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8:39 Up bright and early. Dropped off my car to my mechanic for its inspection,doing some chores, and getting myself together for babysitting my 2 nieces and nephew
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Sorry, Lucy - I hate it when people flake on me. :-(11:18 a.m. EST *groans* I do not want to be awake, but simply could not sleep. I'm tired. Oh, well. I'll read for awhile; once hubby is off to work it'll be Star Trek time again...
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1:17 p.m. EST Realized I have a few more books to read than I thought this month. Oh, well, I'll still have plenty of time for Star Trek.
1:05 PM. Sitting here at a wood store Mark frequents. Today is Small Business Saturday, so everywhere we plan to go are small businesses. As soon as I got up, I got ready to go, we left and paid rent, got some breakfast, and now we're here. After this, we are going to the bookstore and for a drive. We both feel like just driving around. I brought my Kindle so I can read P&P. Later I plan to do some YouTube videos, and I really hope to finish P&P today. Have a wonderful Saturday, everyone!
3:28 p.m. EST Just finished a book, about to start another. Probably take a nap once hubby is off, then Star Trek tonight.
It's 9:45am on a Sunday morning. I'm about to head out to get groceries because I'm beginning my Christmas baking today. Then I'm going to chill out with some crochet and hopefully finish one of my books.
5:45pm ET. Chilling out after a long day of book shopping with my daughter. I cleaned house today and came home with huge bags of books; scoring some that were brand new as well. just finished eating leftovers... of course; and now time to fold clothes (hubby washed) and read... :)
6:45 p.m. EST Would have liked to have taken a nap, but no such luck. Just laid here for a couple hours. Anyway, guess I'll watch some Star Trek... :-)
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10:21 p.m. EST Having troubles again, so the Star Trek watching is going slowly, but on the plus side I'm having a few minutes every 10 or so to read... O.o Just finished Ep. 4. They're in release order, I think; I know when I was watching the series this one was usually counted as the first, but ... Anyway, not sure what's up next, will find out in a few minutes!
Hi GR Buddies, been on the mad run of taking down Thanksgiving stuff and going through all of the Decorations I don't need. Definitely donating a lot this year. 1 1/2 years in this house, so just starting to figure out what we need and don't need. Somebody else needs it. I love the thought of someone getting joy from a gift from...The Christmas Spirit! Hope all is well and you are enjoying, The Season. Janie, bookstore outing this month?
Hugs to you Kathryn. Sorry, but happy for your exhaustion :))
1:06 a.m. EST Think I'll try again to nap...
Alondra wrote: "5:45pm ET. Chilling out after a long day of book shopping with my daughter. I cleaned house today and came home with huge bags of books; scoring some that were brand new as well. just finished ea..."
Sorrrry, I missed that... Your husband does laundry?? Is he from this hemisphere? Where did you get him can I get one? Lol. I know the boys know that they make noise, but are still not completely aware of what they do. Kidddding...kind of. :D
12:30 AM. Wow. I cannot believe it's already past midnight. I've been working on some Youtube (BookTube) videos for my channel. I got them posted, finally. It takes longer than I always anticipate. After we went and bought wood for Mark for his projects, we went for a drive and ended up at the bookstore Janie and I met at. UNFORTUNATELY, I didn't have time to call her and get to see her, but I did text her and tell her we should plan a day out again. After the bookstore, we came home, and I played with Gizmo and Pepper. They are acting like they are neglected. Yeah...right. I started to make my videos, but then my dad wanted to take us out to eat, so he came over, picked us up, and we went to Abuelo's for Mexican food. Then, we went to Academy, and Dad took us home. He stayed for a bit, and Mark gave him a really nice rain-proof coat for my dad to take out in the field since it is about to start getting really cold where he's about to go to next. Mark never uses the coat, and it was expensive. After he left, I started making and uploading videos. I can't believe how long it can take some times. Oh well...I'm pretty tired, but I want to read some, so maybe I'll make some coffee. :) Hope everyone had a great night. Susan, I am so sorry...I keep forgetting to write you back. (((Hugs))) to you, too! I wrote a blog post about Thanksgiving. It was AMAZING. I hope your's was wonderful, too. Missed you! :)
Read your blog, of course. Love it. Hope to get to see each other with Janie before Christmas if it all works out. I'm sure your Dad will appreciate the warmth of the coat. A great, Christmas "story" in the making....? Signing off to fall asleep to my book. Sleep has been a commodity. Happy Dreams:)
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Kathryn I watched both of your vlogs! Amazing job girl! Although I had to stop watching most of your update video because I think I might wanna read Pride and Prejudice, so I took the advice and skipped through those spoilers. LOL My next video is uploading, a new series so check it out in about 30 min. LOL
9:57 AM. Good morning, GR!! Still kind of waking up this morning. Hoping to read some today, clean up my kitchen, and take it easy. Thanks, Janie!!! I'm glad you got me doing the vlogs!
