karenmarie's 17th year in the 75ers - part IX
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1karenmarie
Welcome to my ninth thread of 2024
Eight ways to describe me and books: bibliolater, bibliomaniac, bibliophile, lectiophiliac, bookworm (still a bookworm, because Jenna and Bill got me this bookworm for Christmas one year), Book Dragon thanks to Janet, biblioflâneuse thanks to Richard, and librocubicularist.
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lizzied, Peggy, wrote “If I’m kind, I’ll get the day I deserve.” I’m going to try to implement that. No guarantees, but I may get through an hour or two before snark and unhappiness overcome my desire to be a better person.
I found an old post-it note recently, and love the quote:
The Good: Family, friends, kitties, books, and soccer in constantly-rotating order. Smut, of course, book sort team/Friends of the Library.
The Bad and the Sad: Back problems from September’s Troubles. The 2024 election results.
From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock. This information was published in January of this year when the clock was set to 90 seconds before midnight, apocalypse. 90 seconds is the shortest time to apocalypse since the clock was created in 1945.
The Ugly: What’s going to happen to this country in the next four years with the radical right elements of the Gang of Psychos in power.
I turned 71 this year. I think “How did I get to be old?”
I read and am a charter member of the Redbud and Beyond Book Club, started in 1997. We’ve chosen books for our 2024-2025 Book Club Year.
Aug – The End of the Affair by Graham Greene – started, abandoned.
Sep – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt – finished. Loved.
Oct – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain – after 3 attempts to start it in September, finally devoured it in time for my RL book club meeting.
Nov – Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. Was stunned by this book.
Dec – Foster by Claire Keegan – will listen to the audiobook after Thanksgiving
Jan – James by Percival Everett
Feb – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Mar - The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
Apr – The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
May – Dinosaurs by Linda Millet
Jun 8 - book selection
I have been married to Bill for 33 years and am mother to Jenna, who turned 31 this year. It’s back to the two of us on 8 acres in central NC with 2 kitties and a daughter 40 minutes away. Daughter is engaged to her girlfriend Hwan.
Bill took this one last week, Zoe on the left, Wash on the right.
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Jenna mowing the pasture, May 2005, almost 12 years old.
My goal last year was 75 books, based on what I thought would be a tough reading year because of my health. Ha. I read 393 books, mostly on my Kindle, mostly using Kindle Unlimited. They were, as my daughter calls them, smut, and my friend Karen in Montana calls them, porn. *shrugs* I still really, really enjoy reading this subgenre of contemporary fiction/romance and will continue until it no longer interests me. It’s getting more challenging to find books as I’ve refined my targeted trope(s), but I’ve become a great detective. This coming year’s goal may be 200 based on still reading smut. I didn’t make the goal higher this year because of my knee replacement surgery, and as I recall from last year, the first month following surgery was not much reading. However, I’ve already read 366 books.
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Express gratitude for what I have - family, friends, intangibles and tangibles - every day.
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2024. Most of the rest of the year will be taking deep breaths from My Awful September and trying hard to give my back a chance to fully recover. I’m a type-A personality, though, so just sitting and doing lots of nothing makes me crazy. Ugh. The new normal for Covid will, I hope, be continued vigilance and an eventual regimen of yearly vaccines as we do with flu. News avoidance as written above, except when I need my dose of schadenfreude, aka epicaricacy, and continue to revel in any and everything that politically or legally injures Trump. Not in line with what Peggy said, above, but I admit to not being perfect and reserving the right to be inconsistent.
Currently Reading:
L.A. Math: Romance, Crime, and Mathematics in the City of Angels by James D. Stein 11/13/24 hardcover 250 pages 2016
The Measure by Nikki Erlick 12/22/24 Audible audio book narrated by Julia Whelan 11 hours 2022
The Federalist edited by Jacob E. Cooke 5/28/22 656 pages hardcover 1961
Eight ways to describe me and books: bibliolater, bibliomaniac, bibliophile, lectiophiliac, bookworm (still a bookworm, because Jenna and Bill got me this bookworm for Christmas one year), Book Dragon thanks to Janet, biblioflâneuse thanks to Richard, and librocubicularist.
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lizzied, Peggy, wrote “If I’m kind, I’ll get the day I deserve.” I’m going to try to implement that. No guarantees, but I may get through an hour or two before snark and unhappiness overcome my desire to be a better person.
I found an old post-it note recently, and love the quote:
‘She is currently lost to her better self.’ – Daniel Mallory Ortberg in Slate’s Dear Prudence column.
The Good: Family, friends, kitties, books, and soccer in constantly-rotating order. Smut, of course, book sort team/Friends of the Library.
The Bad and the Sad: Back problems from September’s Troubles. The 2024 election results.
From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock. This information was published in January of this year when the clock was set to 90 seconds before midnight, apocalypse. 90 seconds is the shortest time to apocalypse since the clock was created in 1945.
A moment of historic danger: It is still 90 seconds to midnight
Ominous trends continue to point the world toward global catastrophe. The war in Ukraine and the widespread and growing reliance on nuclear weapons increase the risk of nuclear escalation. China, Russia, and the United States are all spending huge sums to expand or modernize their nuclear arsenals, adding to the ever-present danger of nuclear war through mistake or miscalculation.
In 2023, Earth experienced its hottest year on record, and massive floods, wildfires, and other climate-related disasters affected millions of people around the world. Meanwhile, rapid and worrisome developments in the life sciences and other disruptive technologies accelerated, while governments made only feeble efforts to control them.
The Ugly: What’s going to happen to this country in the next four years with the radical right elements of the Gang of Psychos in power.
I turned 71 this year. I think “How did I get to be old?”
I read and am a charter member of the Redbud and Beyond Book Club, started in 1997. We’ve chosen books for our 2024-2025 Book Club Year.
Aug – The End of the Affair by Graham Greene – started, abandoned.
Sep – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt – finished. Loved.
Oct – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain – after 3 attempts to start it in September, finally devoured it in time for my RL book club meeting.
Nov – Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. Was stunned by this book.
Dec – Foster by Claire Keegan – will listen to the audiobook after Thanksgiving
Jan – James by Percival Everett
Feb – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Mar - The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
Apr – The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
May – Dinosaurs by Linda Millet
Jun 8 - book selection
I have been married to Bill for 33 years and am mother to Jenna, who turned 31 this year. It’s back to the two of us on 8 acres in central NC with 2 kitties and a daughter 40 minutes away. Daughter is engaged to her girlfriend Hwan.
Bill took this one last week, Zoe on the left, Wash on the right.
.
Jenna mowing the pasture, May 2005, almost 12 years old.
My goal last year was 75 books, based on what I thought would be a tough reading year because of my health. Ha. I read 393 books, mostly on my Kindle, mostly using Kindle Unlimited. They were, as my daughter calls them, smut, and my friend Karen in Montana calls them, porn. *shrugs* I still really, really enjoy reading this subgenre of contemporary fiction/romance and will continue until it no longer interests me. It’s getting more challenging to find books as I’ve refined my targeted trope(s), but I’ve become a great detective. This coming year’s goal may be 200 based on still reading smut. I didn’t make the goal higher this year because of my knee replacement surgery, and as I recall from last year, the first month following surgery was not much reading. However, I’ve already read 366 books.
.
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Express gratitude for what I have - family, friends, intangibles and tangibles - every day.
.
2024. Most of the rest of the year will be taking deep breaths from My Awful September and trying hard to give my back a chance to fully recover. I’m a type-A personality, though, so just sitting and doing lots of nothing makes me crazy. Ugh. The new normal for Covid will, I hope, be continued vigilance and an eventual regimen of yearly vaccines as we do with flu. News avoidance as written above, except when I need my dose of schadenfreude, aka epicaricacy, and continue to revel in any and everything that politically or legally injures Trump. Not in line with what Peggy said, above, but I admit to not being perfect and reserving the right to be inconsistent.
Currently Reading:
L.A. Math: Romance, Crime, and Mathematics in the City of Angels by James D. Stein 11/13/24 hardcover 250 pages 2016
The Measure by Nikki Erlick 12/22/24 Audible audio book narrated by Julia Whelan 11 hours 2022
The Federalist edited by Jacob E. Cooke 5/28/22 656 pages hardcover 1961
2karenmarie
read - 393 last year
1. Just a Bit Wrecked by Alessandra Hazard 12/31/23 1/1/24 205 pages Kindle
Logan and Andrew Straight Guys 11 2020
2. Just a Bit Captivated by Alessandra Hazard 1/1/24 1/1/24 239 pages Kindle
Aiden and Zain Straight Guys 14 2023
3. Tell No One by Barbara Elsborg 1/1/24 1/2/24 280 pages Kindle Tag and Delaney 2022
4. The Making of Jonty Bloom by Barbara Elsborg 1/2/24 1/3/24 383 pages Kindle Jonty and Devan Unfinished Business 1 2020
5. Reinventing Cato by Barbara Elsborg 1/3/24 1/4/24 327 pages KindleCato and Vigge Unfinished Business 3 2021
6. Waiting for Ru by Barbara Elsborg 1/4/24 1/5/24 352 pages Kindle Ru and Jasim Unfinished Business 4 2021
**abandoned Brave for You by Crystal Lacy** 166 pages
7. Fairy Tales for Angry Little Girls by Lela Lee 1/5/24 1/6/24 168 pages Hardcover
8. Falling by Barbara Elsborg 1/5/24 1/6/24 333 pages Kindle Malachi and Harper Fall and Break 1 2017
9. Breaking by Barbara Elsborg 1/6/24 1/7/24 333 pages Kindle
Archer and Conrad Fall and Break 2 2017
10. He's the One by Barbara Elsborg 1/7/24 1/8/24 377 pages Kindle Col and Theo Fate We Make 1 2023
11. Hold On by Barbara Elsborg 1/8/24 1/9/24 322 pages KindleDominic and Ren Fate We Make 2 2023
12. This is Real by Barbara Elsborg 1/9/24 1/9/24 262 pages Kindle Murdo and Lukas 2022
13. Edge of Forever by Barbara Elsborg 1/10/24 1/11/24 348 pages KindlePasha and Levi 2018
14. Zeke's Wood by Barbara Elsborg 1/11/24 1/11/24 68 pages Kindle Zeke and Gideon 2017
15. With Or Without Him by Barbara Elsborg 1/11/24 1/12/24 306 pages KindleHaris and Tyler 2017
16. Drawn In by Barbara Elsborg 1/12/24 1/13/24 335 pages Kindle Kell and Gethin 2016
17. Cowboys Down by Barbara Elsborg 1/13/24 1/14/24 287 pages Kindle
Jasper and Calum 2017
18. Give Yourself Away by Barbara Elsborg 1/14/24 1/15/24 353 pages Kindle March and Caleb 2017
19. Every Move He Makes by Barbara Elsborg 1/15/24 1/16/24 277 pages Kindle Logan and Zak 2017
20. Dirty Games by Barbara Elsborg 1/16/24 1/17/24 346 pages KindleLinton and Thorne 2017
21. Where Forever Started by Barbara Elsborg 1/17/24 1/18/24 Kindle Barney and Raf 2017
22. The Bastard and the Heir by Eden Finley and Saxon James 1/19/24 /1/19/24 337 pages Kindle Darcy and Wren 2024
**abandoned The Fake Boyfriends Debacle by Hayden Hall** 79 pages
**abandoned In The Gray by Christina Lee** 140 pages
23. A Wedding in a Week by Con Riley 1/19/24 1/20/24 292 pages Kindle Marc and Stef 2023
24. Assassins Are People Too by S. C. Wynne 1/20/24 1/21/24 133 pages Kindle Marc and Dillon Assassins in Love Series 1 2019
25. Assassins Love People Too by S. C. Wynne 1/21/24 1/21/24 131 pages Kindle Marc and Dillon Assassins in Love Series 2 2019
26. Assassins Save People Too by S. C. Wynne 1/21/24 1/21/24 122 pages KindleMarc and Dillon Assassins in Love Series 3 2019
**abandoned Love Me Again by Max Walker** 70 pages
27. Crashing Upwards by S.C. Wynne 1/21/24 1/22/24 314 pages KindleHarper and Sam 2018
28. His Death Bringer by Courtney W. Dixon 1/22/24 1/23/24 316 pages Kindle Luca and Dante The District 1 2023
29. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen read by Arte Johnson 12/31/23 1/23/24 11.5 hours audiobook
30. Keeping It Casual by Jax Calder 1/23/24 1/23/24 140 pages KindleDustin and Jeremy 2023
31. The Anonymous Hookup 1/23/24 1/24/24 121 pages Kindle Lane and Sam 2022
**abandoned Love is Blind by S.C. Wynne** 30 pages
**abandoned Head Over Feels by Bix Barrow** 284 pages
32. The Mission by Barbara Elsborg 1/24/24 1/25/24 146 pages Kindle Conrad and Arlo 2023
33. A Spaceman Came Traveling by Barbara Elsborg 1/25/24 1/25/24 62 pages Kindle Seven and Cooper 2023
34. Trapped for the Holidays by Courtney W. Dixon 1/25/24 1/25/24 98 pages Kindle Rhett and Patrick 2023
**abandoned Return by Fire by Tracey Jerald** 34 pages
**abandoned Stix & Stones by Courtney W. Dixon** 191 pages
35. Anticipating Disaster by Silvia Violet 1/26/24 1/26/24 248 pages Kindle David and Oliver Anticipation 1 2019
36. His To Own by Leo Rivers 1/26/24 1/27/24 151 pages Kindle Rowan and Zane Heart of Thornes 1 2023
37. Mine to Claim by E.V. Olsen 1/27/24 1/27/24 Kindle Rex and Devon Wasteland Temptations 1 2023
38. Mine to Protect by E.V. Olsen 1/27/24 1/28/24 62 pages Kindle Rex and Devon Wasteland Temptations 2 2023
39. His to Break by E.V. Olsen 1/28/24 1/28/24 51 pages Kindle Mac and Cal Wasteland Temptations 3 2024
40. Nixon by Laura John 1/28/24 1/28/24 238 pages Kindle Dante and Nixon Hunter Security 1 2023
41. Kissing in the Snow by Laura John 1/29/24 1/29/24 101 pages Kindle Dane and Ryan related to Sentinel Protection Duology 1 2021
42. Damaged Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 1/29/24 1/29/24 399 pages Kindle Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 1 2017
43. The Plus-One Entanglement by Paulina Ian-Kane 1/29/24 1/30/24 127 pages Kindle Asher and Jordan Love After Forty 1 2023
**abandoned One by Paulina Ian-Kane** 197 pages
44. His Mafia Prince by Leo Rivers 1/30/24 1/31/24 133 pages Kindle
Angelo and Sebastian Toscano Doms 1 2023
45. The Billionaire's Rival by Silvia Violet 1/31/24 1/31/24 276 pages Kindle Ford and Jay Bad Boy Billionaires 2 2023
46. True North by C.E. Kilgore 1/31/24 1/31/24 57 pages Kindle Chris and Joshua Hearts Compass 1 2015
47. Down South by C.E. Kilgore 1/31/24 1/31/24 61 pages Kindle Gabe and Liam Hearts Compass 3 2015
48. Back East by C.E. Kilgore 1/31/24 2/1/24 57 pages Kindle Eli and David Hearts Compass 2 2015
49. Out West by C.E. Kilgore 2/1/24 2/1/24 62 pages Kindle Alex and Mateo Hearts Compass 4 2015
50. Objectified by C.E. Kilgore 2/1/24 2/1/24 48 pages Kindle Zane and Tyler 2015
51. Shades by Jaime Reese 2/1/24 2/3/24 340 pages Kindle Killian and Nick 2018
52. Grayson Ryder: A Thief's Thrill by M.L. Giles 2/3/24 2/3/24 244 pages Kindle Grayson and Colson Grayson Ryder 1 2018
53. Just Friends by Tina Kove 2/4/24 2/4/24 159 pages Kindle Ben and Tarjei 2020
54. Love and Moonlight by Killian Ford 2/4/24 2/24 177 pages Kindle Jax and Victor 2023
55. The Escape: Soren's Saga by Nicky James 2/4/24 2/25/24 291 pages Kindle Soren and Remy Healing Hearts 3 2017
56. A Day Makes by Mary Calmes 2/5/24 2/6/24 236 pages Kindle Ceaton and Brin The Vault 1 2021
57. Not What It Seems by Nicky James 2/6/24 2/7/24 442 pages Kindle Cyrus and River 2021
58. Cravings of the Heart by Nicky James 2/7/24 2/7/24 298 pages Kindle Arden and Iggy Trials of Fear 6 2019
59. Accidentally August by E.M. Denning 2/7/24 2/7/24 191 pages KindleAugust and Crispin Walking Disaster 1 2023
60. As Much As I Try by Erica Montrose 2/8/24 2/9/24 208 pages KindleEdwin and Liam 2022
61. Oliver by E.M. Denning 2/9/24 2/10/24 195 pages Kindle Oliver and Jordan Walking Disaster 2 2023
62. Last First Kiss by E.M. Denning 2/10/24 2/10/24 201 pages pages Kindle Logan and Ezra 2021
**abandoned Murder Husbands by E.M. Denning** 96 pages
**abandoned Dario: Wicked Legacies by Victoria Sue** 146 pages
63. Mafia Target by Mila Finelli 2/12/24 2/13/24 301 pages Kindle Giulio and Alessio Kings of Italy 4 2023
64. Afogato by E.M. Lindsey 2/13/24 2/13/24 262 pages Kindle Caleb and Bodhi Brew Biz 1 2023
65. Most Of You by E.M. Lindsey 2/13/24 2/16/24 280 pages Kindle Emil and Renzo The Beginning of Always 2 2023
**The Kidnapping of Roan Sinclair by Ashlyn Drewek** 131 pages
66. The Dotted Line by Claire Cullen 2/16/24/ 2/16/24 121 pages Kindle Benn and Leo Tangled Gentry 1 2017
67. Branded by Roelle Denning 2/16/24 2/16/24 277 pages Kindle Declan and Remi Allies 1 2023
68. Stepbrother Dearest by Willow Dixon 2/17/24 2/17/24 314 pages KindleCaleb and Gray Crimson Club 1 2023
69. Fakers With Benefits by Willow Dixon 2/17/24 2/18/24 330 pages KindleCaleb and Gray Crimson Club 2 2023
70. Surviving the Break by C.P. Harris 2/18/24 2/19/24 289 pages Kindle Max and Ash Chadwick 2 2020
**abandoned Staking His Claim by Ki Brightly and M.D. Gregory** 135 pages
**abandoned The Former Assassin's Guide to Snagging a Reluctant Boyfriend by Alice Winters** 96 pages
71. Reindeer Games by N.R. Walker 2/20/23 2/20/23 157 pages Kindle Leif and Russ Ace's Wild 6 2019
72. Nuts by S.E. Jakes and Stephanie Tyler 2/20/24 2/20/24 90 pages Kindle Preston and Jagger Ace's Wild 2 2019
73. Reunion by Neve Wilder 2/20/24 2/20/24 132 pages Kindle Cole and Dane Ace's Wild 7 2019
74. The Good Liar by C.P. Harris 2/20/24 2/21/24 346 pages Kindle Cole and Jasper Infidelity 1 2023
75. The Boss's Boy by Aja Foxx 2/22/24 2/22/24 379 pages Kindle Dmitri and Eiji Mafia Mayhem 2 2023
76. Love Language by Jax Calder 2/22/24 2/22/24 59 pages Kindle Ash and Dominic 2024
77. The Fishermen by C.P. Harris 2/23/24 2/24/22 474 pages Kindle Leland and Franklin Infidelity 2 2023
78. Want You Still by C.E. Ricci and Marley Valentine 2/24/24 2/25/24 366 pages Kindle Kindle Will and Pierce 2024
**abandoned The Way We Hate by Myka Loren** 196 pages
79. The Truth of Loving You by Heather Leighson 2/25/24 2/26/24 383 pages Kindle Cole and Shane Unframed Art MM Romance 1 2023
80. You Have Arrived At Your Destination by Amor Towles 2/27/24 2/27/24 50 pages Kindle 2019
81. Crankshaft by K.M. Neuhold 2/26/24 2/27/24 245 pages Kindle Porter and Steele Big Bull Mechanics 1 2022
**abandoned Fool's Gold by J.V. Speyer** 99 pages
82. Rhythmic Bliss by Leigh Jarrett 2/27/24 2/27/24 140 pages Kindle Lucas and Nick LJ M/M/ romance 7 2023
83. From the Ground Up by Harper Robson 2/27/24 2/27/24 263 pages Kindle Mason and Jackson Hot Dam Homes 1 2022
84. Falling for Raine by Lane Hayes 2/27/24 2/28/24 208 pages Kindle Raine and Graham 2024
**abandoned Dearly & Deviant Daniel by L.A. Kaye** 159 pages
85. Lovers Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 2/28/24 2/29/24 467 pages Kindle Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 2 2017
**abandoned Dearly Deviant Daniel by L.A. Kaye** 159 pages
86. Alphas Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 2/29/24 3/1/24 488 pages Kindle Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 3 2018
87. Tangled Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/1/24 3/1/24 483 pages KindleJane and Thatcher Like Us 4 2019
88. Sinful Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/1/24 3/2/24 501 pages Kindle Jane and Thatcher Like Us 5 2019
89. Headstrong Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/2/24 3/3/24 468 pages Kindle Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 6 2019
90. Charming Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/3/24 3/4/24 499 pages Kindle Oscar and Jack Like Us 7 2020
91. Wild Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/5/24 3/5/24 498 pages Kindle Akara, Banks, and Sulli Like Us 8 2020
92. Fearless Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/5/24 3/6/24 587 pages Kindle Akara, Banks, and Sulli Like Us 9 2021
93. Infamous Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/6/24 3/7/24 587 pages Kindle Akara, Banks, and Sulli Like Us 10 2021
94. Misfits Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/7/24 3/8/24 464 pages Kindle Luna and Donnelly Like Us 11 2022
95. Unlucky Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/8/24 3/9/24 588 pages Kindle Luna and Donnelly Like Us 12 2023
96. Nobody Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/9/24 3/10/24 812 pages Kindle Luna and Donnelly Like Us 13 2024
97. Damaged Like Us 3/11/24 3/11/24 399 pages Kindle **reread** Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 1 2017
98. A Bit of Rough by Laura Baumbach 3/13/24 3/13/24 217 pages Kindle Rough Series Book 1 2007
99. Lovers Like Us 3/11/24 3/14/24 466 pages Kindle **reread** Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 2 2017
100. Fire and Sand by Louise Collins 3/14/24 3/14/24 108 pages Kindle Jake & Maddox Adrenaline Jake 3 2018
101. Guns and Shadows by Louise Collins 3/14/24 3/14/24 130 pages Kindle Jake & Maddox Adrenaline Jake 4 2018
102. Diamond in the Rough by Louise Collins 3/14/24 3/14/24 207 pages KindleJake & Maddox Adrenaline Jake 5 2019
103. #20DaystoLA by Tanya Chris 3/14/24 3/15/24 252 pages Braxton and Craig 2020
**abandoned Kept in the Dark by Charlie Cochet** 137 pages
104. Stealing the Silver Fox by Daniel May 3/15/24 3/16/24 170 pages Kindle Ezra and Tony Obsessed With Him 3 2023
105. No Angel by Daniel May 3/16/24 3/16/24 194 pages Kindle Enzo and Hill Obsessed With Him 4 2024
106. Christmas With The Billionaire by Amber Ridge 3/16/24 3/16/24 58 pages Kindle Wyatt and Drake Boy Next Door 5 2015
**abandoned My Chaos, His Calm by Romeo Alexander** 65 pages
107. My Brother's Best Friend by Aiden Bates and Ali Lyda 3/16/24 3/17/24 258 pages KindleJamie and Nico Caldwell Brothers 1 2020
**abandoned Touch and Go by Aiden Bates** 177 pages
**abandoned Alphas Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 73 pages
108. The Flirty Vet by Casey Cox 3/17/24 3/18/24 401 pages Kindle Col and Wilby Vet Shop Boys Down Under 1 2024
109. Runaway by Casey Cox 3/18/24 3/19/24 260 pages Kindle Conrad and Jedfire Escape 2 2021
110. Conversation Hearts by Avon Gale 3/19/24 3/19/24 28 page short story Kindle Sinjin and Levi 2019
111. Learning to Feel by N.R. Walker 3/19/24 3/19/24 252 pages KindleNathan and Trent 2015
112. Old Acquaintance by Avon Gale 3/19/24 3/19/24 31 pages Kindle Andrew and Elias 2019
113. The Revenge Agenda by Saxon James 3/19/24 3/20/24 276 pages KindleRush and Hunter Accidental Love 3 2024
114. Alaskan Thunder by Nando Gray 3/20/24 3/21/24 104 pages Calvin and Zayne 2024
115. Without You by Marley Valentine 3/21/24 3/21/24 290 pages Kindle Deacon and Julian 2020
116. In the Eye of the Beholder by Dianna Roman 3/21/24 3/22/24 387 pages KindleDaniel and Eric 2023
117. The Gentleman by Dianna Roman 3/22/24 3/23/24 257 pages Kindle Cameron and Pete 2024
118. You Again by Dianna Roman 3/23/24 3/24/25 262 pages Kindle Johnny and Aiden Men of Olympus 1 2022
119. A Minute More by Cora Rose 3/25/24 3/25/24 210 pages Kindle Wesley and Simon Timeless 1 2023
**abandoned Say I Do by Brea Alepoú and Skyler Snow** 170 pages
**abandoned Blu, My Protector by RS McKenzie** 156 pages
120. The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman 1/26/24 3/27/24 15.5 hours audio book2005
121. Hot Mess by Misha Horne 3/26/24 3/27/24 309 pages Kindle London and Erik 2020
122. Little Demon in the Details by Nordika Night 3/27/24 3/29/24 376 pages Kindle Blake and Mercer 2023
123. The Caretaker by C.P. Harris 3/29/24 3/29/24 265 pages Kindle Noon and Solace Infidelity 3 2024
124. Bad Boy by Emma Alcott 3/29/24 3/30/24 398 pages Kindle Colton and Russ Masters of Romance 1 2021
**abandoned Sweet Thing by Emma Alcott** 121 pages
**abandoned Picture Love by A.F. Zoelle** 149 pages
125. Wedding Bells by Peter Styles and J.P. Oliver 3/31/24 4/2/24 Kindle Sebastian and Matt Finding Shore 3 2018
126. Endless Stretch of Blue by Riley Hart 4/2/24 4/3/24 253 pages Kindle Enzo and Damon 2019
**abandoned Boss of Attraction by Kimberly Knight and Rachel Lyn Adams ** 51 pages
**abandoned Losing Control by Riley Hart Ben and Dante Broken Pieces 3 2015**48 pages
127. Monopolize Me by Evie Noir 4/4/24 4/5/24 468 pages Kindle Dakota and Lirio The New York Series 1 2020
128. Monopolize You by Evie Noir 4/5/24 4/6/24 479 pages Kindle Dakota and Lirio The New York Series 2 2021
129. The Secret Lives of CEOs by Joey Mayble 4/6/24 4/6/24 197 pages Kindle
Max and Cameron Gay Awakenings 2
130. Monopolize Us by Evie Noir 4/7/24 4/9/24 499 pages Kindle Dakota and Lirio The New York Series 3 2022
131. Unforgettable by Marley Valentine 4/8/24 Kindle Oz and Reeve Vino and Veritas 18 2021
132. Secret Desires by Amber Ridge 4/10/24 4/10/24 34 pages Kindle Nicholas and Daniel Boy Next Door 4 2014
**abandoned White Noise by Lark Taylor ** 168 pages
133. To Have and to Hold: Taken by Abigail Kade 4/10/24 4/11/24 170 pages Kindle Worthy and Crow Criminal Delights 12 2019
134. Brazen Affairs by Ashley James 4/11/24 4/12/24 295 pages Kindle Vaughn and Camden Hidden Affairs 1 2023
135. Eden by Avon Gale and Emily Rossman 4/12/24 4/12/24 224 pages Kindle Rayne and Brandon 2022
136. RPF - When Fiction Gets A Little Too Real by M. Grano and C. Azzo 4/12/24 4/16/24 458 pages Kindle Sam and Levi 2024
**abandoned Drawn In By You by R.M. Neill** 106 pages way too precocious daughter, too angsty Travis, too much
137. Storm Clouds and Devastation by Ashley James 4/16/24 4/17/24 286 pages Kindle Bodhi and Jules Hidden Affairs 2 2023
**abandoned Embracing His Shame by Brigham Vaughn** 212 pages Kink okay, but Forrest's fear of relationships irrational and Jarod starts being interested.
138. Say My Name by Ashley James 4/18/24 4/19/24 308 pages Kindle Travis and Mateo 2023
139. Insatiable Hunger by Ashley James 4/17/24 4/18/24 340 pages Kindle Elias and Zeke Hidden Affairs 3 2023
140. Aftercare by Tanya Chris 4/18/24 4/19/24 211 pages Kindle Garrett and Aayan Ever After 1 2017
141. Aftershock by Tanya Chris 4/19/24 4/20/24 218 pages Kindle Garrett and Aayan Ever After 2 2017
142. Aftermath by Tanya Chris 4/19/24 4/20/24 236 pages Kindle Casey and Brooks Ever After 3 2019
143. Red Flags and Tuesdays by Nordika Night 4/20/24 4/21/24 251 pages Kindle Reid and Atticus Weekday Weirdos 1 2024
144. Professor Platonic by Lucy Lennox 4/21/24 4/21/24 42 pages Kindle Jack and River 2023
**abandoned Hired Hadley by Nora Phoenix** 211 pages To use a phrase seen most recently on Richard's thread: Couldn't be arsed.
**abandoned various and sundry** 50 pages
**abandoned An Immense World by Ed Yong** 144 pages I do not have the mental bandwidth for this and it's been 6 months
145. Out of the Office Romance by Twoony 4/22/24 4/24/24 536 pages KindleKade and Nolen AND Louis and Mason 2023
146. The House of Being by Natasha Trethewey 4/12/24 4/24/24 hardcover 77 pages
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147. Six Feet Apart by 4/24/24 4/24/24 113 pages Alina Popescu and A L Bates KindleDarius and Aadi 2020
**abandoned No Secrets by Nora Phoenix** 123 pages
148. Gentle Hands by Emily Buckley 4/24/24 4/25/24 159 pages Kindle Matthew and Tom Growing Pains 1 2020
149. Payback by Alexa Land Kindle 4/25/24 4/25/24 182 pages Kindle Malcolm and Daniel Firsts and Forever Stories 10 2023
150. Message Received 4/25/24 4/26/24 by D.K. Sutton 314 pages Kindle Ben and Sean Sloan Brothers Book 2 2023 my library call center, ben sub Sean dom trust fund
151. The Heir's Disgrace by August Jones 4/26/24 4/27/24 426 PAGES Kindle Drew and Ollivier Doormen of the Upper East Side 1 2024
152. Say Yes by Jen Samson 4/27/24 4/28/24 422 pages Kindle Colt and Sebastian 2022
153. For You, Sir by Emily Brandish 4/28/24 4/29/24 306 pages Kindle Jun and Einar 2023
154. Deep Under by Tanya Chris 4/29/24 4/29/24 47 pages Kindle Maddox and Jack Deep Under 1 2016
155. Back Under by Tanya Chris 4/29/24 4/29/24 47 pages Kindle Maddox and Jack Deep Under 1 2021
156. How to Shield an Assassin by AJ Sherwood 4/29/24 4/30/24 254 pages Kindle Ari and Carter Unholy Trifecta Book 1 2019
157. How to Steal a Thief by AJ Sherwood 4/30/24 5/1/24 197 pages Kindle Ivan and Aiden Unholy Trifecta Book 2 2020
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158. Dual Destruction by Kate Hawthorne 5/1/24 5/3/24 246 pages KindleSage and Golden Duality 1 2021
159. Hitman's Secret by MJ Red 5/6/24 5/6/24 32 pages Kindle Charles and Oliver 2021
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160. 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall 5/7/24 5/9/24 386 pages Kindle Sam and Jonathan Material World 1 2023
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161. Employing Patience by Saxon James 5/11/24 5/12/24 290 pages Kindle Art and Joey Divorced Men's Club 4 2023
162. Glory by Leo Rivers 5/12/24 5/12/24 81 pages Kindle Zach and Wyatt 2023
**abandoned Pretty Things by Devon McCormack ** 49 pages - already read it and only gave it 3*
163. Lights, Camera, Passion by Isabel Lucero 5/12/24 5/14/24 396 pages KindleJacoby and Roman 2024
164. A Mountain Man Walks into a Coffee Shop by Mal Trevino 5/14/24 5/15/24 81 pages Kindle Josiah and Lennon Harlow Mountain Men 1 2023
165. A Mountain Man Walks into a Library by Mal Trevino 5/15/24 5/15/24 81 pages Kindle Samuel and Remy Harlow Mountain Men 2 2023
166. A Mountain Man Walks Into His Brother's Best Friend by Mal Trevino 5/16/24 5/16/24 87 pages Kindle Noah and Gabriel Harlow Mountain Men 3 2023
167. Snowflake Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses by M.J. O'Shea 5/16/24 5/16/24 52 pages Kindle Toby and Cook 2023
**abandoned Touch Me Gently by J.R. Loveless** 102 pages Ugh. Just... ugh. Soppy, inexplicably gay for you, too many mentions of how feminine Kaden is
168. Nothing Special by Casey Cox 5/17/24 5/18/24 247 pages Kindle Benji and Darren 2022
169. When London Snow Falls by Hayden Stone 5/18/24 5/20/24 320 pages KindleCharlie and Ben When Snow Falls 2 2022
170. Scandal by T. Ashleigh 5/20/24 5/22/24 197 pages Kindle Austin and Beckett Black Diamond 6 2023 too trope-y no explanations for certain things
171. Tripwrecked by A. Poland 5/22/24 5/23/24 311 pages Kindle Aiden and Finn 2022
172. Ambiguous by Leslie McAdam 5/23/24 5/24/24 286 pages Kindle Sam and Julian IOU 1 2022
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173. Studious by Leslie McAdam 5/24/24 5/25/24 248 pages Kindle Danny and Alden IOU 2 2022
174. Oblivious by Leslie McAdam 5/25/24 5/26/24 185 pages Kindle Noah and August IOU 3 2023
**abandoned Curious by Leslie McAdam** 150 pages
175. Unmanageable by Leslie McAdam 5/27/24 5/28/24 242 pages Kindle Scott and Luke In Vino Veritas 3 2022
176. Survive the Streets by Alex Timothy 5/29/24 5/30/24 264 pages Kindle Bailey and Gabriel Survive Series 1 2022
177. Survive the City by Alex Timothy 5/30/24 5/31/24 258 pages Kindle Bailey and Gabriel, Renée and Peyton Survive Series 2 2022
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178. Too Hostile by Nicole Dykes 5/31/24 6/2/24 214 pages Kindle Fletcher and Ronan 2024
179. Greyson Fox by TL Travis 6/2/24 6/2/24 287 pages KindleGreyson and Samuel Greyson Fox Saga 1 2019
180. The New Neighbor by Rye Cox 6/2/24 6/3/24 204 pages Kindle Caleb and Zack Corio Heights 1 2021
**abandoned The Obsession by Christie Gordon** 67 pages
181. The Law of Attraction by Jay Northcote 6/3/24 6/4/24 238 pages Kindle Alec and Ed 2016
182. Like a Lover by Jay Northcote 6/4/24 6/4/24 193 pages Kindle Josh and Rupert Housemates 2 2015
183. A Betting Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion 6/4/24 6/4/24 158 pages Kindle Kent and Terry Men of Manhattan 1 2017
**abandoned The Cocky Neighbor by Rye Cox** 120 pages
184. Just a Bit Heartless by Alessandra Hazard 6/5/24 6/6/24 224 pages Kindle Jordan and Damiano Straight Guys 13 2022
185. Himbo by Emmy Sanders 6/6/24 6/7/24 296 pages KindleCas and Jason Elite 8 Studios 6 2023
186. Right-Hand Man by T.S. Ankney 6/7/24 6/7/24 112 pages Kindle Eli and Dante Hot Take 1 2022
187. I've Been Careless With a Delicate Thing by Marina Vivancos 6/7/24 6/7/24 99 pages Kindle Silas and Oscar
188. Truth By His Hand by Casey Cameron 6/7/24 6/9/24 402 pages Kindle River and Ellison 2017
189. Submission by by Jodi Payne and Chris Owen 6/9/24 6/10/24 318 pages Kindle Tobias and Noah Deviations 1 2019
190. These Monstrous Deeds by TJ Hamel 6/10/24 6/11/24 435 pages Kindle Carter and Nathan/Travis Monstrous Deeds 1 2021
191. A Dangerous Game by TJ Hamel 6/11/24 6/12/24 325 pages Kindle Carter and Nathan/Travis Monstrous Deeds 2 2022
192. One Last Time by TJ Hamel 6/12/24 6/13/24 354 pages Kindle Carter and Travis Monstrous Deeds 3 2023
193. Drown in You by TJ Hamel aka Taylor McNiff 6/13/24 6/14/24 557 pages Kindle Casey and Jake Monstrous Survivors 1 2023
**abandoned Domination by Jodi Payne and Chris Owen** 189 pages
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194. Heat by TL Travis 6/15/24 6/15/24 227 pages Kindle Daughtry and Campbell 2022 one skeeter shy of a blood transfusion
195. Craving the Chase by Syn Blackrose 6/15/24 6/15/24 264 pages Kindle Noah and Chase 2024
196. You've Got Male by DJ Jamison 6/16/24 6/17/24 164 pages Kindle Chase and Austin Rom-Com Reboot 2 2024
197. Where There's a Wil, There's a Way by PT Ambler 6/17/24 6/17/24 264 pages Kindle Rhys and Wil Duly Domesticated 1 2024
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198. Splintered by SJD Peterson 6/18/24 6/19/24 196 pages KindleHutch and Noah 2016
199. Under the Alpenglow by TH Compton 6/19/24 6/19/24 151 pages Kindle Elijah and Nyx Love Abroad 8 2023
200. The Truth In My Lies by LA Witt 6/19/24 6/20/24 294 pages Kindle Seth and Brandon 2024 purchased
201. Stealing His Heart by Marina Lander 6/20/24 6/20/24 43 pages Kindle Antonio and Eric 2017
202. Just a Taste by Briar Prescott 6/20/24 6/22/24 351 pages Kindle Lake and Ryker 2024
203. My Best Friend's Secret by Romeo Alexander 6/22/24 6/22/24 297 pages Kindle Adam and Bennett Men of Fairlake 1 2023
204. Attraction by Carly Marie 6/22/24 6/23/24 354 pages Kindle Dexter and James Undisclosed 3 2020
205. Stalked But Not Afraid by Nicole Dykes 6/23/24 6/24/25 196 pages Kindle Roman and Brooks Spark of Hope 2 2020
206. The Bouncer by Heath Grayson 6/24/24 6/25/24 291 pages Kindle Blake and Kane But We're Bros! 1 2023
**abandoned Nathan by Carly Marie** 198 pages family BDSM club including grandma, eliot immediately telling Austin he's gay after 35 years in the closet and etc.
