I check it out to see what the fuss is about (Twilight).  Other times, popularity makes me a little more hesitant.  In this case, for whatever reason, I must have had doubts, because Dead Until Dark has been sitting on my shelves for a long time! I plan to get to it, though.  Maybe another October selection?

If you have read this and loved it, please let me know.  I could use a little poking and prodding!

Got any books you've decided have gone unread for too long? Do share!