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4:19PM I have been so busy today that I'm behind in all the going ons with all of you. I'll try to catch up, but I want to say that it is nice to see Terri and Cindy back. I have four days off of work and I'm so excited to catch up on everything. I've been so busy with my blog and reading challenges coming up that I haven't been around GR much. I'll try to be more present. Terri, hope you are feeling better, I know what it's like to be down for no particular reason and not be able to come out of it. Let me know if you want someone to talk to I'm here. I do hope by now things are looking up for you.
Cindy, I haven't read Swan Song yet, but I've heard it is amazing. I've got to try to get it soon. So glad to see you posting again.
Veronica Happy Anniversary. Have a wonderful evening.
6:53 p.m. and I have to be at work in the morning at 4:30 a.m. Started reading Saint today and will probably have a lot of time at work to make progress in the morning. Sorry I won't be online much tonight. Must get some sleep.
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I have not gotten to read as much as I first thought I would be able to. Go figure right? My day seems to have been non stop today between preparing food, cleaning and working out. LOL
Chris enjoy your 4 days! YAY! Good to see you posting. Did you give me your blog site address?
733pm- went out to dinner-gorgeous day today so ate outside which was nice.Happy Anniversary Veronica!
8:49..thanks everyone for best wishes. You are all the best
7:58PM I plan on enjoying my time. Today we decided to have a family day. We went out to the mall to wander a bit then out to lunch. Had to run and get a few groceries. Then we all watched a movie at home. It was a great day. Now the kids are sleeping (or should be soon) and we are watching a movie while my wife sews. Janie I don't think I ever gave anyone my site address. My blog is at brunnersbookshelf.blogspot.com.I'm really new at this but very excited when I figure something out for myself.
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Janie wrote: "I totally understand how you feel Chris. I am a self taught website designer, and always felt so accomplished when I learned something new, but now I feel so outdated so many new things to learn an..."That's great Janie. I am loving blogging. I already did the reviews here but I get to be more creative with my posts and it gets me out there a bit more. I have checked out your blog and I like how you have it set up. I'm a member but don't show up in your newest members section.
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Chris it had to do with completing your profile or something to that effect. Who knows. I am so tired of that site that I started a new blog and will do away with webs.com my new blog is http://bookwormsbuddy.weebly.com It is so much better than my blog at webs and it offers the same stuff except for allowing members and it does not have the forum. But I have my group here so that is good enough for me. This place has a ton of templates to choose from and everything is drag and drop and then typing. I can add videos, images whatever. So it will be great I think. I have gotten a lot done so far. I am happy. And if I continue to like it then I may upgrade to paid. I need to get to bed now lol.
9:36 AM. Good morning, GR! We are here getting Mark's haircut. I forgot my book so I am checking in on GR. I'm not sure what all we have planned for today. We are thinking of going to the Rangers game tonight, but we're trying to decide if we feel up to it. No kayaking this weekend because it is the Labor Day weekend, and there are always too many drunks on boats, which is dangerous for us. Happy Saturday!!
11:13am EDT. Enjoying a leisurely Sat with hub, puppy, and some excellent coffee. Plan a major library haul today--I'm desperate for new stuff to read! Planning on caprese salad for dinner--juicy ripe tomatoes layered with fresh mozzarella, basil chiffonade, some slices of thin prosciutto, covered with balsamic vinegar along with some garlic French bread. Yum! A delicious meal and essentially no clean-up!
Chris--enjoy your 4 days off! Have an awesome time with your family!
Kathryn--I'm addicted to PR! I thought it was so interesting when Sandro lost his cool and walked off throwing things and generally throwing a hissy fit. He deserved to be gone. I too like Kate a lot. Ken really gets to me with his superior attitude and general disdain for the other designers.
Janie, how are the pumpkins growing?
Have a great Saturday all my GR friends!
Chris--enjoy your 4 days off! Have an awesome time with your family!