**abandoned Hit or Miss, to Kill or Kiss by Romeo Alexander** 53 pages
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207. Mr. Right Now by Ilsa Olsen 6/26/24 6/27/24 190 pages Kindle Drew and Sullivan Suits & Sevens 2 2021
208. The Redemption of Roman by T. Ashleigh 6/27/24 6/28/24 348 pages Kindle Alex and Roman 2022
209. Under Your Skin by Lee McCormick 6/28/24 6/29/24 370 pages Kindle Levi and Jonah 2024
210. Fen by Barbara Elsborg 6/29/24 6/30/24 395 pages Kindle Fen and Ripley 2024
211. Work: Strictly Professional by Jesse H Reign 7/1/24 7/2/24 284 pages Kindle Wyn and Derek Bad Decisions 2 2024
212. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood 4/1/24 7/2/24 audio book 10 1/2 hours
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213. Twisted Rivalry by Devon McCormack 7/2/24 7/3/24 316 pages Kindle Jonas and Ryan 2024
**abandoned First Comes Marriage by Shira Anthony** 144 pages
214. Ignite by Abigail Glenn 7/3/24 7/4/24 317 pages Kindle Ezra and Cain Sinro Enterprises 1 2024
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215. Salt by Fearne Hill 7/4/24 7/4/24 268 pages Kindle Florian and Charles Island Love 1 2024
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216. Notorious by Leslie McAdam 7/5/24 7/7/24 358 pages KindleJohnny and Kurt IOU 5 2024
217. Marked by the Omega by Ashe Moon 7/7/24 7/7/24 258 pages Kindle Mason and Christophe Luna Brothers 3 2017
**abandoned Brushed with Love by Fearne Hill** 164 pages
218. Dangerously Happy by Varian Krylov 7/7/24 7/7/24 213 pages Kindle Adrian and Dario Fault Lines 1 2014
219. Bad Things by Varian Krylov 7/8/24 7/9/24 380 pages Kindle Xavi and Carson Fault Lines 2 2024
220. P.S. I Loathe You by Isla Olsen 7/9/24 7/10/24 276 pages Kindle Wes and Devon 2022
221. The Good Boy by Lisa Henry and JA Rock 7/10/24 7/11/24 330 pages Kindle Lane and Derek The Boy 1 2021
**abandoned By His Rules by JA Rock** 170 pages
222. Among the Living by Jordan Castillo Price 7/11/24 7/12/24 143 pages Kindle Victor and Jacob PsyCop 1 2009
223. Criss Cross by Jordan Castillo Price 7/12/24 7/13/24 149 pages Kindle Victor and Jacob PsyCop 2 2009
224. Body and Soul by Jordan Castillo Price 7/13/24 7/13/24 158 pages Kindle Victor and Jacob PsyCop 3 2009
225. Secrets by Jordan Castillo Price 7/13/24 7/14/24 200 pages Kindle Victor and Jacob PsyCop 4 2009
226. Camp Hell by Jordan Castillo Price 7/14/24 7/15/24 246 pages Kindle Victor and Jacob PsyCop 5 2009
227. GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price 7/15/24 7/18/24 330 pages Kindle Victor and Jacob PsyCop 6 2011
228. Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles 7/18/24 7/19/24 248 pages Kindle Will and Kim The Will Darling Adventures 1 2020
229. The Sugared Game by KJ Charles 7/19/24 7/20/24 268 pages Kindle Will and Kim The Will Darling Adventures 2 2020
**abandoned Sapphire Sunset by C Travis Rice** 170 pages trite, predictable, stupid actions, weird plot
230. Subtle Blood by KJ Charles 7/20/24 7/21/24 274 pages KindleWill and Kim The Will Darling Adventures 3 2021
231. Married to His Marshal by Shiloh Swift 7/21/24 7/22/24 87 pages Kindle Benoit and Nicky His Blue Collar Man 5 2023
**abandoned Ancient History by AJ Truman** 77 pages
232. Rehearsal with my Groom-to-be-Boss by MM Angeles 7/23/24 7/23/24 26 pages Kindle
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233. Filthy Sweet by R Cayden 7/23/24 7/24/24 217 pages KindleOwen and Fox Love Unexpected 1 2021
234. Second Chance at First Love by NR Walker 7/24/24 7/24/24 88 pages Kindle Paul and Derek The Storm Boys 0 2023
**abandoned New Tricks by Jodi Payne** 164 pages
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235. Cryptic by Jodi Payne and BA Tortuga 7/24/24 7/25/24 175 pages Kindle Derek and Matt Puzzles 1 2021
236. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by The Countess of Carnarvon 7/15/24 7/26/24 audiobook 8 hours narrated by Wanda McCaddon 2012
237. Mine to Hold by Sullyn Shaw 7/27/24 7/27/24 79 pages KindleBrohm and Draven 2023
238. The Amazing Alpha Tau Boyfriend Project by Lisa Henry and Sarah Honey 7/27/24 7/28/24 KindleArcher and Eli Alpha Tau 1 2023
**abandoned Boss of Attraction by Kimberly Knight** 62 pages
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239. Wobble by Becca Seymour 7/28/24 7/29/24 60 pages (?) Kindle Cory and Eric Outback Boys 1 2023
240. The Harder We Fall by Rebecca Raine 7/29/24 7/29/24 254 pages Kindle Tristan and Sam 2021
241. Skeletons in the Closet by Nicky James 7/29/24 7/31/24 360 pages Kindle Tal and Diem Shadowy Solutions 1 2024
**abandoned The Hitman Vs Cade: Complete by Maddox Auheim** 53 pages
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242. Broken by Nicola Haken 7/31/24 8/2/24 329 pages Kindle Theodore and James 2016
243. The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely read by Simon Jones 7/27/24 8/2/24 9 hours audio book
244. Brutal Souls by Quell T. Fox 8/2/24 8/4/24 395 pages Kindle Justin and Sevastian Dark Hearts 1 2024
245. Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg 8/4/24 8/4/24 28 pages hardcover
246. Ginger Snapping All The Way by Gabbi Grey 8/4/24 8/4/24 267 pages Kindle Maddox and Ravi Love In Mission City 1 2021
247. Marrying Mr. Majestic by Lucy Lennox 8/4/24 8/5/24 286 pages Kindle Waylon and Silas 2024
**abandoned Three Ties to Bind by Michelle Dare** 135 pages
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**abandoned First Comes Marriage by Shira Anthony** 101 pages
**abandoned Forever You: Trade Me by Laura N. Andrews** 44 pages
**abandoned The Cowboy and the Barista by SC Wynne** 41 pages
**abandoned All The Broken Pieces by Rebecca Raine** 46 pages
248. The Sweetheart Quest by Jacy Braegan 8/7/24 8/8/24 167 pages Kindle Rhodes and Trevor Sweetheart Escapes 4 2023
249. Deadly Little Sparrow by K.M. Neuhold 283 pages 8/8/24 8/8/24 283 pages Kindle Xaviaro and Sparrow Mafia Bound 1 2024
250. Ace in the Hole by Ava Drake 8/5/24 8/09/24 5.75 hours Audible audio book narrated by John Solo Christian and Stone Wild Cards 1 2016
251. Protecting the Nerd by Nora Phoenix 8/9/24 8/9/24 296 pages Kindle York and Quillon Forestville Silverfoxes 4 2024
252. One More Night by Charlie Novak 8/11/24 8/11/24 40 pages Kindle Jack and Harry 2020
253. Diamonds in the Rough by Jodi Payne and BA Tortuga 8/11/24 8/12/24 223 pages Kindle Ash and Sebastian On the Ranch 3 2024
254. Seven-Card Stud by Ava Drake 8/10/24 8/13/24 6.5 hours Audible audio book narrated by John Solo Collin and Oliver Wild Cards 2 2016
255. First Rodeo by Jodi Payne and BA Tortuga 8/12/24 8/13/24 293 pages Kindle Sam and Thomas The Cowboy and the Dom 1 2020
**abandoned Too Close to the Flame by Ryan Taylor** 100 pages
**abandoned The Billionaire: The Portland Protectors by Emerson Beckett and Rheland Richmond** 150 pages
256. Silver Buckle Linings by BA Tortuga 8/14/24 8/15/24 238 pages KindleBenji and Sterling 2024
**abandoned The Silencer by Cora Rose** 163 pages
257. Snow on the Roof by Sean Ashcroft 8/16/24 8/17/24 201 pages Kindle Grant and Sunny 2017
258. Make Me Burn by Avril Ashton 8/17/24 8/17/24 90 pages Kindle Wes and Jayce The Make Me Series 2 2018
259. Make Me Blaze by Avril Ashton 8/17/24 8/17/24 101 pages Kindle Dominic and Siva The Make Me Series 3 2018
260. The Substitute by Sean Ashcroft 8/17/24 8/17/24 253 pages Kindle Flynn and Zach 2018
261. Christmas Bubble by Ana Ashley 8/17/14 8/17/24 254 pages Kindle Coach and Bubble 2022
262. Under His Name by MA Grant 8/17/24 8/18/24 179 pages Kindle Sam and Nicholas Accidentally Undercover 5 2024
263. Under the Radar by Linden Bell 8/18/24 8/18/24 213 pages Kindle Logan and Jared Accidentally Undercover 6 2024
264. The Law of Seduction by MM Phoenix 8/18/24 8/19/24 243 pages Kindle Nate and Ethan Suit Up 1 2024
265. High Balls by Tara Lain 8/19/24 8/19/24 8/20/24 196 pages Kindle Theodore and Snake Balls to the Wall 5 2020
266. Snow Balls by Tara Lain 8/20/24 8/20/24 134 pages Kindle JJ and Ryan Balls to the Wall 6 2020
267. All In by Ava Drake 8/14/24 8/20/24 6 hours Audible audio book narrated by John Solo Zane and Sebastian Wild Cards 3 2017
268. Partnership by Valerie Vaughn 8/20/24 8/22/24 212 pages Kindle Syler and Arthur Covert Affairs 1 2020
269. Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts by Charlie Cochet 8/22/24 8/22/24 112 pages Kindle Quinn and Spencer Four Kings Security Universe Novellas 1 2020
270. A Very Gay Dare by MM Phoenix 8/23/24 8/23/24 49 pages Kindle Shawn and Justin Curious 1 2022
271. Just for Tonight by MM Phoenix 8/23/24 8/23/24 20 pages Kindle Sander and sub, not named Curious 3 2021
272. Modern Warfare by Valerie Vaughn 8/23/24 8/24/24 194 pages Kindle Syler and Arthur Covert Affairs 2 2020
**abandoned Employing Patience by Saxon James** 257 pages, actually read and finished it in May. sheesh.
273. Pretty Policeman by Fifer Rose 8/22/24 8/25/24 391 pages Kindle Micah and Damon Pretty Policeman 1 2022
274. Fauxmance in the Falls by JE Birk 8/25/24 8/26/24 304 pages Kindle Benson and Jack Devon Falls 1 2023
275. Sub Mission by TS McKinney 8/26/24 8/27/24 260 pages Kindle Seth and Baker Sub Mission 1 2018
276. Noah by Cara Dee 8/28/24 8/29/24 286 pages Kindle Noah and Julian related to series Breaking Free 2016
277. Hot Conduit by Katherine McIntyre 8/29/24 8/29/24 175 pages KindleTheo and Lex Hot Under the Collar 2 2024
278. We Have Til Dawn by Cara Dee 8/9/24 8/30/24 194 pages Kindle Nicky and Gideon The Fender Brothers 1 2020
**abandoned Forbidden in the Falls by JE Birk** 83 pages
**abandoned His Forged Savior by Leo Rivers** 25 pages "You deserve the world, my darling boy. As long as I draw breath, I will strive to give you all you need." He sealed his vow with a tender kiss. 🙄
279. Inferno by Scarlet Blackwell 8/30/24 8/31/24 374 pages Kindle Dante and Zack 2016
280. Rhino Ash by Lindsey Black 9/1/24 9/2/24 268 pages Kindle Ashley and Finn Saturday Barbies 1 or 2 ? 2017
281. Hard Stop by Kay Simone 9/2/24 9/2/24 144 pages Kindle Mitchell and James, Marek 2016
282. Untouchable by Ruthie Luhnow and Kay Simone 9/2/24 9/5/24 714 pages Kindle Parker and Harp 2018
283. Maybe You by Briar Prescott 9/5/24 9/6/24 338 pages Kindle Wren and Sutton 2024
284. Hard Bargain by Scarlet Blackwell 9/6/24 9/6/24 117 pages Kindle Austin and Lynton 2024
285. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 8/28/24 9/7/24 hardcover 355 pages 2022
**abandoned Finding Myself by Ruby Neal 9/6/24 Kindle Zach and Jude Love in Prophetstown 1 2020** 86 pages new sheriff in town, immediately tells 'weird' guy he gets him, starts calling him beautiful... ugh.
**abandoned He's Mine by Scarlet Blackwell 8/31/24 Kindle short stories 2024** 78 pages should have known... short stories...
286. Before You Break by KC Wells and Parker Williams 8/21/24 9/8/24 13.5 hours Audible Audio book narrated by Joel Leslie Ellis and Wayne Secrets 1 13.5 hours 2018
**abandoned Aiden's Luck by Con Riley** 64 pages Aiden is so angry, completely put me off
**abandoned One Step Sideways by Victoria Sue** 90 pages Kane and Danny Enhanced World Security 1 2024 Kane never formally educated, never anything, is way too smart, emotionally and etc.
287. Chained by Fate: Spark by Zara Lee 9/8/24 9/9/24 242 pages Kindle Andy and Matt Vegas Billionaires 1 2024
288. Chained by Fate: Passion by Zara Lee 9/9/24 9/9/24 202 pages Kindle Andy and Matt Vegas Billionaires 2 2024
289. Rent: Paid in Full by Jesse H Reign 9/11/24 9/12/24 395 pages Kindle Ryan and Miller Bad Decisions 1 2024
**abandoned Who Said Mobsters Were Scary? by JF Miev** 192 pages
290. Work: Strictly Professional by Jesse H Reign 9/12/24 9/14/24 377 pages Kindle Wyn and Derek Bad Decisions 2 2024
291. The Muse's Undoing by August Jones 9/14/24 9/16/24 500 pages KindleFischer and Matthew Doormen of the Upper East Side 2 2024
292. Best Wrong Thing by Colette Davison 9/16/24 9/16/24 226 pages Kindle Jacob and Archer 2024
293. Bent by Jesse H Reign 9/17/24 9/17/24 110 pages Kindle Oliver and Ethan Bent Series 1 2021
294. Unbreak Me by Jesse H Reign 9/17/24 9/19/24 413 pages Kindle Jon and Davey 2022
295. All the Wrong Pages by Katherine McIntyre 9/21/24 9/21/24 179 pages Kindle Cooper and Logan Collier's Creek 4 2023
**abandoned Dirty Martini by Addison Beck** 214 pages
**abandoned Power of the Mind by Nicky James** 73 pages
**abandoned Suddenly You by Cora Rose** 58 pages
**abandoned Starboard by Ava Olsen** 74 pages
296. The Fall by Kate Sherwood 9/22/24 9/24/24 181 pagesKindle Mackenzie and Joe 2019
297. Man of His Dreams by Kim Fielding 9/24/24 9/25/24 133 pages Kindle Tony and Flip Hot Nights in the Big Easy 1 2024
298. Love is Heartless by Kim Fielding 9/24/24 9/25/24 234 pages Kindle Nevin and Colin Love Can't Book 2 2017
299. Whiskey and Moonshine by Elizabeth Noble 9/25/24 9/25/24 172 pages Kindle Colt and Malone 2020
300. Suddenly You by Cora Rose 9/25/24 9/27/24 290 pages Kindle Matt and Coop 2024
**abandoned Meant To Be Gay by Lara Hale** 91 pages
**abandoned Starboard by Ava Olsen** 79 pages
**abandoned The Truth of Our Past by Heather Leighson** 29 pages
**abandoned Dirty Martini by Addison Beck** 214 pages
**abandoned Power of the Mind by Nicky James** 72 pages
301. Cherry Picked by Cora Rose 9/27/24 9/29/24 298 pages Kindle Hawk and Jack Sunday Brothers 4 2023
302. The Cattle Baron's Bogus Boyfriend by Nicki Bennett 9/29/24 9/30/24 204 pages Kindle Jonah and Lincoln Dreamspun Desires 5 2016
303. Mangled Argentina Ryder 9/30/24 10/1/24 206 pages Kindle Ben and Leo 2023
**abandoned The Coyboy and the Barista by SC Wynne** 140 pages
304. Debt by Louise Collins 10/2/24 10/2/24 60 pages Kindle Levi and Greyson Romance on the Go 0 2019
305. Saving the Senator's Son by Jacki James 10/2/24 10/3/24 199 pages Kindle Trey and Roman Hart Security 1 2020
306. Bent Backwards by Jesse H Reign 10/3/24 10/3/24 123 pages KindleOllie and Ethan Bent Series 2 2021
307. The Unlikely Pair by Jax Calder 10/3/24 10/4/24 429 pages Kindle Harry and Toby Unlikely Dilemmas 2 2024
308. Hired by the Enemy by Jax Calder 10/4/24 10/4/24 159 pages Kindle Matthew and Liam 2024
309. Knowing You by EM Lindsey 10/4/24 10/5/24 264 pages Kindle Lane and Bowen Words We Never Said 1 2024
310. Wicked Lies Boys Tell by K Webster 10/1/24 10/5/24 251 pages KindleCope and Penn 2019
311. Sheriff's Secret by K Webster 10/5/24 10/6/24 307 pages Kindle Jax and Dante Brigs Ferry Bay 1 2020
312. Callan's Atlas by K Webster 10/6/24 10/6/24 Kindle Callan and Atlas Brigs Ferry Bay 3 2021
313. Why Love Matters by Jay Northcote 10/6/24 10/6/24 52 pages Kindle Alastair and Martin 2016 my library
314. The Heart of Smoke by K Webster 10/6/24 10/7/24 271 pages KindleJude and Tate Shameful Secrets 3 2024
315. Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom 9/6/24 10/9/24 Audible Audio book narrated by Jon Lindstrom 7.75 hours 2024
316. How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae 10/7/24 10/8/24 230 pages Kindle Toby and Dexter Hellhounds of Paradise Falls Book 1
317. A Hellhound Called Derek by Michelle Frost 10/8/24 10/8/24 81 pages Kindle Derek and Hollis Mated To The Human 1 2022
318. Catching a Con Man by Matt Peters 10/8/24 10/9/24 185 pages Kindle Ade and Tyler Billionaires and Liars 1
319. Double Dealing: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Nicole Colville 10/9/24 10/10/24 228 pages Kindle Trace and Ryder 2016
320. Dominque by Nicole Colville 10/10/24 10/11/24 348 pages Kindle Dominque and Jacob 2015
321. The Marriage Betrothal by Aja Foxx 10/11/24 10/12/24 201 pages Kindle Kyue and Lucas Marriage Mayhem 4 2023
322. Whiskey Neat by Mia Monroe 10/12/24 10/24/24 245 pages Kindle Indy and Salem Last Call 1 2024
323. Handy Man by Matt Peters 10/12/24 10/12/24 139 pages Kindle James and Llywelyn West Wales Romance 1 2022
324. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 10/10/24 10/13/24 374 pages Kindle 1884
325. Hollywood Crush by Matt Peters 10/12/24 10/13/24 Kindle Tudor and Daniel West Wales Romance 2 2022
**abandoned Billionaire's Sexy Scientist by Dillon Hart** 84 pages
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326. Reluctantly You by Cora Rose 10/15/24 10/16/24 350 pages Kindle Mitch and Gideon Our Exception 3 2024
327. The Billionaire's Consort by Peter Styles 10/15/24 10/17/24 partial read, 375 pages Kindle various 2019
328. Diablo by Cora Rose 10/17/24 10/17/24 222 pages Kindle Diablo and Skylar Unexpected 7 2023
329. Inheriting Miss Fortune by Lucy Lennox 10/17/24 10/18/24 Kindle 328 pages Kindle Tully and Dev The Billionaire Brotherhood 3 2024
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330. Ilya by Barbara Elsborg 10/18/24 10/19/24 337 pages Kindle Ilya and Julien 2024
331. Welcome to Knockwood by Lucy Lennox 10/19/24 10/19/24 56 pages Kindle Jonah and Pete 2023
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333. No Quick Fix by Mary Calmes 10/19/24 10/20/24 307 pages Kindle Brann and Emery Torus Intercession 1 2019
334. Fix It Up by Mary Calmes 10/20/24 10/20/24 348 pages KindleLocryn and Nick Torus Intercession 3 2020
335. The Fix is In by Mary Calmes 10/21/24 10/22/24 293 pages Kindle Shaw and Benji Torus Intercession 4 2021
336. The Big Fix by Mary Calmes 10/22/24 10/23/24 310 pages Kindle Jared and Owen Torus Intercession 5 2022
337. Get a Fix by Mary Calmes 10/23/24 10/23/24 272 pages Kindle Cooper and Ashford Torus Intercession 6 2024
338. Without Warning by Reese Knightley 10/24/24 10/24/24 306 pages Kindle Ryder and Harrison Cobalt Security 1 2019 *unintentional re-read*
339. Again by Mary Calmes 10/24/24 10/24/24 81 pages Kindle Noah and Dante 2022
340. Lay It Down by Mary Calmes 10/24/24 10/24/24 150 pages Kindle Hudson and Miguel 2023
341. A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes 10/25/24 10/25/24 144 pages Kindle Jory and Sam A Matter of Time Series Book 1 2011
342. A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes 10/25/24 10/25/24 122 pages pages Kindle Jory and Sam A Matter of Time Series Book 2 2011
343. A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes 10/25/24 10/26/24 98 pages Kindle Jory and Sam A Matter of Time Series Book 3 2011
344. A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes 10/25/24 10/25/24 188 pages Kindle Jory and Sam A Matter of Time Series Book 4 2011
345. Acrobat by Mary Calmes 10/26/24 10/27/24 236 pages Kindle Nathan and Dreo ML
346. Carte Blanche by Mary Calmes 10/27/24 10/27/24 68 pages Kindle Jude and Devin 2014
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350. Lovers Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 10/29/24 10/31/24 467 pages Kindle Maximoff and Farrow Like Us Series 2 2017
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Logan and Andrew Straight Guys 11 20202. Just a Bit Captivated by Alessandra Hazard 1/1/24 1/1/24 239 pages Kindle
Aiden and Zain Straight Guys 14 20233. Tell No One by Barbara Elsborg 1/1/24 1/2/24 280 pages Kindle
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Cato and Vigge Unfinished Business 3 20216. Waiting for Ru by Barbara Elsborg 1/4/24 1/5/24 352 pages Kindle
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Archer and Conrad Fall and Break 2 201710. He's the One by Barbara Elsborg 1/7/24 1/8/24 377 pages Kindle
Col and Theo Fate We Make 1 202311. Hold On by Barbara Elsborg 1/8/24 1/9/24 322 pages Kindle
Dominic and Ren Fate We Make 2 202312. This is Real by Barbara Elsborg 1/9/24 1/9/24 262 pages Kindle
Murdo and Lukas 202213. Edge of Forever by Barbara Elsborg 1/10/24 1/11/24 348 pages Kindle
Pasha and Levi 201814. Zeke's Wood by Barbara Elsborg 1/11/24 1/11/24 68 pages Kindle
Zeke and Gideon 201715. With Or Without Him by Barbara Elsborg 1/11/24 1/12/24 306 pages Kindle
Haris and Tyler 201716. Drawn In by Barbara Elsborg 1/12/24 1/13/24 335 pages Kindle
Kell and Gethin 201617. Cowboys Down by Barbara Elsborg 1/13/24 1/14/24 287 pages Kindle
Jasper and Calum 201718. Give Yourself Away by Barbara Elsborg 1/14/24 1/15/24 353 pages Kindle
March and Caleb 201719. Every Move He Makes by Barbara Elsborg 1/15/24 1/16/24 277 pages Kindle
Logan and Zak 201720. Dirty Games by Barbara Elsborg 1/16/24 1/17/24 346 pages Kindle
Linton and Thorne 201721. Where Forever Started by Barbara Elsborg 1/17/24 1/18/24 Kindle
Barney and Raf 201722. The Bastard and the Heir by Eden Finley and Saxon James 1/19/24 /1/19/24 337 pages Kindle
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Marc and Dillon Assassins in Love Series 1 201925. Assassins Love People Too by S. C. Wynne 1/21/24 1/21/24 131 pages Kindle
Marc and Dillon Assassins in Love Series 2 2019 26. Assassins Save People Too by S. C. Wynne 1/21/24 1/21/24 122 pages Kindle
Marc and Dillon Assassins in Love Series 3 2019 **abandoned Love Me Again by Max Walker** 70 pages
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Luca and Dante The District 1 202329. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen read by Arte Johnson 12/31/23 1/23/24 11.5 hours audiobook
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Rhett and Patrick 2023**abandoned Return by Fire by Tracey Jerald** 34 pages
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Rowan and Zane Heart of Thornes 1 202337. Mine to Claim by E.V. Olsen 1/27/24 1/27/24 Kindle
Rex and Devon Wasteland Temptations 1 202338. Mine to Protect by E.V. Olsen 1/27/24 1/28/24 62 pages Kindle
Rex and Devon Wasteland Temptations 2 202339. His to Break by E.V. Olsen 1/28/24 1/28/24 51 pages Kindle
Mac and Cal Wasteland Temptations 3 202440. Nixon by Laura John 1/28/24 1/28/24 238 pages Kindle
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Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 1 201743. The Plus-One Entanglement by Paulina Ian-Kane 1/29/24 1/30/24 127 pages Kindle
Asher and Jordan Love After Forty 1 2023**abandoned One by Paulina Ian-Kane** 197 pages
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Ford and Jay Bad Boy Billionaires 2 202346. True North by C.E. Kilgore 1/31/24 1/31/24 57 pages Kindle
Chris and Joshua Hearts Compass 1 201547. Down South by C.E. Kilgore 1/31/24 1/31/24 61 pages Kindle
Gabe and Liam Hearts Compass 3 201548. Back East by C.E. Kilgore 1/31/24 2/1/24 57 pages Kindle
Eli and David Hearts Compass 2 201549. Out West by C.E. Kilgore 2/1/24 2/1/24 62 pages Kindle
Alex and Mateo Hearts Compass 4 201550. Objectified by C.E. Kilgore 2/1/24 2/1/24 48 pages Kindle
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Killian and Nick 2018 52. Grayson Ryder: A Thief's Thrill by M.L. Giles 2/3/24 2/3/24 244 pages Kindle
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Jax and Victor 202355. The Escape: Soren's Saga by Nicky James 2/4/24 2/25/24 291 pages Kindle
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Cyrus and River 202158. Cravings of the Heart by Nicky James 2/7/24 2/7/24 298 pages Kindle
Arden and Iggy Trials of Fear 6 201959. Accidentally August by E.M. Denning 2/7/24 2/7/24 191 pages Kindle
August and Crispin Walking Disaster 1 202360. As Much As I Try by Erica Montrose 2/8/24 2/9/24 208 pages Kindle
Edwin and Liam 202261. Oliver by E.M. Denning 2/9/24 2/10/24 195 pages Kindle
Oliver and Jordan Walking Disaster 2 2023 62. Last First Kiss by E.M. Denning 2/10/24 2/10/24 201 pages pages Kindle
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Declan and Remi Allies 1 202368. Stepbrother Dearest by Willow Dixon 2/17/24 2/17/24 314 pages Kindle
Caleb and Gray Crimson Club 1 202369. Fakers With Benefits by Willow Dixon 2/17/24 2/18/24 330 pages Kindle
Caleb and Gray Crimson Club 2 202370. Surviving the Break by C.P. Harris 2/18/24 2/19/24 289 pages Kindle
Max and Ash Chadwick 2 2020**abandoned Staking His Claim by Ki Brightly and M.D. Gregory** 135 pages
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Leif and Russ Ace's Wild 6 201972. Nuts by S.E. Jakes and Stephanie Tyler 2/20/24 2/20/24 90 pages Kindle
Preston and Jagger Ace's Wild 2 201973. Reunion by Neve Wilder 2/20/24 2/20/24 132 pages Kindle
Cole and Dane Ace's Wild 7 201974. The Good Liar by C.P. Harris 2/20/24 2/21/24 346 pages Kindle
Cole and Jasper Infidelity 1 202375. The Boss's Boy by Aja Foxx 2/22/24 2/22/24 379 pages Kindle
Dmitri and Eiji Mafia Mayhem 2 202376. Love Language by Jax Calder 2/22/24 2/22/24 59 pages Kindle
Ash and Dominic 202477. The Fishermen by C.P. Harris 2/23/24 2/24/22 474 pages Kindle
Leland and Franklin Infidelity 2 202378. Want You Still by C.E. Ricci and Marley Valentine 2/24/24 2/25/24 366 pages Kindle Kindle
Will and Pierce 2024**abandoned The Way We Hate by Myka Loren** 196 pages
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Cole and Shane Unframed Art MM Romance 1 202380. You Have Arrived At Your Destination by Amor Towles 2/27/24 2/27/24 50 pages Kindle
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Porter and Steele Big Bull Mechanics 1 2022**abandoned Fool's Gold by J.V. Speyer** 99 pages
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Lucas and Nick LJ M/M/ romance 7 202383. From the Ground Up by Harper Robson 2/27/24 2/27/24 263 pages Kindle
Mason and Jackson Hot Dam Homes 1 202284. Falling for Raine by Lane Hayes 2/27/24 2/28/24 208 pages Kindle
Raine and Graham 2024**abandoned Dearly & Deviant Daniel by L.A. Kaye** 159 pages
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Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 2 2017**abandoned Dearly Deviant Daniel by L.A. Kaye** 159 pages
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Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 3 201887. Tangled Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/1/24 3/1/24 483 pages Kindle
Jane and Thatcher Like Us 4 201988. Sinful Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/1/24 3/2/24 501 pages Kindle
Jane and Thatcher Like Us 5 201989. Headstrong Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/2/24 3/3/24 468 pages Kindle
Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 6 201990. Charming Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/3/24 3/4/24 499 pages Kindle
Oscar and Jack Like Us 7 202091. Wild Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/5/24 3/5/24 498 pages Kindle
Akara, Banks, and Sulli Like Us 8 202092. Fearless Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/5/24 3/6/24 587 pages Kindle
Akara, Banks, and Sulli Like Us 9 202193. Infamous Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/6/24 3/7/24 587 pages Kindle
Akara, Banks, and Sulli Like Us 10 202194. Misfits Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/7/24 3/8/24 464 pages Kindle
Luna and Donnelly Like Us 11 202295. Unlucky Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/8/24 3/9/24 588 pages Kindle
Luna and Donnelly Like Us 12 202396. Nobody Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 3/9/24 3/10/24 812 pages Kindle
Luna and Donnelly Like Us 13 202497. Damaged Like Us 3/11/24 3/11/24 399 pages Kindle
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Rough Series Book 1 200799. Lovers Like Us 3/11/24 3/14/24 466 pages Kindle
**reread** Maximoff and Farrow Like Us 2 2017100. Fire and Sand by Louise Collins 3/14/24 3/14/24 108 pages Kindle
Jake & Maddox Adrenaline Jake 3 2018101. Guns and Shadows by Louise Collins 3/14/24 3/14/24 130 pages Kindle
Jake & Maddox Adrenaline Jake 4 2018102. Diamond in the Rough by Louise Collins 3/14/24 3/14/24 207 pages Kindle
Jake & Maddox Adrenaline Jake 5 2019103. #20DaystoLA by Tanya Chris 3/14/24 3/15/24 252 pages
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Enzo and Hill Obsessed With Him 4 2024106. Christmas With The Billionaire by Amber Ridge 3/16/24 3/16/24 58 pages Kindle
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Jamie and Nico Caldwell Brothers 1 2020**abandoned Touch and Go by Aiden Bates** 177 pages
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Col and Wilby Vet Shop Boys Down Under 1 2024109. Runaway by Casey Cox 3/18/24 3/19/24 260 pages Kindle
Conrad and Jedfire Escape 2 2021110. Conversation Hearts by Avon Gale 3/19/24 3/19/24 28 page short story Kindle
Sinjin and Levi 2019111. Learning to Feel by N.R. Walker 3/19/24 3/19/24 252 pages Kindle
Nathan and Trent 2015112. Old Acquaintance by Avon Gale 3/19/24 3/19/24 31 pages Kindle
Andrew and Elias 2019113. The Revenge Agenda by Saxon James 3/19/24 3/20/24 276 pages Kindle
Rush and Hunter Accidental Love 3 2024114. Alaskan Thunder by Nando Gray 3/20/24 3/21/24 104 pages
Calvin and Zayne 2024115. Without You by Marley Valentine 3/21/24 3/21/24 290 pages Kindle
Deacon and Julian 2020116. In the Eye of the Beholder by Dianna Roman 3/21/24 3/22/24 387 pages Kindle
Daniel and Eric 2023117. The Gentleman by Dianna Roman 3/22/24 3/23/24 257 pages Kindle
Cameron and Pete 2024118. You Again by Dianna Roman 3/23/24 3/24/25 262 pages Kindle
Johnny and Aiden Men of Olympus 1 2022119. A Minute More by Cora Rose 3/25/24 3/25/24 210 pages Kindle
Wesley and Simon Timeless 1 2023**abandoned Say I Do by Brea Alepoú and Skyler Snow** 170 pages
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London and Erik 2020122. Little Demon in the Details by Nordika Night 3/27/24 3/29/24 376 pages Kindle
Blake and Mercer 2023123. The Caretaker by C.P. Harris 3/29/24 3/29/24 265 pages Kindle
Noon and Solace Infidelity 3 2024124. Bad Boy by Emma Alcott 3/29/24 3/30/24 398 pages Kindle
Colton and Russ Masters of Romance 1 2021 **abandoned Sweet Thing by Emma Alcott** 121 pages
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Sebastian and Matt Finding Shore 3 2018126. Endless Stretch of Blue by Riley Hart 4/2/24 4/3/24 253 pages Kindle
Enzo and Damon 2019**abandoned Boss of Attraction by Kimberly Knight and Rachel Lyn Adams ** 51 pages
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Dakota and Lirio The New York Series 1 2020128. Monopolize You by Evie Noir 4/5/24 4/6/24 479 pages Kindle
Dakota and Lirio The New York Series 2 2021129. The Secret Lives of CEOs by Joey Mayble 4/6/24 4/6/24 197 pages Kindle
Max and Cameron Gay Awakenings 2130. Monopolize Us by Evie Noir 4/7/24 4/9/24 499 pages Kindle
Dakota and Lirio The New York Series 3 2022131. Unforgettable by Marley Valentine 4/8/24 Kindle
Oz and Reeve Vino and Veritas 18 2021132. Secret Desires by Amber Ridge 4/10/24 4/10/24 34 pages Kindle
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Worthy and Crow Criminal Delights 12 2019 134. Brazen Affairs by Ashley James 4/11/24 4/12/24 295 pages Kindle
Vaughn and Camden Hidden Affairs 1 2023135. Eden by Avon Gale and Emily Rossman 4/12/24 4/12/24 224 pages Kindle
Rayne and Brandon 2022136. RPF - When Fiction Gets A Little Too Real by M. Grano and C. Azzo 4/12/24 4/16/24 458 pages Kindle
Sam and Levi 2024**abandoned Drawn In By You by R.M. Neill** 106 pages way too precocious daughter, too angsty Travis, too much
137. Storm Clouds and Devastation by Ashley James 4/16/24 4/17/24 286 pages
Kindle Bodhi and Jules Hidden Affairs 2 2023**abandoned Embracing His Shame by Brigham Vaughn** 212 pages Kink okay, but Forrest's fear of relationships irrational and Jarod starts being interested.
138. Say My Name by Ashley James 4/18/24 4/19/24 308 pages Kindle
Travis and Mateo 2023139. Insatiable Hunger by Ashley James 4/17/24 4/18/24 340 pages Kindle
Elias and Zeke Hidden Affairs 3 2023140. Aftercare by Tanya Chris 4/18/24 4/19/24 211 pages Kindle
Garrett and Aayan Ever After 1 2017141. Aftershock by Tanya Chris 4/19/24 4/20/24 218 pages Kindle
Garrett and Aayan Ever After 2 2017142. Aftermath by Tanya Chris 4/19/24 4/20/24 236 pages Kindle
Casey and Brooks Ever After 3 2019143. Red Flags and Tuesdays by Nordika Night 4/20/24 4/21/24 251 pages Kindle
Reid and Atticus Weekday Weirdos 1 2024144. Professor Platonic by Lucy Lennox 4/21/24 4/21/24 42 pages Kindle
Jack and River 2023**abandoned Hired Hadley by Nora Phoenix** 211 pages To use a phrase seen most recently on Richard's thread: Couldn't be arsed.
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145. Out of the Office Romance by Twoony 4/22/24 4/24/24 536 pages Kindle
Kade and Nolen AND Louis and Mason 2023146. The House of Being by Natasha Trethewey 4/12/24 4/24/24 hardcover 77 pages
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Darius and Aadi 2020**abandoned No Secrets by Nora Phoenix** 123 pages
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Matthew and Tom Growing Pains 1 2020149. Payback by Alexa Land Kindle 4/25/24 4/25/24 182 pages Kindle
Malcolm and Daniel Firsts and Forever Stories 10 2023150. Message Received 4/25/24 4/26/24 by D.K. Sutton 314 pages Kindle
Ben and Sean Sloan Brothers Book 2 2023 my library call center, ben sub Sean dom trust fund151. The Heir's Disgrace by August Jones 4/26/24 4/27/24 426 PAGES Kindle
Drew and Ollivier Doormen of the Upper East Side 1 2024152. Say Yes by Jen Samson 4/27/24 4/28/24 422 pages Kindle
Colt and Sebastian 2022153. For You, Sir by Emily Brandish 4/28/24 4/29/24 306 pages Kindle
Jun and Einar 2023154. Deep Under by Tanya Chris 4/29/24 4/29/24 47 pages Kindle
Maddox and Jack Deep Under 1 2016155. Back Under by Tanya Chris 4/29/24 4/29/24 47 pages Kindle
Maddox and Jack Deep Under 1 2021156. How to Shield an Assassin by AJ Sherwood 4/29/24 4/30/24 254 pages Kindle
Ari and Carter Unholy Trifecta Book 1 2019 157. How to Steal a Thief by AJ Sherwood 4/30/24 5/1/24 197 pages Kindle
Ivan and Aiden Unholy Trifecta Book 2 2020**abandoned Finding Him by Chad Lane** 87 pages
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Sage and Golden Duality 1 2021159. Hitman's Secret by MJ Red 5/6/24 5/6/24 32 pages Kindle
Charles and Oliver 2021**abandoned How to Hack a Hacker by AJ Sherwood** 132 pages
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Sam and Jonathan Material World 1 2023**abandoned Hunter by M.C. Adams** 95 pages
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Art and Joey Divorced Men's Club 4 2023162. Glory by Leo Rivers 5/12/24 5/12/24 81 pages Kindle
Zach and Wyatt 2023**abandoned Pretty Things by Devon McCormack ** 49 pages - already read it and only gave it 3*
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Jacoby and Roman 2024164. A Mountain Man Walks into a Coffee Shop by Mal Trevino 5/14/24 5/15/24 81 pages Kindle
Josiah and Lennon Harlow Mountain Men 1 2023165. A Mountain Man Walks into a Library by Mal Trevino 5/15/24 5/15/24 81 pages Kindle
Samuel and Remy Harlow Mountain Men 2 2023166. A Mountain Man Walks Into His Brother's Best Friend by Mal Trevino 5/16/24 5/16/24 87 pages Kindle
Noah and Gabriel Harlow Mountain Men 3 2023167. Snowflake Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses by M.J. O'Shea 5/16/24 5/16/24 52 pages Kindle
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Benji and Darren 2022169. When London Snow Falls by Hayden Stone 5/18/24 5/20/24 320 pages Kindle
Charlie and Ben When Snow Falls 2 2022170. Scandal by T. Ashleigh 5/20/24 5/22/24 197 pages Kindle
Austin and Beckett Black Diamond 6 2023 too trope-y no explanations for certain things171. Tripwrecked by A. Poland 5/22/24 5/23/24 311 pages Kindle
Aiden and Finn 2022172. Ambiguous by Leslie McAdam 5/23/24 5/24/24 286 pages Kindle
Sam and Julian IOU 1 2022**abandoned Thirst by Jaylen Florian** 56 pages
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Danny and Alden IOU 2 2022 174. Oblivious by Leslie McAdam 5/25/24 5/26/24 185 pages Kindle
Noah and August IOU 3 2023**abandoned Curious by Leslie McAdam** 150 pages
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Scott and Luke In Vino Veritas 3 2022176. Survive the Streets by Alex Timothy 5/29/24 5/30/24 264 pages Kindle
Bailey and Gabriel Survive Series 1 2022177. Survive the City by Alex Timothy 5/30/24 5/31/24 258 pages Kindle
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JJ and Ryan Balls to the Wall 6 2020267. All In by Ava Drake 8/14/24 8/20/24 6 hours Audible audio book narrated by John Solo
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286. Before You Break by KC Wells and Parker Williams 8/21/24 9/8/24 13.5 hours Audible Audio book narrated by Joel Leslie
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370. Unscripted by JR Gray 11/15/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo and Joel Leslie 8.5 hours Quell and Hale Unscripted 1 2019
371. Whatever It Takes by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/25/24 11/26/24 300 pages Kindle Willow and Garrison The Bad Reputation Duet 1 2020
372. Wherever You Are by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/25/24 11/28/24 428 pages Kindle Willow and Garrison The Bad Reputation Duet 2 2020
373. Bent by Jesse H Reign 11/28/24 11/29/24 110 pages Kindle Oliver and Ethan Bent Series 1 2021
374. Bent Backwards by Jesse H Reign 11/29/24 11/30/24 123 pages Kindle Oliver and Ethan Bent Series 2 2021
**abandoned Clouded Hell by JR Gray*** 43 pages
**abandoned Hell on Earth by Macy Blake** 103 pages winks, chuckles, twinkles from hellhounds?
375. Guns Blazing by Andrea Smith 11/30/24 11/30/24 164 pages Kindle Lloyd and Luke Black Balled Series 2 2018
**abandoned Waves of Fury by K Webster** 156 pages
376. Ace in the Hole by Ava Drake 11/26/24 12/3/24 5.75 hours Audible audio book narrated by John Solo Christian and Stone Wild Cards 1 2016
377. Say Yes, Sir by Freesia Woodley 12/1/24 12/3/24 248 pages Kindle Zephyr and Cash Beau Ties Series 3 2022
378. Something So Strong by JJ Asher 12/3/24 12/5/24 400 pages Kindle Kai and Jesse British Invasion 2 2024
379. The Paper Boys by DP Clarence 12/5/24 12/7/24 378 pages Kindle Ludo and Sunny 2024
380. Ghosting You by Alexander C Eberhart 12/7/24 12/8/24 338 pages Kindle Nick and Tommy 2020
381. Yes Guy by Barbara Elsborg 12/8/24 12/8/24 134 pages Kindle Heath and Tristan 2024
382. Playboy for Hire by Spencer Spears 12/8/24 12/9/24 349 pages Kindle Ryder and Quinn 2024
383. My Toxic Romance by Harley Horton 12/9/24 12/9/24 46 pages Kindle /24 349 pages Kindle Mouse and Alexi 2023
384. A Protector for Ethan by Ayala Fallone 12/9/24 12/9/24 97 pages Kindle /24 349 pages Kindle Ethan and Blade Port Cedar Small Town MM Romance 1 2024
385. French Kiss by CF White 12/9/24 12/11/24 213 pages Kindle Dale and Valentin Flying into Love 2022
386. The Wicked Side by Ash Coley 12/11/24 12/12/24 173 pages Kindle Solomon and Ezra Dark Side 2 2023
387. Textual Confusion by Fifer Rose 12/12/24 12/13/24 490 pages Kindle Asher and Marcus 2024
**abandoned His Until Christmas by Con Riley** 66 pages
**abandoned Covering the Cowboy by BA Tortuga** 159 pages
388. All In by Eva Drake 12/10/24 12/15/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo 6.5 hours Wild Cards 2 Collin and Oliver 2016
389. Seven Card Stud by Eva Drake 12/4/24 12/15/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo 6.5 hours Wild Cards 2 Collin and Oliver 2016
**abandoned Fly Away Home by Felice Stevens** 220 pages Colson and Harper
**abandoned The Guy Next Door by Devon McCormack** 153 pages Leif and Zane
390. Highland Fling by Scarlet Blackwell 12/15/24 12/15/24 167 pages Kindle Dexter and Kade The Wildcat Books 1 2022
391. A Christmas Less Lonely by Scarlet Blackwell 12/16/24 12/16/24 233 pages Kindle Alex and Lucas 2024
392. Sticky Fingers by Davidson King 12/15/24 12/18/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo and Kirt Graves 6.5 hours Kyle and Maddox 2020
**abandoned Falling for the Captain by Scarlet Blackwell** 79 pages
**abandoned Protecting Mr. Fine by Lucy Lennox** 274 pages
**abandoned Shiver by Jocelynn Drake** 119 pages
393. Sea Kissed by Spencer Spears 12/20/24 12/22/24 410 pages Kindle Ari and Holden 2020
394. The Christmas Deal by Keira Andrews 12/22/24 12/23/24 235 pages Kindle Seth and Logan Festive Fakes 1 2019
**abandoned Taylor-Made For Me by KC Wells*** 6.5 hours listened
395. Hellhounds Never Lie by Lori Ames 12/23/24 12/24/24 227 pages Kindle Ash and Dillon Willow Lake Supernaturals 1 2023
396. God of Fury by Rina Kent 12/24/24 12/27/24 502 pages Kindle Brandon and Nickolai Legacy of Gods 5 2023
397. The Christmas Veto by Keira Andrews 12/22/24 12/27/24 Audible audio book narrated by Kirt Graves 8.5 hours Connor and Reid Festive Fakes 3 2023
398. Black Widow's Kiss by Alex McAnders 12/27/24 12/28/24 187 pages Kindle Kuroi and Dante Mafia's Submission 1 2024
351. Alphas Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 10/31/24 11/2/24 489 pages Kindle
Maximoff and Farrow Like Us Series 3 2018352. The Tragedy of Felix and Jake by J. Daniels 11/1/24 11/3/24 386 pages Kindle
Jake and Felix 2023353. On Guard by Andi Jaxon and JR Gray 11/3/24 11/3/24 380 pages Kindle
Isaac and Oliver New York Gods 1 2024354. For the Fans by Nyla K 11/3/24 11/5/24 522 pages Kindle
Avi and Kyran 2023355. Say Yes by JR Gray 11/5/24 11/5/24 115 pages Kindle
James and Charles 2017356. Resisting You by EM Lindsey 11/5/24 11/6/24 282 pages Kindle
Frey and Renato Words We Never Said 2 2024357. Tangled Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/4/24 11/7/24 483 pages Kindle
Jane and Thatcher Like Us Series 4 2019358. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie 10/29/24 11/08/24 209 pages hardcover
359. Transparent is a Color by Kaje Harper 11/7/24 11/9/24 264 pages Kindle
Perry and Deckard Subparheroes 3 2024360. Sinful Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/7/24 11/9/24 509 pages Kindle
Jane and Thatcher Like Us Series 5 2019361. Headstrong Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/9/24 11/11/24 468 pages Kindle
Maximoff and Farrow Like Us series 6 2019362. Charming Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/11/24 11/13/24 499 pages Kindle
Oscar and Jack Like Us series 7 2020363. Pride and Protection by KC Wells 10/29/24 11/12/24 Audible Audio book narrated by John Solo 8 hrs 20 minutes
Del and Taylor The Southern Boys 2 2019364. Wild Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/13/24 11/14/24 498 pages Kindle
Sullivan, Akara, and Banks Like Us series 8 2020365. Fearless Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/14/24 11/16/24 587 pages Kindle
Sullivan, Akara, and Banks Like Us series 9 2021366. Infamous Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/16/24 11/17/24 587 pages Kindle
Sullivan, Akara, and Banks Like Us series 10 2021 367. Misfits Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/17/24 11/20/24 464 pages Kindle
Luna and Donnelly Like Us series 11 2022368. Unlucky Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/20/24 11/22/24 568 pages Kindle
Luna and Donnelly Like Us series 12 2023369. Nobody Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/23/24 11/25/24 812 pages Kindle
Luna and Donnelly Like Us series 13 2024370. Unscripted by JR Gray 11/15/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo and Joel Leslie 8.5 hours
Quell and Hale Unscripted 1 2019371. Whatever It Takes by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/25/24 11/26/24 300 pages Kindle
Willow and Garrison The Bad Reputation Duet 1 2020372. Wherever You Are by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/25/24 11/28/24 428 pages Kindle
Willow and Garrison The Bad Reputation Duet 2 2020373. Bent by Jesse H Reign 11/28/24 11/29/24 110 pages Kindle
Oliver and Ethan Bent Series 1 2021374. Bent Backwards by Jesse H Reign 11/29/24 11/30/24 123 pages Kindle
Oliver and Ethan Bent Series 2 2021**abandoned Clouded Hell by JR Gray*** 43 pages