Susan, my husband does the laundry, too. And cooks. And the shopping. Unfortunately he does not clean... O.o1:39 p.m. EST Again sleeping in shifts, an hour here, two hours there, and now unable to fall asleep any more. Hubby wanted to go to Red Lobster today, and I would LOVE some clam chowder, but... I dunno. Not feeling very well. Guess we'll see when he wakes.
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7:52 p.m. EST Went to Red Lobster and had some clam chowder. I always want to grab all their lobsters out of the tank and say "BE FREE!!!" I feel bad for the poor things. Looks like now December is here it is going to warm up some; weather forecast calls for 70 by Thursday...
7:55 PM. Well, after several hours on YouTube, I did the dishes, swept my house, and watched a little football. Super happy the Broncos won. I have been feeling like working out today finally, so I did a 30 minute run. Not bad for not having worked out for a week. It felt so nice getting back into it. After my workout, I got a shower, put a conditioning treatment on my hair, rinsed it out, and heated up some Thanksgiving leftovers. I'm stuck with eating them because Mark HATES leftovers. It doesn't really bother me, since I don't mind eating leftovers, but I wish now I'd given more food away. haha! Now, I'm catching up on GR notifications, eating dinner, and watching a little NFL. I'm looking forward to reading in a little bit. :)
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Kathryn I love leftovers too, fortunately we gave a lot of food out. LOL
9:12 p.m. EST "Mudd's Women" is an excellent episode, but "I, Mudd" is better...
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9:27 AMJust finishing up what is probably my new book of the year: Life and Times of Michael K. I think I'm in the mood to read a whole novel again today but I have no idea what to read. I am just SO TIRED of hunting books to read. I bet y'all are tired hearing about it too, heh.
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Janie wrote: "LOL Chuck you bet we are tired of hearing it. hehe! J/K I do the same thing. I wish time could just stop for a week and I could read everything I own. I started making myself a list of books to rea..."Yeah, that's hard to do. I've tried and tried to stick to a list but I'm often not in the mood I was when I made the list, lol. I should probably give that another try, though. I'm just wasting way too much time that I could spend reading.
11:58 AM. Good late morning, GR! I woke up later than I had anticipated, but I didn't go to sleep until almost one because I was reading. And no...I didn't just wake up. I've been up for a few hours, actually. LOL. I ate breakfast, checked out notifications on Facebook and GR, and unloaded and loaded the dishwasher, then started it. I finally am getting settled in to read a bit, after I checked out my YouTube notifications. Gizmo is walking all over my right arm trying to figure out what she wants to do, as I type this, so I'm hoping she settles down and figures out if she wants to sit with me, or have more window-time, where she sits in the window and watches birds and squirrels. SPEAKING OF GIZMO.....Thursday she will be 6!! I don't want her to be 6!!!! Yes, it's her birthday, and even though technically she was born in late September, I say the day I got her is her special day. Being a pet-mommy is hard sometimes. But, enough of that. I'm just glad she's mine to love and take care of. :) Going to read now!! I'd like to finish P&P today, so I better get to it!
Chuck, if you keep track of unread books here in GR, why not go to your TBR list, see how many books are there, and then go to Random.org and select one at random (put in the book count), see if that helps. :-)3:05 p.m. EST Let hubby oversleep, lost track of time. Then watched some earworm videos: 3Oh3!'s "Don't Trust me" and Of Monsters and Men "Little Talks", and Carly Rae Jensen's "Call me Maybe". Editing to do!
Thanks for the suggestion, Katy. My Calibre library would do that if I had it all setup.
7:11pm ET. Returning to work after a 4 1/2 day shutdown for the holidays... had a few hundred prescription refills, 80 calls, 8 labs, etc, etc... uhm, at least all the calls were done. ugh.....crazy time to curb my diet and start eating better... *cries uncontrollably* I just wanna be fat!!