Kathryn--I'm addicted to PR! I thought it was so interesting when Sandro lost his cool and walked off throwing things and generally throwing a hissy fit. He deserved to be gone. I too like Kate a lot. Ken really gets to me with his superior attitude and general disdain for the other designers.
Janie, how are the pumpkins growing?
Have a great Saturday all my GR friends!
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Terri, we only have one pumpkin that seems to be thriving, all the others that started pretty much died and we don't know why. I have watered like I am supposed to, they are not sitting in water, there are plenty of bees for pollination, so I don't know, and I am tired of guessing. I will not be doing this for next year.
Terri wrote: "11:13am EDT Plan a major library haul today--I'm desperate for new stuff to read! "Did you ever read
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena? I thought it was good literary fiction.
5:46 p.m. EDT Hi, all. Veronica, a belated happy anniversary! Yesterday at Dragon Con was amazing! Had a great time, but I wore myself out and the cats wouldn't let me sleep, so I had to stay home today. Hoping hubby and friend had lots of fun today! I had my picture taken with A.J. Scudiere and she signed her newest book for me, so yay! Also met James Tuck; he's cool. Saw a panel with the Cruxshadows, but not sure if I'll be able to go to their concert, which is 1:30 a.m. EDT on Monday ... O.o I have a whole new perspective now after dealing with being in a wheelchair all day. Was amazed alternately by the kindness of people who held doors and helped me go through packs of people to get on the elevator, and then by the rudeness of people who would walk on the smooth part of the sidewalk, leaving us the option of trying to knock through the dirt around the trees or have to wait several minutes for them to clear the space so we could move, or standing in front of me at crosswalks so I was left to have to wait for the next light, or stopping right inside the door so we would practically collide with them, or act like they didn't see me waiting, etc. Very annoying trying to navigate through crowds! Was also amused by the Papa John's guy who found a great spot where people were walking past him all day and selling pizzas for $6 to them after the smell of the pizza would drive them into a feeding frenzy, and the religious guy standing at the corner yelling at the crowd about how we were all going to hell (I started to yell about Cthulhu until my husband yelled at me to shut up... *laugh*). Anyway, we'll be back there tomorrow. Monday will be my day to haunt the exhibits hall and buy my T-shirts and such - there are some really cool DS9 shirts I desperately want, and I also want to sit by the books area and hopefully meet a few more authors, plus have a few more minutes to chat with A.J. and her publisher, who is a really cool lady. So, I spent today sleeping and resting up for the next two days... :-) Hope everyone is doing well; there were a lot of posts, so I just skimmed. My apologies if I missed anything important!
Chuck wrote: "Terri wrote: "11:13am EDT Plan a major library haul today--I'm desperate for new stuff to read! "
Did you ever read
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena? I thought it was good literary fiction."
Chuck, I haven't read A Constellation of Vital Phenomens. I think you sent it to me but somehow I now can't find it. D'oh!
Did you ever read
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena? I thought it was good literary fiction."
Chuck, I haven't read A Constellation of Vital Phenomens. I think you sent it to me but somehow I now can't find it. D'oh!
11:10PM Had a great day today. My wife and baby girl feel asleep on the living room floor this afternoon and my son was coloring so I got to read. This is a rare occasion but it was so quiet and nice. About to feed baby girl and my wife is baking pumpkin bread. It smells amazing and I can't wait for a late night snack before bed. I know I shouldn't, but it is so good. Pumpkin baking season has begun and my wife is amazing at baking.
11:27 PM. Just washed my face, brushed my teeth, moisturized my face, and now I'm in bed hoping to squeeze in a few pages of a short book I'm reading. I needed a short distraction from AGOT. My dad came over for dinner: steaks, pasta salad, and asparagus. It was delicious. We decided not to go to the game since my dad is going back out to another oil rig in the morning. :( We didn't do too much today, but the day seemed to go quickly. We watched my Texas Rangers win, and it was a nail-biter of a game. Hoping we get up and go enjoy the day, but it will have to be early because of the heat. Giz is snuggled up with me, so it's goodnight, GR....Terri, Ken is such a sore loser. His attitude is nasty. Makes me want to root against him!
