Ouch. Ow. OWWWWW. That pretty much sums up my last few days! My Wednesday started out quite good. I got off my butt and went shopping. I bought Christmas presents and new sheets (because my old ones got a teeeeensy hole in them, which of course my giant big toe found in the night and ripped to pieces) and another cat puzzle, and there was joy in ( Read more... )

( 81. Disappearance at Devil's Rock )

I do not want to have to concentrate this hard when reading.

( 80. Rosewater by Tade Thompson )

Hope everyone is having a lovely end of the month. If you are not, just take a look at this turtle!


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I've come to love Sundays. It's the one day that I literally allow myself to do whatever I want without any guilt of, "But I really shoullllld be doing x, y, z." And part of what I did yesterday was spend a few hours reading this amazing book.

( 78. We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix )

So, I have been sooooo good about trying to keep my 'fun stuff' budget under control. I have Amazon Prime, but I order enough that it's worth it just for the free shipping. The shows and movies are a bonus. I have Kindle Unlimited, and again I use it frequently enough that it's cheaper than what I would spend buying the books. But I've avoided ( Read more... )

Back from a lovely weekend with my sister Margie and my brother-in-law Dan. We watched a lot of movies (John Wick for the win), told a lot of old stories, laughed a lot and made fun of each other a lot. It's what we do. I honestly am starting to feel better and a little more encouraged to get back on track with regular life ( Read more... )

( Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade )

For the last two days I have done nothing but do my jigsaw puzzle, read, and watch Survivor Australia (which I found on the same channel online that hosts The Block AU and The Block NZ. Which, yay.) Of course, I ended up giving up on the 1000 freakin' piece jigsaw puzzle with about 60 or 70 pieces left. Why? Because all that was left was blue ocean ( Read more... )

( My sister Helen )