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[Charles]

I love the changing seasons. Summer and Autumn win for me. Basking in the sun. The changing colours of the leaves. Special.

[Christine]

Yeah I know Groovy and aww thanks Groovy and I don’t know what heat domes Kirsten and I’m not ready for summer to leave Kirsten I agree with you Kirsten and I agree with you Kirsten and I’m not ready for fall Kristie and I agree with you Kristie and I agree with you Kristie and I agree with you Kristie and lol your funny Kristie lol and oh that’s cool Groovy and I hate winter Groovy and I agree with you Groovy and I don’t like the changing seasons Charles and I love Summer Charles and I hate Autumn Charles and I agree with you Charles and I don’t agree with you Charles and aww that’s so sweet Charles

[Christine]

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

[Tammy]

My dog of thirteen years passed away the other day. I am completely heartbroken. Those fur babies are a part of the family. And extra special.

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

Oh no, Tammy. I'm so sorry for your loss. It's so difficult when we lose a beloved pet. Hugs to you.

[JoJo_theDodo]

Tammy wrote: "My dog of thirteen years passed away the other day. I am completely heartbroken. Those fur babies are a part of the family. And extra special."

I'm so sorry Tammy. I know how hard it is, our furr babies are part of our family, We lost one of our pups in 2019 and lost another one in 2020. Both were elderly and had tumors/cancer. We just rescued a pup from the shelter in Dec of 2021. I just was so depressed not having a pup in our lives I had to go rescue one and bring her home.

[sonya]

JoJo, I'm glad you got to rescue a puppy. I've rescued all of my animals.

[Groovy]

Sorry for your loss, Tammy.

[Tammy]

thank you, everyone, Jojo it is great of you to rescue another dog. We also have a dog that is 12 years old, my husband says after her he doesn't want anymore because it hurts too much when we lose them.

[Dorothy]

i can relate to this. Some years ago when "Sandy" developed heart problems and had to be euthanized, my husband could not do it and so my son and I took him to the vet.

[Christine]

IT’S FALL!

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

It is! Happy fall!

[Christine]

Yeah I know Kirsten and thanks Kirsten

[Groovy]

I'm happy y'all are happy. It just means the cold weather is on its way, and I won't be able to sit outside at night for the next 6 months, but stuck inside, and the house is cold for most of the day to keep my heating bill low, no flowers, no summer wear, and so on and so on. I think you get it--LOL! Thanks for letting me vent--LOL!

FALL!!!

[Groovy]

Okay, so Fall is beautiful and the temperatures are comfortable.

[Culton]

ideal temperatures make the self meaningful.

[Karin]

Groovy wrote: "I'm happy y'all are happy. It just means the cold weather is on its way, and I won't be able to sit outside at night for the next 6 months, but stuck inside, and the house is cold for most of the d..."

I dislike cold, but when I spent 4 years in Ottawa, ON (the second coldest federal capital in the entire world, the coldest one being in Mongolia) after 2 years I finally started finding things to do so I hated it less. Plus my boyfriend at the time bought me a pair of skates for Christmas so we could skate on the Rideau canal. FYI in Canada skating rink means ice, and you only use an adjective if it's roller skating or for a certain sport. The same for skates unless for some reason social media has led to increasing Americanism this way as it has with some other other Canadianisms.

[Groovy]

That's what I realized, Karin. This is the time to get to those projects that's been neglected all summer.

Darn that American infiltration, right? LOL! And Ottawa is definitely off my list of places to visit...

[Karin]

Groovy wrote: "That's what I realized, Karin. This is the time to get to those projects that's been neglected all summer.

Darn that American infiltration, right? LOL! And Ottawa is definitely off my list of plac..."

But it's warm to hot in the summer!!!!! And beautiful when the leaves are changing. And even in the winter the temperature can yoyo like crazy.

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I stopped by a Little Free Library today and found a new-looking hardcover copy of In Pieces by Sally Field. Really happy about that. :)

[Christine]

HAPPY OCTOBER EVERYONE!

[Leona]

Tammy- I am sorry for your loss. It is always hard when we lose a pet.
I am not ready for winter but it comes anyway; leaves are turning here.

