I was checking my stats yesterday and saw someone had visited my blog using “decoration how to organize a bookcase” as a search phrase. 
Yeah, we all know I have strong opinions on this subject. Primarily, don’t organize by color if you actually READ your books!!! 
I read several vintage decorating/clothing type blogs and one from yesterday had me literally laughing out loud. Go read about some questionable advice.
Census records are a great resource for both family history and writing, but ye gods! The dudes taking down the information could have used penmanship classes in the worst way! Some of them are quite clear and easy to read. Unfortunately, they’re in the minority. Most of them must have been written by doctors given the level of chicken scratchings. 
At least when I’m using them for writing research, I can skip the ones I can’t read (and don’t feel like trying to decipher) and move onto other records that are more legible. It’s kind of hard to do that with family history research. But it would make my life easier right now if Ancestry had the census records indexed with occupations in addition to names, etc. But they don’t, so finding the info I want is taking longer.
My horoscope for today:
- Bizarre dreams might haunt your sleep tonight, but if you aren’t careful, the dreams could disappear as quickly as they appeared. The symbols might be trying to tell you something, so you won’t want to forget them. Keep a notebook and pen by your bed, and plant the suggestion in your mind that you’ll wake up after you’ve had an intense dream. Then write the dream down before it vanishes forever.
Well, I do that anyway. Have done for years. But what if I don’t remember them??? I usually don’t these days….
Happy birthday to actor Nicholas Lea. He turns 46 today. 
Tonight on TV, we have Greensburg, In Plain Sight, and Inspector Lewis which is a spin-off of the very popular PBS mystery series Inspector Morse.
Reading: I haven’t quite finished Dead in the Water by Carola Dunn yet. Should do tonight unless I drop off to sleep the minute my head hits the pillow which is highly unlikely. *g*
I dream odd things like purple giraffes with green spots. What does that mean? LOL…
Loved the Woolworths ad!
Comment by Marianne — June 22, 2008 @ 10:30 am
I seldom remember my dreams until I have a deja vu moment.
Tonight’s In Plain Sights looks like fun with David Foley.
Comment by Dru — June 22, 2008 @ 10:35 am
I sometimes remember my dreams and other times I don’t. I do get those deja vu moments as well. Hmm.
Gosh! That dress in that ad? Ewwwww. *G*
What do you think of Greensburg?
I hope you have a good day!
Comment by Brandy — June 22, 2008 @ 2:29 pm
I rarely remember my dreams.
Oh, I love Inspector Morse and Inspector Lewis!
Um why would you organize your books by color? That’s just SILLY!
Comment by Amy Addison — June 22, 2008 @ 3:36 pm
Thanks for the link! I am glad to have found your blog too, I am going to bookmark you and come back…I know JUST what you mean about Ancestry, I have often wished they would inde by occupations - actually the LDS Family Centers used to have an 1880 index that did have an occupation filter. i don’t know if they still have it.
I also write about weird Victorian/NYC stuff and genealogy (scandalous gg uncles, etc) at
http://thevirtualdimemuseum.blogspot.com
Cheerio - Lidian
Comment by Lidian — June 22, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
Oh, i just saw that you are writing a 1920s murder mystery - that is so cool! I am writing an 1890s one, takes place in Brooklyn, female detective, etc. Going very slowly…history blog is teaching me more about Brooklyn, because I got stuck…it is so hard to imagine oneself back in another time but I love it.
Definitely, definitely coming back to read more of your posts.
Comment by Lidian — June 22, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
I was organizing my homeschooling books on a big bookcase last night and thought of you! I’m off to the office supply store to by little dots for some of the books so I can keep track of them better!
Very cool to return on Nicholas Lea’s birthday. Did you ever see him in Vertical Limits? He looked so good there!
Comment by Melissa Mc — June 23, 2008 @ 12:07 pm