8:20pm Browsing for some ebook deals on BN site. Realized that the iBook app has cheaper ebooks than BN...got The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt for $7.49... BN has it for $14.99.. Yeesh! And yay at the same time..lol
8:00 PM. Had a really great workout today, then came in and started turkey taco soup. Usually, I would have made this with chicken or ground beef. I didn't want to waste turkey leftovers, and it is delicious! I made it with corn, onions, kidney beans, Mexican rice, and put sour cream and cheese on top. YUM-O. And pretty healthy, too. Mark is watching football. GO SEAHAWKS!!!! He's from Oregon, so that's one of his teams. Going to read after I eat my soup. :)
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4:07 a.m. EST Thought I was crapping out 3 hours ago, but listened to "Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men a few times and then edited awhile longer. Think I'll try to go to sleep soon now.
7:19am EST. Good morning GR!! Today is Larry and my 37th wedding anniversary! It's hard to believe it's been that long. (I was a child bride LOL.) There's something really special about such a long-term relationship. We've been through so much together--and I wouldn't trade a second of it. Engraved on his wedding band is "You're my home", and that's even more true today that when I wrote if all those years ago. (Actually, it's from a Billy Joel tune.) A good marriage truly makes life complete. Larry took the day off, so we're just going to spend the day together and do whatever spontaneous thing pops up. Hope you all have a great day too!
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Happy 37th Anniversary Terri! How wonderful! Randy and I will celebrate our 15th come March. And I so agree, A good marriage does make life complete!
9:45 AM. Good morning, GR! I think I need more coffee. I didn't go to sleep until about 1 AM because I was reading, and then woke up at 7 AM when Mark left for work. Last night, he told me he signed us up for his hospital's Christmas party, which is this Saturday night. I need to go find a dress since it is a semi-formal event, so I'm going to get up and go find one. I also need to run to the post office and bank, so I think I will hurry and up get moving so I can come back home and read. Anyways, hope everyone has a wonderful day. If you'd like to volunteer to do any of my errands and pick out a dress for me, you're more than welcome to do it! :) HAHA, jk! Terri, Happy Anniversary!!! I hope you have a wonderful and fun day with your husband. Being married is such an awesome gift when you have a great marriage. Mark and I've been married almost four years (March), and I am looking forward to being married as long as you and your husband. :)
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Oh, happy anniversary, Terri! What a wonderful thing to be with the one that completes you. I was married for the first time at 19; if I'd stayed with him it would be 24 years, but I was divorced from him by the time I was 23, then married my second husband in 1996, but of course that one didn't take either... Hee. Dmitry and I will celebrate 12 years this February, though.1:29 p.m. EST Managed a bit of sleep. I managed to eat some pasta this morning, too; we'll see if that causes another episode. I sure hope not, I'm so tired of this soft-food diet and want to eat REAL FOOD.
2:20 PM. Well, after about three hours of dress shopping, which actually went pretty quickly...I found THE dress, and it wasn't too expensive. I'm so thankful for being able to send pictures on cell phones, because I sent my narrowed down choices to my sister in law and she and one of my nieces, who is 5, helped me pick out my dress. Lillian, my niece, basically said, 'SHE HAS TO GET THE BLACK AND WHITE ONE!!" haha, too cute! So, I bought the black and white one. I just hope Mark likes it. I also found I have the perfect shoes for it, so that's a relief. I'm just eating some leftover soup from last night, and catching up on GR. Janie, we got married on the 13th. What day did you and Randy get married on? :)
6:14 p.m. EST Finished editing. Will be back to watching Star Trek soon!
8:51pm ET. Long day at work...again, but i am able to leave on time. No 6:00 or 6:30pm leave times. I kept my door shut and every call that came my way. reading is slow, because i am sleepy.. hopefully i will get more time this weekend.
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Kathryn we got married on the 26th. So pretty close!
11:31 p.m. EST Watched a couple Star Trek eps, now I'm going to log off and read for awhile, then take a nap...
10:59 PM. We had a late dinner tonight because Mark was working on the guitar he's building. I did read a little bit while he was outside. I had a great workout earlier, and I think tomorrow I'm going to try to workout earlier than I did today. I did show my dress to Mark, and he really liked it and said it would be perfect for Saturday. I've been sitting here looking at several different used book sites trying to buy some cheap books. Either the books really aren't that cheap, or the shipping is OUTRAGEOUS. So, I finally settled on ordering on Amazon since I do have a gift card. Janie, you will be happy to know, I ordered Identical by Ellen Hopkins. I chose that book because you just read it, but also because it's a standalone. I paid $0.55 for a hardcover, and $3.99 for shipping. I'm sorry...but why can't I find a place where I can order books if I need to and have them be inexpensive books and free or cheap shipping? I know, I'm asking WAY too much in the book buying department..I just had to gripe for a second. It seems like it's cheaper for me to wait and look for them on clearance at HPB.
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