READ-A-THON UPDATE OR EPIC FAIL...SO FAR!

So...let me give you my paltry progress this read-a-thon.  I didn't get to start until Thursday night.  I started on page 249 of Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show by Frank Delaney.  I'm now on page 329.  100 pages to go and I'll be finished.  Next I'm picking up The Queen's Pawn by Christy English.  I am going to do all in my power to stay awake all night tonight.  I have nothing going on tomorrow so an all-nighter is feasible.  Going to make me a pot of coffee and drink plenty of Diet Coke and snack continuously...LOL!

How is your read-a-thon progress going?

READ-A-THON MINI-CHALLENGE

This is the first read-a-thon mini-challenge I've been able to participate in because of my non-internet access for the past few days.  Thanks to Carina at Reading Through Life for keeping her mini-challenge open all weekend! Her challenge is inspired by Ramadan, during which practicing Muslims refrain from food and drink (plus some other, less obvious, things) from dawn until dusk. From dusk until dawn, however, they can eat and drink normally.  Where Carina lives in Toronto, this fasting can last 15-16 hours.  Her challenge for us is to write a post describing your ideal comfort food meal to break your hypothetical 15 hour fast one of the nights of this week’s read-a-thon.

One of my favorite restaurants is Chili's because they have tons of food that I really love.  So I would probably head straight over there and eat the following:

Chili's homemade salsa with bottomless tortilla chips

with Fire-Grilled Corn Guacamole...yum!

Honey Chipotle Chicken Crispers with loaded mashed potatoes and corn on the cob.

A nice big piece of Cheesecake...hold the strawberry sauce please!

And keep those Diet Cokes coming--with lemon please!

Delicious! Now I'm hungry!

What about you?  Are you a fan of Chili's?  Or what is your favorite restaurant or type of food?  And what would you eat after a 15 hour fast?

Thanks to Carina for a fun challenge. =O)

PROBLEMS AND READ-A-THON

First of all, I want to apologize for the absence of Cat Thursday today.  I have a new internet connection at my house and it is a PIECE OF CRAP! I have already had a tech out and it still didn't help.  I lose my connection constantly! So, I ordered internet through T-Mobile and will have it in a few days.  It's more expensive than the other one, but now I see why the other one is so cheap...total crap...LOL! Anyway, I will be at my mom's tomorrow and all weekend and she has internet so...I'll be able to catch up on the read-a-thon challenges, etc. (hopefully!).

Regarding the read-a-thon, I didn't end up starting last night.  I went to a free movie (Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long...a good one) and when I got home, I was so exhausted I fell asleep until morning.  Never happens! Anyway, I officially started tonight at 8pm.  Started on page 249 of Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show by Frank Delaney.

Thanks for bearing with me!