[Groovy]

HAPPY OCTOBER, CHRISTINE!

Enjoy the book, Kristie.

The leaves are turning here, too. We're surrounded by mountains and it's really nice. I'm winterizing the house inside and outside.

[Christine]

Thanks Groovy and oh that stinks Groovy and oh that’s cool Groovy and oh ok Groovy

[Tammy]

Thank you Leona and everyone who sent sympathy to me for the loss of my dog. And I am ready for the cooler weather. Not cold but nice cool fall weather.

[Christine]

IT’S MY DAD’S BIRTHDAY TODAY!

[Christine]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

Happy Halloween, Christine!

[Christine]

HAPPY NOVEMBER EVERYONE!

[Christine]

Thanks Kristie

[Groovy]

HAPPY NOVEMBER, CHRISTINE!!!

[Christine]

MY COUSIN IS HAVING A THIRD BABY AND MY OTHER COUSIN IS ENGAGED!

[Christine]

Thanks Groovy

[Groovy]

That is some good news, Christine. With all the negativity on the news today, that is good to hear. Congratulations to all of them.

[Christine]

Yeah I Groovy and I agree with you Groovy and thanks Groovy and thanks Groovy

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heyy!

[Groovy]

HEEYYYY!

Have a safe weekend, Everyone:)

[Tammy]

I am curious. When do you take down your autumn decorations, and when do you start putting up Christmas decorations?

[NoraTheKingslayer]

hello everyone!! i am looking for more friends with more book recommendations! add me so we can be reading buddies<3

[Annie]

Tammy wrote: "I am curious. When do you take down your autumn decorations, and when do you start putting up Christmas decorations?"
We don't do much decorating for autumn and wait a long time to put our our Christmas ones. However, for the first time I just kept our Christmas tree up all year since it's fake but took down everything else. Before this I used to have it up no more than 2 weeks because my husband would cut or buy a real tree. I don't think I'll keep the tree up for another whole year, though.

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I used to go get a tree and decorate the first Saturday in December when my kids were younger, but I’ve been decorating later and later since they moved out. I’m going to try to do it the weekend after Thanksgiving this year though.

[D.]

I stopped putting up and taking down decorations when I realized 1. I was the only one who cared and 2. I was the only one doing it!

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I did the same thing for a couple of years, D. Plus, we visit our kids out of state, so we don't even enjoy the decorations on Christmas. This year, I deiced that I am going to decorate because I do enjoy it if I do it early enough and it will probably be nice for our pet/house sitter to have the decorations up.

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

The Goodreads Choice Awards polls are up. :) https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

[Groovy]

Who did you vote for, Kristie?

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

A few of them, Groovy. Mad Honey for fiction, The Golden Couple for mystery/thriller, The Bodyguard for romance, Upgrade for science fiction, A Flicker in the Dark for debut, I Must Betray You for YA fiction...

There were a few categories that were difficult because I had read multiple books that were really good, especially the mystery/thriller genre. I read 7 books in that category and enjoyed them all. I don't think I gave any of them less than 4 stars.

How about you? Did you vote for anything? Anything you were happy to see included? I was really happy to see The Bodyguard there.

[Groovy]

Kristie, I haven't had the time to read as much as I want to. I plan to get back into it as soon as I get my life back organized. I write suspense/thrillers but I'm so drawn to Biographies, History, and Children's books. I'm open to any good mystery/thriller books you'd like to suggest.

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

Oh, I really enjoyed The Golden Couple, A Flicker in the Dark, Killers of a Certain Age, and Things We Do in the Dark from the nominees.

[Groovy]

Thanks, Kristie. I'm going to look into those titles.

[Karin]

Kristie wrote: "A few of them, Groovy. Mad Honey for fiction, The Golden Couple for mystery/thriller, The Bodyguard for romance, Upgrade for science ..."

I also voted for I Must Betray You. There was nothing I loved that I read in SciFi this year, but I voted for Sea of Tranquility since I was less disappointed with Mandel than I was with Crouch. Both only got 3 stars from me, but I didn't want to vote for scifi I haven't read and may never get to.