7:04 a.m. EDT Just about to dress to head to Dragon Con for the day. The cats howled all night again, so I'm running too close to empty for my tastes... *sigh* Still, most of the panels we wanted to see today are in the same hotel, so we shouldn't have to run around as much as we did on Friday, but two of them are not, and they're both as far away from the other hotel as they can be and still be part of the 'con. *sigh* Hope everyone has a great day!
9:53 a.m. and I'm off until Tuesday morning. Don't know what to do with all this time. Wait, yes I do, I'm gonna READ. I'm excited that I'm actually gonna have two days off this week and have lots of reading time. Starting now. Hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend.
Cindy, I am so happy for you!!!! I hope you have a wonderful few days off to enjoy yourself.
Kathryn wrote: "Cindy, I am so happy for you!!!! I hope you have a wonderful few days off to enjoy yourself."
What are you reading right now Kathryn? Sorry, I haven't looked at your list lately.
What are you reading right now Kathryn? Sorry, I haven't looked at your list lately.
Currently, still A Game of Thrones. Last night, I was looking at my bookshelf and picked up this short read called Waiting Period by Hubert Selby, JR. I feel Iike I need a reading accomplishment. Lol How about you?
10:42am ET. Chilling and enjoy time OFF! I read a little yesterday; but mostly just slept. Today and tomorrow I hope to read a huge chunk of Storm Front, which is my intro to The Dresden Files. Nothing like another series to get hooked on! :D
1600 UK time - cooking Sunday dinner with reading and GR in between. Unfortunately no long weekend for us in the UK that was last week.
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Cindy really happy to hear you have a couple of days for relaxation! That is always so nice! Enjoy your reading!
Chris how was your pumpkin bread? I don't really care much for pumpkin stuff but the hub does.
Kathryn I am getting uber excited about our meet up coming this week! I also agree with needing to have another book to skip too while reading AGOT. I have 2 other books to skip too. LOL
Kathryn wrote: "Currently, still A Game of Thrones. Last night, I was looking at my bookshelf and picked up this short read called Waiting Period by Hubert Selby, JR. I feel Iike I need a reading accomplishment. ..."
I shouldn't even talk about it Kathryn. LOL. No matter how many times I vow to read one at a time, it never fails and I attempt several when I don't have the time. Just finished Swan Song a day or so ago and now I'm reading Saint, Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, Roadrage, and And On The Sixth Day. Had to abandon a couple for now and I'm getting ready to start John Dies at the End.
I shouldn't even talk about it Kathryn. LOL. No matter how many times I vow to read one at a time, it never fails and I attempt several when I don't have the time. Just finished Swan Song a day or so ago and now I'm reading Saint, Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, Roadrage, and And On The Sixth Day. Had to abandon a couple for now and I'm getting ready to start John Dies at the End.
11:43 a.m. Waiting for the little one to finish her lunch so we can go take our walk. Very excited to be getting out of the house!!
11:47AM and enjoying a little quiet time. Nap time for the kiddos. Janie, the pumpkin bread is amazing. My wife added mini chocolate chips to it and it is so delicious. Half the loaf is already gone. I love all things pumpkin and can't wait to buy some Schlafly Pumpkin beer. Theirs is the best I think but there are a lot of good ones out there.
1:00 PM. Mark and I just got back from a 3 mile walk at the nature preserve. It made me so happy he went with me. Enjoying some honeydew melon and chicken salad for lunch. Need to get a shower after I finish eating. Not sure what else we are going to do today, but I am going to try to finish this Selby book I'm reading. Janie, I am so excited, too! Just a few more days! It's kind of weird. When I sit down and read AGOT, I really get into it. But, it's just not moving fast enough, and it's making me feel behind on my challenge, even though I'm not behind....it's weird. Lol
21.48Switched off LINCOLN after 45 minutes, this film really needed an A for Americans Only Certificate, had not got a clue who anybody was, the whole argument was morally absurd to begin with, but most importantly where were the Vampires!!!!!
