Daily Chat

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

I think I'm getting your rain Helen.

:(
It's all good....really......I raked leaves for three days....now I can rest.


All I want for Christmas is good weather.
A little snow is good.........but no ice...please no ice.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Don't like ice. Apparently we're getting the end of hurricanes, Abigail, Kate and Barney. I need to rake leaves.

[Joseph]

And I ventured out in the rain yesterday to see a concert (Iris de Ment), which was canceled literally while I was standing on the corner waiting for the bus. But it worked out anyway -- as was already my plan, I went to Acadia, had a couple of lovely beverages and a quesadilla, and read on my Kindle. Then instead of going down to the concert venue, I just got on another bus and came back home.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Glad you're plans weren't totally ruined. What did you read?

[Joseph]

I'm currently in the middle of Star Wars: The Rise of the Empire, which collects two of the new Star Wars books and a couple of short stories. My plan is to read as many of the new Star Wars novels as I can before I find myself sitting in a theater dressed like a Jedi on 12/17.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

What's Acadia?
You've peaked my interest.....I always think of Quebec when I hear Acadia......then you brought up quesadillas...that doesn't quite go.
lol

[Joseph]

http://acadiapub.com/ I usually get the black bean burger & fries, but decided to do something different last night.

http://www.thecedar.org/ (which is just down the street) is where I go for concerts. I'm hoping to repeat the process with better luck on Friday for a local group called Prairie Fire Lady Choir.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Seems like a great area.
I like hearing different musicians.

Acadia, also, looks like my kind of place.

[Maarit]

I have a day off at work tomorrow, yay! I can do whatever I want and the best part is I can sleep as long as I want :)

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Sleep is good....enjoy!

The thing about sleep for me is....at the end of the day..
.I feel like it went by too fast, and I missed something.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Maarit! I'm so jealous. We had parents evening yesterday, I was in school from 7:45 until 18:50. Then travelled home. Been tired all day.

I'm also jealous of the black beans. Yum.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

The first time I REALLY enjoyed black beans, was at Inner Harbour Baltimore, Md.
Some out of the way vegetarian restaurant...had acorn squash with black beans and a dab of sour cream (guess it wasn't vegan). I have tried to make it myself....never quite as good.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Sounds delicious. My daughter is a vegan. I bought her a cook book and liked it so much, I had to buy another copy. It has an excellent black bean chilli recipe.
Deliciously Ella

[Joseph]

I'm not a vegetarian or anything, but they do a really nice black bean burger there -- mostly because it doesn't try to pretend that it's not made of black beans ...

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Yeah...I'm not vegetarian either. My ex was....when it suited....lol


He liked steak.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

I'm predominantly veggie, I sometimes eat chicken breast.

[Lára]

Today, after a long while I´ve logged into the online MMORPG game, Forsaken World (I´m playing an elf elemental warrior, female of course), and it´s fun. I´ve missed my guildies.

[Joseph]

The group I saw in concert tonight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9Dx...

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Joseph wrote: "The group I saw in concert tonight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9Dx..."

Cool. It's been a while since I have heard them.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

What am amazing building, I'm assuming it wasn't real, beautiful.

[Joseph]

Um. That was completely the wrong video.

This was the group I saw last night, although this recording is from a different performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeHsr...

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

That's so funny!

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Oh my gosh....Joseph.......
I don't know the group....this time.....
But that song....sung by Pat Benatar....was just on the radio a day or so ago. I don't believe it was coincidental.

It has special meaning, as I just recently lost my husband, and he admired Pat Benatar.
Happy to have heard it, sung a cappella.

By the way, he hated that other musical piece.
;)

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

What a strange coincidence.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

I have had many.
Enjoying most of them Helen.

The coffee pot, my husband used more than I, blew a gasket this morning. I just know it was him. It wasn't that old, and he knew I didn't care for his coffee.
lol

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Back to tea!

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Lol, I like fruit tea and recently coffee. I'm about to make hot chocolate to take to bed.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

I keep forgetting, is it late?
I have a Facebook friend who is over there. somewhere hee hee

I think he told me today that it is 6 hrs different.
Going on 5 (17:00) here.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

It's 22:05.

Tomorrow, all teachers have been told that we must attend the church near school as the parishioners thought it would be nice.

Not pleased as I work hard five days a week, 7:30-18:00, often take marking home with me. Then I spend about four hours Sunday planning the coming weeks lessons. Now I'm giving up 2:30 hours of that day off for free plus losing my lie in. Rant over.

Hence the early(on Saturday) night.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

My holiday decorating.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Wow, go you! Plus you know how to link pictures!

[Maarit]

Brenda, that looks very cool indeed. We don't have any decorations at our home, since we will spend our Christmas elsewhere (or more accurately at many different places).

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Haha...Helen!
It took about 6 tries.

lol

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Perseverance and all that. I thought you were painting/ decorating lol.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Thank you, Maarit.

I've lived here 17 or so years, and since it will be the last, I wanted to do something special.

It's a truck my husband had been working on. Very special.
:)

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

I love lights!

One of the reasons it's my favorite holiday.

Painting.....will be in tge future. though.
:)

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

My plan is a decorator so that all the horrendous plaster cracks are dealt with then I can do in the future.

I love lights too, seeing them twinkle in Windows

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Is it wrong that I'm glad to have the guests departed and the house to myself? The amount of time I've picked up my book, read half a page and had to stop are countless.

[Ken]

Family & friends time is special... so is alone time!

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Christmas is officially over for me.
I'm happy to be alone with my books.

I need a Do Not Disturb sign for the rest of the weekend.

Back to retail world Monday morning, and soooo it must go on.
At least, for now..........

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

No! I've been alone since Christmas eve so books have been happening here. Daughters dad is popping round tomorrow, mixed blessing, then back to just me. Reading and planning over next week.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sc...

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sc...

Some of these look good.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

I wonder if we'll get sunshine this year, I'm so feed up of rain that I'm craving hot sunshine beating down.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

We had two weeks of rain and clouds.

The sun came out and it got cold.
Of course, that's when my heater chose to act up.

[Greta]

I have a question about BOTM. For February it is #3 in a series. I understand wanting to read a series, but I haven't read the first two books and I do want to participate if I can.

Would it be beneficial to somehow reopen the threads for the first 2 books when they were the BOTM so people can try to catch up in the series and discuss together? Maybe the people reading #3 would want to further discuss with those catching up as well?

I wasn't sure where to post this question, so if you want me to move it I can. Thanks!!

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Crown Tower thread will be open under the archives reads from 2013. Book two hasn't been read. This was allowed as it is set in the same world but not an ongoing series. You don't need to read book one or two to read this, the author also discussed this briefly.

Having said that they are excellent.

[Greta]

Helen wrote: "Crown Tower thread will be open under the archives reads from 2013. Book two hasn't been read. This was allowed as it is set in the same world but not an ongoing series. You don't need to read book..."

Oh, that is good to know. So I won't be spoiling anything to read book 3 then. Glad I can just jump in!

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

We're also going to have an author question thread, but that's top secret!

[Greta]

Helen wrote: "We're also going to have an author question thread, but that's top secret!"

LOL, sounds good!

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

I have not been able to read Michael's books yet. I have bought one maybe two.
Hoping to splurge and get a taste this time.
: )