**abandoned Hell on Earth by Macy Blake** 103 pages winks, chuckles, twinkles from hellhounds?
375. Guns Blazing by Andrea Smith 11/30/24 11/30/24 164 pages Kindle
Lloyd and Luke Black Balled Series 2 2018**abandoned Waves of Fury by K Webster** 156 pages
376. Ace in the Hole by Ava Drake 11/26/24 12/3/24 5.75 hours
Audible audio book narrated by John Solo Christian and Stone Wild Cards 1 2016377. Say Yes, Sir by Freesia Woodley 12/1/24 12/3/24 248 pages Kindle
Zephyr and Cash Beau Ties Series 3 2022378. Something So Strong by JJ Asher 12/3/24 12/5/24 400 pages Kindle
Kai and Jesse British Invasion 2 2024379. The Paper Boys by DP Clarence 12/5/24 12/7/24 378 pages Kindle
Ludo and Sunny 2024380. Ghosting You by Alexander C Eberhart 12/7/24 12/8/24 338 pages Kindle
Nick and Tommy 2020381. Yes Guy by Barbara Elsborg 12/8/24 12/8/24 134 pages Kindle
Heath and Tristan 2024382. Playboy for Hire by Spencer Spears 12/8/24 12/9/24 349 pages Kindle
Ryder and Quinn 2024383. My Toxic Romance by Harley Horton 12/9/24 12/9/24 46 pages Kindle /24 349 pages Kindle
Mouse and Alexi 2023384. A Protector for Ethan by Ayala Fallone 12/9/24 12/9/24 97 pages Kindle /24 349 pages Kindle
Ethan and Blade Port Cedar Small Town MM Romance 1 2024385. French Kiss by CF White 12/9/24 12/11/24 213 pages Kindle
Dale and Valentin Flying into Love 2022386. The Wicked Side by Ash Coley 12/11/24 12/12/24 173 pages Kindle
Solomon and Ezra Dark Side 2 2023387. Textual Confusion by Fifer Rose 12/12/24 12/13/24 490 pages Kindle
Asher and Marcus 2024**abandoned His Until Christmas by Con Riley** 66 pages
**abandoned Covering the Cowboy by BA Tortuga** 159 pages
388. All In by Eva Drake 12/10/24 12/15/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo 6.5 hours
Wild Cards 2 Collin and Oliver 2016389. Seven Card Stud by Eva Drake 12/4/24 12/15/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo 6.5 hours
Wild Cards 2 Collin and Oliver 2016**abandoned Fly Away Home by Felice Stevens** 220 pages Colson and Harper
**abandoned The Guy Next Door by Devon McCormack** 153 pages Leif and Zane
390. Highland Fling by Scarlet Blackwell 12/15/24 12/15/24 167 pages Kindle
Dexter and Kade The Wildcat Books 1 2022391. A Christmas Less Lonely by Scarlet Blackwell 12/16/24 12/16/24 233 pages Kindle
Alex and Lucas 2024392. Sticky Fingers by Davidson King 12/15/24 12/18/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo and Kirt Graves 6.5 hours
Kyle and Maddox 2020**abandoned Falling for the Captain by Scarlet Blackwell** 79 pages
**abandoned Protecting Mr. Fine by Lucy Lennox** 274 pages
**abandoned Shiver by Jocelynn Drake** 119 pages
393. Sea Kissed by Spencer Spears 12/20/24 12/22/24 410 pages Kindle
Ari and Holden 2020394. The Christmas Deal by Keira Andrews 12/22/24 12/23/24 235 pages Kindle
Seth and Logan Festive Fakes 1 2019**abandoned Taylor-Made For Me by KC Wells*** 6.5 hours listened
395. Hellhounds Never Lie by Lori Ames 12/23/24 12/24/24 227 pages Kindle
Ash and Dillon Willow Lake Supernaturals 1 2023396. God of Fury by Rina Kent 12/24/24 12/27/24 502 pages Kindle
Brandon and Nickolai Legacy of Gods 5 2023397. The Christmas Veto by Keira Andrews 12/22/24 12/27/24 Audible audio book narrated by Kirt Graves 8.5 hours
Connor and Reid Festive Fakes 3 2023398. Black Widow's Kiss by Alex McAnders 12/27/24 12/28/24 187 pages Kindle
Kuroi and Dante Mafia's Submission 1 20244karenmarie
adds - 337 last year
1. Thrift Shop - How to Give Up Plastic by Will McCallum
2. Thrift Shop - Worth Dying For by Lee Child - hardcover upgrade for mass market paperback
3. Thrift Shop - Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorcle
4. Thrift Shop - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
5. Thrift Shop - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
6. FoCCL - Foreigner by CJ Cherryh
7. Kindle - Where Forever Started by Barbara Elsborg
8. Amazon - Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat because I had to have a book by someone with that name
9. Kindle - Assassins Are People Too by S.C. Wynne
10. Kindle - Assassins Love People Too by S.C. Wynne
11. Kindle - Assassins Save People Too by S.C. Wynne
12. Amazon - The Complete Tutankhamun by Nicholas Reeves
13. Kindle - Trapped for the Holidays by Courtney W. Dixon
14. McIntyre's - Sacred Altars by Anne Strand
15. McIntyre's - On Digital Advocacy by Katie Boue
16. McIntyre's - A Line in the Sand by Kevin Powers
17. McIntyre's - Son of the Old West by Nathan Ward
18. McIntyre's - Boundaries and Protection by Pixie Lighthorse
19. McIntyre's - The Plague by Albert Camus
20. McIntyre's - Transient and Strange by Nell Greenfieldboyce
21. McIntyre's - Building a Better Boomer by Neil Offen
22. McIntyre's - Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! by Julio Vincent Bambuto
23. McIntyre's - The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector
24. McIntyre's - Nuts & Bolts by Roma Agrawal
25. McIntyre's - Longstreet by Elizabeth Varon
26. Kindle - Crashing Upwards by S.C. Wynne
27. Kindle - If I Met You First by A.B. Julian
28. Amazon - The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole World by Matt Kracht
29. Amazon - The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 edited by Amor Towles
30. Amazon - Random in Death by J.D. Robb
31. Amazon - The Secret by Lee Child and Andrew Child
32. Kindle - A Case of Conscience by James Blish
33. Kindle - A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone - rec by elorin/Robyn
34. Louise - Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs by Lang Elliott with Donald and Louise Stokes - audio book
35. FoCCL - The New York Times Complete Civil War edited by Harold Holzer & Craig L. Symonds
36. FoCCL - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
37. U of Chicago Press - Giza and the Pyramids: The Definitive History by Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass
38. Amazon - Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer
39. Kindle - Losing Control by Riley Hart
40. Kindle - Monopolize Me by Evie Noir The New York Series Book 2
41. FoCCL - S24 The Essential Kabbalah by Daniel C. Matt
42. FoCCL - S24 Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography by John Dominic Crossan
43. FoCCL - S24 Just Because They've Left Doesn't Mean They're Gone by Stephen A. Bly
44. Kindle - Monopolize Us by Evie Noir The New York Series book 3
45. Kindle - Monopolize You by Evie Noir The New York Series 2
46. FoCCL - Tenth of December by George Saunders
47. FoCCL - The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament in The Confraternity - Douay Texts and the Entire New Testament in the Confraternity Translation 1959
48. Amazon - The House of Being by Natasha Trethewey
49. FoCCL - Roman Britain by H.H. Scullard
50. FoCCL - What's a Christian to do with Harry Potter? by Connie Neal
51. FoCCL - Androgynous Judaism by Jacob Neusner
52. FoCCL - Citizens of London by Lynne Olson
53. FoCCL - The United States, a Modern History, 2 volumes. U.S. History To 1865 and U.S. History Since 1865 by Michael Kraus and Foster Rhea Dulles
54. FoCCL - Unlucky for Some by Jill McGown
55. FoCCL - Acid Row by Minette Walters
56. FoCCL - Sanctuary by William Faulkner
57. FoCCL - Light in August by William Faulkner
58 - 100. FoCCL - Great Books of the Western World 43 of 54 books, 1952 edition
101. Kindle - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
102. Amazon - The Huguenots or The Early French in New Jersey by Albert F. Koehler
103. Kindle - Finding Him by Chad Lane
104. Kindle - Message Received by D.K. Sutton
105. Kindle - Payback by Avery Mist
106. Kindle - Waiting, Hoping, Wishing by Nic Sparks
107. Kindle - 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
108. Amazon - Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
109. Kindle - Thirst by Jaylen Florian
110. Kindle - Long Winter by Rachel Ember
111. Kindle - A Betting Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
112. Amazon - The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . or Worse by Benjamin van Rooij
113. Kindle - Submission by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne
114. Kindle - Domination by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne
115. Kindle First Reads - A Clean Kill by Steve Konkoly
116. Amazon - The Great Gelatin Revival: Savory Aspics, Jiggly Shots, and Outrageous Desserts by Ken Albala
117. Amazon - Jellies & Their Moulds by Peter Brears
118. Kindle - The Truth In My Lies by L.A. Witt
119. FoCCL - Wanderings by Chaim Potok
120. FoCCL - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
121. FoCCL - Blowout by Rachel Maddow
122. Amazon - Devil is Fine by John Vercher
123. Sister Laura - Kindle - Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
124. Sister Laura - Kindle - North Woods by Daniel Mason
125. Friend Karen - Cauliflower: Over 70 Exciting Ways to Roast, Rice and Fry One of the World's Healthiest Vegetables by Oz Telem
126. Friend Karen - Historical Dictionary of Librarianship by Mary Ellen Quinn
127. Amazon - Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine - in honor of Anita, fameulstee
128. Amazon - The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
129. Hwan - Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
130. Kindle - Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
131. Amazon - Selected Works by Franz Kafka
132. Kindle - P.S. I Loathe You by Isla Olsen
133. Kindle - Table for Two by Amor Towles
134. FoCCL - The First American by HW Brands
135. FoCCL - Prayers for Peace compiled by B. Martin Pedersen
136. FoCCL - Salvation by Sholem Asch
137. FoCCL - The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Aschwitz-Birkenau by Ann Weiss
138. Amazon - Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
139. FoCCL - The Pocket Pema Chödrön
140. FoCCL - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
141. FoCCL - The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
142. FoCCL - The Wall by John Hershey
143. eBay - Safari: A Chronicle of Adventure by Bartle Bull
144. ebay - *April* Great Books of the Western World volume 5
145. Amazon - James by Percival Everett
146. Amazon - The Overstory by Richard Powers
147. Amazon - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
148. Amazon - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
149. Amazon - Knife by Salman Rushdie
150. re-add from stacks of childrens' books - Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
151. FoCCL - The Forgetting Room by Nick Bantock
152. Kindle - What Binds Us Here by M.H. Auheim
153. Amazon - What the Bees See - Photographs by Craig P. Burrows
154. Kindle - The Rest of Forever by Kate Aaron
155. Kindle - I Hear They Burn for Murder by JL Aarne
156. Audible - Misbelief by Dan Ariely
157. Audible - Ace in the Hole by Ava Drake
158. FoCCL - Running the Amazon by Joe Kane
159. FoCCL - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
160. FoCCL - JFK from Parkland to Bethesda by Vincent Palamara
161. FoCCL - Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
162. FoCCL - The Inheritance: Poisoned Fruit of JFK's Assassination by Christopher Fulton and Michelle Fulton
163. FoCCL - French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia edited by Joshua Clark
164. FoCCL - Tar Heels: Five Points in the Record of North Carolina by North Carolina Literary and Historical Society
165. FoCCL - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut **did not add to catalog**
166. FoCCL - What Really Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton, narrated by same
167. McIntyre's - Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
168. FoCCL - The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
169. FoCCL - Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi
170. FoCCL - Hercule Poirot's Silent Night by Sophie Hannah
171. Audible - Seven Card Stud by Ava Drake
172. Kindle - The Night Will Have Its Say by Ibrahim Al-Koni
173. Amazon - The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah
174. Amazon - The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah
175. Kindle - My Fake Billionaire by Ana Ashley
176. FoCCL - The Origins of Intellect: Piaget's Theory by John L Phillips
177. co-opted from Jenna - The Mabinogion by Sioned Davies
178. co-opted from Jenna - Disease and History by Frederick Cartwright
179. co-opted from Jenna - The Remington Historical Treasury of American Guns by Harold L Peterson
180. FoCCL - Once Upon a War: Women in War by Dixie Swanson
181. Kindle - Counsel Culture by Hye-jin Kim translated by Jamie Chang
182. Amazon - Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza by Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole
183. Audible - Before You Break by KC Wells and Parker Williams
184. Kindle - The Paper Boys by DP Clarence
185. Amazon - The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
186. Audible - All In by Ava Drake
187. Audible - Assembling California by John McPhee
188. FoCCL - Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes
189. FoCCL - The Assistant by Bernard Malamud
190. FoCCL - Hercule Poirot's Casebook
191. FoCCL - The Book of General Ignorance by John Mitchinson
192. Kindle - Our Culture, wht's Left Of It by Theodore Dalrymple
193. FoCCL - A Time to Dance, A Time to Die by John Walle
194. FoCCL - The Last Word by Elly Griffiths
195-211. FoCCL - Life Nature Library and Life Science Library books that were going to be taken to the thrift shop
212. FoCCL - The Jesus I Never Knew by Phillip Yancy
213. FoCCL - Sorry by Gail Jones
214. Amazon - Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses by David Scheel
215. FoCCL - Remembering Bill Neal by Moreton Neal
216. FoCCL - Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper
217. re-added - First Family by Joseph J. Ellis
218. re-added - Poplar Forest & Thomas Jefferson by S. Allen Chambers Jr.
219. Kindle - The Sugared Game by KJ Charles
220. Kindle - Subtle Blood by KJ Charles
221. Kindle - Wobble by Becca Seymour
222. Kindle - When London Snow Falls by Hayden Stone
223. re-added - Max's Ride by Rosemary Wells
224. re-added - What Happen's Next? by Cheryl Christian
225. readded - The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
226. Karen - The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes
227. Karen - A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do by Pete Fromm
228. Amazon - Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
229. Audible - The Devil At His Elbow by Valerie Bauerlein
230. Audible - Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom
231. FoCCL - 100 of the World's Most Beautiful Paintings edited by R.T.V. Sales
232. Paperbacks Plus - Crooked River by Preston & Child
233. Paperbacks Plus - Fever Dream by Preston & Child
234. Paperbacks Plus - Blasphemy by Douglas Preston
235. Amazon - Deep Into the Dark by PJ Tracy
236. Amazon - MP3 audio - Calico by Lee Goldberg
237. Kindle - Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
238. Kindle - Bent by Jesse H Reign
239. Amazon - Deep Into the Dark by PJ Tracy
240. Audible - Jewish Literacy Revised Ed: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History by Joseph Telushkin
241. Kindle - Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
242. Kindle - Bent Backwards by Jesse H Reign
243. Kindle - Wicked Lies Boys Tell by K Webster
244. Amazon - Straight Acting by Will Tosh
245. FoCCL - A Treatise on the Scurvey by James Lind
246. FoCCL - Religio Medici by Thomas Browne
247. FoCCL - Digitalis and its Allies by Arthur R. Cushny
248. FoCCL - An Account of the Foxglove by Sir William Withering
249. Audible - The Southern Boys Trilogy by K. C. Wells, narrated by John Solo
250. Princeton U. Press - The Fourth Pig by Naomi Mitchison
251. Princeton U. Press - L.A. Math: Romance, Crime, and Mathematics in the City of Angels by James D. Stein
252. Princeton U. Press - Four Colors Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved - Revised Color Edition by Robin Wilson
253. Princeton U. Press - The Founders on Religion: A Book of Quotations edited by James H. Hutson
254. Princeton U. Press - Pentagons and Pentagrams: An Illustrated History by Eli Maor
255. Princeton U. Press - The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Jed Z. Buchwa.d
256. Princeton U. Press - Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human by Rob Dunn
257. Princeton U. Press - Cooking for Crowds: 40th Anniversary Edition by Merry E. White
258. Princeton U. Press - 99 Variations on a Proof by Philip Ording
259. Princeton U. Press - Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller
260. Princeton U. Press - Forgery and Memory at the End of the First Millennium by Levi Roach
261. Princeton U. Press - How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Science by David Hone
262. FoCCL - Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
263. FoCCL - A History of God by Karen Armstrong
264. FoCCL - The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage by Kingsley Amis
265. Amazon - Body Phobia by Dianna E. Anderson
266. Kindle - A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill
267. Audible - The Body in the Library by Sulari Gentill, narrated by Katherine Littrell
268. Kindle - Carte Blanche by Nash Summers
269. Thrift Shop - Macbeth: The Graphic Novel by William Shakespeare adaptation by John McDonald
270. Thrift Shop - Spare by Prince Harry
271. FoCCL - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
272. FoCCL - Let Us Die Like Brave Men: Behind The Dying Words Of Confederate Warriors by Daniel W. Barefoot
273. Audible - Unscripted by JR Gray narrated by Joel Leslie and John Solo
274. McIntyre's - Tantra: Liberation in the World by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
275. McIntyre's - What is as it is: Satsangs with Prabhuji by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
276. McIntyre's - Kundalini Yoga: The power is in you by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
277. McIntyre's - Experimenting with the Truth by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
278. McIntyre's - Advaita Vedanta: Being the Self by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
279. McIntyre's - Ishavasya Upanishad - commented by Prabhuji by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
280. McIntyre's - Bhakti Yoga: The path of love by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
281. McIntyre's - The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt
282. McIntyre's - Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's by Tiffany Midge
283. McIntyre's - One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
284. McIntyre's - The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition by José Donoso
285. McIntyre's - Tar Heel Lightnin': How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World by Daniel S. Pierce
286. McIntyre's - Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up With the Universe by Ken Krimstein
287. McIntyre's - The Little Sparrow Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
288. Rhoda - Muffins by Elizabeth Alston
289. FoCCL - Holy Bible - too tattered to keep for sale
290. McIntyre's - One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun
291. FoCCL - saved from the thrift shop - The Times Atlas of the World, 1995, slipcased
292. Kindle - Waves of Fury by K Webster
293. Sarah - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
294. Amazon - Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule
295. FoCCL - Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence
296. FoCCL - Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook: Eat Like You Give a F*ck by Thug Kitchen
297. FoCCL - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (duplicate, want to keep the better quality one)
298. Audible - Taylor-Made for Me by KC Wells
298. FoCCL - My Lord John by Georgette Heyer
299. FoCCL - The Conqueror by Georgette Heyer
300. Audible - The Measure by Nikki Erlick
301. Amazon - Women in the Valley of the Kings by Kathleen Sheppard
302. Jenna & Hwan Christmas 2024 - Joseon's Royal Cuisine exhibition catalog
303. Peggy - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
304. FoCCL - Before the Dawn by Jake Woodhouse - quality issues
305. Kindle - Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
1. Thrift Shop - How to Give Up Plastic by Will McCallum
2. Thrift Shop - Worth Dying For by Lee Child - hardcover upgrade for mass market paperback
3. Thrift Shop - Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorcle
4. Thrift Shop - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
5. Thrift Shop - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
6. FoCCL - Foreigner by CJ Cherryh
7. Kindle - Where Forever Started by Barbara Elsborg
8. Amazon - Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat because I had to have a book by someone with that name
9. Kindle - Assassins Are People Too by S.C. Wynne
10. Kindle - Assassins Love People Too by S.C. Wynne
11. Kindle - Assassins Save People Too by S.C. Wynne
12. Amazon - The Complete Tutankhamun by Nicholas Reeves
13. Kindle - Trapped for the Holidays by Courtney W. Dixon
14. McIntyre's - Sacred Altars by Anne Strand
15. McIntyre's - On Digital Advocacy by Katie Boue
16. McIntyre's - A Line in the Sand by Kevin Powers
17. McIntyre's - Son of the Old West by Nathan Ward
18. McIntyre's - Boundaries and Protection by Pixie Lighthorse
19. McIntyre's - The Plague by Albert Camus
20. McIntyre's - Transient and Strange by Nell Greenfieldboyce
21. McIntyre's - Building a Better Boomer by Neil Offen
22. McIntyre's - Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! by Julio Vincent Bambuto
23. McIntyre's - The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector
24. McIntyre's - Nuts & Bolts by Roma Agrawal
25. McIntyre's - Longstreet by Elizabeth Varon
26. Kindle - Crashing Upwards by S.C. Wynne
27. Kindle - If I Met You First by A.B. Julian
28. Amazon - The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole World by Matt Kracht
29. Amazon - The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 edited by Amor Towles
30. Amazon - Random in Death by J.D. Robb
31. Amazon - The Secret by Lee Child and Andrew Child
32. Kindle - A Case of Conscience by James Blish
33. Kindle - A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone - rec by elorin/Robyn
34. Louise - Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs by Lang Elliott with Donald and Louise Stokes - audio book
35. FoCCL - The New York Times Complete Civil War edited by Harold Holzer & Craig L. Symonds
36. FoCCL - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
37. U of Chicago Press - Giza and the Pyramids: The Definitive History by Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass
38. Amazon - Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer
39. Kindle - Losing Control by Riley Hart
40. Kindle - Monopolize Me by Evie Noir The New York Series Book 2
41. FoCCL - S24 The Essential Kabbalah by Daniel C. Matt
42. FoCCL - S24 Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography by John Dominic Crossan
43. FoCCL - S24 Just Because They've Left Doesn't Mean They're Gone by Stephen A. Bly
44. Kindle - Monopolize Us by Evie Noir The New York Series book 3
45. Kindle - Monopolize You by Evie Noir The New York Series 2
46. FoCCL - Tenth of December by George Saunders
47. FoCCL - The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament in The Confraternity - Douay Texts and the Entire New Testament in the Confraternity Translation 1959
48. Amazon - The House of Being by Natasha Trethewey
49. FoCCL - Roman Britain by H.H. Scullard
50. FoCCL - What's a Christian to do with Harry Potter? by Connie Neal
51. FoCCL - Androgynous Judaism by Jacob Neusner
52. FoCCL - Citizens of London by Lynne Olson
53. FoCCL - The United States, a Modern History, 2 volumes. U.S. History To 1865 and U.S. History Since 1865 by Michael Kraus and Foster Rhea Dulles
54. FoCCL - Unlucky for Some by Jill McGown
55. FoCCL - Acid Row by Minette Walters
56. FoCCL - Sanctuary by William Faulkner
57. FoCCL - Light in August by William Faulkner
58 - 100. FoCCL - Great Books of the Western World 43 of 54 books, 1952 edition
101. Kindle - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
102. Amazon - The Huguenots or The Early French in New Jersey by Albert F. Koehler
103. Kindle - Finding Him by Chad Lane
104. Kindle - Message Received by D.K. Sutton
105. Kindle - Payback by Avery Mist
106. Kindle - Waiting, Hoping, Wishing by Nic Sparks
107. Kindle - 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
108. Amazon - Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
109. Kindle - Thirst by Jaylen Florian
110. Kindle - Long Winter by Rachel Ember
111. Kindle - A Betting Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
112. Amazon - The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . or Worse by Benjamin van Rooij
113. Kindle - Submission by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne
114. Kindle - Domination by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne
115. Kindle First Reads - A Clean Kill by Steve Konkoly
116. Amazon - The Great Gelatin Revival: Savory Aspics, Jiggly Shots, and Outrageous Desserts by Ken Albala
117. Amazon - Jellies & Their Moulds by Peter Brears
118. Kindle - The Truth In My Lies by L.A. Witt
119. FoCCL - Wanderings by Chaim Potok
120. FoCCL - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
121. FoCCL - Blowout by Rachel Maddow
122. Amazon - Devil is Fine by John Vercher
123. Sister Laura - Kindle - Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
124. Sister Laura - Kindle - North Woods by Daniel Mason
125. Friend Karen - Cauliflower: Over 70 Exciting Ways to Roast, Rice and Fry One of the World's Healthiest Vegetables by Oz Telem
126. Friend Karen - Historical Dictionary of Librarianship by Mary Ellen Quinn
127. Amazon - Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine - in honor of Anita, fameulstee
128. Amazon - The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
129. Hwan - Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
130. Kindle - Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
131. Amazon - Selected Works by Franz Kafka
132. Kindle - P.S. I Loathe You by Isla Olsen
133. Kindle - Table for Two by Amor Towles
134. FoCCL - The First American by HW Brands
135. FoCCL - Prayers for Peace compiled by B. Martin Pedersen
136. FoCCL - Salvation by Sholem Asch
137. FoCCL - The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Aschwitz-Birkenau by Ann Weiss
138. Amazon - Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
139. FoCCL - The Pocket Pema Chödrön
140. FoCCL - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
141. FoCCL - The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
142. FoCCL - The Wall by John Hershey
143. eBay - Safari: A Chronicle of Adventure by Bartle Bull
144. ebay - *April* Great Books of the Western World volume 5
145. Amazon - James by Percival Everett
146. Amazon - The Overstory by Richard Powers
147. Amazon - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
148. Amazon - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
149. Amazon - Knife by Salman Rushdie
150. re-add from stacks of childrens' books - Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
151. FoCCL - The Forgetting Room by Nick Bantock
152. Kindle - What Binds Us Here by M.H. Auheim
153. Amazon - What the Bees See - Photographs by Craig P. Burrows
154. Kindle - The Rest of Forever by Kate Aaron
155. Kindle - I Hear They Burn for Murder by JL Aarne
156. Audible - Misbelief by Dan Ariely
157. Audible - Ace in the Hole by Ava Drake
158. FoCCL - Running the Amazon by Joe Kane
159. FoCCL - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
160. FoCCL - JFK from Parkland to Bethesda by Vincent Palamara
161. FoCCL - Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
162. FoCCL - The Inheritance: Poisoned Fruit of JFK's Assassination by Christopher Fulton and Michelle Fulton
163. FoCCL - French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia edited by Joshua Clark
164. FoCCL - Tar Heels: Five Points in the Record of North Carolina by North Carolina Literary and Historical Society
165. FoCCL - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut **did not add to catalog**
166. FoCCL - What Really Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton, narrated by same
167. McIntyre's - Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
168. FoCCL - The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
169. FoCCL - Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi
170. FoCCL - Hercule Poirot's Silent Night by Sophie Hannah
171. Audible - Seven Card Stud by Ava Drake
172. Kindle - The Night Will Have Its Say by Ibrahim Al-Koni
173. Amazon - The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah
174. Amazon - The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah
175. Kindle - My Fake Billionaire by Ana Ashley
176. FoCCL - The Origins of Intellect: Piaget's Theory by John L Phillips
177. co-opted from Jenna - The Mabinogion by Sioned Davies
178. co-opted from Jenna - Disease and History by Frederick Cartwright
179. co-opted from Jenna - The Remington Historical Treasury of American Guns by Harold L Peterson
180. FoCCL - Once Upon a War: Women in War by Dixie Swanson
181. Kindle - Counsel Culture by Hye-jin Kim translated by Jamie Chang
182. Amazon - Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza by Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole
183. Audible - Before You Break by KC Wells and Parker Williams
184. Kindle - The Paper Boys by DP Clarence
185. Amazon - The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
186. Audible - All In by Ava Drake
187. Audible - Assembling California by John McPhee
188. FoCCL - Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes
189. FoCCL - The Assistant by Bernard Malamud
190. FoCCL - Hercule Poirot's Casebook
191. FoCCL - The Book of General Ignorance by John Mitchinson
192. Kindle - Our Culture, wht's Left Of It by Theodore Dalrymple
193. FoCCL - A Time to Dance, A Time to Die by John Walle
194. FoCCL - The Last Word by Elly Griffiths
195-211. FoCCL - Life Nature Library and Life Science Library books that were going to be taken to the thrift shop
212. FoCCL - The Jesus I Never Knew by Phillip Yancy
213. FoCCL - Sorry by Gail Jones
214. Amazon - Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses by David Scheel
215. FoCCL - Remembering Bill Neal by Moreton Neal
216. FoCCL - Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper
217. re-added - First Family by Joseph J. Ellis
218. re-added - Poplar Forest & Thomas Jefferson by S. Allen Chambers Jr.
219. Kindle - The Sugared Game by KJ Charles
220. Kindle - Subtle Blood by KJ Charles
221. Kindle - Wobble by Becca Seymour
222. Kindle - When London Snow Falls by Hayden Stone
223. re-added - Max's Ride by Rosemary Wells
224. re-added - What Happen's Next? by Cheryl Christian
225. readded - The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
226. Karen - The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes
227. Karen - A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do by Pete Fromm
228. Amazon - Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
229. Audible - The Devil At His Elbow by Valerie Bauerlein
230. Audible - Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom
231. FoCCL - 100 of the World's Most Beautiful Paintings edited by R.T.V. Sales
232. Paperbacks Plus - Crooked River by Preston & Child
233. Paperbacks Plus - Fever Dream by Preston & Child
234. Paperbacks Plus - Blasphemy by Douglas Preston
235. Amazon - Deep Into the Dark by PJ Tracy
236. Amazon - MP3 audio - Calico by Lee Goldberg
237. Kindle - Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
238. Kindle - Bent by Jesse H Reign
239. Amazon - Deep Into the Dark by PJ Tracy
240. Audible - Jewish Literacy Revised Ed: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History by Joseph Telushkin
241. Kindle - Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
242. Kindle - Bent Backwards by Jesse H Reign
243. Kindle - Wicked Lies Boys Tell by K Webster
244. Amazon - Straight Acting by Will Tosh
245. FoCCL - A Treatise on the Scurvey by James Lind
246. FoCCL - Religio Medici by Thomas Browne
247. FoCCL - Digitalis and its Allies by Arthur R. Cushny
248. FoCCL - An Account of the Foxglove by Sir William Withering
249. Audible - The Southern Boys Trilogy by K. C. Wells, narrated by John Solo
250. Princeton U. Press - The Fourth Pig by Naomi Mitchison
251. Princeton U. Press - L.A. Math: Romance, Crime, and Mathematics in the City of Angels by James D. Stein
252. Princeton U. Press - Four Colors Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved - Revised Color Edition by Robin Wilson
253. Princeton U. Press - The Founders on Religion: A Book of Quotations edited by James H. Hutson
254. Princeton U. Press - Pentagons and Pentagrams: An Illustrated History by Eli Maor
255. Princeton U. Press - The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Jed Z. Buchwa.d
256. Princeton U. Press - Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human by Rob Dunn
257. Princeton U. Press - Cooking for Crowds: 40th Anniversary Edition by Merry E. White
258. Princeton U. Press - 99 Variations on a Proof by Philip Ording
259. Princeton U. Press - Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller
260. Princeton U. Press - Forgery and Memory at the End of the First Millennium by Levi Roach
261. Princeton U. Press - How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Science by David Hone
262. FoCCL - Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
263. FoCCL - A History of God by Karen Armstrong
264. FoCCL - The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage by Kingsley Amis
265. Amazon - Body Phobia by Dianna E. Anderson
266. Kindle - A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill
267. Audible - The Body in the Library by Sulari Gentill, narrated by Katherine Littrell
268. Kindle - Carte Blanche by Nash Summers
269. Thrift Shop - Macbeth: The Graphic Novel by William Shakespeare adaptation by John McDonald
270. Thrift Shop - Spare by Prince Harry
271. FoCCL - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
272. FoCCL - Let Us Die Like Brave Men: Behind The Dying Words Of Confederate Warriors by Daniel W. Barefoot
273. Audible - Unscripted by JR Gray narrated by Joel Leslie and John Solo
274. McIntyre's - Tantra: Liberation in the World by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
275. McIntyre's - What is as it is: Satsangs with Prabhuji by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
276. McIntyre's - Kundalini Yoga: The power is in you by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
277. McIntyre's - Experimenting with the Truth by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
278. McIntyre's - Advaita Vedanta: Being the Self by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
279. McIntyre's - Ishavasya Upanishad - commented by Prabhuji by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
280. McIntyre's - Bhakti Yoga: The path of love by Prabhuji David, Ben Yosef Har-Zion
281. McIntyre's - The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt
282. McIntyre's - Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's by Tiffany Midge
283. McIntyre's - One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
284. McIntyre's - The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition by José Donoso
285. McIntyre's - Tar Heel Lightnin': How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World by Daniel S. Pierce
286. McIntyre's - Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up With the Universe by Ken Krimstein
287. McIntyre's - The Little Sparrow Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
288. Rhoda - Muffins by Elizabeth Alston
289. FoCCL - Holy Bible - too tattered to keep for sale
290. McIntyre's - One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun
291. FoCCL - saved from the thrift shop - The Times Atlas of the World, 1995, slipcased
292. Kindle - Waves of Fury by K Webster
293. Sarah - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
294. Amazon - Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule
295. FoCCL - Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence
296. FoCCL - Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook: Eat Like You Give a F*ck by Thug Kitchen
297. FoCCL - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (duplicate, want to keep the better quality one)
298. Audible - Taylor-Made for Me by KC Wells
298. FoCCL - My Lord John by Georgette Heyer
299. FoCCL - The Conqueror by Georgette Heyer
300. Audible - The Measure by Nikki Erlick
301. Amazon - Women in the Valley of the Kings by Kathleen Sheppard
302. Jenna & Hwan Christmas 2024 - Joseon's Royal Cuisine exhibition catalog
303. Peggy - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
304. FoCCL - Before the Dawn by Jake Woodhouse - quality issues
305. Kindle - Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
5karenmarie
culls - 64 last year
1. Grant by Ron Chernow - CDs
2. How to Read and Understand Shakespeare by Professor Marc C. Conner - DVDs
3. The History of the Supreme Court by Professor Peter Irons - DVDs
4. Shakespeare's Tragedies by Professor Clare R. Kinney - DVDs
5. Terror of History by Professor Teofilo F. Ruiz - audio CDs
6. Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance by Professor William Kloss - DVDs
7. The History of Ancient Egypt by Professor Bob Brier DVDs
8. Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama - CDs
9. Fairy Tales for Angry Little Girls by Lela Lee
10. The God Dog Connection by Marti Healy dogs - ugh
11. Nothin' But Good Times Ahead by Molly Ivins - duplicate
12. The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
13. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith
14. False Impression by Archer, Jeffrey
15. Deep Storm by Child, Lincoln
16. Cat O'Nine Tales: And Other Stories by Archer, Jeffrey
17. Atonement by Mcewan, Ian
18. Faithless by Slaughter, Karin
19. Fatal Burn by Jackson, Lisa
20. At The Stroke Of Madness by Kava, Alex
21. Eden Burning by Lowell, Elizabeth
22. Don't Scream by Staub, Wendy Corsi
23. The Rebel Angels by Davies, Robertson
24. Sphere by Crichton, Michael
25. The Making of the President 1960 by White, Theodore H.
26. Beauty and the Beast by Howell, Hannah
27. The Program by White, Stephen
28. Travels by Crichton, Michael
29. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood - audio book
30. World of Wonders by Davies, Robertson
31. I Know This Much Is True by Lamb, Wally
32. The Four Feathers by Mason, A.E.W.
33. The Next Accident by Gardner, Lisa
34. The Third Victim by Gardner, Lisa
35. The Survivors Club by Gardner, Lisa
36. The Key to Rebecca by Follett, Ken
37. Perdido Street Station by Mieville, China
38. The Broom of the System by Wallace, David Foster
39. Death's Door by Sawyer, Meryl
40. Why Aren't They Screaming? by Smith, Joan
41. Malice Domestic by Hardwick, Mollie
42. The Sculptress by Walters, Minette
43. Cold Allies by Anthony, Patricia
44. The Divide by Evans, Nicholas
45. A Knife to Remember by Churchill, Jill
46. Sullivan's Evidence by Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor
47. The Times We Had : Life with William Randolph Hearst by Davies, Marion
48. Beneath the Skin by French, Nicci
49. The Winter of Our Discontent by Steinbeck, John
50. Travels with Charley by Steinbeck, John
51. Blind Justice by Alexander, Bruce
52. The Daily Jane Austen: A Year of Quotes by Austen, Jane
53. A Regency Christmas 6 by Balogh, Mary
54. Someone Perfect by Balogh, Mary
55. The End of the Road by Barth, John
56. A Seer Out of Season: The Life Of Edgar Cayce by Bro, Harmon H.
57. After the Storm by Castillo, Linda
58. Among the Wicked by Castillo, Linda
59. Down a Dark Road by Castillo, Linda
60. Her Last Breath by Castillo, Linda
61. Shamed by Castillo, Linda
62. Victory by Conrad, Joseph
63. The Last Plantagenets by Costain, Thomas Bertram
64. The Manticore by Davies, Robertson
65. May We Borrow Your Husband?: And Other Comedies of the Sexual Life by Greene, Graham
66. Fever Season by Hambly, Barbara
67. Traveling with the Dead by Hambly, Barbara
68. To Die For by Howard, Linda
69. Mortal Fear by Iles, Greg
70. A Dangerous Man:: A Novel of William Wild Bill Longley by Johnstone, William W.
71. The Ritual Bath by Kellerman, Faye
72. A Grave Talent by King, Laurie R.
73. Night Work by King, Laurie R.
74. O Jerusalem by King, Laurie R.
75. The Miernik Dossier by McCarry, Charles
76. Tularosa by McGarrity, Michael
77. The President's Shadow by Meltzer, Brad
78. Ice Hunt by Rollins, James
79. Bury the Lead by Rosenfelt, David
80. First Degree by Rosenfelt, David
81. Open and Shut by Rosenfelt, David
82. Angle of Repose by Stegner, Wallace
83. Last Breath by Stewart, Mariah
84. The Hellfire Club by Straub, Peter
85. An Autobiography by Trollope, Anthony
86. He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony
87. Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony
88. Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and Other Stories by Trollope, Anthony
89. Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Bridal Wreath by Undset, Sigrid
90. Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Mistress of Husaby by Undset, Sigrid
91. Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross by Undset, Sigrid
92. The Ringer by Wallace, Edgar
93. Back Home by Mauldin, Bill
Trollope
94. Barchester Towers & the Last Warden
95. The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
96. The Vicar of Bullhampton
97. The American Senator
98. The Claverings
Proust
99. The Captive
100. Cities of the Plain
101. Within a Budding Grove
102. The Sweet Cheat Gone
103. The Past Recaptured
104. The Guermantes Way
105. The book of Unusual Knowledge by Publications International, LTD.
106. The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
107. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
108. More Letters from Pemberley by Jane Dawkins
109. Five Victorian Ghost Novels edited by E.F. Bleiler
110. The Preacher by Camilla Lackberg
111. What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies
112. Counterparts by Gonzalo Lira
113. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
114. These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan
115. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
116. Parting the Curtains Interviews by Dannye Romine Powell
117. Into Africa by Martin Dugard
118. Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie
119. Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe
120. The Source by James Michener - copy bought, then decided to give to Irene. I have 2 or three others on my shelves
121. The Moor by Laurie R. King
122. Victorians at Home by Susan Lasdun
123. Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
124. Thomas Jefferson: A Biography in His Own Words
125. Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause by Roger G. Kennedy
126. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
127. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen - audio book
128. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
129. Norwegian Night by Derek B. Miller
130. Fields for President by W.C. Fields
131. The Longevity Plan by Dr. John D. Day and Jane Ann Day
132. The Love-Girl and the Innocent: Victory Celebrations: Prisoners by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
133. Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz - yellowed trade paperback - would read better condition copy
134. The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh - will never read
135. The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin - will never read
136. Julie & Julia by Julie Powell - will never read although I loved the movie
137. Are You Somebody by Nuala O'Faolain - will never read, don't know why i bought it
138. Blood, Tears, and Folly by Len Deighton - WWII history that I will never read
139. The Darkest Hour by Tony Scumacher - WWII fiction, not my cuppa
140. The Domino Men by Jonathan Barnes
141. Personal History by Katharine Graham
142. Everyman by Philip Roth
143. The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall
144. No More Words : A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh by Reeve Lindbergh
145. A Room With A View and Howards End by E.M. Forster - mass market paperback, yellowed
146. S01 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse by JJ Smith
147. S02 The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
148. S02 The Time of Terror by Seth Hunter
149. S02 The American Spectator's Enemies List by P.J. O'Rourke
150. S02 The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
151. S02 Confessions of an Actor: An Autobiography by Laurence Olivier
152. S03 Musical Stages: An Autobiography by Richard Rodgers
153. S03 The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies
154. S03 Colony Girl by Thomas Rayfiel
155. S04 It's Always the Husband by Michele Campbell
156. S04 Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA by Ellen Meister
157. S04 The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King
158. S04 The Darcy Connection by Elizabeth Aston
159. S04 Mr. Darcy's Daughters by Elizabeth Aston
160. S04 The Second Mrs. Darcy by Elizabeth Aston
161. S04 The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy by Elizabeth Aston
162. S04 The True Darcy Spirit by Elizabeth Aston
163. S04 The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen by Syrie James
164. The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
2024 Inventory
165. S17 Nice Guys Finish Last by Leo Durocher
166. S17 The Lyre of Orpheus
167. S24 The Marx Sisters by Barry Maitland - duplicate
168. S26 No Angel by Penny Vincenzi
169. L80 The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
170. L86 Killer View by Ridley Pearson
171. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
172. The Racketeer by John Grisham
173. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
174. Angel Rogue by Mary Jo Putney
175. L24 Third Degree by Greg Iles
176. L33 Writing And Fighting the Civil War: Soldier Correspondence to the New York Sunday Mercury by William B. Styple - giving to friend Karen
177. The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
178. The Water's Edge by Karin Fossum
179. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
180. The Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper
181. Moo by Jane Smiley
182. Longitudes and Attitudes by Thomas L. Friedman
183. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
183. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
184-186. Three books about Chapel Hill
187. Magic Hour by Susan Isaacs
188. the Help by Kathryn Stockett
189. Blood Memory by Greg Iles
190. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
191. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
192. A Jockey's Life by Dick Francis
193. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
194. The Doctors Book of Home Remedies II
195. As You Like It by William Shakespeare
196. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
197. Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
198. A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene
199. Apollo at Go by Jeff Sutton
200. October Sky by Homer Hickham
201. The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
202. London by Edward Rutherford
203. Utopia by Lincoln Child
204. When the Devil Holds the Candle by Karin Fossum
205. The Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell
206. One Man's Wilderness by Sam Keith
207. The Journal of Best Practice by David Finch
208. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
209. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
210. The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
211. The Day of Atonement by David Liss
212. Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
213. The Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson
214. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
215. Kill and Tell by Linda Howard
216. The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara
217. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
218. The Bush Dyslexicon by Mark Crispin Miller - why bother since we now have a fascist elected?
1. Grant by Ron Chernow - CDs
2. How to Read and Understand Shakespeare by Professor Marc C. Conner - DVDs
3. The History of the Supreme Court by Professor Peter Irons - DVDs
4. Shakespeare's Tragedies by Professor Clare R. Kinney - DVDs
5. Terror of History by Professor Teofilo F. Ruiz - audio CDs
6. Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance by Professor William Kloss - DVDs
7. The History of Ancient Egypt by Professor Bob Brier DVDs
8. Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama - CDs
9. Fairy Tales for Angry Little Girls by Lela Lee
10. The God Dog Connection by Marti Healy dogs - ugh
11. Nothin' But Good Times Ahead by Molly Ivins - duplicate
12. The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
13. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith
14. False Impression by Archer, Jeffrey
15. Deep Storm by Child, Lincoln
16. Cat O'Nine Tales: And Other Stories by Archer, Jeffrey
17. Atonement by Mcewan, Ian
18. Faithless by Slaughter, Karin
19. Fatal Burn by Jackson, Lisa
20. At The Stroke Of Madness by Kava, Alex
21. Eden Burning by Lowell, Elizabeth
22. Don't Scream by Staub, Wendy Corsi
23. The Rebel Angels by Davies, Robertson
24. Sphere by Crichton, Michael
25. The Making of the President 1960 by White, Theodore H.
26. Beauty and the Beast by Howell, Hannah
27. The Program by White, Stephen
28. Travels by Crichton, Michael
29. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood - audio book
30. World of Wonders by Davies, Robertson
31. I Know This Much Is True by Lamb, Wally
32. The Four Feathers by Mason, A.E.W.
33. The Next Accident by Gardner, Lisa
34. The Third Victim by Gardner, Lisa
35. The Survivors Club by Gardner, Lisa
36. The Key to Rebecca by Follett, Ken
37. Perdido Street Station by Mieville, China
38. The Broom of the System by Wallace, David Foster
39. Death's Door by Sawyer, Meryl
40. Why Aren't They Screaming? by Smith, Joan
41. Malice Domestic by Hardwick, Mollie
42. The Sculptress by Walters, Minette
43. Cold Allies by Anthony, Patricia
44. The Divide by Evans, Nicholas
45. A Knife to Remember by Churchill, Jill
46. Sullivan's Evidence by Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor
47. The Times We Had : Life with William Randolph Hearst by Davies, Marion
48. Beneath the Skin by French, Nicci
49. The Winter of Our Discontent by Steinbeck, John
50. Travels with Charley by Steinbeck, John
51. Blind Justice by Alexander, Bruce
52. The Daily Jane Austen: A Year of Quotes by Austen, Jane
53. A Regency Christmas 6 by Balogh, Mary
54. Someone Perfect by Balogh, Mary
55. The End of the Road by Barth, John
56. A Seer Out of Season: The Life Of Edgar Cayce by Bro, Harmon H.
57. After the Storm by Castillo, Linda
58. Among the Wicked by Castillo, Linda
59. Down a Dark Road by Castillo, Linda
60. Her Last Breath by Castillo, Linda
61. Shamed by Castillo, Linda
62. Victory by Conrad, Joseph
63. The Last Plantagenets by Costain, Thomas Bertram
64. The Manticore by Davies, Robertson
65. May We Borrow Your Husband?: And Other Comedies of the Sexual Life by Greene, Graham
66. Fever Season by Hambly, Barbara
67. Traveling with the Dead by Hambly, Barbara
68. To Die For by Howard, Linda
69. Mortal Fear by Iles, Greg
70. A Dangerous Man:: A Novel of William Wild Bill Longley by Johnstone, William W.
71. The Ritual Bath by Kellerman, Faye
72. A Grave Talent by King, Laurie R.
73. Night Work by King, Laurie R.
74. O Jerusalem by King, Laurie R.
75. The Miernik Dossier by McCarry, Charles
76. Tularosa by McGarrity, Michael
77. The President's Shadow by Meltzer, Brad
78. Ice Hunt by Rollins, James
79. Bury the Lead by Rosenfelt, David
80. First Degree by Rosenfelt, David
81. Open and Shut by Rosenfelt, David
82. Angle of Repose by Stegner, Wallace
83. Last Breath by Stewart, Mariah
84. The Hellfire Club by Straub, Peter
85. An Autobiography by Trollope, Anthony
86. He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony
87. Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony
88. Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and Other Stories by Trollope, Anthony
89. Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Bridal Wreath by Undset, Sigrid
90. Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Mistress of Husaby by Undset, Sigrid
91. Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross by Undset, Sigrid
92. The Ringer by Wallace, Edgar
93. Back Home by Mauldin, Bill
Trollope
94. Barchester Towers & the Last Warden
95. The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
96. The Vicar of Bullhampton
97. The American Senator
98. The Claverings
Proust
99. The Captive
100. Cities of the Plain
101. Within a Budding Grove
102. The Sweet Cheat Gone
103. The Past Recaptured
104. The Guermantes Way
105. The book of Unusual Knowledge by Publications International, LTD.
106. The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
107. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
108. More Letters from Pemberley by Jane Dawkins
109. Five Victorian Ghost Novels edited by E.F. Bleiler
110. The Preacher by Camilla Lackberg
111. What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies
112. Counterparts by Gonzalo Lira
113. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
114. These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan
115. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
116. Parting the Curtains Interviews by Dannye Romine Powell
117. Into Africa by Martin Dugard
118. Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie
119. Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe
120. The Source by James Michener - copy bought, then decided to give to Irene. I have 2 or three others on my shelves
121. The Moor by Laurie R. King
122. Victorians at Home by Susan Lasdun
123. Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
124. Thomas Jefferson: A Biography in His Own Words
125. Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause by Roger G. Kennedy
126. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
127. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen - audio book
128. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
129. Norwegian Night by Derek B. Miller
130. Fields for President by W.C. Fields
131. The Longevity Plan by Dr. John D. Day and Jane Ann Day
132. The Love-Girl and the Innocent: Victory Celebrations: Prisoners by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
133. Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz - yellowed trade paperback - would read better condition copy
134. The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh - will never read
135. The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin - will never read
136. Julie & Julia by Julie Powell - will never read although I loved the movie
137. Are You Somebody by Nuala O'Faolain - will never read, don't know why i bought it
138. Blood, Tears, and Folly by Len Deighton - WWII history that I will never read
139. The Darkest Hour by Tony Scumacher - WWII fiction, not my cuppa
140. The Domino Men by Jonathan Barnes
141. Personal History by Katharine Graham
142. Everyman by Philip Roth
143. The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall
144. No More Words : A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh by Reeve Lindbergh
145. A Room With A View and Howards End by E.M. Forster - mass market paperback, yellowed
146. S01 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse by JJ Smith
147. S02 The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
148. S02 The Time of Terror by Seth Hunter
149. S02 The American Spectator's Enemies List by P.J. O'Rourke
150. S02 The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
151. S02 Confessions of an Actor: An Autobiography by Laurence Olivier
152. S03 Musical Stages: An Autobiography by Richard Rodgers
153. S03 The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies
154. S03 Colony Girl by Thomas Rayfiel
155. S04 It's Always the Husband by Michele Campbell
156. S04 Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA by Ellen Meister
157. S04 The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King
158. S04 The Darcy Connection by Elizabeth Aston
159. S04 Mr. Darcy's Daughters by Elizabeth Aston
160. S04 The Second Mrs. Darcy by Elizabeth Aston
161. S04 The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy by Elizabeth Aston
162. S04 The True Darcy Spirit by Elizabeth Aston
163. S04 The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen by Syrie James
164. The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
2024 Inventory
165. S17 Nice Guys Finish Last by Leo Durocher
166. S17 The Lyre of Orpheus
167. S24 The Marx Sisters by Barry Maitland - duplicate
168. S26 No Angel by Penny Vincenzi
169. L80 The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
170. L86 Killer View by Ridley Pearson
171. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
172. The Racketeer by John Grisham
173. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
174. Angel Rogue by Mary Jo Putney
175. L24 Third Degree by Greg Iles
176. L33 Writing And Fighting the Civil War: Soldier Correspondence to the New York Sunday Mercury by William B. Styple - giving to friend Karen
177. The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
178. The Water's Edge by Karin Fossum
179. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
180. The Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper
181. Moo by Jane Smiley
182. Longitudes and Attitudes by Thomas L. Friedman
183. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
183. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
184-186. Three books about Chapel Hill
187. Magic Hour by Susan Isaacs
188. the Help by Kathryn Stockett
189. Blood Memory by Greg Iles
190. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
191. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
192. A Jockey's Life by Dick Francis
193. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
194. The Doctors Book of Home Remedies II
195. As You Like It by William Shakespeare
196. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
197. Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
198. A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene
199. Apollo at Go by Jeff Sutton
200. October Sky by Homer Hickham
201. The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
202. London by Edward Rutherford
203. Utopia by Lincoln Child
204. When the Devil Holds the Candle by Karin Fossum
205. The Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell
206. One Man's Wilderness by Sam Keith
207. The Journal of Best Practice by David Finch
208. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
209. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
210. The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
211. The Day of Atonement by David Liss
212. Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
213. The Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson
214. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
215. Kill and Tell by Linda Howard
216. The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara
217. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
218. The Bush Dyslexicon by Mark Crispin Miller - why bother since we now have a fascist elected?
6karenmarie
YTD Statistics through October
350 books read
2 of them on my shelves before 1/1/24 and not rereads
101 books abandoned, 11664 pages abandoned, 1 audiobook, .45 hours abandoned
99.5 audiobook hours
Avg pages read per day, YTD = 314
Avg pages read per book, YTD = 274
Book of the Month: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
A Matter of Time Books 1 and 2 by Mary Calmes
Books by Month
January - 46 e-books, 1 audio book, 1 Graphic Novel, and 9 books abandoned for 1711 pages
February - 37 e-books and 8 books abandoned for 1058 pages
March - 38 e-books, 1 audio book, and 7 books abandoned for 899 pages
April - 31 e-books, 1 hard cover, and 11 books abandoned for 1338 pages
May - 21 e-books, and 13 books abandoned for 1153 pages
June - 33 e-books, and 9 books abandoned for 1188 pages
July - 29 e-books, 2 audiobooks, and 15 books abandoned for 1703 pages
August - 38 e-books, and 14 books abandoned for 1564 pages
September - 23 e-books, and 10 books abandoned for 991 pages
October - 46 e-books, 2 audio books, and 5 books abandoned for 479 pages
Author
Male 10%
Female 79%
Undeclared * 8%
Non-Binary 3%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Living 99%
Dead 1%
US Born 43%
Foreign Born 21%
Undeclared * 36%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Platform
Hardcover 1%
Trade Pback 0%
Mass Market 0%
Audiobook 1%
e-Book 96%
Audible audio book 2%
Source
My Library 9%
Library 1%
Kindle Unlimited 89%
Borrowed 0%
Culled 1%
Misc
ARC/ER 0%
Re-read 2%
Series 71%
Fiction 99%
NonFiction 1%
Author Birth Country
Australia 7%
Canada 5%
Cuba 1%
England 1%
Grenada 2%
Ireland 1%
New Zealand 2%
Norway 1%
Portugal 1%
Sweden 1%
UK 3%
Undeclared * 34%
US 40%
Venezuela 1%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Original Decade Published
1880-1889 1%
1980-1989 1%
2000-2009 2%
2010-2019 31%
2020-2029 65%
Genre
Biography 1%
Childrens 1%
Contemporary Fiction 92%
Crime Fiction 1%
Fantasy 1%
Graphic Novel 1%
Historical Fiction 1%
Informational Nonfiction 1%
Memoir 1%
Acquisition/Source
Audible 6
Kindle Unlimited 321
Library 1
My Shelves 18
culled after reading 4
Average Rating
1.5 - Very Bad 0
2.0 - Bad 4
2.5 - Average 11
3.0 - Good 43
3.5 - Very Good 61
4.0 - Excellent 164
4.5 - Outstanding 66
5 - Masterpiece 1
Average Rating 3.82
Books acquired YTD 270
Books culled YTD 186
350 books read
2 of them on my shelves before 1/1/24 and not rereads
101 books abandoned, 11664 pages abandoned, 1 audiobook, .45 hours abandoned
99.5 audiobook hours
Avg pages read per day, YTD = 314
Avg pages read per book, YTD = 274
Book of the Month: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
A Matter of Time Books 1 and 2 by Mary Calmes
Books by Month
January - 46 e-books, 1 audio book, 1 Graphic Novel, and 9 books abandoned for 1711 pages
February - 37 e-books and 8 books abandoned for 1058 pages
March - 38 e-books, 1 audio book, and 7 books abandoned for 899 pages
April - 31 e-books, 1 hard cover, and 11 books abandoned for 1338 pages
May - 21 e-books, and 13 books abandoned for 1153 pages
June - 33 e-books, and 9 books abandoned for 1188 pages
July - 29 e-books, 2 audiobooks, and 15 books abandoned for 1703 pages
August - 38 e-books, and 14 books abandoned for 1564 pages
September - 23 e-books, and 10 books abandoned for 991 pages
October - 46 e-books, 2 audio books, and 5 books abandoned for 479 pages
Author
Male 10%
Female 79%
Undeclared * 8%
Non-Binary 3%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Living 99%
Dead 1%
US Born 43%
Foreign Born 21%
Undeclared * 36%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Platform
Hardcover 1%
Trade Pback 0%
Mass Market 0%
Audiobook 1%
e-Book 96%
Audible audio book 2%
Source
My Library 9%
Library 1%
Kindle Unlimited 89%
Borrowed 0%
Culled 1%
Misc
ARC/ER 0%
Re-read 2%
Series 71%
Fiction 99%
NonFiction 1%
Author Birth Country
Australia 7%
Canada 5%
Cuba 1%
England 1%
Grenada 2%
Ireland 1%
New Zealand 2%
Norway 1%
Portugal 1%
Sweden 1%
UK 3%
Undeclared * 34%
US 40%
Venezuela 1%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Original Decade Published
1880-1889 1%
1980-1989 1%
2000-2009 2%
2010-2019 31%
2020-2029 65%
Genre
Biography 1%
Childrens 1%
Contemporary Fiction 92%
Crime Fiction 1%
Fantasy 1%
Graphic Novel 1%
Historical Fiction 1%
Informational Nonfiction 1%
Memoir 1%
Acquisition/Source
Audible 6
Kindle Unlimited 321
Library 1
My Shelves 18
culled after reading 4
Average Rating
1.5 - Very Bad 0
2.0 - Bad 4
2.5 - Average 11
3.0 - Good 43
3.5 - Very Good 61
4.0 - Excellent 164
4.5 - Outstanding 66
5 - Masterpiece 1
Average Rating 3.82
Books acquired YTD 270
Books culled YTD 186
7karenmarie
October Lightning Round
Any in bold are NOT MM romances, few and far between as they are.
It also occurs to me that quite a few of the smut books have warnings about triggers that I don’t mention here. Caveat emptor re triggers if you want to dip your toes in.
Mangled Argentina Ryder 9/30/24 10/1/24 Kindle
**abandoned The Cowboy and the Barista by SC Wynne**
Debt by Louise Collins 10/2/24 10/2/24 Kindle
Saving the Senator's Son by Jacki James 10/2/24 10/3/24 Kindle
Bent Backwards by Jesse H Reign 10/3/24 10/3/24 Kindle
The Unlikely Pair by Jax Calder 10/3/24 10/4/24 Kindle
Hired by the Enemy by Jax Calder 10/4/24 10/4/24 Kindle
Knowing You by EM Lindsey 10/4/24 10/5/24 Kindle
Wicked Lies Boys Tell by K Webster 10/1/24 10/5/24 Kindle
Sheriff's Secret by K Webster 10/5/24 10/6/24 Kindle
Callan’s Atlas by K Webster 10/5/24 10/6/24 Kindle
Why Love Matters by Jay Northcote 10/6/24 10/6/24 Kindle
The Heart of Smoke by K Webster 10/6/24 10/7/24 Kindle
Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom 9/6/24 10/9/24 Audio book narrated by Jon Lindstrom 7.75 hours
How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae 10/7/24 10/8/24 Kindle
A Hellhound Called Derek by Michelle Frost 10/8/24 10/8/24 Kindle
Catching a Con Man by Matt Peters 10/8/24 10/9/24 Kindle
Double Dealing: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Nicole Colville 10/9/24 10/10/24 Kindle
Dominque by Nicole Colville 10/10/24 10/11/24 Kindle
The Marriage Betrothal by Aja Foxx 10/11/24 10/12/24 Kindle
Whiskey Neat by Mia Monroe 10/12/24 10/24/24 Kindle
Handy Man by Matt Peters 10/12/24 10/12/24 Kindle
Hollywood Crush by Matt Peters 10/12/24 10/13/24 Kindle
**abandoned Billionaire's Sexy Scientist by Dillon Hart**
**abandoned Curious by Leslie McAdam**
Reluctantly You by Cora Rose 10/15/24 10/16/24 Kindle
The Billionaire's Consort by Peter Styles 10/15/24 10/17/24 partial read, Kindle
Diablo by Cora Rose 10/17/24 10/17/24 Kindle
Inheriting Miss Fortune by Lucy Lennox 10/17/24 10/18/24 Kindle Kindle
**abandoned The Marriage Runaway by Aja Foxx**
Ilya by Barbara Elsborg 10/18/24 10/19/24 Kindle
Welcome to Knockwood by Lucy Lennox 10/19/24 10/19/24 Kindle
In a Fix by Mary Calmes 10/19/24 10/19/24 Kindle
No Quick Fix by Mary Calmes 10/19/24 10/20/24 Kindle
Fix It Up by Mary Calmes 10/20/24 10/20/24 Kindle
The Fix is In by Mary Calmes 10/21/24 10/22/24 Kindle
The Big Fix by Mary Calmes 10/22/24 10/23/24 Kindle
Get a Fix by Mary Calmes 10/23/24 10/23/24 Kindle
Without Warning by Reese Knightley 10/24/24 10/24/24 Kindle
Again by Mary Calmes 10/24/24 10/24/24 Kindle
Lay It Down by Mary Calmes 10/24/24 10/24/24 Kindle
A Matter of Time Book 1 by Mary Calmes 10/25/24 10/25/24 Kindle
Acrobat by Mary Calmes 10/26/24 10/27/24 Kindle
Carte Blanche by Mary Calmes 10/27/24 10/27/24 Kindle
His Hearth by Mary Calmes 10/27/24 10/27/24 Kindle
Truth and Betrayal by KC Wells 10/10/24 10/28/24 Audible Audio book narrated by John Solo 4 hrs 30 minutes
Damaged Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 10/28/24 10/29/24 Kindle
Lovers Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 10/29/24 10/31/24 467 pages Kindle
**abandoned The Nanny Proposal by Lucy Lennox**
Any in bold are NOT MM romances, few and far between as they are.
It also occurs to me that quite a few of the smut books have warnings about triggers that I don’t mention here. Caveat emptor re triggers if you want to dip your toes in.
Mangled Argentina Ryder 9/30/24 10/1/24 Kindle
Great premise. Ben and Leo are best friends. Ben’s gay, Leo’s straight. However, Leo’s marketing firm is handling marketing for a new gay dating app and on a whim, Ben and Leo each set up a profile. They are stunned when they are a 99.9% match, and they decide to pursue the app’s recommendation. All’s going well until the app is outed for it’s questionable algorithm and Leo questions whether what they have is real. Fortunately it is, and this is a very sweet story about friends becoming lovers, honesty in communications, and a great HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
**abandoned The Cowboy and the Barista by SC Wynne**
Gay barista/coffee house owner meets in the closet cowboy when the cowboy’s normal coffee source is temporarily shut down. Mutual attraction, the cowboy fears for his job, and there’s a lot of angst that I just wasn’t interested in following up on.
Debt by Louise Collins 10/2/24 10/2/24 Kindle
Short story has Levi, forever in love with the mobster who saved his life, helped him clean up, and brought him into his organization. Greyson is oblivious until Levi is set up and nearly dies, when honesty compels him to admit his feelings after being forced into it by other members of the organization. Greyson has never trusted anybody enough for a romantic relationship in the job he’s in, but he trusts Levi implicitly with his business, and now trusts Levi personally. Caveat emptor re sex.
Saving the Senator's Son by Jacki James 10/2/24 10/3/24 Kindle
Hart Security is hired to protect the Senator’s son, who has begun receiving threatening letters. Roman, one of the three brother/owners, takes the case because he’s next up in the rotation. He and Trey are moved to the bath house on the property so that Roman won’t be around Trey’s sister, the religious family thinking that Roman’s straight. Both Trey and Roman are gay, of course, but Trey represents the family in the current election cycle in addition to knowing that his family will disown him if his sexual orientation ever comes out. Roman and Trey spend a lot of time together. Roman falls in love, Trey falls in love. Trey finally tells his family he's gay and won’t stump for his dad any more. He’s kidnapped and the stalker finds him. Alpha male Roman, strong Trey, good story. Caveat emptor re sex.
Bent Backwards by Jesse H Reign 10/3/24 10/3/24 Kindle
Two straight men are inexplicably attracted to each other, with insta lust results. Told from Ethan’s point of view this time, I found it emotionally satisfying, steamy, and with a fine HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
The Unlikely Pair by Jax Calder 10/3/24 10/4/24 Kindle
Harry is the head of the Conservative Party in England, Toby is a Liberal MP who tangles with Harry and seems to truly hate him. They are on a private airplane to a climate conference in Oslo when it goes down. They and the pilot are unharmed. The pilot has a cockamamy story about having to get phone reception and takes both their phones. Soon enough there are terrorists trying to kill them. By luck and stupidity, they evade them. The security forces of England have been searching for them in Norway, but they crashed in Finland. They eventually find a cabin on a lake, where they are safe for a month, until the terrorists find them again. They are rescued, return to England, and have to reevaluate their goals and what they want from life. Well written, angsty, sexy times. Unfortunately, we won’t find out who planned the kidnappings until the third book in the series, mid-next year. Caveat emptor re sex.
Hired by the Enemy by Jax Calder 10/4/24 10/4/24 Kindle
Enemies since Liam moved in next door to Matthew when they were 8, they hated and pranked each other through high school. Seven years later, Matthew needs a fake boyfriend to take to his company’s team-building exercise in Hawaii. Last minute mix-ups have Liam being sent. Instant hate, but Liam’s a professional and Matthew does not want to admit that this is a fake boyfriend. Over the course of the week they talk and team build and hook up in the privacy of their cabin. After they return, each realizes what the other means to him. Both go home for Christmas, to the houses next door to one another where they met and had their battles growing up. There’s a very sweet HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
Knowing You by EM Lindsey 10/4/24 10/5/24 Kindle
Lane’s been verbally and emotionally abused for the 20 years of his marriage. His wife basically abandoned them just after their now-4-year-old daughter was born, and Lane’s working from home and going crazy. Bowen has come to stay with his brother next door, and as a nanny currently in need of work, offers to work for Lane. Lane takes him up on it, the demon child loves Bowen, and eventually Lane acknowledges that he’s bicurious. It goes from there. It got rather sickeningly sweet, frankly, but I persevered. Lane finally divorces the batsh*t crazy wife, and he and Bowen get their HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
Wicked Lies Boys Tell by K Webster 10/1/24 10/5/24 Kindle
Cope and Penn are next door neighbors, and best friends. One day, when they are sophomores in high school, Penn kisses Cope, and Cope immediately ends their friendship. Both are grieving. Penn plays HS football and his father is demanding, abusive, and controlling. Back in the present, Penn breaks his hand in a fight and Cope takes him to the hospital and gets him home and cares for him. They reluctantly resume a sort-of-friendship, with sexual tension off the charts. Many nasty parental manipulations by both fathers, but at least Cope’s father actually loves him. Eventually Cope and Penn realize that they are soul mates, initiate a sexual relationship, and overcome parental withdrawal of funds, physical abuse, and etc. Fortunately, Cope’s father realizes his mistakes, apologizes, and there’s a very surprisingly happy and logical HEA for them. Caveat emptor re sex.
Sheriff's Secret by K Webster 10/5/24 10/6/24 Kindle
Another by K Webster has Jax, Sheriff of a small town in Maine, deeply in the closet. There are newcomers from NY restoring an old house into a B&B, homophobia, the Rainbow Vigilante, and a secret relationship between Jax and NY-moved-to-Brigs Ferry Bay developer Dante. Jax simply won’t come out, and they agree to a weekend secret fling, which turns into a month fling. In the meantime, there are escalating attacks on Dante’s business and his HS age brother Callan. I was fascinated by all the characters and the dynamic descriptions of this small town. We get our HEA, justice against some of the homophobic attacks, and many adopted kitties because Jax cannot say no to his groomer-friend Cato who rescues wharf-side kitties. Caveat emptor re sex.
Callan’s Atlas by K Webster 10/5/24 10/6/24 Kindle
Third in the Brigs Ferry Bay series. Dante’s younger brother Callan has been struggling after the events of the previous book. He wears black to signify the loss of color in his life and is distant from those who love him. Atlas Larson returns to town after being in the military and is hired on as third shift cop. As soon as he sees Callan he wants him, and Callan wants Atlas in return. Age gap, which horrifies everybody in town once it gets out, but it works for them. Callan starts wearing colors again. There are escalating attacks against him verbally and even physically, and finally Atlas is set up thinking Callan is being raped and tortured. All’s well that ends well, though, once Callan calls in Dante’s former boyfriend, a high-power lawyer, who gets a high-power lawyer who can practice in Maine involved. Wonderful HEA for a seriously kinky and seriously age-gapped couple. Caveat emptor re sex and mild kink.
Why Love Matters by Jay Northcote 10/6/24 10/6/24 Kindle
Alastair is going to have to go to Italy on an important business trip and his father insists that he overcome his dislike of touch. Martin, his PA, just conveniently has a mother who lives in a commune and is having a touch seminar. They travel down together, stay in the same room, Alastair attends and succeeds in the goals of the seminar. Long-term sparkage ignites, and they get a HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
The Heart of Smoke by K Webster 10/6/24 10/7/24 Kindle
Twenty years previously, Judge was unsuccessful at saving his mother’s life when a house fire drew him home. He was injured, his mother died, he has never forgiven himself and wears a mask. Tate, a psychologist, is hired by Jude’s father to live in the family compound-of-houses to help the family heal, especially Jude. Way too many coincidences, way too much insta-love/lust, and etc. I did finish it, but it was much less tension-filled and rich than the 3 books above. Caveat emptor re sex.
Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom 9/6/24 10/9/24 Audio book narrated by Jon Lindstrom 7.75 hours
Winston Green is a Hollywood actor/stunt man. His daughter and her husband are drug addicts. His daughter is kidnapped, held for ransom. Win gets his granddaughter, takes her to the house of friends. The story is told from the POV of Win, several of the kidnappers, and third party. I found it fascinating, more for the Los Angeles/Hollywood lore than the actual story, but it kept me interested. Turns out that I love the narrator’s voice. Satisfactory ending. Lots of dead bad guys, several scary attacks on the good guys, Win and his friends.
How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae 10/7/24 10/8/24 Kindle
Okay, so every once in a while I like fantasy MM romance. Toby is a human writer, Dexter is his next-door neighbor, a hellhound, tasked with rooting out evil and escorting the perpetrators to hell the hard way through torture. I liked Dexter the TV series, and this Dexter has taken his human name from the title character. Toby is enthralled with Dexter, thinks he might be a serial killer, a sexy one. Dexter protects Toby and there is sparkage. Toby’s being stalked online through his social media, it escalates, and Dexter rallies the hellhound troops to help find the guy and … escort him to hell. The only one in the series I’ll read, it was good but not stunning. Caveat emptor re sex.
A Hellhound Called Derek by Michelle Frost 10/8/24 10/8/24 Kindle
A better hellhound/human fantasy, a novella this time, has Derek, a hellhound enforcer, agreeing to an arranged marriage with Hollis, the human nephew of the town’s Police Chief. The Police Chief has controlled Hollis his entire life and forces him to agree to the arrangement. Derek has specifically chosen Hollis because as soon as he smells a piece of material with Hollis’s scent on it, he realizes that they’re true mates. The marriage is wildly successful. The Police Chief tries to force Hollis to do his bidding to get lists of non-humans. Derek puts an end to that, but when Hollis is kidnapped, Derek transforms into his hellhound self and it’s vivid, scary, and wonderful. Caveat emptor re sex.
Catching a Con Man by Matt Peters 10/8/24 10/9/24 Kindle
Back to human/human, Ade is a billionaire son in a billionaire family. Tyler is the product of foster homes, works menial jobs, but has a fierce desire to give everything he can to other people brought up the way he was. He cons his way into a fund-raising gala, making the assumption that the Addison Crane on the guest list is Addison Crane Sr. It’s Addison Crane Jr, Ade, and he’s immediately attracted to Tyler, realizes that there’s some kind of con going on when Tyler pretends to be the grandson of a recluse billionaire. Said recluse billionaire happens to be Ade’s godfather. Ade doesn’t care, there’s attraction, but Addison Sr. does not want a petty criminal/low class guy with Ade. Good stuff with Ade and Tyler, bad stuff from Addison Sr. Caveat emptor re sex.
Double Dealing: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Nicole Colville 10/9/24 10/10/24 Kindle
Ryder sees Trace at a hotel, both of them there on business, and is immediately attracted to him. They hook up but Trace is deep in the closet, fears his father, and leaves the next morning without any plans to ever see Ryder again. Two years pass, and Ryder has not forgotten Trace and vice-versa. Ryder proposes an acquisition of Trace’s family business in order to have a chance with Trace, but things fall apart. Ryder offers marriage for Trace and a lucrative business deal to Trace’s father. Trace’s father accepts and forces Trace into it, telling him that he can use the ‘escape clause’ of one year. Ups and downs, more sparkage, and etc., and they get their HEA. Trace’s father eventually comes around, but I still thought him despicable. Caveat emptor re sex.
Dominque by Nicole Colville 10/10/24 10/11/24 Kindle
Dominque had to step up when he was 18 and his mother died so he could take care of his little sister and keep the house they grew up in. He did this by becoming an escort. Jacob is a doctor, too busy for a relationship, but wanting a very specific type of relationship. He sees Dominque’s profile on the escort page but rejects him because he knows Dominque pushes every single button, and hires Harry, another escort, for a pretend boyfriend fundraiser. Harry can’t go, asks Dominque to stand in for him. Sparkage, realization that they’re both in the BDSM world although Dominque left because his safe word wasn’t respected. Miscommunications and spats along the way, but they get their HEA. Caveat emptor re sex and mild BDSM.
The Marriage Betrothal by Aja Foxx 10/11/24 10/12/24 Kindle
Long-term marriage arrangement between Lucas and Kyue’s family has Kyue coming unglued when he learns he’s expected to marry a man he doesn’t know. He is his own man, successful at developing motorcycles for motocross, is an artist, and etc. He makes it as difficult for Lucas as he can, and Lucas is flummoxed by his behavior. Serious sparkage on both sides. Lots of fun, and oh, attempts on Kyue’s life, finding out who’s trying to kill him, and a very satisfactory HEA. I particularly liked Foyt, Lucas’s PA, and Oliver, Lucas’s Butler. Caveat emptor re sex.
Whiskey Neat by Mia Monroe 10/12/24 10/24/24 Kindle
Ho hum. Mid-life crisis Indy bands his ready-to-make-a-change college buddies into renovating an old bar in their hometown and one of his college buddies inherits his uncle’s house, which they also renovate to live in together. First day of renovations Salem, who has returned home with his tail between his legs after getting laid off in Chicago, walks in that first day. Instant sparkage, and they hire Salem on the spot to manage their inventory. Sigh. Boss-employee with benefits, never supposed to be serious… HEA and caveat emptor re sex.
Handy Man by Matt Peters 10/12/24 10/12/24 Kindle
First in the West Wales Romance series. James is attacked and left for dead in London and flees to his grandmother in a small town in Wales to recover. He meets Llewelyn, a local man, not closeted exactly but never had a serious relationship. They are immediately attracted to each other, but with James returning to London and Llewelyn firmly ensconced in his hometown, all it can be is friends with benefits. However, they do get their HEA, which was quite sweet. Caveat emptor re sex.
Hollywood Crush by Matt Peters 10/12/24 10/13/24 Kindle
Second in the West Wales Romance series has Tudor, who owns the run-down hotel in town with his mother, successfully getting money and guaranteed business for a local fantasy series shoot. He renovates the upstairs suites and other necessary things. Daniel, the star of this series, is an American who is disgruntled at having to be in cold rainy Wales. There’s sparkage, but Tudor resents Daniel’s attitude. They finally correct this misunderstanding and the sparkage becomes sexy times. They think it will end when the shoot ends, but when Daniel is injured in a stunt he shouldn’t even have been in, both he and Tudor realize that they love each other and will work their relationship and living arrangements out. Caveat emptor re sex.
**abandoned Billionaire's Sexy Scientist by Dillon Hart**
Ugh. Adrian is a billionaire, Lukas a scientist who needs funding. Jarring behaviors, shortcutted storyline, too cute for words. Caveat emptor re sex.
**abandoned Curious by Leslie McAdam**
Shelby’s straight, is injured, doesn’t have insurance, his best friend Camden, gay, offers to marry him to give him coverage. Bi-awakening, hadn’t happened after 151 pages of rather poor writing.
Reluctantly You by Cora Rose 10/15/24 10/16/24 Kindle
Mitch feels abandoned by his brothers. His father has sold the company Mitch was supposed to inherit out from beneath is feet. Mitch “isn’t gay”, but cruises gay bars for rough hookups. He’s a mess, and not the good kind. As we see the world from Mitch’s POV, we see how unworthy he feels. He’s repressed his artistic nature. He yearns for contact with his brothers. Gideon has bought the company Mitch’s dad sold out from under him, humiliates Mitch by moving him to a small office, demeans him. And yet… there’s a spark between the two. Mitch denies it, Gideon forces it (but not in a non-con way), and eventually they realize that they have feelings for each other. We learn why Gideon bought the company, see Mitch gain self-awareness and acceptance, and there’s a satisfying HEA for both of them. Oh, and let’s not forget the D/s aspects and steamy sex.
The Billionaire's Consort by Peter Styles 10/15/24 10/17/24 partial read, Kindle
Six stories. I’ve read one and reviewed it separately, read the next three, gave up on the fifth, and have abandoned the rest. However, I did read 375 pages before abandoning it. The stories are rather shallow and the plot devices mostly ridiculous. Caveat emptor re sex.
Diablo by Cora Rose 10/17/24 10/17/24 Kindle
Sigh. Diablo is the chaotic son of a mobster. He punished a cousin for hurting his twin Angel, and now the cousin has vowed to kill him. Diablo’s father hired Skylar to protect his son, sending them off to one of his remote hideaways. Diablo is a brat, a mean-spirited brat. Skylar puts up with a lot until he doesn’t. The sexual tension makes the punishments sexual, treading the line of non-con, but staying just this side of it. Rather ridiculous, actually, and although I’m not sorry I read it exactly, wish I had some of the eyeblinks back. Caveat emptor re sex.
Inheriting Miss Fortune by Lucy Lennox 10/17/24 10/18/24 Kindle Kindle
Dev donates sperm to dear friend Katie with the understanding that he won’t be in any child’s life that results from his donation. Tully has hooked up with Dev 2 years earlier, and they both can’t forget how they feel. Surprise… Tully is also a friend of Katie’s. The coincidence is irritating, but actually works. Katie has named Dev guardian of her daughter, now 18 months old. Tully works for the law firm Katie did and is sent to Dev with his daughter and with the express instruction to find out all he can to discredit Dev’s financial and other qualities that would support his parental rights. Oh, and daughter Lellie inherits $10 million. Nobody knows that Dev’s a billionaire from a college project with friends that became wildly successful because he lives modestly. The bad guys – Katie’s religious parents who try to use everything they can legally and illegally to get Lellie and the people at the law firm who carry out some of the illegal things – get their comeuppance, Dev and Tully get their HEA. A little too cute at times, but pretty good. Caveat emptor re sex.
**abandoned The Marriage Runaway by Aja Foxx**
Miles, best friends with Sam’s brother, attends Sam’s wedding. But Sam is terrorized by the woman he’s marrying. Once Miles gets him to admit this and that he doesn’t want to marry her, enlists Sam’s brother and father to help Sam escape. The way to keep her at bay? Miles marries Sam. Both actually want this. Sparkage, and caveat emptor re D/s and sex.
Ilya by Barbara Elsborg 10/18/24 10/19/24 Kindle
Ilya is the gay son of a Russian mobster, who has been forcibly returned to England prior to his sister’s marriage. He’s forced to undergo conversion therapy and attends the wedding, weakened and cowed but not broken. He sees a man steal his stepmother’s necklace and uses the opportunity to blackmail the thief into meeting him nearby after lifting the necklace from the man’s pocket. Julien has to accede to the request, because he's being blackmailed into this job. All very convoluted and complex. I really liked it a lot. Ilya has cut a tracker out of his arm, Julien has taken him to his apartment and sews the wound up. Julien leaves, hoping Ilya is gone but Ilya has come back to the apartment is burning up with fever. Julien … well. He realizes he cannot abandon Ilya but has major problems of his own. They’re on the run from Ilya’s father AND Julien’s Chechen criminal boss. We learn more of their backstories, but what I really liked was their interactions and Ilya’s sass. Julien has always been attracted to women, but it turns out that he's wildly attracted to Ilya. Sparkage, exploration, bad guy stuff, and finally a HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
Welcome to Knockwood by Lucy Lennox 10/19/24 10/19/24 Kindle
Short story has Jonah going to Alaska to write about something he’s never done before for the gay website he works for. Pete is the floatplane pilot who flies him in. Sparkage, insta lust and insta love. Sweet. Implied sex.
In a Fix by Mary Calmes 10/19/24 10/19/24 Kindle
Second in the Torus Intercession series, read first. However, it almost doesn’t matter, with just a few references to the first book that frankly I didn’t even remember once I started it, see below. Alpha males are, as many MM romances describe the POV character’s description of what attracts them, my kryptonite. Croy works for Torus Intercession, a private ‘fixer’ company that can be hired to do everything from managing a renovation, babysitting, or hostage negotiation. He’s been hired to protect Brig, the CEO of a company going through a bit of turmoil. The plot is a bit convoluted, a bit too black ops in a way, but once Croy meets FBI Special Agent Dallas Bauer, the sparkage is instant and mutual. After all the bad guys get caught, Croy and Dallas get their HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
No Quick Fix by Mary Calmes 10/19/24 10/20/24 Kindle
First in the Torus Intercession series has former SEAL Brann sent by his boss on a 3-month job to a very small town in Montana to help Emery, a man in over his head caring for his two daughters, teaching, and being on the board of his dead wife’s family’s company until he marries the daughter of the big employer in town. Brann is appalled, realizes that he’s been hired out as a nanny. He’s immediately attracted to Emery but with Emery set to marry a woman, realizes that his feelings have to be repressed. He immediately steps in to help the girls with their schedules, their grief, and their issues with the fiancée and growing distance from their father. Brann is a doer, and by the end of the first week has entranced pretty much everybody in town. He’s helped a woman escape her abusive ex-husband, helped April, the older daughter, understand that her grief for her mother needs answers about how she died, and etc. He’s empathetic, caring, and comes to realize that everything he wants is in this town, with Emery and his daughters. In the meantime, Emery is fighting his feelings for Brann, but ultimately breaks his engagement before telling Brann how he feels. Bad guys over a land deal get their comeuppance, Brann, Emery, April, and Olivia get their HEA. Sexy and sweet. Caveat emptor re sex.
Fix It Up by Mary Calmes 10/20/24 10/20/24 Kindle
Almost 4.5 stars. Nick is a rock star just out of rehab. His agent hires Torus Intercession to help Nick stay sober and drug free. Locryn arrives at his house to find drugs, sex, and rock and roll and Nick passed out in a bedroom. Locryn pulls the plug on the music, tells everybody the police are coming to raid the house, and everybody leaves. Locryn gets a new security system, fires most of the people surrounding Nick, gets Nick conscious and forces a healthy eating, no drinking/drugs regimen, and starts getting him physically active. It’s a love-hate relationship for sure. I liked the sheer competence of Locryn and Nick’s realization that is probably his last chance at surviving and eventual buy-in to what Locryn’s doing. Sparkage on both sides. Baggage on both sides, but I really loved meeting Locryn’s author mother who is Earth Mother personified. Quite a few folks are unhappy with not having access to Nick’s money or perks of being wealthy anymore and Locryn saves him every single time ‘til the whole thing’s resolved. Caveat emptor re sex.