4:58 - Just finished making baked ziti ( its in the oven). And the girls are cleaning the kitchen. Since baked ziti is one of their most favorite dish I cook for them, the always go into a cleaning mode. LOL
Sounds like a great incentive, Veronica. P.S.......I'm on my way over! :)
I made baked ziti last night for company. Invited several couples over for cocktails and a backyard bonfire. Had to make a pulled pork (my other fave) and everyone brought something..so it was a big feast. Today is lay on couch day with my book and eat leftovers all day.
Ella, that sounds like a great day!
Kathryn wrote: "Sounds like a great incentive, Veronica. P.S.......I'm on my way over! :)"You are most definitely welcomed.. XOXOXOXO
Ella wrote: "I made baked ziti last night for company. Invited several couples over for cocktails and a backyard bonfire. Had to make a pulled pork (my other fave) and everyone brought something..so it was a bi..."OOOOO!!! NICE!!!
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Yum you guys Baked Ziti sounds really good! Kathryn I agree, I can start reading AGOT and start following it and enjoying it while I am reading, but then when I put it down I don't have a huge urge to pick it back up LOL
Sean wrote: "21.48Switched off LINCOLN after 45 minutes, this film really needed an A for Americans Only Certificate, had not got a clue who anybody was, the whole argument was morally absurd to begin with, b..."
hahahhaa... yeah, where were the VAMPS!?!
7:42 p.m. and I guess the excitement is over for now. Was sitting here reading and kept hearing a helicopter flying over. Finally went outside to see what was going on and there were six cop cars a couple of buildings over plus the helicopter flying over. After about 20 minutes another cop car arrives with a dog. I hate living here with a passion! This happens almost every day. Oh well, enough fussing. Gonna try to read again for a couple of hours.
10:36 PM. Finally sitting down after a busy evening. Made dinner and cleaned the kitchen, mopped the house, then I've been working on laundry. I ironed 9 pairs of pants and 14 shirts for Mark. Caught up on GR notifications, so I'm going to read. :)
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"I have finally succumbed to the boredom of the book." (A personal quote) Sorry guys I just could not go any further in AGOT and I am afraid I have to abandon the book. I tried to like it, I really did, but after 300 pages you would think if I were gonna like the book I would have grown fond of it by now. I just can't do it. There were some memorable parts, but very few for me, not enough for me to persevere through the book. With that said, I have been enjoying The stand this evening. I will start the Passage as soon as my book arrives.
I felt the same way about AGOT, I struggled through because I was listening to it in audio. I couldn't wait to be done with it. Glad you are enjoying the stand. I'm also curious to see what you think of the Passage. I probably should have just given up on AGOT.
9.53pm Sitting in bed with my laptop catching up on a couple of days worth of GR messages and posts. I still haven't got much reading done... I need to get through Breaking Bad and then I'll have an extra two hours a day to do just that!
9:20 AM. Woke up to overcast skies, wet Earth, and the possibility of more rain! This makes me so happy because we need all of the rain we can get right now. I'm going to finish this short book I started, once I make some coffee, get some laundry started, and just enjoy the day!
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Kathryn would you like this hardback copy of The Passage? Let me know and I will bring it on Thursday.
10:50am reading "My Beloved World" for a class in my grad school! Hope to finish today so I can do other homework, read something else and maybe to online book shopping! I still have giftcards a to Amazon that I haven't used!!!
12:31 PM. Was hoping to get a nap in before heading over to see my sister for her birthday. But it does not look like its in the cards. Every time I get into a sleep, my phone starts to ring. Now that I am up now, my phone won't make a sound. smh
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Veronica HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! Enjoy your day when it comes!