A Good Thriller discussion
General
>
What Time Is It And What Are You Doing?
message 1901:
by
E.
(new)
Dec 14, 2015 09:13PM
A little after 11 pm, just starting my first vacation since 1999. No real plans, and I don't even have good books lined up to read. I guess I kinda suck at this.
reply
|
flag
10:25am in New York - just working my fingers to the bone and sipping tea! BTW - Happy International Tea Day!
1:10 PM Listening to Robert Shaw - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZkci... ) while wading through emails and catching up on GR and mourning the fact my hemoglobin wasn't high enough to participate in the MVRBC (Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center) blood drive today.
Today, spent four hours clearing my garage, tidying, sorting out, clearing, and then all back in again, hopefully in order.
So much stuff in garage...
So much stuff in garage...
3:16 PM Wading through GR while watching Ballet Nebraska, Nutcracker Spanish dance 2013 on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi3iS... ).
It's 1:18 pm - I'm curled up under a blanket and reading. It's 31F and foggy outside. I'm listening to the Elgar Variations as played by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
3:44 PM Prince of Denmark's March / Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clarke ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1n7W... ) on YouTube.
1:23 PM Still working through what I saw yesterday when I saw THE FORCE AWAKENS with 137 other friends from church while listening to The Ten Commandments (5/10) Movie CLIP - Moses Meets His Real Mother (1956) HD on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnBar... )
17:46 here in London, where temperature is closer to July average than December's. I am perusing the threads here on A Good Thriller. Oh, I forgot, haven't ironed a shirt for this evening. Got to go, bye.
it's 2 minutes after 1pm in new york. i am finishing up the last couple projects beofre i just the laptop for the holidays! hope everyone has a joyous holiday and new year!
12:52 PM Listening to Sherlock BBC Meets Metal byu 331Erock on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yr_w... while catching up on GR.
00:15 Home again and checking up on messages after going to theatre to see "Showboat" then returning home and watching "Mrs Brown's Boys"! Time for sleep.....
5:31 PM: Catching up on GR while listening to watchmojo.com's Top 10 Sexiest Women in Anime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCsj...
Hope everyone has a lovely Christmas.
My wife and I have been tidying, cleaning, ready for two family friends staying with us from tomorrow for seven days, my wife is off all week, I am back tomorrow.
But did go out to treat myself to a new computer, screen, speakers, keyboard, mouse.
All arriving next Monday.
Need a qualified engineer to add everything from old to new computer.
My wife paid for Christmas for a new pair of glasses for Tennis, prescription.
Specially made from Oakley .
My wife and I always enjoy buying loads of presents for each other , as we love giving, do not buy for birthdays.
Great having a slower, sort of, last three days.
Loads of stuff cleared out of the house !
Watched Hotel For Dogs and Cool Runnings !
My wife and I have been tidying, cleaning, ready for two family friends staying with us from tomorrow for seven days, my wife is off all week, I am back tomorrow.
But did go out to treat myself to a new computer, screen, speakers, keyboard, mouse.
All arriving next Monday.
Need a qualified engineer to add everything from old to new computer.
My wife paid for Christmas for a new pair of glasses for Tennis, prescription.
Specially made from Oakley .
My wife and I always enjoy buying loads of presents for each other , as we love giving, do not buy for birthdays.
Great having a slower, sort of, last three days.
Loads of stuff cleared out of the house !
Watched Hotel For Dogs and Cool Runnings !
It's 9:16 am here in a snowy eastern Washington State.I am streaming Luigi Rossi's 17th Century opera, Orpheus, on BBC Radio 3 as performed by the Early Opera Company at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London.
It's 1146am and I am at work....waiting for an admission from emergency and also waiting patiently for 3pm to roll around so I can go home. So ya, basically killing time :)
2 PM: Listening to 9 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About the Millennium Falcon ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Q8b... ) while catching up with email and GR.
Elaine wrote: "7pm - just cooking our evening meal . . . . that good old British favourite of Toad in the Hole :)"I haven't had Toad in the Hole in several decades Elaine.
12:33 PM: Listening to Sister Suffragette from MARY POPPINS while catching up on email and GR.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvk1N...
19.42 here in Italy and I'm drinking a beer.
rokovoko wrote: "19.42 here in Italy and I'm drinking a beer."I wish I was in Italy drinking a beer.
11:32 AM Reading http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bod... while listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7age... and wading through email.
13:00 just finished swimming and now treating my little one to a McDonalds before we go home to get ready for a NYE party at my parents' later
10:39 AM Listening to Rhapsody of Fire ft. the late Sir Christopher Lee on THE MAGIC OF THE WIZARD'S DREAM ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z93Sd... ) while trying to catch up on two days of email.
5:34am My body clock is all messed up due to holiday depression. Going to watch TV & hopefully fall asleep soon
5:37 a.m. - Nearly ready to make my second cup of coffee and listening to Newshour on the BBC World Service.
Cyndi wrote: "5:34am My body clock is all messed up due to holiday depression. Going to watch TV & hopefully fall asleep soon"been there - it's not easy to readjust. feel better soon.
11:37am in NY - trying to get through my 300 emails and sift through a mountain of paperwork. But, I'm totally happy to be back at work. Enough with the holidays!!
Books mentioned in this topic
Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity (other topics)The Proof of the Pudding (other topics)
Tales of the South Pacific (other topics)
No Grain, No Pain: A 30-Day Diet for Eliminating the Root Cause of Chronic Pain (other topics)
Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Peter Osborne (other topics)Kathryn Lasky (other topics)
Peter Lovesey (other topics)
Louise Penny (other topics)
L.J. Kane (other topics)
More...