The Fix is In by Mary Calmes 10/21/24 10/22/24 Kindle
Rather disappointing, frankly, as Shaw has been hired to protect Benji, a former psychiatrist living in a small town who’s been stalked, shot at, and etc. He performs cleansings and other paranormal services. Turns out that most of them are faulty wiring, blocked steam heaters, and etc. Shaw and Benji have insta lust and I really like the character of Benji, who rejected his successful and meaningless life in favor of a life he feels is of value. Shaw protects Benji, starts to figure out why Benji’s being targeted, and finally moves him to Chicago to protect him after Benji’s house is blown up. Caveat emptor re sex.
The Big Fix by Mary Calmes 10/22/24 10/23/24 Kindle
310 pages could have easily been pared down to 200 or so, since Jared anguishes over his attraction to Owen, who he rescued at age 10 and then again at age 18. He brought Owen to his house when Owen was 24, 8 years earlier. Jared owns Torus Intercession and is 56 years old, an insurmountable age gap in his eyes. However, everybody around both of them see how much Owen’s in love with Jared. And then Owen is kidnapped in a bid to get Jared to rescue him. Lots of friends helping Jared, all of them current or former alphabet government agency members or military. Jared is led to Thailand. He cannot figure out who has it in for him, but we are told over and over that Jared will not let Owen be killed like his parents were. Quite a bit of angst over losing your physical edge when you’re in your 50s. Honestly, some of the surprises and some of the resolution was just a bit tedious, but I wanted to finish this one in order to read the last one in the series. Caveat emptor violence, torture, and sex.
Get a Fix by Mary Calmes 10/23/24 10/23/24 Kindle
Sixth in the Torus Intercession series has Cooper assigned to be the bodyguard for Ashford, a movie star attending a niece’s wedding. They pretend to be boyfriends, but the first time they shake hands, there’s serious sparkage. Ashford is looking for a forever love, Cooper just might be. Cooper endears himself to readers even before he meets Ash by helping out an overwhelmed mother with 2 kids at the airport. The mother, husband and total of four kids are also going to the same wedding. Even after one day Coop and Ash realize this could be it… there are sweet episodes, avaricious family members, and a wonderful HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
Without Warning by Reese Knightley 10/24/24 10/24/24 Kindle
Shortcuts on building characters and occasionally ridiculous situations, but the mystery of who’s stalking Harrison kept me reading. However, it was only when Ryder took Harrison to his family’s home to keep him safe that I remember that I’d read it, December 2023, actually. Sigh. I gave it 2.5 stars then, it’s 2.0 stars now. Caveat emptor re sex and violence.
Again by Mary Calmes 10/24/24 10/24/24 Kindle
Noah and Dante are married, Noah meets him at the airport to share sonograms of their surrogate-carried daughter, and sees Dante passionately kissing his female FBI partner. He leaves. He tries to get in touch, nothing. Not Dante, not his family, not even through the FBI. Five years later it’s Noah and daughter Grace, and they are at a wedding in Las Vegas. Dante is there with his family and is gobsmacked to see what is clearly his daughter with Noah. He claims Noah and Grace, Noah’s never stopped loving Dante, and after a great comeuppance to a man Noah’s dating, we get a very sweet HEA in this novella. Cavet emptor re sex.
Lay It Down by Mary Calmes 10/24/24 10/24/24 Kindle
As wonderful as Again was, this book by Calmes was disappointing. Hudson was tricked by his fraternal twin Dalvon (Dalvon, really?) to come to the island mansion owned by Dalvon’s billionaire boyfriend Miguel. Dalvon has left, taking Hudson’s passport. Hudson doesn’t want Dalvon to get in trouble with the US government, so stays. He makes changes to the mansion, gets two money-losing island businesses owned by Miguel profitable, and is happy there but wants to go home. Miguel returns, instant lust, instant love. Oh, and there’s arms dealing, kidnapping, and etc. A waste of eyeblinks, but fortunately only 150 pages. Caveat emptor re sex.
A Matter of Time Book 1 by Mary Calmes 10/25/24 10/25/24 Kindle
Jory is PA to a very powerful man. He’s also a sweet, generous friend, and one night goes to rescue his friend’s dog since she’s leaving her husband. Unfortunately, Jory witnesses a murder and meets Detective Sam Kage who wants to put him in witness protection. Jory refuses, and Sam all of a sudden is everywhere, protecting Jory. Sam is bi-curious and Jory gives him his first sexual experience with a man. And, over the course of the this and the next three books, Jory goes above and beyond for his boss and Sam and all of his friends and all the new friends he makes along the way. He and Sam fall in love, but Sam is closeted because he’s a cop and things wouldn’t go well. Jory keeps leaving, they keep crashing back together. In the meantime, all sorts of people are trying to kill Jory for various and sundry reasons. I really loved this series. It’s dynamic and vivid and although Jory frequently does really stupid things that put him in danger, he also rescues people and tracks down things the police can’t or won’t. There are two more books in the series that I’m not sure I want to read – they’re not Kindle Unlimited and I may want to leave it with the first four. Caveat emptor re sex and violence. Jory and Sam A Matter of Time Series Book 1 2011
A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes 10/25/24 10/25/24 Kindle
A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes 10/25/24 10/26/24 Kindle
A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes 10/25/24 10/25/24 Kindle
Acrobat by Mary Calmes 10/26/24 10/27/24 Kindle
Nathan is a college professor. His neighbor has taken his dead sister’s boy in, and 16-year old Michael spends a lot of time with Nathan when his uncle, Dreo, isn’t around. Unbenownst to Nathan, Dreo is enamored of him and has spent the last 4 years trying to figure out how to get out from being a mob bodyguard alive. Various and sundry bits of violence, strong attraction when Dreo comes on to Nathan, sweet HEA if a bit unrealistic, and caveat emptor re sex.
Carte Blanche by Mary Calmes 10/27/24 10/27/24 Kindle
Jude has severe OCD and social anxiety disorder, and rarely comes out of his apartment. He works from home as a travel agent/trip planner. Devin moves in across the hall, and over time, gets Jude to be more open to change and acceptance that he is more than his illnesses. Sweet short story. Caveat emptor re one sex scene.
His Hearth by Mary Calmes 10/27/24 10/27/24 Kindle
Even though this is only a 99-page novella, there is believable world building. Julian is up for an award, Ryan is in the hotel for another function. Instant sparkage, and although Julian keeps insisting he doesn’t do hookups, his attraction to Ryan is so strong that they spend the night together. The next night they spend it at Julian’s, but they are not protected there and Julian sees Ryan’s supernatural powers as he kills 6 demons, ala Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Julian is introduced to Ryan’s sentinel and 5 other warders, and such is the connection between him and Ryan that he buys into what it means to become Ryan’s Hearth – his home, his grounding, his protection from the emotional toll his life takes on him. Very sweet and sexy and supernatural. Caveat emptor re sex.
Truth and Betrayal by KC Wells 10/10/24 10/28/24 Audible Audio book narrated by John Solo 4 hrs 30 minutes
KC Wells knows small Southern town prejudices and customs, that’s for sure. Jake’s brother Caleb, who hasn’t been home in 7 years, has been killed in an accident. His roommate, Liam, was driving. Jake is beside himself with grief, and at the funeral, when Liam, a black man, shows up in a small awful town in Tennessee, Jake goes off on him, blaming him for Caleb’s death. The folks at the funeral basically run him off. Fast forward to Jake going to get Caleb’s belongings several months later and realizing that Caleb was gay, Liam his lover, and that both he and Liam are beside themselves with grief. Jake’s gay, too, completely in the closet. From there the story takes predictable but beautifully well-written turns. Jake and Liam start texting, meet up at some friends of Liam’s in Atlanta, and Jake gets to explore his gayness in a safe and accepting environment. At home, his mother is trying to set him up with the preacher’s daughter. Liam’s family is accepting of Jake, Jake thinks he’ll never be able to tell his family about being gay. Jake and Liam take their relationship further. I liked the ending, because some icky folks got their comeuppance, Jake’s family surprises him, and they get their HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
Damaged Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 10/28/24 10/29/24 Kindle
This is my second reread. I can’t seem to stay away from this series. This time, in addition to my alpha male kryptonite – both Maximoff AND Farrow – I want to say that the other family members and bodyguards are vividly and realistically portrayed within the scope of a billionaire family group’s quirks and the staggeringly demanding requirements placed on the bodyguards. I love every family member in the Hale, Cobalt, and Meadows families and most of the bodyguards. The pressures on Maximoff and the way that Farrow helps him relax within the scope of those pressures before they become romantically involved are over the top, of course, but endearing. I don’t know whether I’ll re-read the entire 13-book series again, but I’ve already read the 2nd and have started the 3rd. Caveat emptor re sex.
Lovers Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 10/29/24 10/31/24 467 pages Kindle
After a potential scandal involving Maximoff and his cousin Jane, who love each other platonically but not romantically, described in the first book, the families decide to go on a tour with 5 of the family members and six guards. At the same time there’s a serious security threat to Maximoff. There are always security threats, but this one seems more plausible given where the website postings are sourced – Philadelphia, the home base of the families. Farrow is more vigilant than usual and he also has to stress over reading the last 4-years-worth of the NDAs for Maximoff’s one-night stands. Being a couple in front of the families and guards but not the public makes it hard on both of them, and the discovery of who the threat to Maximoff is surprising yet not. Caveat emptor re sex.
**abandoned The Nanny Proposal by Lucy Lennox**
44 pages I can’t unread. Not awful, but shallowly predictable.
8karenmarie
393 books read
1 Masterpiece
51 Stunning
181 Excellent
48 Very Good
30 Good
9 Average
4 Bad
Best Fiction
Show Me Wonders by Riley Hart Review
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith Review
Honeytrap by Aster Glenn Ray Review
The Boy in the Field by Margot Livesey Review
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Review
*runner up The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths Review
Best (only) Nonfiction
1066: The Year That Changed Everything by Professsor Jennifer Paxton Review
Lost Christianities by Bart D. Ehrman Review
Introduction to Judaism by Professor (Rabbi) Shai Cherry Review
Top five overall for the LT Top Five Books of 2023 List
Show Me Wonders by Riley Hart Review
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith Review
Honeytrap by Aster Glenn Ray Review
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Review
Introduction to Judaism by Professor (Rabbi) Shai Cherry Review
9karenmarie
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And, new in 2024, courtesy of Jackie_K, my husband, and Richard:
**added November 2024 - originally posted this in March of 2021 and just saw it again. I figured that it needed to be here given the shit show of November 5th.
10karenmarie
Welcome!
11weird_O
How nice. Am I your first? Ahh...first visitor to your new thread?
Time for some R 'n' R for me, at least as far as my library organizing goes. The new bookshelves are full, housing MDS7: The Arts and most of MDS9: History and Geography. I've got a 13-foot-long row of books in the latter category, but no more shelves. So WHAT are you going to do now, ya weird_o? R 'n' R, I tell ya.
My reading has been nil since the end of September. I've got 3 titles to record for October and two so far for November. Got two that are idling since I started them in September, and I started The Painted Veil for a group read.
Just got a brief visit from a neighbor who noticed my rubbish bin has been abandoned at the driveway's end (since Thursday morning) and thought to check if I'm still breathing.
I am.
Time for some R 'n' R for me, at least as far as my library organizing goes. The new bookshelves are full, housing MDS7: The Arts and most of MDS9: History and Geography. I've got a 13-foot-long row of books in the latter category, but no more shelves. So WHAT are you going to do now, ya weird_o? R 'n' R, I tell ya.
My reading has been nil since the end of September. I've got 3 titles to record for October and two so far for November. Got two that are idling since I started them in September, and I started The Painted Veil for a group read.
Just got a brief visit from a neighbor who noticed my rubbish bin has been abandoned at the driveway's end (since Thursday morning) and thought to check if I'm still breathing.
I am.
13alcottacre
Checking in on the new thread, Karen!
15richardderus
New-thread orisons, sweetiedarling.
16figsfromthistle
Happy new thread!
18PaulCranswick
Happy new one Karen.
It took me quite a time to scroll through your list of books read this year!
It took me quite a time to scroll through your list of books read this year!
19SilverWolf28
Happy New Thread!
20LizzieD
Here you are!!!! I tried to see whether you're giving fewer stars these days, but I can't really tell. Anyway, you keep on keeping on and enjoying it, so More Power To You!!! (((((Karen)))))
21msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy New Thread. Love the kitty and Jenna toppers. Hooray for the smutty round-up! Hitting 60F today but it will be damp and cloudy. Nothing to report on the feeder front. Off to get the "kids".
22karenmarie
>11 weird_O: Hey Bill, here’s a special reward for being first. Ah… yes… to my new thread.
More shelves? Sounds like you need to start ripping non-book shelf stuff out. Or, of course, add a 10,000-square foot Library off the back of your house.
But in the meantime, R ‘n’ R sounds perfect. Now that you’ve got the newest stunning full-wall book case built, it’s time to start reading some of those books again.
Glad the neighbors are checking on you, make sure it stays them and not Adult Protective Services. *smile*
>12 katiekrug: - >19 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Katie, Stasia, Barbara, Richard, Anita, Susan, Paul, Silver.
>13 alcottacre: Checking in works – see Bill’s neighbor checking on him above.
>14 Ameise1: So far my week’s been rather lovely, with lots of book-related stuff, more this morning at book sort. I hope your week is going well, too.
>15 richardderus: *smooch*
>18 PaulCranswick: Honestly, Paul, I’m still stuck on one genre – MM romance. I read other books for book club and the occasional one just for the heck of it.
>20 LizzieD: Yes, here I am! I might need to graph ratings by month for this year, although I can tell you November’s going to have many 4.5 star ratings with the Like Us series re-read. More power to you, too. (((((Peggy)))))
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Friends of the Library Board meeting went well, and was short. I coerced a book sort team member who's also on the Board to take the 8 boxes of books I've looked through out of my SUV and put them into the book sort room. A brief stop at Virlie's for an unsweet iced tea and ... well, honesty is the best policy ... a piece of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Then off to the chiropractor, an Ammie return drop off for Jenna at the True Value, grocery shopping, home, putting up the groceries, resting a bit, then looking through the last 4 boxes of books.
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Lying Beside You
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Passions in Death #59, a galley proof
Genesis 1:1-11:9: A Light to the Bible and a Lamp for our Lives
Turns out I already have The Demon of Unrest - anybody want a hardcover? It's remaindered with a marker squiggle through the bar code on the back and one small tear on the cover. DM me full name and address. First come, first served. Sorry, but since international postage is prohibitive, US only.
And 4 others that friends and family might possibly want.
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Book sort and Virlie's this morning. Various and sundry and of course reading after I get back home. I might make a broccoli salad today. Bill won't eat it because he hates broccoli, but it sounds good to me - broccoli, spring onions, toasted seeds and nuts, and craisins with a mayo/yogurt/maple syrup/apple cider vinegar/S&P dressing.
More shelves? Sounds like you need to start ripping non-book shelf stuff out. Or, of course, add a 10,000-square foot Library off the back of your house.
But in the meantime, R ‘n’ R sounds perfect. Now that you’ve got the newest stunning full-wall book case built, it’s time to start reading some of those books again.
Glad the neighbors are checking on you, make sure it stays them and not Adult Protective Services. *smile*
>12 katiekrug: - >19 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Katie, Stasia, Barbara, Richard, Anita, Susan, Paul, Silver.
>13 alcottacre: Checking in works – see Bill’s neighbor checking on him above.
>14 Ameise1: So far my week’s been rather lovely, with lots of book-related stuff, more this morning at book sort. I hope your week is going well, too.
>15 richardderus: *smooch*
>18 PaulCranswick: Honestly, Paul, I’m still stuck on one genre – MM romance. I read other books for book club and the occasional one just for the heck of it.
>20 LizzieD: Yes, here I am! I might need to graph ratings by month for this year, although I can tell you November’s going to have many 4.5 star ratings with the Like Us series re-read. More power to you, too. (((((Peggy)))))
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Friends of the Library Board meeting went well, and was short. I coerced a book sort team member who's also on the Board to take the 8 boxes of books I've looked through out of my SUV and put them into the book sort room. A brief stop at Virlie's for an unsweet iced tea and ... well, honesty is the best policy ... a piece of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Then off to the chiropractor, an Ammie return drop off for Jenna at the True Value, grocery shopping, home, putting up the groceries, resting a bit, then looking through the last 4 boxes of books.
For me:
Precipice
Lying Beside You
The Blues Brothers
Misbelief
Passions in Death #59, a galley proof
Genesis 1:1-11:9: A Light to the Bible and a Lamp for our Lives
Turns out I already have The Demon of Unrest - anybody want a hardcover? It's remaindered with a marker squiggle through the bar code on the back and one small tear on the cover. DM me full name and address. First come, first served. Sorry, but since international postage is prohibitive, US only.
And 4 others that friends and family might possibly want.
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Book sort and Virlie's this morning. Various and sundry and of course reading after I get back home. I might make a broccoli salad today. Bill won't eat it because he hates broccoli, but it sounds good to me - broccoli, spring onions, toasted seeds and nuts, and craisins with a mayo/yogurt/maple syrup/apple cider vinegar/S&P dressing.
23richardderus
>22 karenmarie: I want Bill's portion! That sounds excellent. Enjoy your book fondling, smoochling.
25Storeetllr
Happy new thread!
27msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Wednesday. Looks like I slipped under the wire yesterday morning. Last day of the week with the kids. Thanks again for the offer of the 2 books. Much appreciated, my friend.
28karenmarie
>21 msf59: Sorry I missed you yesterday morning, Mark! Thanks re the new thread and pics. I’m still going strong with the smut. Hope the kids pick up and drop off went well.
>23 richardderus: I didn’t bring any cake home, RD… I’s a bad wife. *smooch*
>24 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. By the time I got through the day, I just didn’t have it in me to make the salad. I did, however, fondle a lot of books see below.
>25 Storeetllr: Hi Mary, and thank you.
>26 drneutron: Hello Jim! Thank you, and thank you for all the work you do for this group.
>27 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Wednesday to you, too. Sorry about the slippage. I get distracted, don’t post, and, if I haven’t checked a second time, sometimes miss posts. Yay for kid-less Thursday and Friday. You’re welcome re the books – I might actually package them up today, although that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll get mailed this week…
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I got all the books I am donating to the Friends into the car so they could be taken in when the last 4 boxes of McIntyre's books were taken in. I did indeed fondle many books, found one for friend Karen in Montana about the 1964 Montana flood published by the Great Falls Tribune-Leader. She was thrilled, was born in Great Falls but wasn't living there in 1964. She said she hadn't even seen any when she searched online, so I'm happy I was able to get it for her.
I stayed in the book sort room because the woman who has been helping me by schlepping boxes/books back and forth wasn't there. I did ask for and get a chair, so that helped. Virlie's was a small group - only 5 of us. Lots of good talk. I was asked about Jenna and Hwan, and mentioned that they were getting married in New York City - specifically Brooklyn - tomorrow.
I hadn't mentioned it here because it was not finalized until very recently. They flew up last night and are staying with friends of Hwan's. They are getting married on Thursday, will fly back in time for Hwan's Friday University activities and Jenna's work.
I'm okay with how this is working out, because I firmly believe that they need to keep Hwan as safe as they can. They were going to get married regardless of the devastating political news, having mentioned it as early as April when Jenna was put on the apartment lease.
I read and puttered and updated spreadshets, and did a tiny bit of adulting.
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It's damp, overcast, and raining.
Yesterday did tweak my back a bit, but once I got up and moving, it's much better.
Zoe has a vet appointment at 4:30. I'll call in a while to make sure that someone can come out and bring the carrier in so I don't tweak my back.
Until the vet appointment I'm going to putter, read, catalog the new books, and quite possibly make the broccoli salad.
>23 richardderus: I didn’t bring any cake home, RD… I’s a bad wife. *smooch*
>24 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. By the time I got through the day, I just didn’t have it in me to make the salad. I did, however, fondle a lot of books see below.
>25 Storeetllr: Hi Mary, and thank you.
>26 drneutron: Hello Jim! Thank you, and thank you for all the work you do for this group.
>27 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Wednesday to you, too. Sorry about the slippage. I get distracted, don’t post, and, if I haven’t checked a second time, sometimes miss posts. Yay for kid-less Thursday and Friday. You’re welcome re the books – I might actually package them up today, although that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll get mailed this week…
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I got all the books I am donating to the Friends into the car so they could be taken in when the last 4 boxes of McIntyre's books were taken in. I did indeed fondle many books, found one for friend Karen in Montana about the 1964 Montana flood published by the Great Falls Tribune-Leader. She was thrilled, was born in Great Falls but wasn't living there in 1964. She said she hadn't even seen any when she searched online, so I'm happy I was able to get it for her.
I stayed in the book sort room because the woman who has been helping me by schlepping boxes/books back and forth wasn't there. I did ask for and get a chair, so that helped. Virlie's was a small group - only 5 of us. Lots of good talk. I was asked about Jenna and Hwan, and mentioned that they were getting married in New York City - specifically Brooklyn - tomorrow.
I hadn't mentioned it here because it was not finalized until very recently. They flew up last night and are staying with friends of Hwan's. They are getting married on Thursday, will fly back in time for Hwan's Friday University activities and Jenna's work.
I'm okay with how this is working out, because I firmly believe that they need to keep Hwan as safe as they can. They were going to get married regardless of the devastating political news, having mentioned it as early as April when Jenna was put on the apartment lease.
I read and puttered and updated spreadshets, and did a tiny bit of adulting.
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It's damp, overcast, and raining.
Yesterday did tweak my back a bit, but once I got up and moving, it's much better.
Zoe has a vet appointment at 4:30. I'll call in a while to make sure that someone can come out and bring the carrier in so I don't tweak my back.
Until the vet appointment I'm going to putter, read, catalog the new books, and quite possibly make the broccoli salad.
29richardderus
>28 karenmarie: My best wishes for their long and happy life together! Glad they're being proactive in their planning for post-January Murruhkuh.
Your back twinge meets my right-hand gout flare. Ickyptooptoo on both!
Your back twinge meets my right-hand gout flare. Ickyptooptoo on both!
30alcottacre
>28 karenmarie: Enjoy the puttering, reading, and cataloging today, Karen! I hope the back is normal for you again soon.
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
31LizzieD
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! I am more than delighted for Jenna and Hwan and only wish that you could be with them tomorrow. I think that they are being very, very smart! Much love to them and to you and Bill too and Hwan's family!
Enjoy your day, 3 Sister!
Enjoy your day, 3 Sister!
32weird_O
Best wishes to Jenna and Hwan. May they enjoy a long and loving life together.
I'm reading again after a hiatus to sort books. I'll be returning to the sort before long.
I'm reading again after a hiatus to sort books. I'll be returning to the sort before long.
33lauralkeet
What wonderful news about Jenna and Hwan. Are they getting married at Brooklyn's City Hall? As you know I'm a recent "veteran" of the NYC City Hall Wedding Experience although Kate's was in Manhattan. No matter the venue, it's a unique experience and surprisingly romantic. It's unfortunate they felt the need to make this happen quickly but I understand it, and I'm glad they did.
34karenmarie
>29 richardderus: Thank you, RDear. I’m glad, too. Jenna’s been making we’ll-get-married-sooner-than-later-to-protect-Hwan noises for a long time. It’s meant to be. I’m getting cute pics from Manhattan. Jenna’s never been to any large city, much less Manhattan, and is thrilled to be staying on the 33rd floor of an apartment building and riding the subway.
Twinge meet gout. A marriage NOT made in heaven, for sure. My back’s okay right now with 1350 mg of Tylenol, and I haven’t done anything strenuous.
>30 alcottacre: Thanks, Stasia. Back normal is probably by the end of the year, realistically, although as I told my chiropractor the other day the pain high numbers are the same but less frequently and the low pain numbers keep getting lower. So, improvement. Thanks re my Wednesday – I hope yours is good, too.
>31 LizzieD: I know, right? It’s exciting and under many other circumstances I’d be with them tomorrow. However, it is exactly what it’s supposed to be, with just them. It is too bad that they do HAVE to be smart. Thanks re the love. I hope your day is good, too, 3 Sister!
>32 weird_O: Thanks, Bill. Their relationship is good, and I also see them having a long and loving life together.
Yay for your reading picking up again.
>33 lauralkeet: Thank you, Laura. I don’t actually know if that’s where they are getting married – I’ll ask.
Twinge meet gout. A marriage NOT made in heaven, for sure. My back’s okay right now with 1350 mg of Tylenol, and I haven’t done anything strenuous.
>30 alcottacre: Thanks, Stasia. Back normal is probably by the end of the year, realistically, although as I told my chiropractor the other day the pain high numbers are the same but less frequently and the low pain numbers keep getting lower. So, improvement. Thanks re my Wednesday – I hope yours is good, too.
>31 LizzieD: I know, right? It’s exciting and under many other circumstances I’d be with them tomorrow. However, it is exactly what it’s supposed to be, with just them. It is too bad that they do HAVE to be smart. Thanks re the love. I hope your day is good, too, 3 Sister!
>32 weird_O: Thanks, Bill. Their relationship is good, and I also see them having a long and loving life together.
Yay for your reading picking up again.
>33 lauralkeet: Thank you, Laura. I don’t actually know if that’s where they are getting married – I’ll ask.
35quondame
Best wishes for Jenna and Hwan's wedding adventure. I totally am behind practical and foresightful action, and a visit to the fascinating NYC is a great addition to the plan.
38msf59
Morning, Karen. It will be a perfect Sweet Thursday! Congrats to Jenna and Hwan. How exciting. Wishing them the best. We have snow here. Just an inch or so on the grassy surfaces. Cold too. I NEED to get my birdbath heater out.
39jessibud2
Congrats to Jenna and Hwan - and you too! Always a good time for good and happy news! All the very best to them.
40karenmarie
>35 quondame: Thank you, Susan. They’re being smart AND romantic. Jenna is loving NYC.
>36 EllaTim: Hi Ella. Thank you twice. Today’s the day!
>37 Jackie_K: HI Jackie. Thank you so much.
>38 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Sweet Thursday for sure for my two daughters. Thank you. Snow? Well. Cold for sure. Hmmm. I was smart at the end of last winter and put the new bird bath heater in the hot water heater closet. I just pulled it out and will put it on the coat rack behind the Sunroom Door. Not quite there yet, temp wise.
>39 jessibud2: Thank you, Shelley. We definitely need good news now.
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Yesterday was mostly uneventful with reading and updating spreadsheets and putting a birthday card and a Spectrum payment in the mailbox. Zoe survived her Vet Adventure. I survived, too, although even carrying her in the carrier to the SUV and back inside after makes me feel my back this morning. Vet techs carried her into the clinic and back out. She's doing well, a good weight. Dr. Cindy got all choked up at a pic of Inara 2 days before she died. I also showed her the pic of the two gingers in >1 karenmarie: above.
We had serious winds last night, gusting to ~40 mph, howling and rattling things a bit. A few power flickers, then it settled down.
I got 5 hours straight sleep - I'll take it.
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I sent a brief text to Jenna 30 minutes ago and she just texted back that they're on the "subway to marriage now." Sweet pic of them both, smiling and wearing their beanies.
My day is all good, therefore, what with my bio daughter being married and gaining a new daughter officially and a massage at 1 p.m. (well, it WAS scheduled months ago!)
High of 55F today, it's 45F now. Beautiful blue skies, leaves off most of the trees.
As I was walking downstairs this morning, I decided to choose joy today.
>36 EllaTim: Hi Ella. Thank you twice. Today’s the day!
>37 Jackie_K: HI Jackie. Thank you so much.
>38 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Sweet Thursday for sure for my two daughters. Thank you. Snow? Well. Cold for sure. Hmmm. I was smart at the end of last winter and put the new bird bath heater in the hot water heater closet. I just pulled it out and will put it on the coat rack behind the Sunroom Door. Not quite there yet, temp wise.
>39 jessibud2: Thank you, Shelley. We definitely need good news now.
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Yesterday was mostly uneventful with reading and updating spreadsheets and putting a birthday card and a Spectrum payment in the mailbox. Zoe survived her Vet Adventure. I survived, too, although even carrying her in the carrier to the SUV and back inside after makes me feel my back this morning. Vet techs carried her into the clinic and back out. She's doing well, a good weight. Dr. Cindy got all choked up at a pic of Inara 2 days before she died. I also showed her the pic of the two gingers in >1 karenmarie: above.
We had serious winds last night, gusting to ~40 mph, howling and rattling things a bit. A few power flickers, then it settled down.
I got 5 hours straight sleep - I'll take it.
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I sent a brief text to Jenna 30 minutes ago and she just texted back that they're on the "subway to marriage now." Sweet pic of them both, smiling and wearing their beanies.
My day is all good, therefore, what with my bio daughter being married and gaining a new daughter officially and a massage at 1 p.m. (well, it WAS scheduled months ago!)
High of 55F today, it's 45F now. Beautiful blue skies, leaves off most of the trees.
As I was walking downstairs this morning, I decided to choose joy today.
41richardderus
>40 karenmarie: Wintertime temps for y'all fer sher, sweetiedarling.
I'm happy we're FINALLY getting some decent rainfall. I hope it stays through tomorrow. Gout still hurting though it's better. Still no review posting, though...that's too much still.
I'm happy we're FINALLY getting some decent rainfall. I hope it stays through tomorrow. Gout still hurting though it's better. Still no review posting, though...that's too much still.
42LizzieD
CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNA AND HWAN and to YOU AND BILL too!!!!! Choosing joy is a good decision for any day but especially this one!
I choose to have nothing at all planned. It's hard to be more indolent than I am, but I hope to read more than the recent usual. I'm optimistically looking for 75 this year after not doing it for quite a long time.
Take care of the back and the rest of you!
I choose to have nothing at all planned. It's hard to be more indolent than I am, but I hope to read more than the recent usual. I'm optimistically looking for 75 this year after not doing it for quite a long time.
Take care of the back and the rest of you!
43lauralkeet
on the "subway to marriage now
Aww, that's so sweet. CONGRATULATIONS to the happy couple!
Aww, that's so sweet. CONGRATULATIONS to the happy couple!
44alcottacre
>40 karenmarie: Congratulations to Jenna and Hwan on their big day! I hope everything goes well for them. I also got married on a Thursday, which seemed slightly odd at the time, but it has worked out for us :)
Choosing joy sounds like a wonderful idea!
Choosing joy sounds like a wonderful idea!
45atozgrl
Happy new thread, Karen! That pic Bill took of your cats is very striking. I love it!
>28 karenmarie: Congratulations to Jenna and Hwan! I was surprised to see that the marriage is happening so soon after the engagement, but I understand why. It sounds like they're having a wonderful time in New York. I'm only sorry that you couldn't be there yourself.
Ditto >44 alcottacre:: "Choosing joy sounds like a wonderful idea!"
>28 karenmarie: Congratulations to Jenna and Hwan! I was surprised to see that the marriage is happening so soon after the engagement, but I understand why. It sounds like they're having a wonderful time in New York. I'm only sorry that you couldn't be there yourself.
Ditto >44 alcottacre:: "Choosing joy sounds like a wonderful idea!"
46LovingLit
>2 karenmarie: >3 karenmarie: I scrolled I scrolled I scrolled I scrolled, and then I got to the end of what you have read so far. OO - those were my eyes popping out lol
I am super behind on your news...a marriage! How lovely. But I am puzzled about the safety aspect, is there a visa issue or a prejudice issue of some sort? I'm sorry you couldn't be there, but happy that you and they are happy and that you have a new daughter to boot :)
I am super behind on your news...a marriage! How lovely. But I am puzzled about the safety aspect, is there a visa issue or a prejudice issue of some sort? I'm sorry you couldn't be there, but happy that you and they are happy and that you have a new daughter to boot :)
47SilverWolf28
Congratulations to Jenna and Hwan!
48msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Friday. I hope you can share a photo or 2 of the newlyweds. It looks like we will have Jack today and it might be an overnighter. I should get some playtime in. We ended up with 3 inches yesterday. It got messy on the roads, with the winds blowing.
49karenmarie
>41 richardderus: Yay for your rain, RDear. Our county is abnormally dry, as is most of NC, with the rest of it in moderate drought. I’m sorry about the gout, but getting better is going the right way. *smooch*
>42 LizzieD: Thanks, Peggy. Nothing planned is a good thing, and I hope you succeeded in that goal. Walking every day and taking care of 7 kitties is not indolent. You’ve had a very stressful year, and as things have shaken out you deserve the time to do a whole lot of nothing.
My back only hurts a little bit right now, and that’s without pain meds. I’ll take Tylenol at 10 with my meds, I think, along with a very large, powdered ‘pill’. Can you say Dunkin’ Donuts from on the way home from massage yesterday?
>43 lauralkeet: Thanks, Laura. Jenna was giddy in her texts.
>44 alcottacre: Thank you, Stasia. It did go well. Yay to Thursday marriages. I hope Jenna’s works as well as yours has. *smile*
>45 atozgrl: Thanks, Irene. Bill takes wonderful photos, and we both love the cameras in our Pixel 7 phones.
Thank you re Jenna and Hwan. The reason sucks, but the marriage was going to happen regardless.
>46 LovingLit: Hi Megan. I’m still reading smut, but have read a few other books this year, mostly for Book Club.
They and we are distraught over the federal election results with the extremely dangerous and stupid populist autocrat getting elected. Hwan’s a foreign resident of the US, and the idiot in chief and his minions are going to be working as hard as they can to get rid of non-Murrikans. Would it affect Hwan? I’m not quite sure how that works, but she and Jenna have been talking about the very disastrous outcome we got on November 5th since ~March. Yes, I’m very happy to have a new daughter.
>47 SilverWolf28: Thank you, Silver!
>48 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Happy Friday. I’ve come to learn that Hwan does not like her photo on social media. I have to respect that, and took off the photo I’d posted on a previous thread and just now deleted the one photo I had of her in my Gallery. I wish it were different because they’re so cute together, but gotta respect her wishes.
Yay for Jack. 3” of snow… we didn’t get snow, but it got down to 27F here last night and even now is only 39F, high of 50F.
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I confirmed the Thanksgiving menu with our friend Diane yesterday - she and her husband Geoff and Jenna and Hwan will round out the table for 6 next Thursday. She brings an appetizer and two dinner items, I do the rest with Jenna's and now Hwan's help. I started planning yesterday, and am working on how to get everything done that needs to get done before Thursday morning, when Jenna and Hwan will get here to help with some of the last minute things.
Pulled recipes, read, and got a marvelous massage, which is probably most of the reason my back is not hurting much at all right now. She worked particularly hard on a low left-butt-cheek trigger point, and gave special attention to my hands, as they seem to be tight these days what with holding the Kindle and cell phone to read and work here on the computer.
I had a taco salad for dinner - still kept within roughly 2000 mg of sodium - and Bill and I watched New Tricks.
Jenna and Hwan called about 6:15 and the four of us chatted for perhaps 20 minutes. They had to leave for dinner out at Sea Restaurant in Brooklyn - I jut looked it up and it looks fantastic. They were being treated by a high school friend of Hwan's - they stayed at one HS friend's apartment, had a different HS friend as witness, and were taken to dinner by this third friend. They were giddy and soooo cute on the phone. If Hwan said 'my wife' once she said it a dozen times. They talked about their day and being married and we talked a bit about Thanksgiving. Hwan's been in the US for quite a while, but it's always been Friendsgiving Day for her. This is her first official Thanksgiving, and it's also their first Thanksgiving as wives. They don't know it, but we're giving them two tradition Korean wedding gifts, and Geoff and Diane are giving them a card and gift of money.
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PT at 5 p.m. I don't like these very late appointments, but he's gotten a few new multiple-times-per-week clients, and it's pushing my appointments out of the range I prefer - 11 - 2. Oh well. Hmm. I might make a quick grocery store run for a few more non-perishable Thanksgiving Day things and other things we need around here.
Until then, I really want to work on shredding stuff and putting stuff up from the Sunroom, more planning, reading, and etc.
>42 LizzieD: Thanks, Peggy. Nothing planned is a good thing, and I hope you succeeded in that goal. Walking every day and taking care of 7 kitties is not indolent. You’ve had a very stressful year, and as things have shaken out you deserve the time to do a whole lot of nothing.
My back only hurts a little bit right now, and that’s without pain meds. I’ll take Tylenol at 10 with my meds, I think, along with a very large, powdered ‘pill’. Can you say Dunkin’ Donuts from on the way home from massage yesterday?
>43 lauralkeet: Thanks, Laura. Jenna was giddy in her texts.
>44 alcottacre: Thank you, Stasia. It did go well. Yay to Thursday marriages. I hope Jenna’s works as well as yours has. *smile*
>45 atozgrl: Thanks, Irene. Bill takes wonderful photos, and we both love the cameras in our Pixel 7 phones.
Thank you re Jenna and Hwan. The reason sucks, but the marriage was going to happen regardless.
>46 LovingLit: Hi Megan. I’m still reading smut, but have read a few other books this year, mostly for Book Club.
They and we are distraught over the federal election results with the extremely dangerous and stupid populist autocrat getting elected. Hwan’s a foreign resident of the US, and the idiot in chief and his minions are going to be working as hard as they can to get rid of non-Murrikans. Would it affect Hwan? I’m not quite sure how that works, but she and Jenna have been talking about the very disastrous outcome we got on November 5th since ~March. Yes, I’m very happy to have a new daughter.
>47 SilverWolf28: Thank you, Silver!
>48 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Happy Friday. I’ve come to learn that Hwan does not like her photo on social media. I have to respect that, and took off the photo I’d posted on a previous thread and just now deleted the one photo I had of her in my Gallery. I wish it were different because they’re so cute together, but gotta respect her wishes.
Yay for Jack. 3” of snow… we didn’t get snow, but it got down to 27F here last night and even now is only 39F, high of 50F.
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I confirmed the Thanksgiving menu with our friend Diane yesterday - she and her husband Geoff and Jenna and Hwan will round out the table for 6 next Thursday. She brings an appetizer and two dinner items, I do the rest with Jenna's and now Hwan's help. I started planning yesterday, and am working on how to get everything done that needs to get done before Thursday morning, when Jenna and Hwan will get here to help with some of the last minute things.
Pulled recipes, read, and got a marvelous massage, which is probably most of the reason my back is not hurting much at all right now. She worked particularly hard on a low left-butt-cheek trigger point, and gave special attention to my hands, as they seem to be tight these days what with holding the Kindle and cell phone to read and work here on the computer.
I had a taco salad for dinner - still kept within roughly 2000 mg of sodium - and Bill and I watched New Tricks.
Jenna and Hwan called about 6:15 and the four of us chatted for perhaps 20 minutes. They had to leave for dinner out at Sea Restaurant in Brooklyn - I jut looked it up and it looks fantastic. They were being treated by a high school friend of Hwan's - they stayed at one HS friend's apartment, had a different HS friend as witness, and were taken to dinner by this third friend. They were giddy and soooo cute on the phone. If Hwan said 'my wife' once she said it a dozen times. They talked about their day and being married and we talked a bit about Thanksgiving. Hwan's been in the US for quite a while, but it's always been Friendsgiving Day for her. This is her first official Thanksgiving, and it's also their first Thanksgiving as wives. They don't know it, but we're giving them two tradition Korean wedding gifts, and Geoff and Diane are giving them a card and gift of money.
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PT at 5 p.m. I don't like these very late appointments, but he's gotten a few new multiple-times-per-week clients, and it's pushing my appointments out of the range I prefer - 11 - 2. Oh well. Hmm. I might make a quick grocery store run for a few more non-perishable Thanksgiving Day things and other things we need around here.
Until then, I really want to work on shredding stuff and putting stuff up from the Sunroom, more planning, reading, and etc.
50lauralkeet
Reading about Jenna and Hwan makes me so happy, Karen. I can only imagine how you feel! Your Thanksgiving together will be very special indeed.
51weird_O
Euphoric must be the occasion. Huzzahhh!!!! shouts the mob to the Celebrants.
Thanksgiving time it is.
Thanksgiving time it is.
52alcottacre
>49 karenmarie: This is her first official Thanksgiving How wonderful for her and everyone else involved! I hope you can all make a great celebration out of it - it sounds like it will be with the gifts.
Have a fantastic Friday, Karen!
Have a fantastic Friday, Karen!
53richardderus
*smooch*
54SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/365998
55LovingLit
>49 karenmarie: ah. I see. And it also brings a personal perspective to the actions his election is prompting. I can barely imagine. I'm sorry for you guys about *all that* and that it had to foreshadow what was the happy day.
And soon a happy thanksgiving - onwards!
And soon a happy thanksgiving - onwards!
56karenmarie
>52 alcottacre: We're all truly looking forward to this coming Thursday, Stasia.
>53 richardderus: *smooch* back, RD!
>54 SilverWolf28: Thank you, Silver!
>55 LovingLit: Hi Megan. Jenna and Hwan made the trip/wedding special regardless of the crazed populist autocrat coming into power in January. We're pleased to have become in-laws, to have gained a daughter. And yes, onward.
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PT was at 5 p.m. - massage, recumbent elliptical, walking, planks, standing rows, and balancing.
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I woke up after 4 hours of sleep at 3 a.m. Arsenal plays at 10 a.m., I need to go to the grocery store for a small regular run. I need to finalize the last-minute Thanksgiving shopping list for a Tuesday run, read, probably nap, and start planning how to do all the things I need to do for Thursday prior to Thursday.
>53 richardderus: *smooch* back, RD!
>54 SilverWolf28: Thank you, Silver!
>55 LovingLit: Hi Megan. Jenna and Hwan made the trip/wedding special regardless of the crazed populist autocrat coming into power in January. We're pleased to have become in-laws, to have gained a daughter. And yes, onward.
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Read, and etc.
PT was at 5 p.m. - massage, recumbent elliptical, walking, planks, standing rows, and balancing.
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I woke up after 4 hours of sleep at 3 a.m. Arsenal plays at 10 a.m., I need to go to the grocery store for a small regular run. I need to finalize the last-minute Thanksgiving shopping list for a Tuesday run, read, probably nap, and start planning how to do all the things I need to do for Thursday prior to Thursday.
57alcottacre
>56 karenmarie: I envy you your 4 hours of sleep. Ridiculous, is it not? I got no sleep once again last night. I am hoping to get a nap in today, but not really expecting to.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend, Karen! Good luck with all the Thanksgiving prep stuff.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend, Karen! Good luck with all the Thanksgiving prep stuff.
58karenmarie
Stasia, from one sufferer to another, I'm sending nap vibes and good sleep vibes for tonight.
Thanks re my weekend. I hope yours is good, too, although I can imagine that having your kitchen still torn up is major stressful.
