Hope everybody's new year is going well so far.

I have had a cold for the past nine days. Congestion and cough, mainly. It's a real pain at work. A couple of times I had to stop what I was doing and make my way to the break room and restroom until I got my coughing under control. I awoke late this morning to a rainstorm. Being fair to myself I ( Read more... )

I probably missed posting some things but nothing major.  I picked up some extra hours at work and Finally cleared off my patio.  I offered George $20 to help bag and clean.  He's coming back next weekend hopefully to haul away the larger items like the metal frame work from the old hammock swing.  He recycles metal so he seemed happy to help.  I ( Read more... )

So yesterday was my birthday.  The day was quiet until I went to Golden Corral which is a hugely popular buffet that recently opened just around the block from me.  The line always goes out the door but it did move fast.  The food was good.  They had my favorite of chocolate chip mint ice cream and a chocolate fountain to dip the strawberries under ( Read more... )

Happy New Year to everybody ( Read more... )

So I did find one book that I really, really liked.  It's titled The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke.  It's a YA adventure/love story.

plot: Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to an allying pirate clan: she wants to captain her own boat, not serve as second-in-command to her handsome yet clueless ( Read more... )

So they did not need me for jury duty.  I did not have to report in.  I'm very glad about that.  I tried to get a penpal via email but I think that fell through.  I'm very lonely.  I just want somebody to connect with and be able to talk to.  But I don't want pity.  I got bored reading today so I made an apple-pear crisp.  It's bubbling on my stove ( Read more... )

Things have been crazy lately and forgot to post any of it ( Read more... )

Check out the book The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente.  It's cute and funny and reminds me of both Alice in Wonderland and Wizard of Oz.  My favorite characters are the green jacket, the key, and Saturday. I loved it.

Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary ( Read more... )

I also finished a book recently by Cherie Priest titled Boneshaker. It's a steampunk novel with zombies in it.  It was pretty good.

"In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a ( Read more... )

I'm not one for non-fiction as a general rule but I got my hands on a copy of Heads in Beds by Jacob Tomsky and it was brilliant   It cracked me up every time I read it. It's written as a narrative, and as he explains his adventures in the book I felt a part of them.  I never felt bored either just interested and laughing out loud. A must read!

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