Scene of the Blog-- Alyce of At Home With Books

This week, we're visiting with Alyce of At Home With Books. Formerly in sales for a publishing company, she now stays at home in Oregon with her two boys and reads in her spare time. (How do you have spare time with two children?) Another book blogger I met through LibraryThing, the one thing that impresses me about Alyce and her blog isn't her reviews or giveaways or participation in memes (although they're all great), but the genuine caring that shows through in her posting. Are you new to book blogging and wondering how many of us seem to get all these advance reading copies? Alyce will show you where to go to get your share, too. Blogger recently changed the "Following" feature on everyone's blogs. All of a sudden, things weren't working properly and people were confused. Alyce posted information on how to fix this. She's one of the exceptional bloggers that make our community such a great place to be.

It seems I had psychic abilities this week in choosing Alyce. Today is her birthday, so let's all wish her a fabulous birthday!

But I digress. Where does she do her blogging? Tell us, Alyce!

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Alyce's blogging space

The picture of my blogging workspace is exactly how it appears on most days, give or take a stack of books or a pile of papers. I didn't clean it up for the photo shoot. My workspace is in the corner of our dining room, and right in the middle of traffic. The kids like to come by and chat with me, the dog is always wanting me to let her out since I'm conveniently next to the door to the backyard, and the cat likes to sneak up on me from behind and use my backside as a scratching post when I'm deep in thought.

The knitted hat on the filing cabinet is my bad hair day hat. I'm sure that everyone in town knows me by that hat because I always wear it in the wintertime. It's so much easier than doing my hair first thing in the morning, and I keep it handy so I can pull it on quickly if a delivery person shows up. Don't ask me why, but yes I actually care what the delivery people think of my hair. In the summertime my knit hat will be replaced by a pink rhinestone-studded breast cancer awareness cap. I've never had breast cancer, but I'm all for being aware - especially if it involves a cute cap!

Items of interest in my workspace: On the top shelf is my wedding picture, which was teetering on the edge when I took this picture, but has since been pushed back to avoid any unfortunate accidents. The yellow box to the left of the picture is leftover TNT Pop-Its from last Fourth of July. On the second shelf is a can of orange spray-on hair color that my husband purchased for football season and forgot to use. I think it would be fairly safe to say that it will still be sitting there when the next football season rolls around. On top of the printer is a collection of all of the kids' pictures, school programs, and newspaper photos from the past three years. The Tupperware container on the desktop contains my seven-year-old's rock collection.

The rest is just sheer clutter, and I shudder to think of what's hiding behind the wedding picture on the top shelf, since I am too short to look behind it. The rest of the house does not look this bad (at least not most of it) but the computer desk seems to be a catch-all for random items with no home.

So that's it, that's my workspace. I could have also included a picture of my couch because my husband bought me a laptop this week. Now if I want to I can blog in the living room, but I still do the bulk of my blogging at my desk. I'm sure that will change over time as I adjust to the new laptop.

Alyce in her work space

I think Alyce's blogging space looks great for being in the main flight pattern of the house, don't you? And for some reason, I can just picture the cat using her as a scratching post while Alyce is deep in thought!

If you're not familiar with Alyce's blog, please make sure to check it out! If you'd like to be included in this weekly feature, tell me in a comment below this post, or use the Contact Me tab up in my header. I hope all of you are having as much fun as I am!