Speaking of kitchens, our microwave/wall oven unit stopped working yesterday. It went on the fritz late Wednesday, came back on twice before finally crapping out completely late Thursday. Jenn-Aire did not call yesterday like Garner Appliance implied they would, and I can't even imagine that if they call me on Monday we'll have a fixed appliance for Thanksgiving. I have a backup plan, fortunately, because I also have a stove with a full-sized oven. After the turkey comes out, I'll put two side dishes and dinner rolls in while the turkey is resting before being carved and put onto platters for our buffet. That'll take half an hour or so, enough time for dressing and a sweet potato souffle, along with Sister Shubert's yeast rolls.
Sigh.
Thanks re my weekend. I hope yours is good, too, although I can imagine that having your kitchen still torn up is major stressful.
Speaking of kitchens, our microwave/wall oven unit stopped working yesterday. It went on the fritz late Wednesday, came back on twice before finally crapping out completely late Thursday. Jenn-Aire did not call yesterday like Garner Appliance implied they would, and I can't even imagine that if they call me on Monday we'll have a fixed appliance for Thanksgiving. I have a backup plan, fortunately, because I also have a stove with a full-sized oven. After the turkey comes out, I'll put two side dishes and dinner rolls in while the turkey is resting before being carved and put onto platters for our buffet. That'll take half an hour or so, enough time for dressing and a sweet potato souffle, along with Sister Shubert's yeast rolls.
Sigh.
59msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Saturday. Bummer we can't see the happy newlyweds but you need to respect her wishes. I may have caught a cold so I may lay low today and just hang with Juno and the books. Sue won't be home until tonight. I have been seeing more of our red-bellied woodpecker. Yah!
60richardderus
>56 karenmarie: Sounds like a lovely day, except the sleep bit...I hope you can enjoy it even a little bit, sweetiedarling.
61Storeetllr
Congrats on your new daughter, and I wish the happy couple many years of wedded bliss!
Have a great weekend and good luck with your microwave repair. If you need to replace it, do it sooner than later. Those threatened tariffs are going to make costs skyrocket.
Have a great weekend and good luck with your microwave repair. If you need to replace it, do it sooner than later. Those threatened tariffs are going to make costs skyrocket.
62Copperskye
Sending my congrats and good wishes to Jenna and Hwan! And to you and Bill, Karen!
63karenmarie
>59 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark. Sorry about your catching a cold – hope it’s already going away. I also hope Juno and the books did right by you. I’ve just had a Carolina Chickadee visit, but that’s all.
>60 richardderus: I took a hard power nap from 4-5, RD. Woke up feeling good.
>61 Storeetllr: Hi Mary, and thank you. The microwave is built into a unit with a wall oven. I suppose we could get a small standalone microwave and keep it on the breakfast table if it’s going to be weeks before we have the wall unit fixed. I’ll wait ‘til tomorrow p.m. and see if Jenn-Aire calls. Just in case, I put this in my Amazon save for later: “TOSHIBA Countertop Microwave Oven Air Fryer Combo, Inverter, Convection, Broil, Speedy Combi, Even Defrost, Humidity Sensor, Mute Function, 27 Auto Menus, 1.0 cu.ft, 1000W, Stainless Steel”. It’s a Black Friday deal, usually $400, currently $280.
>62 Copperskye: Hi Joanne, and thank you.
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I shredded two bins worth of sensitive paperwork, about 1/4 of what needs to be shredded. Read, of course, pulled recipes for casseroles and pies. Confirmed what should be the final T Day shopping needs, which I've added to the regular run I need to make today.
I took out all of the condolence cards sent to my MiL when my FiL died in 2011 out of a gorgeous wooden chest. They're going upstairs to the Room of Requirement - currently the hold all room. I then consolidated all cables, chargers, and etc. into that chest, freeing up room in the top drawer of the dresser in the Sunroom. A small and fun project.
Since the microwave is broken and I couldn't make a Healthy Choice low-sodium thingie, I had scrambled eggs, multi-grain toast w/unsalted butter and seeded raspberry jam.
I slept for nine hours. I turned the light off at 11 and woke up at just before 8.
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Liverpool plays Southampton. Liverpool's top of the table, so naturally I hope Southampton wins, although I do love watching Salah play. Probably a grocery run but not necessarily, reading, shredding, more pre-Thanksgiving puttering.
edited to add: Richard mentioned Bluesky on his thread, I just checked them out. Decided to NOT join the conversation since I'm barely keeping my head above water conversing here on LT, but wouldn't you know that the first thing I saw was a post with a woman who said she is a
librocubicularist - A person who reads in bed. Coined by Christopher Morley in 1919. It's me! It's always been me!
>60 richardderus: I took a hard power nap from 4-5, RD. Woke up feeling good.
>61 Storeetllr: Hi Mary, and thank you. The microwave is built into a unit with a wall oven. I suppose we could get a small standalone microwave and keep it on the breakfast table if it’s going to be weeks before we have the wall unit fixed. I’ll wait ‘til tomorrow p.m. and see if Jenn-Aire calls. Just in case, I put this in my Amazon save for later: “TOSHIBA Countertop Microwave Oven Air Fryer Combo, Inverter, Convection, Broil, Speedy Combi, Even Defrost, Humidity Sensor, Mute Function, 27 Auto Menus, 1.0 cu.ft, 1000W, Stainless Steel”. It’s a Black Friday deal, usually $400, currently $280.
>62 Copperskye: Hi Joanne, and thank you.
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I shredded two bins worth of sensitive paperwork, about 1/4 of what needs to be shredded. Read, of course, pulled recipes for casseroles and pies. Confirmed what should be the final T Day shopping needs, which I've added to the regular run I need to make today.
I took out all of the condolence cards sent to my MiL when my FiL died in 2011 out of a gorgeous wooden chest. They're going upstairs to the Room of Requirement - currently the hold all room. I then consolidated all cables, chargers, and etc. into that chest, freeing up room in the top drawer of the dresser in the Sunroom. A small and fun project.
Since the microwave is broken and I couldn't make a Healthy Choice low-sodium thingie, I had scrambled eggs, multi-grain toast w/unsalted butter and seeded raspberry jam.
I slept for nine hours. I turned the light off at 11 and woke up at just before 8.
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Liverpool plays Southampton. Liverpool's top of the table, so naturally I hope Southampton wins, although I do love watching Salah play. Probably a grocery run but not necessarily, reading, shredding, more pre-Thanksgiving puttering.
edited to add: Richard mentioned Bluesky on his thread, I just checked them out. Decided to NOT join the conversation since I'm barely keeping my head above water conversing here on LT, but wouldn't you know that the first thing I saw was a post with a woman who said she is a
librocubicularist - A person who reads in bed. Coined by Christopher Morley in 1919. It's me! It's always been me!
64richardderus
>63 karenmarie: I'm glad you went and looked, sweetiedarling, but honestly what need does a Twitter-but-sane account fill for you? I'm all for joining the conversation but what for? I can't think of anything you could gain...except gettin' riled up, which you do not need.
Keep calm and carry on, my essential friend. *smooch*
Keep calm and carry on, my essential friend. *smooch*
65msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Sunday. Hooray for 9 hours of sleep. That is wonderful. Yep, still dealing with this cold. Not many symptoms, thank God but just feeling blah. Just chillin' today with books & football.
66karenmarie
>64 richardderus: I agree, RD - just posted on your thread. I literally have no other social media presence that I use except the very rare FB viewing of something a family member has posted. I may have Loved a Jenna pic recently and posted one comment re her and Hwan's engagement, but that's it.
*smooch* back at'cha
>66 karenmarie: 'Morning, Mark! Happy Sunday to you. Yes, I can't remember the last time I got nine hours of sleep, even when drugged to the gills for pain.
Sorry for the blahs. Yay for books, fingers crossed for football.
I'm currently following the Liverpool Southampton game on my cell phone - just checking the score periodically. Bill's watching it in the living room.
*smooch* back at'cha
>66 karenmarie: 'Morning, Mark! Happy Sunday to you. Yes, I can't remember the last time I got nine hours of sleep, even when drugged to the gills for pain.
Sorry for the blahs. Yay for books, fingers crossed for football.
I'm currently following the Liverpool Southampton game on my cell phone - just checking the score periodically. Bill's watching it in the living room.
67weird_O
I slept like a stone the last two nights. What's up with that? I might set an alarm. I got work to do.
I'm impressed that you have a spare stove. Is it in the Room of Requirements? Perhaps the fact that you have to combat uncooperative appliances—and succeed—will make the celebratory meal that much better. I sure hope so. Do have a wonderful time.
I'm impressed that you have a spare stove. Is it in the Room of Requirements? Perhaps the fact that you have to combat uncooperative appliances—and succeed—will make the celebratory meal that much better. I sure hope so. Do have a wonderful time.
68karenmarie
Yay for sleeping like a stone, Bill, and I hope the work you're willing to get up for is FUN work, not adulting work.
Wall microwave/oven, island 4-burner propane stove w/electric oven.
This is the second house we've built where we have had a wall oven and a stove/oven. When you need two, ya gotta have two, although this Thanksgiving will probably be an exercise in how to have a 2-step approach: turkey in and out, then 2 casseroles, and 2 pans of yeast rolls.
One of these times soon I'll re-tell the story of the Oven That Wouldn't Open With 15 Minutes Left Before the 24-lb Turkey Was Due To Come Out. It was ... thrilling?
Wall microwave/oven, island 4-burner propane stove w/electric oven.
This is the second house we've built where we have had a wall oven and a stove/oven. When you need two, ya gotta have two, although this Thanksgiving will probably be an exercise in how to have a 2-step approach: turkey in and out, then 2 casseroles, and 2 pans of yeast rolls.
One of these times soon I'll re-tell the story of the Oven That Wouldn't Open With 15 Minutes Left Before the 24-lb Turkey Was Due To Come Out. It was ... thrilling?
69lauralkeet
One of these times soon I'll re-tell the story of ...
The Thanksgiving my FIL panicked at turkey juices on the oven floor and started the self-cleaning cycle before the bird was done. Fortunately he removed the turkey from the oven first, but then it had to sit on the counter, partially cooked, during the approx 2-hour cleaning process. Dinner was late of course, we had a hungry toddler, and we were worried about food poisoning. We can laugh about it now but then ... nope.
The Thanksgiving my FIL panicked at turkey juices on the oven floor and started the self-cleaning cycle before the bird was done. Fortunately he removed the turkey from the oven first, but then it had to sit on the counter, partially cooked, during the approx 2-hour cleaning process. Dinner was late of course, we had a hungry toddler, and we were worried about food poisoning. We can laugh about it now but then ... nope.
70elorin
Congratulations on gaining a daughter! (And on 9 hours of sleep!) Do you read sci-fi mm? I'm on a queer sci-fi newsletter and wondered if you would want an author recommendation. I have to track down the author names...R.L. Merrill and David Gerrold I think.
71msf59
Morning, Karen. I hope you got another solid night sleep. Had to suffer through another heart-breaking loss by my Bears yesterday. They played well too. My usual today- work and PB. I hope this is my last week picking up my middle-schoolers. 🤞
72karenmarie
>69 lauralkeet: Oh, my, Laura. Lots of stress, what with late dinner, hungry toddler, and food poisoning worries – all three would have made me crazy, too. No laughing then.
Okay, here’s the full story. We had a large gathering of family and friends, perhaps 10 of us. The casseroles were being baked and reheated in the wall oven. Table set, folks in the living room chatting. Jenna and I were in the kitchen. We were chatting, waiting for the last 15 minutes before we were to take the turkey out, when all of a sudden she said “Mom, why does the oven say “Lock”? She said my face was a sight to behold, shock and panic mainly. I was already worrying about how to get it to unlock. I remember trying to turn it off, open the door, anything. Nope. Bill, bless him, immediately went to the garage and turned the circuit breaker off, waited a bit, then turned it back on. Success. The door unlocked, I was able to reset the temp to 450F bake, and we were able to finish the turkey and safely get it out of the oven. Thanksgiving dinner saved. (Yes, 450F. Hot Oven Method. 3.75 hours for a 24 lb turkey.)
By Christmas Day we had a new Jenn-Aire downdraft stove. That was the one that we had that my cleaning ladies cracked earlier this year, leading to me getting all new kitchen appliances in April.
>70 elorin: Hi Robyn, and thank you. Jenna and Hwan seem to have been destiny, and nine hours was a miracle, although I got about 7.5 last night, another very good night’s sleep. I have read some MM sci fi (post-apocalypse) and some MM fantasy. Here’s a partial listing, looking at my smut spreadsheet and seeing a few things that caught my eye. All fantasy unless otherwise noted.
Juxtapose City Series by Tricia Owen
RELIC series by Maz Maddox
Hearts Compass Series by C.E. Kilgore - SF
PsyCop Series by Jordan Castillo Price
Hellhounds of Paradise Series by Shannon Mae
Mated to the Human Series by Michelle Frost
I’m shattered to discover that I could have identified MM Fantasy and MM SF, but have labeled everything in my spreadsheets Contemporary Fiction. I am coming out of the closet, so to speak, on my 2024 stats, and will change everything over to MM Romance, MM Crime Fiction, and etc. I’ll probably go back on my Smut spreadsheet and change things there, too. But perhaps not this week.
What I see of R.L. Merrill is definitely MM, but briefly scanning things only see romance. I grabbed two Kindle Unlimiteds – Hurricane Reese and Earthquake Ethan. David Gerrold wrote The Trouble With Tribbles episode for Star Trek, and I see books, but not any MM offhand. Both are surface dives, not deep dives.
>71 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark. Yes I did, thank you. Woke up with the light still on, glasses fold up nicely but on the sheet, safely away from getting scrunched. Zoe was perched on my hip, Wash at my feet.
Gads, sorry about your Bears. Heartbreaking for sure. 30-27. One lousy touchdown away from at least tying it.
I hope your day goes well. I also hope you get back to the little’uns next week. Yay for PB. Is reading in the picture?
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I made broccoli salad yesterday and had some for dinner. It's yummy. No bacon, other ingredients are Craisins, toasted seeds/nuts, and sliced green onions. Mayo, yogurt, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, and S&P dressing.
I also finished shredding all the sensitive documents I've had in boxes in the Sunroom - some going back to 2019. December 2024 resolution, to be carried into 2025: Only save documents for one month, review, and keep, trash, shred as appropriate. The shredded documents mainly applies to financial statements and BlueCrossBlueShield stuff. 3 bags of shreds. Read, started figuring out what to do when for Thanksgiving, finalized a grocery list. Watched an episode of New Tricks and an episode of The Murdoch Murders, historical police procedural, Canadian, starting in 1895, going into early 20th century. It's okay.
After that I remembered that I needed to take the 18-lb turkey out of the freezer and put it in the refrigerator in the garage to start defrosting. It felt heavier than 18 pounds should have felt.
Spoke with my sister. She is helping her friend Margie, who had bilateral Harrington rods placed in her back October 7th, for vertabrae C3-L2. Laura's there Nov 16 - Dec 14. She's glad to be helping, having fun with Margie and her husband, and glad to be away from the 6 dogs in the house, 4 in the back yard (rescues needing placement), and the 4 in the side yard (neighbor's dogs needing placement too). She hates how many dogs they have and told my asshole brother-in-law no more dogs when she went up north.
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Errands: Vet to drop off unused Inara prescription for methimazole TG that I found yesterday to see if they can use it for any of their rescue animals. Bank for cash, possibly PO for Christmas stamps and to mail a package, chiropractor, grocery store. Busy, busy. Gonna see what I can do today re food prep - cubing sourdough bread, chopping pecans for sweet potato souffle, measuring pecans for pecan pie, measuring coconut, shaving chocolate, etc. Many baggies or tupperwares...
Reading, of course. A bit of financial adulting.
Okay, here’s the full story. We had a large gathering of family and friends, perhaps 10 of us. The casseroles were being baked and reheated in the wall oven. Table set, folks in the living room chatting. Jenna and I were in the kitchen. We were chatting, waiting for the last 15 minutes before we were to take the turkey out, when all of a sudden she said “Mom, why does the oven say “Lock”? She said my face was a sight to behold, shock and panic mainly. I was already worrying about how to get it to unlock. I remember trying to turn it off, open the door, anything. Nope. Bill, bless him, immediately went to the garage and turned the circuit breaker off, waited a bit, then turned it back on. Success. The door unlocked, I was able to reset the temp to 450F bake, and we were able to finish the turkey and safely get it out of the oven. Thanksgiving dinner saved. (Yes, 450F. Hot Oven Method. 3.75 hours for a 24 lb turkey.)
By Christmas Day we had a new Jenn-Aire downdraft stove. That was the one that we had that my cleaning ladies cracked earlier this year, leading to me getting all new kitchen appliances in April.
>70 elorin: Hi Robyn, and thank you. Jenna and Hwan seem to have been destiny, and nine hours was a miracle, although I got about 7.5 last night, another very good night’s sleep. I have read some MM sci fi (post-apocalypse) and some MM fantasy. Here’s a partial listing, looking at my smut spreadsheet and seeing a few things that caught my eye. All fantasy unless otherwise noted.
Juxtapose City Series by Tricia Owen
RELIC series by Maz Maddox
Hearts Compass Series by C.E. Kilgore - SF
PsyCop Series by Jordan Castillo Price
Hellhounds of Paradise Series by Shannon Mae
Mated to the Human Series by Michelle Frost
I’m shattered to discover that I could have identified MM Fantasy and MM SF, but have labeled everything in my spreadsheets Contemporary Fiction. I am coming out of the closet, so to speak, on my 2024 stats, and will change everything over to MM Romance, MM Crime Fiction, and etc. I’ll probably go back on my Smut spreadsheet and change things there, too. But perhaps not this week.
What I see of R.L. Merrill is definitely MM, but briefly scanning things only see romance. I grabbed two Kindle Unlimiteds – Hurricane Reese and Earthquake Ethan. David Gerrold wrote The Trouble With Tribbles episode for Star Trek, and I see books, but not any MM offhand. Both are surface dives, not deep dives.
>71 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark. Yes I did, thank you. Woke up with the light still on, glasses fold up nicely but on the sheet, safely away from getting scrunched. Zoe was perched on my hip, Wash at my feet.
Gads, sorry about your Bears. Heartbreaking for sure. 30-27. One lousy touchdown away from at least tying it.
I hope your day goes well. I also hope you get back to the little’uns next week. Yay for PB. Is reading in the picture?
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I made broccoli salad yesterday and had some for dinner. It's yummy. No bacon, other ingredients are Craisins, toasted seeds/nuts, and sliced green onions. Mayo, yogurt, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, and S&P dressing.
I also finished shredding all the sensitive documents I've had in boxes in the Sunroom - some going back to 2019. December 2024 resolution, to be carried into 2025: Only save documents for one month, review, and keep, trash, shred as appropriate. The shredded documents mainly applies to financial statements and BlueCrossBlueShield stuff. 3 bags of shreds. Read, started figuring out what to do when for Thanksgiving, finalized a grocery list. Watched an episode of New Tricks and an episode of The Murdoch Murders, historical police procedural, Canadian, starting in 1895, going into early 20th century. It's okay.
After that I remembered that I needed to take the 18-lb turkey out of the freezer and put it in the refrigerator in the garage to start defrosting. It felt heavier than 18 pounds should have felt.
Spoke with my sister. She is helping her friend Margie, who had bilateral Harrington rods placed in her back October 7th, for vertabrae C3-L2. Laura's there Nov 16 - Dec 14. She's glad to be helping, having fun with Margie and her husband, and glad to be away from the 6 dogs in the house, 4 in the back yard (rescues needing placement), and the 4 in the side yard (neighbor's dogs needing placement too). She hates how many dogs they have and told my asshole brother-in-law no more dogs when she went up north.
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Errands: Vet to drop off unused Inara prescription for methimazole TG that I found yesterday to see if they can use it for any of their rescue animals. Bank for cash, possibly PO for Christmas stamps and to mail a package, chiropractor, grocery store. Busy, busy. Gonna see what I can do today re food prep - cubing sourdough bread, chopping pecans for sweet potato souffle, measuring pecans for pecan pie, measuring coconut, shaving chocolate, etc. Many baggies or tupperwares...
Reading, of course. A bit of financial adulting.
73richardderus
>72 karenmarie: MANY baggies and Tupperwares. Being organized is always work but up-front so reduces stress in the execution, so it surprises me not at all that you're in the middle of it you stress-hater you.
Make the animals cats and I'd be as mad as Laura.
*smooch*
Make the animals cats and I'd be as mad as Laura.
*smooch*
74LizzieD
As an experienced procrastinator, I'm trying to recover. I know that stress can build beyond the point that getting everything done is possible. I will, for my back's sake, make my cornbread today for the turkey dressing. That will be enough for me, in fact.
Best of smooth execution to you, Karen!!!!!!
(14 dogs is too many dogs. It's twice our number of cats, and 7 cats is too many cats. I can't, however, dream of being rid of even one of them.)
Best of smooth execution to you, Karen!!!!!!
(14 dogs is too many dogs. It's twice our number of cats, and 7 cats is too many cats. I can't, however, dream of being rid of even one of them.)
75lauralkeet
That's a great Thanksgiving oven story, Karen. Great as in "wow," not great as in "I'm so happy for you" ha.
76atozgrl
>69 lauralkeet: One year my boss ran the oven cleaning cycle on her oven, getting ready for Thanksgiving. After that, her oven quit working. I forget what she said they did for the holiday. The repairman subsequently told her that ovens often quit working after running the cleaning cycle. Since then, I've been afraid to run it on my oven.
>72 karenmarie: I'm glad you survived your Thanksgiving oven near disaster, Karen. And I'm happy to hear that you've been getting good sleep lately.
I've got some David Gerrold scifi from when I was young and watching Star Trek. I'm not aware of him writing any MM, but I haven't kept up with scifi books in years, so there's no telling what might have come out that I don't know about.
I hope all the errands ran smoothly and that you've gotten all the prep work done that you need to do today. And that you can take it easy this evening!
>72 karenmarie: I'm glad you survived your Thanksgiving oven near disaster, Karen. And I'm happy to hear that you've been getting good sleep lately.
I've got some David Gerrold scifi from when I was young and watching Star Trek. I'm not aware of him writing any MM, but I haven't kept up with scifi books in years, so there's no telling what might have come out that I don't know about.
I hope all the errands ran smoothly and that you've gotten all the prep work done that you need to do today. And that you can take it easy this evening!
77msf59
Morning, Karen. We will be getting into more winter like temps this week. Only in the 20s here at the moment and it will only be in the 20s for a high over the weekend. Almost December, right? I did get in a nice chunk of reading yesterday and plan to today, as well. I hope you had another good night's sleep.
78lauralkeet
>76 atozgrl: okay, that story is even worse than mine, Irene.
I think oven cleaning is highly overrated LOL.
Hi Karen!!
I think oven cleaning is highly overrated LOL.
Hi Karen!!
79richardderus
>72 karenmarie: David Gerrold wrote The Man Who Folded Himself, to my knowledge the only time he gave MM an SFnal treatment...but very much not romantic as HFN is not in the author and HEA is something I think he'd've recoiled from.
I myownself encountered the idea of AI in his novel When HARLIE Was One. It was very different from the idea of HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey which I didn't even know was a book until ~1977 or so.
Dank and ugly out there. Yuck.
I myownself encountered the idea of AI in his novel When HARLIE Was One. It was very different from the idea of HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey which I didn't even know was a book until ~1977 or so.
Dank and ugly out there. Yuck.
80karenmarie
>73 richardderus: Yes, RichardDear, many storage things, all waiting for today. I did other things yesterday but did make a preliminary list of things to do before Thanksgiving Day itself.
You actually mentioned the C word… impressive. Laura and asshole husband used to have 2 dogs and 4 cats, which was manageable. Then AH started getting fixated on rescuing every dog in San Bernardino County, and at this point has a mental disorder about dogs.
*smooch* from your own stress hater
>74 LizzieD: Procrastination works well until it doesn’t, of course. Bill calls it coming to top of stack. He enjoys watching things come to top of stack for me. I’m completely unpredictable as to when things come to top of stack, of course.
I hope you made the cornbread for your turkey dressing yesterday. Thanks re smooth execution, Peggy.
Seven cats, of course, is one less than the definition of a cat lady.
>75 lauralkeet: Thanks, Laura. Yes. Wow and smiles now, horrors then.
>76 atozgrl: I didn’t realize that self-cleaning ovens caused breakdowns. I used to clean the wall oven a lot because that’s the one that got used most of the year.
Six hours of sleep again last night, and I woke up to an alarm to go to book sort this morning. Errands done, enough prep work done yesterday to make me feel good.
Gave my back fits, of course, but felt good about what was done.
>77 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Tuesday to you. Brrr. Seasonal weather for sure. Here it’s raining. Yes, six hours!
>78 lauralkeet: Remember Easy Off Oven Cleaner? Now it is a spray, apparently, but it used to come in a brown glass jar with an applicator brush. Might need to use that instead of cleaning cycles.
>79 richardderus: I’ll pass on David Gerrold, thanks RD. Another movie I wish I could unsee – 2001: A Space Odessey. I do not like to feel stupid at the end of a movie. Unhappy, happy, scared, inspired… but not stupid. Sorry about the dark and ugly. *smooch* again
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Dropped off Inara's prescription at the vet. Chiropractor, post office, grocery store, pharmacy drive through, bank drive through. Groceries in and put up with Bill's help. A bit of lunch and reading, sweeping up the shredding bits that didn't make it into the bags. Cat box de-pooped and a new liner put in a freshly-washed tray. List made of things that need to be done before Thursday, with preliminary day assignment - today or tomorrow. Anything that doesn't get done will get done when Jenna and Hwan get here.
We got them Korean Wedding Ducks and a Korean money envelope that I put some money into to give them on Thursday. I wrapped the ducks yesterday and filled the envelope. both are on a shelf in a cupboard in the hutch in the Dining Room. Doing that was one of the really important things to get done. I also pulled out the tablecloth and 6 napkins.
Read, chatted with Jenna, briefly napped. Dinner, New Tricks and The Murdoch Mysteries. More reading, doomscrolling on my cell phone, and finally to bed.
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Book sort and Virlie's. Cleaning ladies coming - perfect timing for Thursday! Cutting and chopping and making at least two pie crusts today, along with measuring out pecans for pie and toasting 1/2 cup chopped for the dressing.
I think I'm on top of it...
You actually mentioned the C word… impressive. Laura and asshole husband used to have 2 dogs and 4 cats, which was manageable. Then AH started getting fixated on rescuing every dog in San Bernardino County, and at this point has a mental disorder about dogs.
*smooch* from your own stress hater
>74 LizzieD: Procrastination works well until it doesn’t, of course. Bill calls it coming to top of stack. He enjoys watching things come to top of stack for me. I’m completely unpredictable as to when things come to top of stack, of course.
I hope you made the cornbread for your turkey dressing yesterday. Thanks re smooth execution, Peggy.
Seven cats, of course, is one less than the definition of a cat lady.
>75 lauralkeet: Thanks, Laura. Yes. Wow and smiles now, horrors then.
>76 atozgrl: I didn’t realize that self-cleaning ovens caused breakdowns. I used to clean the wall oven a lot because that’s the one that got used most of the year.
Six hours of sleep again last night, and I woke up to an alarm to go to book sort this morning. Errands done, enough prep work done yesterday to make me feel good.
Gave my back fits, of course, but felt good about what was done.
>77 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Tuesday to you. Brrr. Seasonal weather for sure. Here it’s raining. Yes, six hours!
>78 lauralkeet: Remember Easy Off Oven Cleaner? Now it is a spray, apparently, but it used to come in a brown glass jar with an applicator brush. Might need to use that instead of cleaning cycles.
>79 richardderus: I’ll pass on David Gerrold, thanks RD. Another movie I wish I could unsee – 2001: A Space Odessey. I do not like to feel stupid at the end of a movie. Unhappy, happy, scared, inspired… but not stupid. Sorry about the dark and ugly. *smooch* again
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Dropped off Inara's prescription at the vet. Chiropractor, post office, grocery store, pharmacy drive through, bank drive through. Groceries in and put up with Bill's help. A bit of lunch and reading, sweeping up the shredding bits that didn't make it into the bags. Cat box de-pooped and a new liner put in a freshly-washed tray. List made of things that need to be done before Thursday, with preliminary day assignment - today or tomorrow. Anything that doesn't get done will get done when Jenna and Hwan get here.
We got them Korean Wedding Ducks and a Korean money envelope that I put some money into to give them on Thursday. I wrapped the ducks yesterday and filled the envelope. both are on a shelf in a cupboard in the hutch in the Dining Room. Doing that was one of the really important things to get done. I also pulled out the tablecloth and 6 napkins.
Read, chatted with Jenna, briefly napped. Dinner, New Tricks and The Murdoch Mysteries. More reading, doomscrolling on my cell phone, and finally to bed.
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Book sort and Virlie's. Cleaning ladies coming - perfect timing for Thursday! Cutting and chopping and making at least two pie crusts today, along with measuring out pecans for pie and toasting 1/2 cup chopped for the dressing.
I think I'm on top of it...
81LizzieD
Whew! I think you're on top of it too, (((((Karen))))). My friend sent a box with the 12 volumes of Frances Partridge's memoirs and diaries! I am a Bloomsbury freak, so I've dived into the first memoir and looked at pictures. I didn't get my cornbread made yesterday, so it will have to be today. I'll also do some chopping.
Tomorrow I see the #(()#@$&$*^&!! audiologist, hoping that she can fit me with effective hearing aids that I can use.
Enjoy your very busy day!
Tomorrow I see the #(()#@$&$*^&!! audiologist, hoping that she can fit me with effective hearing aids that I can use.
Enjoy your very busy day!
82weird_O
>72 karenmarie: How did your Bill know about throwing the breaker to reset the stove's computer/chip? That was recommended to me several years ago to reset my automatic dishwasher. Those tiny indicator lights were winking sporadically, but it would not start. The lady who inherited the business from her dad (who inherited it from his dad) suggested I try tripping the breaker, leaving it off for an hour or two. If that didn't reset the system, she said, the electronics were kerfootz. And the cost of replacing them would make a new dishwasher a viable option. I took her advice, which didn't fix it. So I replaced the defunct appliance with a new dishwasher. ME. Storing dirty dishes in a dishwasher that I run only a couple-three times a month, doesn't work for me. I'll invest that cash in some other toy. (I should add that she didn't mention that she'd be willing to sell me a replacement.)
Ha ha ha.
Have a good holiday, y'all.
Ha ha ha.
Have a good holiday, y'all.
83karenmarie
>81 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. I did get a lot of good things done today, including cutting up broccoli, celery, and onions, and cubing sourdough bread for the dressing. I'm boiling the sweet potatoes now because... why not.
My cleaning ladies came, saw, and conquered. Bill and i watched Arsenal play Sporting CP in the Champions League and beat them 5-1. Very nice to watch.
I hope you get the cornbread made today. Sorry about the visit to the audiologist tomorrow. I seem to recall that you don't particularly like her?
>82 weird_O: I don't know how my Bill knew that, but it worked for us. Sorry about your dishwasher. And of course she was willing to sell you a new dishwasher.
Thanks - I hope you have a good holiday, too.
My cleaning ladies came, saw, and conquered. Bill and i watched Arsenal play Sporting CP in the Champions League and beat them 5-1. Very nice to watch.
I hope you get the cornbread made today. Sorry about the visit to the audiologist tomorrow. I seem to recall that you don't particularly like her?
>82 weird_O: I don't know how my Bill knew that, but it worked for us. Sorry about your dishwasher. And of course she was willing to sell you a new dishwasher.
Thanks - I hope you have a good holiday, too.
84karenmarie
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6.5 hours of sleep. Coffee called. I have fasting bloodwork at 9:20 so my PCP and I can talk about the results at my annual exam on the 2nd. Fortunately, it's the kind of fasting that allows me to have black coffee, no sugar.
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6.5 hours of sleep. Coffee called. I have fasting bloodwork at 9:20 so my PCP and I can talk about the results at my annual exam on the 2nd. Fortunately, it's the kind of fasting that allows me to have black coffee, no sugar.
After that lots of Thanksgiving prep, pacing myself of course. Reading, too.
Jenna and Hwan are going to come over about 9 tomorrow morning.
85Storeetllr
Hi, Karen! Early Thanksgiving wishes and happy prep day. Did you end up getting the TOSHIBA Countertop Microwave Oven Air Fryer Combo unit you mentioned in >63 karenmarie:?
86karenmarie
H Mary! Thank you.
I did not get that unit because it can't be delivered until December 6th, which I didn't notice when I saw it. I just found a small, Black Friday Deal microwave, total $69, which will be delivered on Friday. even though we haven't heard back from Jenn-Aire. We can get by with heating stuff up on the stove, and tomorrow I can use the oven in the stove after the turkey comes out to bake/reheat casseroles and yeast rolls.
I did not get that unit because it can't be delivered until December 6th, which I didn't notice when I saw it. I just found a small, Black Friday Deal microwave, total $69, which will be delivered on Friday. even though we haven't heard back from Jenn-Aire. We can get by with heating stuff up on the stove, and tomorrow I can use the oven in the stove after the turkey comes out to bake/reheat casseroles and yeast rolls.
87lauralkeet
>86 karenmarie: I'm glad you found an inexpensive microwave to get the job done over the holiday, Karen. I would have balked at the price of the other one unless it was going to become the permanent microwave.
I hope all goes well with your Thanksgiving preparations. You have so much to celebrate!
I hope all goes well with your Thanksgiving preparations. You have so much to celebrate!
88msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Wednesday. Hooray for several good night sleeps in a row. Keep 'em coming, baby. No school until Monday, with the holiday, so I'm happy about that. PB and book time today.
I saw a robin on the front lawn yesterday and a flicker dropped in at the suet feeder, so that was cool, plus many of the regulars.
I saw a robin on the front lawn yesterday and a flicker dropped in at the suet feeder, so that was cool, plus many of the regulars.
89figsfromthistle
Happy mid week, Karen!
I am glad that you are sleeping better. I hope you feel more rested and full of energy.
>86 karenmarie: It is interesting that microwaves used to be so inexpensive and now they seem to be much higher on the price point. Glad you were able to find one at a reasonable cost. I personally just use it to heat up water for instant coffee and occasionally warm up leftovers when I am in a hurry.
Hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving!
I am glad that you are sleeping better. I hope you feel more rested and full of energy.
>86 karenmarie: It is interesting that microwaves used to be so inexpensive and now they seem to be much higher on the price point. Glad you were able to find one at a reasonable cost. I personally just use it to heat up water for instant coffee and occasionally warm up leftovers when I am in a hurry.
Hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving!
90LizzieD
Glad you have everything in hand, Karen. I wish all may go smoothly for you today so that you can actually enjoy your festive day tomorrow!
91alcottacre
I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday, Karen, and that everything continues to go well for you as you prepare for Thanksgiving Day!
92atozgrl
>80 karenmarie: I'm glad you're getting some good sleep. I hope that continues.
I've used Easy Off Oven Cleaner, but I only ever knew it as a spray. I don't remember it in a jar.
I hope you have gotten all your preparatory work done and that you have a wonderful day tomorrow, with all the family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving!
I've used Easy Off Oven Cleaner, but I only ever knew it as a spray. I don't remember it in a jar.
I hope you have gotten all your preparatory work done and that you have a wonderful day tomorrow, with all the family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving!
93SilverWolf28
Here's the Thanksgiving Readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/366111
94karenmarie
>87 lauralkeet: Hi Laura. Yes. Once I figured out that the oven in the stove would take care of all our baking needs, it made more sense to get a small microwave. Thanks re the prep. Yes, I have a lot to celebrate. I hope your Thanksgiving visiting your daughter’s in-laws (future in-laws? I forget which one), wine in hand, is good.
>88 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and sweet Thursday to you. Yes, my sleep pattern seems to be a good one right now. Glad you aren’t working on Friday. I hope PB and books made Wednesday a fine day. Yay for the Robin and the Flicker.
>89 figsfromthistle: Hi Anita! Thank you re my sleep. It is definitely something to celebrate.
Yesterday I needed the microwave to melt butter but had to melt it on the stove. I haven’t lived in a house without a microwave since 1987. I’m glad you don’t have to rely on it like we do.
Our Thanksgiving should be pleasurable.
>90 LizzieD: Most things are in hand, Peggy. I was very busy yesterday for sure. Got almost everything done I wanted to, and Jenna and Hwan will be here about 9 to help.
>92 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene. Me, too.
The applicator was a brush built into the lid.
>93 SilverWolf28: Hi Silver, and thank you.
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Bloodwork at 9:20, got out before then, so decided to go into town to get a few OTC things using credit from my BlueCrossBlueShield Medicare Advantage Plan. We get $120/quarter. I used $91, so have $29 to use before 1/1/25. Home, brekkie, and then I was in the thick of prep. I made two pies and started the crust, currently in the flour/salt/Crisco crumbles stage in the refrigerator, for the two cream pies, which will get made this morning. I washed and dried the tablecloth and napkins, and the tablecloth is laid out, wrinkle free, in the Library, doors closed, to be put on the table this a.m. I did a load of blankets and dried and folded them and folded 2 loads of dried laundry and put ALL THOSE THINGS up, too. Putting away laundry is one of my least favorite things to do.
One of the most important things i did was to put the cranberry sauce in the refrigerator so I wouldn't forget today.
Let's see. What else. I read a bit, rested between flurries of activity, and got the turkey from the refrigerator in the garage into the on in the kitchen.
I finished the second in another series by Krista & Becca Ritchie, the love story between Willow Hale and Garrison Abbey, the fourth couple to the protagonists in the Like Us Series and parents of one of their cousins. It was sooooo good. I don't think I'll read the series about the other three parent couples yet, might eventually.
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The turkey is finishing the thawing process in a tepid water bath in the large sink. It has to go into the oven by 11:45 or so in order for us to eat at 4. Of course the time always varies - could be as early as 3:30, as late as 4:30. I was going to say that I *only* have one oven - truly a first-world problem as my friend Karen in Montana would say - but the wall oven/microwave mysteriously displayed the time yesterday afternoon, meaning that it should work. I haven't tested that hypothesis yet. We're not going to try the microwave function at all since that's what 'broke' it last week, but I'm going to try to use the wall oven for the casseroles and still use the stove oven for the yeast rolls. If it doesn't work or stops working, into the stove oven things will go.
So before we eat, we have to set the table, make 2 crusts for 2 cream pies and make the filling for those pies and get them into the refrigerator in the garage. Toast the sourdough cubes so that we can make the dressing after the giblets simmer for an hour or so. Finish the streusel for the sweet potato souffle and assemble it. Get out the bowls/plates/napkins for appetizers, get out the serving pieces/trivets/serving spoons/forks for the buffet. Clear off the counter for the buffet. And etc. Straighten the living room, get the coffee table cleared of everything for appetizers.
And give Jenna and Hwan their wedding gifts. I was going to do it after Geoff and Diane got here, but I prefer Bill's idea of making it just a family affair and Diane can give their card/$$ after they get here.
And shower before Geoff and Diane get here at 1.
Can you say busy? Happily busy? Daughter times two busy?
>88 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and sweet Thursday to you. Yes, my sleep pattern seems to be a good one right now. Glad you aren’t working on Friday. I hope PB and books made Wednesday a fine day. Yay for the Robin and the Flicker.
>89 figsfromthistle: Hi Anita! Thank you re my sleep. It is definitely something to celebrate.
Yesterday I needed the microwave to melt butter but had to melt it on the stove. I haven’t lived in a house without a microwave since 1987. I’m glad you don’t have to rely on it like we do.
Our Thanksgiving should be pleasurable.
>90 LizzieD: Most things are in hand, Peggy. I was very busy yesterday for sure. Got almost everything done I wanted to, and Jenna and Hwan will be here about 9 to help.
>92 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene. Me, too.
The applicator was a brush built into the lid.
>93 SilverWolf28: Hi Silver, and thank you.
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One of the most important things i did was to put the cranberry sauce in the refrigerator so I wouldn't forget today.
Let's see. What else. I read a bit, rested between flurries of activity, and got the turkey from the refrigerator in the garage into the on in the kitchen.
I finished the second in another series by Krista & Becca Ritchie, the love story between Willow Hale and Garrison Abbey, the fourth couple to the protagonists in the Like Us Series and parents of one of their cousins. It was sooooo good. I don't think I'll read the series about the other three parent couples yet, might eventually.
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The turkey is finishing the thawing process in a tepid water bath in the large sink. It has to go into the oven by 11:45 or so in order for us to eat at 4. Of course the time always varies - could be as early as 3:30, as late as 4:30. I was going to say that I *only* have one oven - truly a first-world problem as my friend Karen in Montana would say - but the wall oven/microwave mysteriously displayed the time yesterday afternoon, meaning that it should work. I haven't tested that hypothesis yet. We're not going to try the microwave function at all since that's what 'broke' it last week, but I'm going to try to use the wall oven for the casseroles and still use the stove oven for the yeast rolls. If it doesn't work or stops working, into the stove oven things will go.
So before we eat, we have to set the table, make 2 crusts for 2 cream pies and make the filling for those pies and get them into the refrigerator in the garage. Toast the sourdough cubes so that we can make the dressing after the giblets simmer for an hour or so. Finish the streusel for the sweet potato souffle and assemble it. Get out the bowls/plates/napkins for appetizers, get out the serving pieces/trivets/serving spoons/forks for the buffet. Clear off the counter for the buffet. And etc. Straighten the living room, get the coffee table cleared of everything for appetizers.
And give Jenna and Hwan their wedding gifts. I was going to do it after Geoff and Diane got here, but I prefer Bill's idea of making it just a family affair and Diane can give their card/$$ after they get here.
And shower before Geoff and Diane get here at 1.
Can you say busy? Happily busy? Daughter times two busy?
95witchyrichy
Grateful for my LibraryThing family! And happy new thread!
96karenmarie
Thank you., Karen. I love your pics. Your home and property are so gorgeous.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too.
97msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Thanksgiving. Have a great day with the newlyweds. We are going to my cousin's for dinner. Something we have done the past couple of years. It gives me a chance to visit with my side of the family, whom I rarely see, plus Bree hangs out with Sean's side of the family and Matt just does his own thing. We plan on seeing Jack & Co tomorrow. Enjoy!
98richardderus
What are you doing here?! There's way too much to do to loaf around on this place! Go!
*smooch*
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99LizzieD
Sounds like a wonderful day, Karen!
HAPPIEST of THANKSGIVINGS so far to all of you!!!!!!
(Leaving the cranberry sauce in the refrigerator until somebody misses it at table is an old and hallowed tradition from my childhood.)
HAPPIEST of THANKSGIVINGS so far to all of you!!!!!!
(Leaving the cranberry sauce in the refrigerator until somebody misses it at table is an old and hallowed tradition from my childhood.)
100msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Friday. I hope you are sleeping in, after spending a fine holiday with the family. Someone was giving away 2 turkeys, so Sue scooped them up. We will be eating turkey for awhile. 😀
101karenmarie
>97 msf59: Hi Mark, and thank you. I hope you had a wonderful time at your cousin’s. Yay for Jack & Co today. The newlyweds were particularly cute, sparkly, and helpful.
>98 richardderus: I was busy from 9 – 8:30 yesterday, RD. Did a fair amount of just sitting down while daughterx2 worked. Diane did almost all the dishes by herself. Of course, I have to put them up, but I can do that in bits and pieces. *smooch*
>99 LizzieD: It was always going to be wonderful, Peggy, and it turned out to be.
>100 msf59: 'Morning, Mark, and happy Friday to you. Everything went well. I slept 'til about 7:30, getting a total of about 6 hours. Turkey for the foreseeable future is not a bad thing.
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Success, good timing, and excellent company. Cheese ball/crackers, chips/salsa, potato chips for Bill. Turkey, sweet potato souffle, mashed potatoes, gravy, sourdough dressing, green bean casserole, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, broccoli, rolls/butter. Pecan, pumpkin, coconut cream, and chocolate cream pie with freshly whipped cream.
We talked about all sorts of things, including politics. Bill didn't like the political talk so much, because like most of us here in the 75ers, it makes him fearful about the next 4 years. It also makes him mad that I won't discuss politics with him when we're one-on-one. His way of discussing points stresses me out. Diane was still distraught 23 days after the election, her husband Geoff stoic but feeling the same. Jenna and Hwan didn't discuss politics directly, but their marriage last week is a testament to their fear for Hwan's immigration status.
The kitchen is pretty wrecked, although every dish except the roasting pan is clean. Most of the clean dishes are on the dining room table, some in the dish drainer. I'll put things up slowly over the next day or so.
I'm going to print my Christmas card mailing list today. The Peter Pauper Press cards arrived Wednesday. Two designs have birds.
In the meantime, coffee, LT, updating my spreadsheets, and reading for a while.
>98 richardderus: I was busy from 9 – 8:30 yesterday, RD. Did a fair amount of just sitting down while daughterx2 worked. Diane did almost all the dishes by herself. Of course, I have to put them up, but I can do that in bits and pieces. *smooch*
>99 LizzieD: It was always going to be wonderful, Peggy, and it turned out to be.
>100 msf59: 'Morning, Mark, and happy Friday to you. Everything went well. I slept 'til about 7:30, getting a total of about 6 hours. Turkey for the foreseeable future is not a bad thing.
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Success, good timing, and excellent company. Cheese ball/crackers, chips/salsa, potato chips for Bill. Turkey, sweet potato souffle, mashed potatoes, gravy, sourdough dressing, green bean casserole, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, broccoli, rolls/butter. Pecan, pumpkin, coconut cream, and chocolate cream pie with freshly whipped cream.
We talked about all sorts of things, including politics. Bill didn't like the political talk so much, because like most of us here in the 75ers, it makes him fearful about the next 4 years. It also makes him mad that I won't discuss politics with him when we're one-on-one. His way of discussing points stresses me out. Diane was still distraught 23 days after the election, her husband Geoff stoic but feeling the same. Jenna and Hwan didn't discuss politics directly, but their marriage last week is a testament to their fear for Hwan's immigration status.
The kitchen is pretty wrecked, although every dish except the roasting pan is clean. Most of the clean dishes are on the dining room table, some in the dish drainer. I'll put things up slowly over the next day or so.
I'm going to print my Christmas card mailing list today. The Peter Pauper Press cards arrived Wednesday. Two designs have birds.
In the meantime, coffee, LT, updating my spreadsheets, and reading for a while.
102karenmarie
Tuesday's book sorting yielded two books:
A Bible that would have gone to the thrift shop because of the condition. Black electrical tape holding the front and back covers to the spine, but I loved the inscription: To Will With Love From Mother June 20, 1913
From friend Rhoda, her extra copy of Muffins: Sixty Sweet and Savory Recipes... from Old Favorites to New.
A Bible that would have gone to the thrift shop because of the condition. Black electrical tape holding the front and back covers to the spine, but I loved the inscription: To Will With Love From Mother June 20, 1913
From friend Rhoda, her extra copy of Muffins: Sixty Sweet and Savory Recipes... from Old Favorites to New.
103richardderus
>102 karenmarie: Muffin manufacture in your future, sweetiedarling? I'm sure they'll be scrummy. Muffins and cupcakes are happy ways to portion one's indulgences. The inscription from Mother is a lovely little extra, isn't it.
Have fun with the order-restoration part of the holiday!
*smooch*
Have fun with the order-restoration part of the holiday!
*smooch*
104LizzieD
Everything looks lovely, and I'm glad that it was. My sentimental heart is glad that you rescued Will's Bible. I still get twinges thinking about how I threw away my grandmama's Bible that Mama had saved. It was in pieces, cover and title pages gone, no writing anywhere, and suspiciously moldy. I'd throw it out again. I couldn't keep it, but I wish I had kept even a page or two. That's sentiment.
Enjoy your day and your leftovers!
Enjoy your day and your leftovers!
105streamsong
I'm glad you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Yes, lots of stress in my heart too about what may be coming. The night before Thanksgiving, I woke up, and couldn't go back to sleep. Oftentimes when that happens, I'll get up and play Wordle. I've found that short period of focus can relax me enough to go back to sleep. But on Wednesday, I went down the online rabbit hole of 'what if' which was terrifying.
Love the inscription in the old Bible. And savory muffins? You'll have to report back.
Yes, lots of stress in my heart too about what may be coming. The night before Thanksgiving, I woke up, and couldn't go back to sleep. Oftentimes when that happens, I'll get up and play Wordle. I've found that short period of focus can relax me enough to go back to sleep. But on Wednesday, I went down the online rabbit hole of 'what if' which was terrifying.
Love the inscription in the old Bible. And savory muffins? You'll have to report back.
106msf59
" The newlyweds were particularly cute, sparkly, and helpful." I love it!
Morning, Karen. Happy Saturday. Glad to hear you had such a nice Thanksgiving. Looks like you prepared a fantastic meal. I am also glad you are on a solid sleeping schedule. May it continue.
Jack & Co. came over last night and we spent a joyful few hours. We have a gas fireplace downstairs. I had it lit and was showing it to him. His response was. "I wish I had a marshmallow right now."
I got the books you sent yesterday. Thank you very much. Both look in perfect condition too. You are the best.
Morning, Karen. Happy Saturday. Glad to hear you had such a nice Thanksgiving. Looks like you prepared a fantastic meal. I am also glad you are on a solid sleeping schedule. May it continue.
Jack & Co. came over last night and we spent a joyful few hours. We have a gas fireplace downstairs. I had it lit and was showing it to him. His response was. "I wish I had a marshmallow right now."
I got the books you sent yesterday. Thank you very much. Both look in perfect condition too. You are the best.
107karenmarie
>103 richardderus: ‘Morning, RDear! I’m thrilled to have the muffin book simply because I haven’t made any in a while, and you’re right – portioning one’s indulgences is important. Volume control has always, always been my problem.
I looked in the back of the Bible while adding it to my catalog and found names/births/deaths. I used this genealogical info to probably find the William that went with Will, found the Mother, too, if so. I’m able to get onto Ancestry via the Library’s Ancestry Library Edition website from home to search. Can’t access my personal family tree, but I don’t have that need right now.
Order restoration was slow yesterday, since I was slow. *smooch*
>104 LizzieD: Hi Peggy, and thank you.
Sentiment has us doing and keeping strange things, of course. I still have a ¼” x 4” piece of my favorite blanket growing up. My mother threw it away when I was a teenager, but I’d already cut the longer version of this remnant off and was using it as a bracelet.
I think I’d have kept a page or two and put it/them into another family Bible with a note as to who it belonged to with their birth/marriage/death dates.
I have 3 pieces of milk glass from Karen in Montana's family. She doesn't particularly care about milk glass and gave them to me when I visited in 2018. She made sure that I had a piece of paper with the family members they belonged to and even photos of those family members. It's on the Hutch in the Dining Room, including the piece of paper.
>105 streamsong: Hi Janet. Thank you. I’m sorry you couldn’t/can't sleep for worrying about the shit show to come. I am avoiding the news as much as possible, although I did see a headline about Trudeau coming to see the chaos demon at Mar-A-Lago to talk about the potentially horrible tariffs.
Savory muffins might be in our future. *smile*
>106 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Saturday to you. My daughter has never brought someone home before. We met Hwan in May or June so have seen her quite a bit. It was fun to see the not-over-the-top PDA. In fact, by the end of the night, before dessert, when they were showing Geoff and Diane their engagement/wedding album, Hwan was on Jenna’s lap.
Thanks re the meal and wishes for a continued solid sleeping schedule. Last night was a bunch of dozing until I finally turned the light off at 2:30 and slept ‘til 7:30. So, 5 straight with perhaps 2 additional.
Yay for Jack & Co. Well, of course he’d think of marshmallows.
Glad the books arrived safe and sound. You’re very welcome. I am always glad to spread the book love around, and they called your name.
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Not much putting up or away yesterday, I'm afraid. I did, however, finalize my Christmas Card List because my Peter Pauper Press Christmas Cards came Wednesday. I mailed two international ones - to England and to Scotland - yesterday, so they might actually make it before Christmas. Other than that, the new, inexpensive, RED microwave oven showed up. It's still in the box on the kitchen island.
I got brave and decided to heat two sets of leftovers on a serving dish in the microwave/wall oven unit last night. If it didn't work, we were going to open and set up the little microwave. However, it worked like a champ, AND, the clock light is still on this morning. Still gonna call Jenn-Aire on Monday.
So we had Thanksgiving leftovers. No pie, although I must admit that I came down about midnight because coconut cream pie was calling my name and it had been 7 hours since I'd eaten by then. *smile*
Read. I've now started a couple of books that I'm going to officially abandon today, and the one I'm reading is rather irritating in some respects but D/s client-crook/lawyer and i want to see how it plays out.
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Arsenal plays West Ham at 11 this morning, so we'll be hunkered down for that.
I really want to get all of the clean dishes/serving pieces/pots/pans/etc. up today. I also might fill the bird feeders.
And read, of course.
I looked in the back of the Bible while adding it to my catalog and found names/births/deaths. I used this genealogical info to probably find the William that went with Will, found the Mother, too, if so. I’m able to get onto Ancestry via the Library’s Ancestry Library Edition website from home to search. Can’t access my personal family tree, but I don’t have that need right now.
Order restoration was slow yesterday, since I was slow. *smooch*
>104 LizzieD: Hi Peggy, and thank you.
Sentiment has us doing and keeping strange things, of course. I still have a ¼” x 4” piece of my favorite blanket growing up. My mother threw it away when I was a teenager, but I’d already cut the longer version of this remnant off and was using it as a bracelet.
I think I’d have kept a page or two and put it/them into another family Bible with a note as to who it belonged to with their birth/marriage/death dates.
I have 3 pieces of milk glass from Karen in Montana's family. She doesn't particularly care about milk glass and gave them to me when I visited in 2018. She made sure that I had a piece of paper with the family members they belonged to and even photos of those family members. It's on the Hutch in the Dining Room, including the piece of paper.
>105 streamsong: Hi Janet. Thank you. I’m sorry you couldn’t/can't sleep for worrying about the shit show to come. I am avoiding the news as much as possible, although I did see a headline about Trudeau coming to see the chaos demon at Mar-A-Lago to talk about the potentially horrible tariffs.
Savory muffins might be in our future. *smile*
>106 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Saturday to you. My daughter has never brought someone home before. We met Hwan in May or June so have seen her quite a bit. It was fun to see the not-over-the-top PDA. In fact, by the end of the night, before dessert, when they were showing Geoff and Diane their engagement/wedding album, Hwan was on Jenna’s lap.
Thanks re the meal and wishes for a continued solid sleeping schedule. Last night was a bunch of dozing until I finally turned the light off at 2:30 and slept ‘til 7:30. So, 5 straight with perhaps 2 additional.
Yay for Jack & Co. Well, of course he’d think of marshmallows.
Glad the books arrived safe and sound. You’re very welcome. I am always glad to spread the book love around, and they called your name.
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Not much putting up or away yesterday, I'm afraid. I did, however, finalize my Christmas Card List because my Peter Pauper Press Christmas Cards came Wednesday. I mailed two international ones - to England and to Scotland - yesterday, so they might actually make it before Christmas. Other than that, the new, inexpensive, RED microwave oven showed up. It's still in the box on the kitchen island.
I got brave and decided to heat two sets of leftovers on a serving dish in the microwave/wall oven unit last night. If it didn't work, we were going to open and set up the little microwave. However, it worked like a champ, AND, the clock light is still on this morning. Still gonna call Jenn-Aire on Monday.
So we had Thanksgiving leftovers. No pie, although I must admit that I came down about midnight because coconut cream pie was calling my name and it had been 7 hours since I'd eaten by then. *smile*
Read. I've now started a couple of books that I'm going to officially abandon today, and the one I'm reading is rather irritating in some respects but D/s client-crook/lawyer and i want to see how it plays out.
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Arsenal plays West Ham at 11 this morning, so we'll be hunkered down for that.
I really want to get all of the clean dishes/serving pieces/pots/pans/etc. up today. I also might fill the bird feeders.
And read, of course.
108LizzieD
Enjoy your Saturday, Karen! I'm happy to hear that the microwave has decided to heal itself and Very happy to know that you're calling Jenn-Aire about it. That's both for safety's sake and because you shouldn't have to put up with less than functionality in such a new appliance.
Good luck to Arsenal. We're off to brave the breeze in just a little.
I'm happily reading a little mystery, recommended by Bev, which features an early music ensemble: Eliza's Galiardo. This particular cover tickles me, featuring as it does a figure pointing a gun and wearing a super-hero type outfit!!!!! It would be hard to picture anything less likely to appeal to our Bev.
Good luck to Arsenal. We're off to brave the breeze in just a little.
I'm happily reading a little mystery, recommended by Bev, which features an early music ensemble: Eliza's Galiardo. This particular cover tickles me, featuring as it does a figure pointing a gun and wearing a super-hero type outfit!!!!! It would be hard to picture anything less likely to appeal to our Bev.
110karenmarie
>108 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. Thank you. I hope yours is going well, too. Yes, the mysterious microwave is continuing to work, but I don't really trust it.
Arsenal soundly beat West Ham 5-2. Made us happy. Eliza's Galiardo sounds like it's right up your alley. And, of course, recommended by Bev makes it special.
>109 richardderus: Hiya, RDear. They did me proud, but what's your favorite British export? GBBO? *smooch*
I put up all the dishes/serving pieces/pots/pans/silverware and etc. from Thanksgiving. I also cleaned the stove. I've updated the spreadsheets and only have 3 items to add to my Lightning Round. Of course, I may finish another book today. We'll have to see.
I am now going to go lie down and either nap or read or both.
Arsenal soundly beat West Ham 5-2. Made us happy. Eliza's Galiardo sounds like it's right up your alley. And, of course, recommended by Bev makes it special.
>109 richardderus: Hiya, RDear. They did me proud, but what's your favorite British export? GBBO? *smooch*
I put up all the dishes/serving pieces/pots/pans/silverware and etc. from Thanksgiving. I also cleaned the stove. I've updated the spreadsheets and only have 3 items to add to my Lightning Round. Of course, I may finish another book today. We'll have to see.
I am now going to go lie down and either nap or read or both.
111PaulCranswick
>107 karenmarie: I really think that, with Manchester City stuttering so, Arsenal really must step up and take their chance this season. Liverpool will drop points eventually and Arteta's boys need to be ready! Good win over West Ham.
I am hopeful that my beloved Leeds United will join you in the EPL next year although we blew top spot by losing at Blackburn despite 75% possession.
Karen we have much more than football in common. You are one of the most loving and loved members of this group and I am thankful everyday for your presence in it.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.
I am hopeful that my beloved Leeds United will join you in the EPL next year although we blew top spot by losing at Blackburn despite 75% possession.
Karen we have much more than football in common. You are one of the most loving and loved members of this group and I am thankful everyday for your presence in it.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.
112msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Sunday. I gave blood the first time in more than a decade yesterday. I gave blood for many years but then they turned me down because I was stationed in Germany during the early 80s. Something to do with the Mad Cow break out in the United Kingdom during that time period. The UK question is still in the screening process but Germany was off the list. I always enjoyed giving.
I saw 6 cardinals around the feeders yesterday. A family, perhaps?
I saw 6 cardinals around the feeders yesterday. A family, perhaps?
113karenmarie
>111 PaulCranswick: Hi Paul! Football talk makes me very happy. I can hardly believe how Man City is stuttering, as you put it, but will take whatever boost that can give Arsenal. With Ødegaard back, strong and stepping back naturally into his leadershi position, Arsenal has come out of the woods. Liverpool is amazing to watch, not so amazing to lose to. For today, I hope they draw with Man City. That game is at 11 a.m. here, but Jenna and Hwan will be here then. Fortunately, Bill's got it set up to be recorded. We'll not look at any notifications that come through on our cell phones, and watch it later.
I was happy that five different players scored yesterday for Arsenal. I'm always especially happy when Havertz scores since it took him so long to get his footing, so to speak, when he joined Arsenal. I definitely want Leeds United to rejoin the PL next year for you and because I particularly like USA player Brenden Aaronson.
I love having football in common with you. I wish I'd grown up with the Premier League because I'm so abysmally ignorant, but I keep learning more and more of the strategy and beauty of the game. I have also learned how to watch it somewhat, too. Meeting you via books is where we started, of course. Additionally, having a fellow 75er who also loves having thousands of physical books to edify, please, and comfort them in their home is wonderful.
Thank you for your kind words re my presence in the group and re my Thanksgiving weekend.
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Getting all the Thanksgiving kitchen things put away made me happy. I had, as Arlo Guthrie said in Alice's Restaurant Massacree, ... another Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat..., watched a stunning two-part episode of New Tricks, and also officially abandoned some books and have added them to my 2024 books read spreadsheet. I also had one more from late last night that just wasn't cutting it, Waves of Fury. I love post-apocalypse books and was hopeful about this one, but ugh. I'll write a bit about it in my November Lightning Round.
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Jenna and Hwan are coming over later this morning to decorate for Christmas since they'll be gone from Dec 4 - 21 in Korea. I simply cannot deal with getting the 36-lb tree down and setting it up, much less doing all the decorating. Bill's less and less mobile, alas.
In addition to all the other stuff, I'll have Jenna pack up 2 rows of my first antique book case so I can display my Lladró Christmas Bells again. This is from last year, pre-books, with Zoe supervising.
We'll take a Christmas Selfie with the four of us in front of the tree for me to add to my Christmas letter, and then I can start working on Christmas cards later this week.
Read, work on statistics and the lightning round, too.
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edited to add pic taken by Bill just now. Wash inside, huge ginger kitty outside in a standoff.
I was happy that five different players scored yesterday for Arsenal. I'm always especially happy when Havertz scores since it took him so long to get his footing, so to speak, when he joined Arsenal. I definitely want Leeds United to rejoin the PL next year for you and because I particularly like USA player Brenden Aaronson.
I love having football in common with you. I wish I'd grown up with the Premier League because I'm so abysmally ignorant, but I keep learning more and more of the strategy and beauty of the game. I have also learned how to watch it somewhat, too. Meeting you via books is where we started, of course. Additionally, having a fellow 75er who also loves having thousands of physical books to edify, please, and comfort them in their home is wonderful.
Thank you for your kind words re my presence in the group and re my Thanksgiving weekend.
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Getting all the Thanksgiving kitchen things put away made me happy. I had, as Arlo Guthrie said in Alice's Restaurant Massacree, ... another Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat..., watched a stunning two-part episode of New Tricks, and also officially abandoned some books and have added them to my 2024 books read spreadsheet. I also had one more from late last night that just wasn't cutting it, Waves of Fury. I love post-apocalypse books and was hopeful about this one, but ugh. I'll write a bit about it in my November Lightning Round.
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Jenna and Hwan are coming over later this morning to decorate for Christmas since they'll be gone from Dec 4 - 21 in Korea. I simply cannot deal with getting the 36-lb tree down and setting it up, much less doing all the decorating. Bill's less and less mobile, alas.
In addition to all the other stuff, I'll have Jenna pack up 2 rows of my first antique book case so I can display my Lladró Christmas Bells again. This is from last year, pre-books, with Zoe supervising.
We'll take a Christmas Selfie with the four of us in front of the tree for me to add to my Christmas letter, and then I can start working on Christmas cards later this week.
Read, work on statistics and the lightning round, too.
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edited to add pic taken by Bill just now. Wash inside, huge ginger kitty outside in a standoff.
114richardderus
>113 karenmarie: ...or, more likely, finalizing their plans to endander the entire planet in order to kill the allergic and infect the susceptible with toxoplasmosis to create their perfect slave race.
Farewell. I will attempt to wave at you as I suffocate in the piles of flaked-off poison. *noble profile* In keeping with the Spirit of the Season, I forgive you for collaborating with my murderers.
Farewell. I will attempt to wave at you as I suffocate in the piles of flaked-off poison. *noble profile* In keeping with the Spirit of the Season, I forgive you for collaborating with my murderers.
115klobrien2
>113 karenmarie: I laughed aloud at the kitties’ pic and then again at >114 richardderus:!
The cats look quite calm, though…
Happy Sunday, Karen!
Karen O
The cats look quite calm, though…
Happy Sunday, Karen!
Karen O
116karenmarie
>114 richardderus: And yet, even with that perfect description, I have 2 of them... Living without your forgiveness would have been unbearable, so I am relieved.
>115 klobrien2: Hi Karen! Notice that he never says the wordscat or cats . They're boy kitties . Had it been Zoe Rose, we would have heard her all over the house for a very long time, then she probably would have gone outside to run him off. She knows when she's got it good, and doesn't want any more of them to contend with.
Happy Sunday to you, too!
>115 klobrien2: Hi Karen! Notice that he never says the words
Happy Sunday to you, too!
117karenmarie
YTD Statistics through November
375 books read
2 of them on my shelves before 1/1/24 and not rereads
104 books abandoned, 11966 pages abandoned, 1 audiobook, .45 hours abandoned
112.5 audiobook hours
Avg pages read per day, YTD = 314
Avg pages read per book, YTD = 281
Book of the Month: Knife: Meditations on an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
The Like Us Series by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie - yes, all 13 books
Books by Month
January - 46 e-books, 1 audio book, 1 Graphic Novel, and 9 books abandoned for 1711 pages
February - 37 e-books and 8 books abandoned for 1058 pages
March - 38 e-books, 1 audio book, and 7 books abandoned for 899 pages
April - 31 e-books, 1 hard cover, and 11 books abandoned for 1338 pages
May - 21 e-books, and 13 books abandoned for 1153 pages
June - 33 e-books, and 9 books abandoned for 1188 pages
July - 29 e-books, 2 audiobooks, and 15 books abandoned for 1703 pages
August - 38 e-books, and 14 books abandoned for 1564 pages
September - 23 e-books, and 10 books abandoned for 991 pages
October - 46 e-books, 2 audio books, and 5 books abandoned for 479 pages
November - 25 e-books, 1 audio book, and 3 books abandoned for 302 pages
Author
Male 11%
Female 79%
Undeclared * 8%
Non-Binary 3%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Living 99%
Dead 1%
US Born 46%
Foreign Born 20%
Undeclared * 34%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Platform
Hardcover 2%
Trade Pback 0%
Mass Market 0%
Audiobook 1%
e-Book 95%
Audible audio book 2%
Source
My Library 6%
Library 1%
Kindle Unlimited 89%
Borrowed 0%
Culled 1%
Misc
ARC/ER 0%
Re-read 6%
Series 0%
Fiction 99%
NonFiction 1%
Author Birth Country
Australia 6%
Canada 5%
Cuba 1%
England 1%
Grenada 1%
Ireland 1%
New Zealand 1%
Norway 1%
Portugal 1%
Sweden 1%
UK 3%
Undeclared * 32%
US 44%
Venezuela 1%
Wales 1%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Original Decade Published
1880-1889 1%
1980-1989 1%
2000-2009 2%
2010-2019 31%
2020-2029 65%
Genre
Biography 1%
Childrens 1%
Contemporary Fiction 92%
Crime Fiction 1%
Fantasy 1%
Graphic Novel 1%
Historical Fiction 1%
Informational Nonfiction 1%
Memoir 1%
Acquisition/Source
Audible/Audio Book 12
Kindle Unlimited 337
Library 1
My Shelves 23
culled after reading 2
Average Rating
1.5 - Very Bad 0
2.0 - Bad 4
2.5 - Average 11
3.0 - Good 46
3.5 - Very Good 63
4.0 - Excellent 172
4.5 - Outstanding 78
5 - Masterpiece 1
Average Rating 3.83
Books acquired YTD 290
Books culled YTD 218
375 books read
2 of them on my shelves before 1/1/24 and not rereads
104 books abandoned, 11966 pages abandoned, 1 audiobook, .45 hours abandoned
112.5 audiobook hours
Avg pages read per day, YTD = 314
Avg pages read per book, YTD = 281
Book of the Month: Knife: Meditations on an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
The Like Us Series by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie - yes, all 13 books
Books by Month
January - 46 e-books, 1 audio book, 1 Graphic Novel, and 9 books abandoned for 1711 pages
February - 37 e-books and 8 books abandoned for 1058 pages
March - 38 e-books, 1 audio book, and 7 books abandoned for 899 pages
April - 31 e-books, 1 hard cover, and 11 books abandoned for 1338 pages
May - 21 e-books, and 13 books abandoned for 1153 pages
June - 33 e-books, and 9 books abandoned for 1188 pages
July - 29 e-books, 2 audiobooks, and 15 books abandoned for 1703 pages
August - 38 e-books, and 14 books abandoned for 1564 pages
September - 23 e-books, and 10 books abandoned for 991 pages
October - 46 e-books, 2 audio books, and 5 books abandoned for 479 pages
November - 25 e-books, 1 audio book, and 3 books abandoned for 302 pages
Author
Male 11%
Female 79%
Undeclared * 8%
Non-Binary 3%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Living 99%
Dead 1%
US Born 46%
Foreign Born 20%
Undeclared * 34%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Platform
Hardcover 2%
Trade Pback 0%
Mass Market 0%
Audiobook 1%
e-Book 95%
Audible audio book 2%
Source
My Library 6%
Library 1%
Kindle Unlimited 89%
Borrowed 0%
Culled 1%
Misc
ARC/ER 0%
Re-read 6%
Series 0%
Fiction 99%
NonFiction 1%
Author Birth Country
Australia 6%
Canada 5%
Cuba 1%
England 1%
Grenada 1%
Ireland 1%
New Zealand 1%
Norway 1%
Portugal 1%
Sweden 1%
UK 3%
Undeclared * 32%
US 44%
Venezuela 1%
Wales 1%
* - can't find any info anywhere
Original Decade Published
1880-1889 1%
1980-1989 1%
2000-2009 2%
2010-2019 31%
2020-2029 65%
Genre
Biography 1%
Childrens 1%
Contemporary Fiction 92%
Crime Fiction 1%
Fantasy 1%
Graphic Novel 1%
Historical Fiction 1%
Informational Nonfiction 1%
Memoir 1%
Acquisition/Source
Audible/Audio Book 12
Kindle Unlimited 337
Library 1
My Shelves 23
culled after reading 2
Average Rating
1.5 - Very Bad 0
2.0 - Bad 4
2.5 - Average 11
3.0 - Good 46
3.5 - Very Good 63
4.0 - Excellent 172
4.5 - Outstanding 78
5 - Masterpiece 1
Average Rating 3.83
Books acquired YTD 290
Books culled YTD 218
118karenmarie
November Lightning Round
Any in bold are NOT MM romances, few and far between as they are.
It also occurs to me that quite a few of the smut books have warnings about triggers that I don’t mention here. Caveat emptor re triggers if you want to dip your toes in.
Alphas Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 10/31/24 11/2/24 Kindle
The Tragedy of Felix and Jake by J. Daniels 11/1/24 11/3/24 Kindle
On Guard by Andi Jaxon and JR Gray 11/3/24 11/3/24 Kindle
For the Fans by Nyla K 11/3/24 11/5/24 Kindle
Say Yes by JR Gray 11/5/24 11/5/24 Kindle
Resisting You by EM Lindsey 11/5/24 11/6/24 Kindle
Tangled Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/4/24 11/7/24 Kindle
Transparent is a Color by Kaje Harper 11/7/24 11/9/24 Kindle
Sinful Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/7/24 11/9/24 Kindle
Headstrong Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/9/24 11/11/24 Kindle
Charming Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/11/24 11/13/24 Kindle
Pride & Protection by KC Wells 10/29/24 11/12/24 Audible Audio book narrated by John Solo 8 hrs 20 minutes
Wild Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/13/24 11/14/24 Kindle
Fearless Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/14/24 11/16/24 Kindle
Infamous Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/16/24 11/17/24 Kindle
Misfits Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/17/24 11/20/24 Kindle
Unlucky Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/20/24 11/22/24 Kindle
Nobody Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/23/24 11/25/24 Kindle
Unscripted by JR Gray 11/15/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo and Joel Leslie 8.5 hours
Whatever It Takes by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/25/24 11/26/24 Kindle
Wherever You Are by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/25/24 11/28/24 Kindle
Bent by Jesse H Reign 11/28/24 11/29/24 Kindle
Bent Backwards by Jesse H Reign 11/29/24 11/30/24 Kindle
**abandoned Clouded Hell by JR Gray***
**abandoned Hell on Earth by Macy Blake**
Guns Blazing by Andrea Smith 11/30/24 11/30/24 Kindle
**abandoned Waves of Fury by K Webster**
Any in bold are NOT MM romances, few and far between as they are.
It also occurs to me that quite a few of the smut books have warnings about triggers that I don’t mention here. Caveat emptor re triggers if you want to dip your toes in.
Alphas Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 10/31/24 11/2/24 Kindle
Maximoff has been ousted as CEO of the charity he founded. To get it back, he’s agreed to something he wouldn’t have otherwise agreed to – an auction of 5 of the famous ones for a ‘date’. Farrow and he are out publicly as a couple, and Farrow is at the event as boyfriend and bodyguard. He sells his motorcycle to get enough money to bid on Maximoff, but there’s a stunning $2 million bet. In the meantime, Maximoff has gotten a text from a teenage cousin, demanding that he and Farrow and cousin Charlie, also on the auction block, come to a side entrance of the venue because there are Problems. Farrow speaks with the $2 million bid winner, and then the three famous ones go to the alley where the cousins are. After a wild and harrowing chase by paparazzi, the car is sandwiched and wrecks. It’s raining. Maximoff is the worst of the injured, and Farrow, who left his medical residency to become a bodyguard, knows what the problem is and saves Maximoff’s life. Much rehab for Maximoff for a surgically-repaired clavicle. So much family and cousin drama – I ate it all up again. A family vacation in the Aegean on the three-families’ yacht after Maximoff and Farrow spend a time on Santorini by themselves ends up with more drama and joyous news. I can’t get enough of this series, although the next one is about a bodyguard and Maximoff’s best friend cousin Jane. Straight sex. Caveat emptor re not-straight sex.
The Tragedy of Felix and Jake by J. Daniels 11/1/24 11/3/24 Kindle
We meet Jake when he’s just gotten news that his girlfriend has left him for his best friend. Jake’s an addict and throws away 7 years of sobriety. His brother CJ, a cop, comes and takes him home with him. The brothers truly love one another, and CJ and his wife Riley give Jake a room and Riley’s brother gives him a construction job. Jake goes to a 12-step meeting and meets Felix, and there is instant attraction, but Felix offers to be Jake’s sponsor. It’s frowned upon for romantic relationships to interfere with recovery, so they do not act on their physical attraction. Felix’s father returns, a drunken nasty and vicious man, steals all of Felix’s money, his credit card, and his car, and leaves a line of coke and a pill out for Felix. He slips and takes both. Jake is concerned and has CJ come with him to Felix’s house. Felix is back at step one again. Slow rebuilding of Felix’s recovery. Then Jake falters when he’s laid off. He knows where to find drugs and take them – this time Felix and CJ rescue him. I loved these two damaged people, loved their texting, their caring, and their day-at-a-time take on life. They get a HEA that feels like it just might work. Caveat emptor re sex.
On Guard by Andi Jaxon and JR Gray 11/3/24 11/3/24 Kindle
Isaac is a scholarship kid who is beside himself when his parents cut him off because of sexuality and he discovers that he may not be able to attend college. Oliver sees him distraught, and offers him money for 24 hours. Isaac figures giving up his virginity for the good cause of eating and being able to start college is a good thing. Oliver becomes obsessed, Isaac has feelings but realizes Oliver’s family expects Oliver to marry a woman and take over his father’s business. Oliver is even more distraught when he realizes that Isaac is also on the fencing team. Angst and sex… lots of wonderful schadenfreude when Isaac’s parents get their comeuppance. HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
For the Fans by Nyla K 11/3/24 11/5/24 Kindle
So much to unpack in this book. Avi and Kyran are the same age. Avi’s mother marries Kyran’s father and Avi transfers to Kyran’s high school. It’s instant hate and turmoil through 3 years of high school. Avi’s into art and Kyran is the HS football quarterback. They end up at Boston College, which enrages Kyran and amuses Avi. Kyran’s father loses his business and can’t support them at college any more. Avi’s best friend Frankie has an OnlyFans page and is earning beaucoup bucks and suggests a 3-way with Avi and Kyran, keeping them anonymous, of course. They agree, get enough money to get through the first month of no parental funding. Avi creates an OnlyFans page for himself and starts earning money and somehow gets Kyran to agree to post videos with him since Kyran needs financing, too. They’re wildly successful. Avi discovers his bisexuality, and Kyran isn’t even in the closet – still says he’s straight. Avi becomes the mascot for the BC football team, Kyran takes them to the league championship, they start having feelings as they record videos. It’s more complex than that, and I enjoyed all 522 pages, including Robin the cat. Caveat emptor re sex.
Say Yes by JR Gray 11/5/24 11/5/24 Kindle
A novella. James is the son of wealthy parents, but when his father dies his mother completely cuts him off. He is going to school and works at a high-end clothing store. Charles comes into the store because he needs a tie on the way to an evening event and immediately wants James. They play cat and mouse, with a strong Dom/sub theme from the very beginning. Eventually there are feelings, and BDSM elements, and they get a HEA. Caveat emptor re sex.
Resisting You by EM Lindsey 11/5/24 11/6/24 Kindle
Enemies to lovers has Frey, a nurse, irrationally hating Renato, a surgeon, and keeping track of his cruel comments and destroying his property and otherwise pranking him. Then Frey’s deaf son Rex has his collarbone broken and Renato is the surgeon on call, emotions are high after Rex is safely operated on and in a room, and Renato and Frey kiss. It goes from there – resistance and pull – and Renato, almost 50 and realizing that he didn’t die when his husband did 8 years previously, and Frey, in his 20s and realizing that he didn’t die when is husband abandoned and divorced him and their son, figure out that what they have is real and good. Caveat emptor sex and mild D/S.
Tangled Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/4/24 11/7/24 Kindle
Straight sex! Jane’s bodyguard is changed to Thatcher. Jane, Maximoff, Luna, and cousin Sulli live in a townhouse, and their bodyguards live in a connecting townhouse. Jane’s grandmother interferes in her life and all the crazies come out of the woodwork to woe Jane. The security forces decide that Jane and Thatcher should fake date, which plays into the undeclared attraction between them. It becomes declared, Thatcher sneaks into Jane’s room every night. Eventually they get found out. In the meantime, all the wonderful things about the three families and their bodyguards moves along vividly and dramatically. I love this series. Another re-read… Caveat emptor re straight sex.
Transparent is a Color by Kaje Harper 11/7/24 11/9/24 Kindle
Perry works in the mailroom of an expensive high rise. Perry can change the color of inanimate objects, and learned at an early age that transparent is a color. He sees that there’s a bomb in a package, calls 911 and the building is evacuated. Perry can’t really explain how he knew there was a bomb, and Deckard and his bomb-sniffing dog Nix confirm the bomb. Perry is targeted, Deckard takes him home, sparkage, but nothing doing until the case is closed beyond a bit of kissing. Case closed, everything doing, Perry moves in with Deckard and they get their HEA. I liked the world building of superheroes with atypical powers, most of them described lovingly and that elicited a laugh or two. Caveat emptor re sex.
Sinful Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/7/24 11/9/24 Kindle
More straight sex! Maximoff and Jane and other “famous ones” and their bodyguards are off to Scotland to scout a castle for Maximoff and Farrow’s wedding. Thatcher is an identical twin but not Jane’s bodyguard, and his brother Banks suggests that they switch places. It’s only for one week, right? Well, the week turns into 3 months as a blizzard and continuing subzero and extremely windy conditions prevent anybody coming or out. Tempers fray, they have to make do with dwindling supplies. Jane’s brothers have devised a card game for Thatcher to win their approval, and Jane has insisted that she have to do the same things. That makes it interesting. They all get out safely, lots of family drama – which I absolutely love – and then the townhouse burns to the ground. Jane, Maximoff, cousin Sulli, and Maximoff’s sister Luna AND Jane’s seven cats AND all the bodyguards make it out safely and have to go to the parental homes. Caveat emptor re straight sex.
Headstrong Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/9/24 11/11/24 Kindle
Maximoff and Farrow are getting married. First they have to find a new place to live, with Jane and Thatcher, Maximoff’s sister Luna, and his cousin Sulli and their bodyguards. He and Farrow have guardianship of a baby who is a blood relative of Farrow’s best friend, and all the usual and assorted fun and crazy things the three families have going on. Cavet emptor re sex.
Charming Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/11/24 11/13/24 Kindle
Oscar is Charlie Cobalt’s bodyguard, Jack is the executive producer of the long-running Hale-Cobalt-Meadows docuseries, We Are Calloway, referring to the 3 sisters who are the mothers of the famous ones whose stories this series is about. At Maximoff and Flarrow’s wedding, Oscar asks Jack if he can kiss him, and Jack utters the fatal words, “I’m straight.” Oscar’s beyond embarrassed. However, he does not know that Jack’s been questioning his sexuality for a long time and is intrigued. As they spend time together while Charlie’s on WAC, Charlie sees their attraction and sets up a scenario where they can be around each other more and fall in love. Which, of course, they do. Family shenanigans, Donnelly, another bodyguard sacrificing for Farrow and Maximoff. Charlie’s scenario is a spinoff series just about him, which guarantees that Oscar and Jack are constantly around one another. There’s also a personal reason that Charlie’s doing this, which he admits to, but not exactly what the reason is. Interesting denouement, lots of angst for Jack and Oscar as they navigate their relationship. So much to unpack in this that I didn’t realize the first time I read it. We’re allowed to see what truly motivates Charlie, and although the series ends without his story, I really hope that the Ritchie twins continue on eventually. Caveat emptor re sex.
Pride & Protection by KC Wells 10/29/24 11/12/24 Audible Audio book narrated by John Solo 8 hrs 20 minutes
Second in The Southern Boys series has Del Walters and his brother John opening up a motorcycle shop in the same small homophobic town as the first one in the series takes place. Del is out and proud, John’s straight. They name the shop Rainbow Racers, though, and people understand what the Rainbow means. There is property defacement, and Taylor, in-the-closet cop, comes to take the report. He’s attracted to Del the Bear. They accidentally meet on a bicycle trail, and Taylor flirts enough so that Del guesses that he’s gay. Taylor’s being set up by the Chief of Police with is daughter, there is more vandalism and slowly and initially out of town, Taylor reveals his sexuality to Del. They end up with their HEA with Taylor out of the closet with minimal negative repercussions. The problem with this one is that compared with the Like Us series, which is visceral and raw, and dramatic, it’s tame and sweet and extremely predictable. Richard hates winks, I hate chuckles. Way too many chuckles in this one. Caveat emptor re sex.
Wild Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/13/24 11/14/24 Kindle
Sullivan Meadows, another famous one, wants to free solo like her famous father has done, so goes with her bodyguard Akara and a second bodyguard, Banks (identical twin to Thatcher, above with Jane), to Yellowstone. They are camping in a large tent because they need to protect her. Akara has been in love with her forever, but she’s his client. Banks has also been in love with her forever. Sullivan does a test run with gear up a 200-foot face, and on the way back to their campsite they are attacked by two cougars. They are all injured. Sulli shoots one, Akara kills the other with his knife. They bury them, then when they get back to the camp site they all strip down to wash the blood off and assess the damage. After first aid creams, pain meds, and bandages, they celebrate life like is frequently done after trauma – with sex, although Sulli remains a technical virgin. Akara and Banks are appalled at what they’ve done, Sulli realizes she cares for both and they continue with the climbing. Family members come out to be supportive, because the three families are the three families everybody wishes they had. Sulli, Akara, and Banks realize Sulli will need to choose one of them when they return to Philadelphia, but all three are enamored of each other and continue with the rock climbing and the sexual experimenting. In the meantime, Jane and Thatcher are getting married, Banks is his best man. Their jeep dies in the middle of nowhere, they end up getting back in time for the last of the reception but not in time for Banks to stand up with his brother. Lots of angst, interesting bits where Sulli chats with her BFF cousin Beckett, who explains what closed triads are. Sulli doesn’t have to choose any more, and they start navigating the parameters for their three-way relationship. Needless to say, Sulli’s father is absolutely less than pleased and punches them both. Other family drama, 4 huge puppies, and etc. Caveat emptor straight sex but with Akara and Banks with Sulli at the same time.
Fearless Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/14/24 11/16/24 Kindle
Sulli has to deal with the less than happy reactions of her father, her Uncle Loren, and various bodyguards. They are keeping the relationship secret from the voracious fans and press for the time being. As an added stress, they cannot figure out how the penthouse is being bugged, with all sorts of true ‘rumors’ getting out into the world. How it’s being done is highly amusing. Sulli is asked to coach Olympic hopeful swimmers at a local college. Banks and Thatcher’s father Michael has been hired by Akara to train new bodyguards, and Banks has such serious problems with things his father said when Banks was 12 that he can’t even stand to be in the same room with him. Akara is stressing out owning his own security company, trying to juggle money, bodyguards, owning his own gym, and etc. There’s a very interesting announcement at the end of the book. And, oh, Maximoff and Farrow have a surrogate to have a biological child to go along with their adopted son Ripley. So much humor, so much, honest emotion, so much sex, of course. Caveat for sure.
Infamous Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/16/24 11/17/24 Kindle
Continuing to navigate their relationship, the families, the press, and fans, Sulli has the realization that she wants to compete in the Olympics again after retiring 4 years previously. At the Olympics Sulli discovers an interesting tidbit, competes, is pleased with the results of both the tidbit and her swimming. Banks’ brother Thatcher has been disproving of the triad since day one because he’s convinced that Sulli and Akara will abandon Banks, Thatcher’s twin. At a rock concert venue with Akara drumming for Tom Cobalt’s band (Cobalts being one of the three famous families), Thatcher wrangles it so he is escorting Sulli away from the venue. There’s an attack, Thatcher takes a bullet for Sulli, he survives and there are happy reconciliations, and we jump forward 5 years in a wonderful chapter as an epilogue. God, I love this series. Caveat emptor re straight sex and Akara and Banks’ realization that they’re not bisexual. They love one another emotionally and spiritually, but not physically.
Misfits Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/17/24 11/20/24 Kindle
Luna is Maximoff’s younger sister, in her own world, spacy, and surprisingly lonely. Donnelly is her younger brother’s bodyguard. Donnelly has inked her three times, two since he promised her father he wouldn’t ink her any more, and Loren Hale is in full father mode. Hates Donnelly with a passion. Donnelly is a bodyguard because he’s best friends with Maximoff’s husband Farrow. Donnelly is from a horrible background, son of meth addicts, relative of meth addicts and criminals. Blackmail that he refuses to pay leads to a bodyguard being beaten while protecting Donnelly’s previous charge, Beckett. Donnelly finally goes to Luna’s father and explains the situation. Loren uses the extensive family resources to stop them as much as he can. In the meantime, Donnelly and Luna have danced around one another with interest but neither knows of the other’s strong attraction. When it becomes known, Loren goes into full father mode again, but makes a surprising promise to Donnelly. Luna writes fan fic under an alias, Donnelly knows what is because of her brother, follows. More fan fic under a different alias. They are very cute together, and this is the first of the three LAST books of this series, all about them. We also continue to see glimpses into the lives of the famous ones/husbands in the previous novels. It’s as addictive as Downton Abbey, just with a lot more sex and MM and MFM relationships.
Unlucky Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/20/24 11/22/24 Kindle
Donnelly’s family is crazed to get something out of his relationship with Luna, and one night when Luna, her brother Xander, and their mother are supposed to go play putt putt golf and Xander backs out at the last minute, the family come after them. Lily, the mother is beaten, and Luna is kidnapped. Donnelly is with Loren when they hear the phone call of Luna’s kidnapping. They get there just too late, but Donnelly asks his father to help get Luna back. Luna is found but she’s suffered a head blow and has lost 3 years of her life – the three years where she and Donelly have been falling in love. However, they just keep trying to navigate through that trauma and the trauma of Donnelly’s family. Donnelly’s under tremendous pressure – keeping his true relationship with Luna from his family and wearing a wire with his father to find out more about how they can incriminate the rest of the family. Donnelly dances around sex with Luna, since in her mind she’s 18 and still a virgin. Caveat emptor re everything but consummation.
Nobody Like Us by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/23/24 11/25/24 Kindle
Luna is back in college, finds her diary and gives it to her cousin Charlie to keep and read so she can ask specific questions. In the meantime, the grandfather dies and has a peculiar requirement in his will. Five of the grandchildren throw their hat in the ring in order to take over the billion dollar Fizzle empire, including Luna. Chapters alternate between Luna and Donnelly. Luna recovers some of her memories, there is drama and babies being born and happiness for pretty much everybody in the family. Caveat emptor re sex. The authors have announced a new book in the series – Beckett’s story – next year. Can’t wait.
Unscripted by JR Gray 11/15/24 Audible audio book narrated by John Solo and Joel Leslie 8.5 hours
Straight mega star Quell buys the rights to a queer fantasy and is casting for various roles. Hale, gay, comes to try out for a small speaking part, but the producer and casting director immediately see that he’ll be right for Quell’s romantic interest. He’s hired, and as the series is shot they become friends. There’s serious chemistry on set. Hale’s always been attracted to Quell. Quell has been separated from his very successful actor wife after she said she wanted to divorce but wanted to keep their public relationship intact. Quell goes through gay for you feelings for Hale, they have their ups and downs, Quell finally grows a pair and tells Rachel, that he wants to divorce, and eventually Quell and Hale get their HFN. First of a three-part series, but I’m stopping after this one. Caveat emptor re sex.
Whatever It Takes by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/25/24 11/26/24 Kindle
Willow, 17, lives in Maine with her mother and much younger sister. Her parents are divorced, but at her younger sister’s birthday party she overhears them talk about Loren Hale, father to Maximoff and Luna from the Like Us Series above. She learns that her mother abandoned Loren to his father at birth. She’s met this half-brother, one time when he came to meet his mother, their mother. The mother shuts him down, he left. Willow is so upset that she leaves after the birthday party that the next day she leaves, going to Philadelphia where Loren Hale lives. After a month of living in cheap motels and her car, she finally meets him at the comic store/coffee shop his wife owns. He immediately recognizes her as his sister. She’s taken into the fold. In the meantime, Garrison Abbey is the youngest of 4 brothers. He’s never fit in his family and is actually physically abused by his brothers and mentally bullied by his father and brothers. He meets Willow when they both work for Loren’s wife Lily at the comic book store/coffee shop she owns. There are three years where they see each other as friends, but just before she leaves to go to university in London, they have sex. There are two timelines, 17-year old Willow and Garrison, and 20-year old Willow and Garrison. It’s angsty definitely young adult, and I loved it because I started seeing more of the parents of the Like Us ‘famous ones’ and the ’famous ones’ when they were babies. The book abruptly ends but in a good way when Loren sees bruising on Garrison and worms the truth out of him. Loren has him move in with him and Lily and baby Maximoff, and Loren talks with the least nasty of his brothers, getting him to drop off some personal property and confirming that he’s out of their lives forever. Because of Garrison’s mad coding skills, he's hired by Connor Cobalt, another of the famous ones’ parents. Caveat emptor re sex and two scenes of physical abuse by brothers to a younger brother.
Wherever You Are by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie 11/25/24 11/28/24 Kindle
Willow and Garrison navigate their long-distance relationship. Garrison learns what a loving family can be. I always noticed that of the 4 families described before every book in the Like Us Series, only Willow and Garrison had one child. Everybody else was prolific, 2, 4, and 7 children among them. Garrison was so scarred by his brothers’ physical abuse that he only wanted one child. The epilogue is 15 years in the future, just about the time the Like Us Series starts, from Garrison’s point of view. I loved it, loved this duet. Bad guys got cut out of lives, Willow’s biological father, Loren and Ryke’s father too, was kept in line, and Willow and Garrison were definitely a perfect match for one another. Caveat emptor re sex and scenes of physical abuse by brothers to a younger brother.
Bent by Jesse H Reign 11/28/24 11/29/24 Kindle
Re-read. Here’s what I wrote when I read it in September:Two straight men are inexplicably attracted to each other, with insta lust results. Told from Ollie’s point of view, I found it emotionally satisfying, steamy, and with a fine HEA. Caveat emptor re sex. Just bought the second book, told from Ethan’s POV.
Bent Backwards by Jesse H Reign 11/29/24 11/30/24 Kindle
Re-read. Here’s what I wrote when I read it in October:Two straight men are inexplicably attracted to each other, with insta lust results. Told from Ollie’s point of view, I found it emotionally satisfying, steamy, and with a fine HEA. Caveat emptor re sex. Just bought the second book, told from Ethan’s POV.
**abandoned Clouded Hell by JR Gray***
Dominant looking for a submissive, ridiculous, actually.
**abandoned Hell on Earth by Macy Blake**
I just can’t see hellhounds winking, chuckling, and with twinkling eyes. Sorry. They must be bad-ass.
Guns Blazing by Andrea Smith 11/30/24 11/30/24 Kindle
Re-read. Here’s what I wrote in November of 2022:Rebuffed former lover of L. Blackburn in Black Balled, Lloyd is a criminal defense attorney. Luke Gunner hires him to help him when he realizes he’s being set up to take the fall for the murder of a U.S. Senator. Lloyd may be submissive in the bedroom, but he’s all alpha male lawyer. Sparkage, solution of who’s behind the set up, and HEA. Much shorter than Black Balled, therefore much more left to writing short cuts and coincidence. However, I was pleased with it. Caveat emptor re sex.I gave it 3.5 stars this time, not 4.5. The coincidences and plot shortcuts were more noticeable to me this time.
**abandoned Waves of Fury by K Webster**
Excellent premise, shortcutted execution. Introvert CEO of a company in San Francisco orders lunch, to be delivered by a messenger boy. Lots of strange weather happenings over the last several years, but San Francisco is supposed to be the safest. Guess again, when a giant tsunami floods his building to just below the 33rd floor, where he is. The messenger boy, Tyler, happens to be there. Tyler’s brothers are supposedly lost at sea but there’s a coincidence there. There are sharks on the 32nd floor, and etc. Just couldn’t continue.
119LizzieD
Wow! I'm always overwhelmed by your statistics and afraid that you need this message to finish your lightening round. I'm going to speak because I'm just that way. Hi, Karen!
Love the face off/collaboration between Wash and the Interloper.....also another look at lovely Zoe.
Double Wow! Jenna and Hwan are off on Wednesday!!!??!!! Time is flying.
Love the face off/collaboration between Wash and the Interloper.....also another look at lovely Zoe.
Double Wow! Jenna and Hwan are off on Wednesday!!!??!!! Time is flying.
120Familyhistorian
Lots happening here. Loved reading about the wedding and your now 2 daughters. Your Thanksgiving sounded like quite the event! Tasty though.
121figsfromthistle
>101 karenmarie: What a wonderful sounding dinner you had. Love the set up-like an all you can eat buffet! Enjoy the leftovers.
>117 karenmarie: Quite impressive YTD stats!
Happy week ahead.
>117 karenmarie: Quite impressive YTD stats!
Happy week ahead.
122msf59
Morning, Karen. I think we cross-posted again yesterday. I like the kitty & book pics up there. Nice lightning round. Thanks for the offer of the Strout. I will gladly accept it.
I am shadowing another driver today and Wed. I will be covering his route at the end of the next week. He drives a bigger van with more kids, so this should be interesting. It will also keep me from playing PB. WTH?
I am shadowing another driver today and Wed. I will be covering his route at the end of the next week. He drives a bigger van with more kids, so this should be interesting. It will also keep me from playing PB. WTH?
123alcottacre
>118 karenmarie: I just can’t see hellhounds winking, chuckling, and with twinkling eyes. Sorry. They must be bad-ass.
I am with you on that! Lol
Have a marvelous Monday!
I am with you on that! Lol
Have a marvelous Monday!
124karenmarie
>119 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. I finalized my Lightning Round when things settled down yesterday afternoon. I’d already been working on it, but your message didn’t hurt. Thanks re the kitties. And yes, their flight to JFK leaves at 7 a.m. It will take around 24 hours to get to Korea.
>120 Familyhistorian: Hi Meg. Way too busy, but mostly in good ways finally. Yes, I’ve gained another daughter. As I wrote above, she doesn’t want her face on social media, so have to respect that. However, this pic of her and Wash having a moment on Thanksgiving is precious.
Thanksgiving, for as long as I can continue to host, will always be everything except the rolls and cranberry sauce from scratch, whole turkey, dining room formally set. Lots of help from daughters and Diane.
>121 figsfromthistle: Hi Anita. I admit that it was tasty. The buffet is necessary because of the sheer number of serving pieces/dishes. We love it. Thanks re my stats, too. And, finally, thanks re my week – I hope yours is good, too.
>112 msf59: Sorry I missed you yesterday, Mark. I admire your giving blood. My mother gave blood as often as she could for decades. I had a bad experience in college, and have never given blood again. Six Cardinals, yay.
>122 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark. Thanks re the pics and lightning round. I might be able to send the Strout today – depends on how organized I get. Media mail it is, per your PM request.
The bad thing about being reliable and a good driver is that they trust you and can count on you. No PB. I know how much you love it, so am sorry that the temp route will keep you from it. No birds. No food in the feeders. I am a Very Bad Bird Mommy.
>123 alcottacre: Hi Stasia. I’m glad we agree about bad-ass hellhounds. It’s the same idea that Tom Cruise WAS NOT Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher did not and does not have dimples. And, of course, he’s 6’5”, not 5’6”. *eye roll* Thanks re my Monday. I hope yours is good, too.
Wordle 1,262 3/6*trope, smile, guile. Lucky guess - one of three that would have worked.
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Jenna and Hwan came over yesterday about 10. They put up the tree, and I put a few ornaments on it but Jenna and Hwan did the majority of the decorating. Hwan was excited every time there was an ormanent with a photo of Jenna in it, an ornament that she made, or even 'Baby's 4th Christmas'. The other 'Baby's first' ornaments are at the bottom of the box most likely, so didn't see them. We put out the very few other decorations because of Zoe's propensity to knock things down, and they took 2 shelves of books out of my first antique book case so that I can put the Christmas Bells in there. We also put up the 3 Hengeveld stockings and the new stocking/hanger that Jenna got for Hwan. So nice to see 4 stockings.
After they left, Bill and I watched the Liverpool Man City game. I wanted a draw, which would have boosted Arsenal more, but Arsenal is now second in the table and Man City is 5th. Liverpool is a juggernaut. Arsenal is 9 point behind - they would have to win 3 MORE games than Liverpool during the rest of the season and hold off Chelsea, Man City, Brighton, AND Nottingham Forest, who are all right behind them.
After that I got the turkey carcasse out of the refrigerator in the garage and put it on the stove with water and a bit of salt, simmered it for quite a while, let it cool, and eventually put it into the refrigerator in the kitchen after moving a few things around. Huge stockpot weighed a ton. I don't know whether I'm going to make soup or turkey pot pie.
New Tricks, The Murdoch Mysteries, bed early. 6 hours of sleep.
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I have a chiropractor's appointment at 9:15 and my annual exam at 1:20. The benefit is audio book time, and I will be starting Foster by Claire Keegan. Gotta be honest, not thrilled with the idea of this book, but I did spend an Audible credit on it, so will give it the old college try. The meeting to discuss it is on Sunday the 8th.
Other than that I'm reading a very sweet MM romance about two men who when one's sister is marrying the other's brother. Sparkage. Oz invites Seth to attend another wedding the next weekend, then several weekends later Seth invites Oz to attend another wedding. Sweet and sexy.
>120 Familyhistorian: Hi Meg. Way too busy, but mostly in good ways finally. Yes, I’ve gained another daughter. As I wrote above, she doesn’t want her face on social media, so have to respect that. However, this pic of her and Wash having a moment on Thanksgiving is precious.
Thanksgiving, for as long as I can continue to host, will always be everything except the rolls and cranberry sauce from scratch, whole turkey, dining room formally set. Lots of help from daughters and Diane.
>121 figsfromthistle: Hi Anita. I admit that it was tasty. The buffet is necessary because of the sheer number of serving pieces/dishes. We love it. Thanks re my stats, too. And, finally, thanks re my week – I hope yours is good, too.
>112 msf59: Sorry I missed you yesterday, Mark. I admire your giving blood. My mother gave blood as often as she could for decades. I had a bad experience in college, and have never given blood again. Six Cardinals, yay.
>122 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark. Thanks re the pics and lightning round. I might be able to send the Strout today – depends on how organized I get. Media mail it is, per your PM request.
The bad thing about being reliable and a good driver is that they trust you and can count on you. No PB. I know how much you love it, so am sorry that the temp route will keep you from it. No birds. No food in the feeders. I am a Very Bad Bird Mommy.
>123 alcottacre: Hi Stasia. I’m glad we agree about bad-ass hellhounds. It’s the same idea that Tom Cruise WAS NOT Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher did not and does not have dimples. And, of course, he’s 6’5”, not 5’6”. *eye roll* Thanks re my Monday. I hope yours is good, too.
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Jenna and Hwan came over yesterday about 10. They put up the tree, and I put a few ornaments on it but Jenna and Hwan did the majority of the decorating. Hwan was excited every time there was an ormanent with a photo of Jenna in it, an ornament that she made, or even 'Baby's 4th Christmas'. The other 'Baby's first' ornaments are at the bottom of the box most likely, so didn't see them. We put out the very few other decorations because of Zoe's propensity to knock things down, and they took 2 shelves of books out of my first antique book case so that I can put the Christmas Bells in there. We also put up the 3 Hengeveld stockings and the new stocking/hanger that Jenna got for Hwan. So nice to see 4 stockings.
After they left, Bill and I watched the Liverpool Man City game. I wanted a draw, which would have boosted Arsenal more, but Arsenal is now second in the table and Man City is 5th. Liverpool is a juggernaut. Arsenal is 9 point behind - they would have to win 3 MORE games than Liverpool during the rest of the season and hold off Chelsea, Man City, Brighton, AND Nottingham Forest, who are all right behind them.
After that I got the turkey carcasse out of the refrigerator in the garage and put it on the stove with water and a bit of salt, simmered it for quite a while, let it cool, and eventually put it into the refrigerator in the kitchen after moving a few things around. Huge stockpot weighed a ton. I don't know whether I'm going to make soup or turkey pot pie.
New Tricks, The Murdoch Mysteries, bed early. 6 hours of sleep.
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I have a chiropractor's appointment at 9:15 and my annual exam at 1:20. The benefit is audio book time, and I will be starting Foster by Claire Keegan. Gotta be honest, not thrilled with the idea of this book, but I did spend an Audible credit on it, so will give it the old college try. The meeting to discuss it is on Sunday the 8th.
Other than that I'm reading a very sweet MM romance about two men who when one's sister is marrying the other's brother. Sparkage. Oz invites Seth to attend another wedding the next weekend, then several weekends later Seth invites Oz to attend another wedding. Sweet and sexy.
125LizzieD
Did I speak today? Phooey. Hope most of your day was a happy one and that you and your doc are completely satisfied with your annual checkup. Love Hwan and Wash having a moment! Congrats all around for four stockings!!!
sleep well!
Love,
P.A.
sleep well!
Love,
P.A.
126msf59
Morning, Karen. Love the Hwan & Wash pic. The usual for me today. Kids, PB & books. Sue will tend to Jack. She is still on the job hunt. My shadowing went well but I am glad this is not my route every time I work. It will inch up to 30F today. A heat wave.
127karenmarie
>125 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! Thanks re Hwan and Wash and all 4 stockings. Yes, that's a whale with a Santa hat. Jenna couldn't find one that she wanted that was exactly like our 3 - red velvet backed, stitched/themed on the front (don't know what kind of stitching, not being Handy That Way), so went with Hwan's favorite things - pastels. sparkles, sea creatures. The hanger is a resting deer because Hwan loves to take naps.
>126 msf59: Morning, Mark! Happy Tuesday to you. Thanks re H&W. I hope your usual goes well. I didn't realize Sue was still hunting for a job. I hope the different route is short and sweet - just next week? Your heat wave of 30F is similar to ours of 43F for today, relative to where we reside.
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Chiropractor at 9:15. I need to stop complaining. Things are what they are, and since one of my MAJOR goals for this phase of my life is to try to age with grace, I need to cut out complaining about things that aren't directly related to what I'm visiting a particular doctor for and not complain to family or friends (except my sister). So no whinging to my chiropractor any more about things not related to my physical self. She said my pelvis doesn't look at torqued as usual - that's two times in a row - and she really went to town on my back and neck. I also had her look at my left hand again. Arthur-itis is making his presence known. I'm not really surprised because my entire business career and into retirement have been using a typewriter or keyboard. We're talking 1972-2024.
Home again for a while, bits of this and that, then out for my annual exam. He's pleased with my lab work, even said that the test for congestive heart failure showed it being managed properly. He upped my dose of anti-depression medication. Poor Dr. Corey - he is the one doctor I can completely unload on regarding EVERYTHING going on in my life, so I unloaded on him. He's been my PCP since 1998, so 26 years, and knows me.
Interestingly, he said that the higher-than-I-expected-BP measurements I took in October with an OMRON BP monitor for my cardiologist might be skewed because of afib. I had never, EVER, heard of this before, even from him, and he manually took my BP. So instead of 115/94 (low number too high) or 136/88 (just generally too high), it was 116/78, and that was at the end of the visit, when I had done the complaint dump and was stressed. Now I need to try to go to their office once a week or so to have a nurse check it manually and not use the BP monitor.
Grocery store for eggs and medium roast whole bean coffee. It turned into $65... I amaze myself some times. Picked up the new anti-depression medication and another prescription. Gotta say, that by the end of the year with a knee replacement surgery and two hospitalizations, all my meds are $0 til the reset on January 1. I'll review them all and see what I can get filled on or before 12/31. Most of them are 3-month-at-a-time prescriptions
Home, nap, chat with Jenna, dinner (packaged chopped kale salad with dried cranberries, seeds, poppyseed dressing, leftover turkey for protein), New Tricks and The Murdoch Mysteries.
A bit restless last night, with a total of about 6 hours but broken up.
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Book sort this morning. No Virlie's. Three of us are going to go to Jersey Mike's in Siler City, "the big town" as Andy Griffith would say. Their Friends of the Library is having a fundraiser there today, and either some or all of the profit for the day will go to them.
I might make turkey soup this afternoon and put out my Christmas bells. Jenna and Hwan took books off 2 shelves in the first bookcase on Sunday, putting them in the Library and the 2 tubs of bells out.
And, I hope to chat with Jenna this afternoon on her way home from work. Last chat, probably, til they get home, although there will be texting. They leave tomorrow.
>126 msf59: Morning, Mark! Happy Tuesday to you. Thanks re H&W. I hope your usual goes well. I didn't realize Sue was still hunting for a job. I hope the different route is short and sweet - just next week? Your heat wave of 30F is similar to ours of 43F for today, relative to where we reside.
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Chiropractor at 9:15. I need to stop complaining. Things are what they are, and since one of my MAJOR goals for this phase of my life is to try to age with grace, I need to cut out complaining about things that aren't directly related to what I'm visiting a particular doctor for and not complain to family or friends (except my sister). So no whinging to my chiropractor any more about things not related to my physical self. She said my pelvis doesn't look at torqued as usual - that's two times in a row - and she really went to town on my back and neck. I also had her look at my left hand again. Arthur-itis is making his presence known. I'm not really surprised because my entire business career and into retirement have been using a typewriter or keyboard. We're talking 1972-2024.
Home again for a while, bits of this and that, then out for my annual exam. He's pleased with my lab work, even said that the test for congestive heart failure showed it being managed properly. He upped my dose of anti-depression medication. Poor Dr. Corey - he is the one doctor I can completely unload on regarding EVERYTHING going on in my life, so I unloaded on him. He's been my PCP since 1998, so 26 years, and knows me.
Interestingly, he said that the higher-than-I-expected-BP measurements I took in October with an OMRON BP monitor for my cardiologist might be skewed because of afib. I had never, EVER, heard of this before, even from him, and he manually took my BP. So instead of 115/94 (low number too high) or 136/88 (just generally too high), it was 116/78, and that was at the end of the visit, when I had done the complaint dump and was stressed. Now I need to try to go to their office once a week or so to have a nurse check it manually and not use the BP monitor.
Grocery store for eggs and medium roast whole bean coffee. It turned into $65... I amaze myself some times. Picked up the new anti-depression medication and another prescription. Gotta say, that by the end of the year with a knee replacement surgery and two hospitalizations, all my meds are $0 til the reset on January 1. I'll review them all and see what I can get filled on or before 12/31. Most of them are 3-month-at-a-time prescriptions
Home, nap, chat with Jenna, dinner (packaged chopped kale salad with dried cranberries, seeds, poppyseed dressing, leftover turkey for protein), New Tricks and The Murdoch Mysteries.
A bit restless last night, with a total of about 6 hours but broken up.
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Book sort this morning. No Virlie's. Three of us are going to go to Jersey Mike's in Siler City, "the big town" as Andy Griffith would say. Their Friends of the Library is having a fundraiser there today, and either some or all of the profit for the day will go to them.
I might make turkey soup this afternoon and put out my Christmas bells. Jenna and Hwan took books off 2 shelves in the first bookcase on Sunday, putting them in the Library and the 2 tubs of bells out.
And, I hope to chat with Jenna this afternoon on her way home from work. Last chat, probably, til they get home, although there will be texting. They leave tomorrow.
128lauralkeet
Great update, Karen. I'm glad you're getting some insights into your health and new ways to manage it. I'm excited for Jenna and Hwan, making this trip to Korea. Will this be Jenna's introduction to her in-laws? I'm sure she will endear herself to them, as Hwan has done with you & Bill.
129karenmarie
Hi Laura. Thank you. Insights and perspective.
Yes, Jenna's introduction to her in-laws. I hope that they see how happy she makes Hwan first, then what a wonderful person she is.
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Too cold to hang outside at Jersey Mike's, so we went to Virlie's in time for breakfast. Home, adding an atlas they were going to send to the thrift shop.
Yes, Jenna's introduction to her in-laws. I hope that they see how happy she makes Hwan first, then what a wonderful person she is.
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Too cold to hang outside at Jersey Mike's, so we went to Virlie's in time for breakfast. Home, adding an atlas they were going to send to the thrift shop.
130LizzieD
Busy! Busy! Busy!!! I'm happy that your doctor is pleased in general and willing to take time to listen to you and give you information. We have a good one apiece --- happy us!
I have never darkened the door of our Jersey Mike's. Let me know how it is. I drove around it once looking for a drive-through but nope.
Tomorrow! As Laura says, Jenna is sure to endear herself to Hwan's parents. I know they will appreciate the joy those two radiate!
Ummm. Turkey soup! I was thinking about turkey salad, but a creamy soup sounds really appealing today.
Christmas whale is a keeper!
I have never darkened the door of our Jersey Mike's. Let me know how it is. I drove around it once looking for a drive-through but nope.
Tomorrow! As Laura says, Jenna is sure to endear herself to Hwan's parents. I know they will appreciate the joy those two radiate!
Ummm. Turkey soup! I was thinking about turkey salad, but a creamy soup sounds really appealing today.
Christmas whale is a keeper!
131katiekrug
Just trying to catch up, Karen, after my MIL visited for 10 (!!!) days...
It sounds like you had a very nice Thanksgiving. I hope Jenna's introduction to the in-laws goes well, and that the current political situation in South Korea doesn't impat her visit.
It sounds like you had a very nice Thanksgiving. I hope Jenna's introduction to the in-laws goes well, and that the current political situation in South Korea doesn't impat her visit.
132lauralkeet
>131 katiekrug: I was just coming here with similar thoughts about the situation in South Korea.
133atozgrl
>127 karenmarie: I'm glad you got a good health report. But anti-depression medication? I wouldn't have guessed you needed that. I hope it helps.
It sounds like total chaos has broken out in South Korea. Are Jenna and Hwan still going to go? I'm concerned for them.
It sounds like total chaos has broken out in South Korea. Are Jenna and Hwan still going to go? I'm concerned for them.
134LovingLit
>77 msf59: woah, by temps in the 20s, you mean below freezing, right? I can scarcely imagine regular cold temps like that. As we gear up for a week of being in the 20s here, that means around 70-80F....
Hi Karen,
I only heard a tad of something about Martial Law in SK...yet more political instability in the world. I hope things settle.
Hi Karen,
I only heard a tad of something about Martial Law in SK...yet more political instability in the world. I hope things settle.
135karenmarie
>130 LizzieD: Yes, busy busy. I really like my doctor. Glad you like Brownie. I’ve eaten at a Jersey Mike’s one time previous to today’s plan. I was not impressed, but that was 20 years ago in Sanford.
With the cold weather, I’m glad I’m making turkey soup. Thanks re the Christmas whale. Jenna is a thoughtful gift giver and knows her wive pretty well at this point. Pretty sure your thank you will come after they return, alas.
>131 katiekrug: A ten-day visit. Hard to breathe, right, Katie? Thanksgiving was great. The political situation was terrible, got surprising, and now Yoon has rescinded the martial law. Fam situation update below.
>132 lauralkeet: Hi Laura. Yup, concerning.
>133 atozgrl: Hi Irene. Thanks re my health report. Oh yes, I’ve been on anti-depressants for … 2 years this time around? On them other years and decades in CA and here. *shrug* I’m glad I’ve kept the most depressed parts of my personality away from LT. Some days are worse than others, but as a general rule even when I’m depressed I either read or look at sexy rugby players or divers on YouTube. See below.
>134 LovingLit: Hi Megan. It’s not as cold here as it is in Chicagoland, but it’s plenty cold for us. Right now I’m shivering in the Sunroom. Bill’s got the propane stove on in the living room, which prevents the thermostat for the whole downstairs from regulating theheat. It’s 59.9F. Not worth turning on the little propane heater because I’m going upstairs as soon as I finish responding here.
Yes, more political instability. The chaos demon and his minions are already sowing insecurity and political turmoil and he’s not even going to start officially wrecking the US ‘til January.
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So Yoon has rescinded the martial law order after Parliament overturned it but he had to rescind it to prevent more instability. What piss poor timing for my daughters.
Hwan’s been talking with her fam off and on all day and the decision has been made for them to continue with their plans. All I can do is be supportive and try to not worry.
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Rhoda was the one who wanted to go to the fundraiser, but with the super cold weather and us finishing book sort at 9:40 and Jersey Mike's not opening 'til 11, we decided to go to Virlie's instead. So brekkie at Virlie's home at a decent hour.
I filled bird feeders and put the bird bath heater out with a freshly cleaned and filled bird bath. I also deboned the turkey, strained the broth, and will finally make the soup tomorrow. I'm thinking Turkey Vegetable Soup and Garlic Toast.
In the meantime, upstairs to read and eventually sleep.
And, no plans to leave the house tomorrow. Bill has his annual exam at 2 p.m., so I should have a fair few hours to myself in the house. *happy dance*
With the cold weather, I’m glad I’m making turkey soup. Thanks re the Christmas whale. Jenna is a thoughtful gift giver and knows her wive pretty well at this point. Pretty sure your thank you will come after they return, alas.
>131 katiekrug: A ten-day visit. Hard to breathe, right, Katie? Thanksgiving was great. The political situation was terrible, got surprising, and now Yoon has rescinded the martial law. Fam situation update below.
>132 lauralkeet: Hi Laura. Yup, concerning.
>133 atozgrl: Hi Irene. Thanks re my health report. Oh yes, I’ve been on anti-depressants for … 2 years this time around? On them other years and decades in CA and here. *shrug* I’m glad I’ve kept the most depressed parts of my personality away from LT. Some days are worse than others, but as a general rule even when I’m depressed I either read or look at sexy rugby players or divers on YouTube. See below.
>134 LovingLit: Hi Megan. It’s not as cold here as it is in Chicagoland, but it’s plenty cold for us. Right now I’m shivering in the Sunroom. Bill’s got the propane stove on in the living room, which prevents the thermostat for the whole downstairs from regulating theheat. It’s 59.9F. Not worth turning on the little propane heater because I’m going upstairs as soon as I finish responding here.
Yes, more political instability. The chaos demon and his minions are already sowing insecurity and political turmoil and he’s not even going to start officially wrecking the US ‘til January.
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So Yoon has rescinded the martial law order after Parliament overturned it but he had to rescind it to prevent more instability. What piss poor timing for my daughters.
Hwan’s been talking with her fam off and on all day and the decision has been made for them to continue with their plans. All I can do is be supportive and try to not worry.
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Rhoda was the one who wanted to go to the fundraiser, but with the super cold weather and us finishing book sort at 9:40 and Jersey Mike's not opening 'til 11, we decided to go to Virlie's instead. So brekkie at Virlie's home at a decent hour.
I filled bird feeders and put the bird bath heater out with a freshly cleaned and filled bird bath. I also deboned the turkey, strained the broth, and will finally make the soup tomorrow. I'm thinking Turkey Vegetable Soup and Garlic Toast.
In the meantime, upstairs to read and eventually sleep.
And, no plans to leave the house tomorrow. Bill has his annual exam at 2 p.m., so I should have a fair few hours to myself in the house. *happy dance*
136Whisper1
Hi Karen. Did I read your message right about your heart -- Do you have afib?
It sound like you have a very good doctor!
It sound like you have a very good doctor!
137atozgrl
>135 karenmarie: I was relieved to see the news from South Korea tonight. It sounds much better than it did at noon today. Keeping my fingers crossed that that is the last of the instability there for awhile, at least as long as Hwan and Jenna are there. I hope for a safe trip for them, and that they have a lot of fun while they are there.
By the way, did you get any of the snow at your house last night? I saw that Chatham County was in the snow path, but all of it died right as it got to Wake County, so it missed us.
By the way, did you get any of the snow at your house last night? I saw that Chatham County was in the snow path, but all of it died right as it got to Wake County, so it missed us.
138LizzieD
I've been thinking about Jenna and Hwan all day and am finally a bit relieved that things there have a better chance of calming down. I'm glad that Hwan has been in touch with her parents who know what it's like where they are.
I didn't make turkey soup today, but I'm going to look for recipes tomorrow, or Thursday......
Sleep well!
I didn't make turkey soup today, but I'm going to look for recipes tomorrow, or Thursday......
Sleep well!
139lauralkeet
>138 LizzieD: What Peggy said ... Bon voyage, Jenna and Hwan!
140msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Wednesday. Last day of shadowing. I will fill in for him next week, Thurs & Fri. I did not him about any of this unrest in South Korea. Hopefully everything works out of the newlyweds. 🤞🤞
141karenmarie
>136 Whisper1: Hi Linda. Yes, I do have AFib. I remember nurses giving me many MANY EKGs in the hospital in 2021 after my heart attack. It’s been mentioned several times over the last 3 years. This is from the Mayo Clinic:
>137 atozgrl: Hello Irene. Things do seem better. Hwan’s family can take care of them if it came to it, but based on what I saw this morning, in sync with what you saw last night, I'm marginally less concerned. I think they are at JFK right now, waiting for the next (final?) leg of their flights.
Snow? None here. It’s only 18F here right now, so it wouldn’t have melted. Darn. No snow.
>138 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. I’m glad you’ve thinking of my daughters. My sister texted me yesterday and her last paragraph was
We both have “girls”. ❣ Do you think of them as your “girls”?
I try not to, because a girl is a prepubescent female. Then there are adolescents, then women. Once I went to college and read Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch and Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique in my late teens/early 20s, I hated being called a girl. Still hate being called a girl, although I rarely correct anybody about it anymore. However, I still have the knee-jerk reaction of "I'm not a prepubescent female." So I really try to NOT think of them or call them my girls. I prefer 'my daughters'. And I consider Hwan the daughter of my heart.
I was just going to wing it re the soup, but looked just now and found a recipe I concocted, not updated since 2013. It's helpful in that it reminded me that I use my favorite herb - basil - and throw some bay leaf in. Here ‘tis in case you’re interested. At a bare minimum, it can be a jumping off point.
>139 lauralkeet: Thank you, Laura!
>140 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Wednesday to you, too. Glad the shadowing ends today. I actually looked at a few websites re Korea and am encouraged by most of it, although the largest union threatening a strike and members of Yoon’s cabinet/staff resigning are concerning. He apparently won with less than a 1% difference in 2022.
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Book sorting went well. We had so few donations after the short Thanksgiving week that we finished by 9:40 and headed off to Virlie's. There were eight of us.
I worked on the soup yesterday, watched New Tricks and The Murdoch Mysteries, then read, doomscrolled, and slept. My sleep was a bit disrupted, but I got about 6 hour total.
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The hard part of preparing the soup is done. I have strained broth and bite-sized pieces of turkey in the stock pot in the refrigerator. I'll cut up potatoes, onions, maybe some celery (I like it, but it can be a very strong flavor), and carrots and add them, along with the lima beans and seasonings. After a while I'll add frozen corn and green beans, check seasonings, and then simmer 'til it's time to eat, around 5:30 or so. My intention is to make garlic toast to go with it.
Nothing outside the house - yay - and I really hope to put my Christmas bells in the book case.
Symptoms of AFib may include:The only symptoms I have are fatigue and an occasional racing heartbeat. The fatigue may or may not be related to AFib, and I’ve always had an elevated heart rate. No palpitations, per se. It turns out that they gave me an echocardiogram at my first hospitalization in September, and I didn’t even know that until Monday, when my PCP looked at the results and the results weren’t worrying. Still >55 LovingLit:% 'heart function' - which is NORMAL for a non-athlete.
• Feelings of a fast, fluttering or pounding heartbeat, called palpitations.
• Chest pain.
• Dizziness.
• Fatigue.
• Lightheadedness.
• Reduced ability to exercise.
• Shortness of breath.
• Weakness.
Some people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) don't notice any symptoms.
>137 atozgrl: Hello Irene. Things do seem better. Hwan’s family can take care of them if it came to it, but based on what I saw this morning, in sync with what you saw last night, I'm marginally less concerned. I think they are at JFK right now, waiting for the next (final?) leg of their flights.
Snow? None here. It’s only 18F here right now, so it wouldn’t have melted. Darn. No snow.
>138 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. I’m glad you’ve thinking of my daughters. My sister texted me yesterday and her last paragraph was
We both have “girls”. ❣ Do you think of them as your “girls”?
I try not to, because a girl is a prepubescent female. Then there are adolescents, then women. Once I went to college and read Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch and Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique in my late teens/early 20s, I hated being called a girl. Still hate being called a girl, although I rarely correct anybody about it anymore. However, I still have the knee-jerk reaction of "I'm not a prepubescent female." So I really try to NOT think of them or call them my girls. I prefer 'my daughters'. And I consider Hwan the daughter of my heart.
I was just going to wing it re the soup, but looked just now and found a recipe I concocted, not updated since 2013. It's helpful in that it reminded me that I use my favorite herb - basil - and throw some bay leaf in. Here ‘tis in case you’re interested. At a bare minimum, it can be a jumping off point.
Turkey SoupWhat I do differently now:
Karen Hengeveld
Turkey Carcass from Roast Turkey
2 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½” cubes
4 carrots, sliced into ½” slices
1 onion or onion to taste, chopped into small pieces
Vegetables – celery (stringed and sliced into ½” slices), canned green beans or canned corn drained, etc.
Tear or cut turkey carcass into pieces and place in stock pot. Cover with water and simmer until meat on bones is tender, 2 hours. Cool on counter, then refrigerate overnight.
Next day, skim off congealed fat. Place over low heat and warm until broth is slightly warm. Remove meat and bones to a large bowl. Strain broth through a fine sieve and place back in stockpot. Take all meat from carcass and bowl and place back in stockpot with broth. Add potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables as desired. Add ½ to 1 teaspoon salt, ¼ to ½ teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon dried basil, 1 bay leaf.
Simmer until potatoes and carrots are tender but not overcooked, about 1 hour. Correct seasonings about halfway through. Remove bay leaf before serving.
- Don’t bother skimming off congealed fat unless there is a lot of it. There rarely is, and a bit of fat gives flavor.
- Use frozen vegetables for reduced sodium – today I plan on using frozen green beans, corn, and lima beans
>139 lauralkeet: Thank you, Laura!
>140 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Wednesday to you, too. Glad the shadowing ends today. I actually looked at a few websites re Korea and am encouraged by most of it, although the largest union threatening a strike and members of Yoon’s cabinet/staff resigning are concerning. He apparently won with less than a 1% difference in 2022.
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Book sorting went well. We had so few donations after the short Thanksgiving week that we finished by 9:40 and headed off to Virlie's. There were eight of us.
I worked on the soup yesterday, watched New Tricks and The Murdoch Mysteries, then read, doomscrolled, and slept. My sleep was a bit disrupted, but I got about 6 hour total.
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The hard part of preparing the soup is done. I have strained broth and bite-sized pieces of turkey in the stock pot in the refrigerator. I'll cut up potatoes, onions, maybe some celery (I like it, but it can be a very strong flavor), and carrots and add them, along with the lima beans and seasonings. After a while I'll add frozen corn and green beans, check seasonings, and then simmer 'til it's time to eat, around 5:30 or so. My intention is to make garlic toast to go with it.
Nothing outside the house - yay - and I really hope to put my Christmas bells in the book case.
142LizzieD
Good morning, Karen!!! Still thinking and praying for Jenna and Hwan's safety through this exciting trip. I'm trusting that it will not be more exciting than it would have been in the summer.... for you and Bill too.
I'm interested in the "girl" comments. I see how much difference ten years can make in experience. My mama talked about the girls in her bridge club for her whole life. I no longer think of myself and my friends as anything but women, but teens aren't girls? Go on! Incidentally, mygirls' school (still my instinctive first thought) women's college had invited and paid! Betty Friedan to lead a weekend on The Feminine Mystique. She didn't show; said she had gotten on the wrong plane: really. She, at least, became "The Feminine Mistake."
Thank you for your turkey soup recipe!!! I don't want vegetables except maybe potatoes and celery, and I do want some creamery. I'll look online a little and then concoct my own version and let you know. I'm sure that yours will be yummy!
I'm interested in the "girl" comments. I see how much difference ten years can make in experience. My mama talked about the girls in her bridge club for her whole life. I no longer think of myself and my friends as anything but women, but teens aren't girls? Go on! Incidentally, my
Thank you for your turkey soup recipe!!! I don't want vegetables except maybe potatoes and celery, and I do want some creamery. I'll look online a little and then concoct my own version and let you know. I'm sure that yours will be yummy!
143lauralkeet
Wordle in 2! Well done, Karen. I thought that was a really hard word.
Your comments about the term "girl" sparked a memory from the early 80s. I was in college, and joined the university's chapter of AAUW, The American Association of University Women. I can't remember much about what we did, but I remember our advisor (a wonderful woman and role model who later became Dean of Students) telling us to stop using the term "girl" to describe our classmates and friends. It really stuck with me! Like you, today I use the term "my daughter(s)" to refer to Kate and Julia.
Your comments about the term "girl" sparked a memory from the early 80s. I was in college, and joined the university's chapter of AAUW, The American Association of University Women. I can't remember much about what we did, but I remember our advisor (a wonderful woman and role model who later became Dean of Students) telling us to stop using the term "girl" to describe our classmates and friends. It really stuck with me! Like you, today I use the term "my daughter(s)" to refer to Kate and Julia.
144richardderus
>141 karenmarie: Is celery a strong flavor? I'm a fan, so to me it's just aromatic.
Have a good time belling up your shelves today. I'm so pissed at myself! I moved all my odd note files onto external storage from my different computers...and lost the goddamned 64 gig thing!!
It's got to be somewhere here, but idiot boy got a black one so whatever shadow it's within, it's effectively invisible. Lesson learned, always pay the extra buck or two and get the brightest, most obnoxious color they got.
MADDENING.
Have a good time belling up your shelves today. I'm so pissed at myself! I moved all my odd note files onto external storage from my different computers...and lost the goddamned 64 gig thing!!
It's got to be somewhere here, but idiot boy got a black one so whatever shadow it's within, it's effectively invisible. Lesson learned, always pay the extra buck or two and get the brightest, most obnoxious color they got.
MADDENING.
145karenmarie
>142 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! Guess I never got back here to reply to messages yesterday. They landed at 4 a.m. our time, haven’t heard from them yet. Taxiing times, customs or whatever, and whatever. It’s weird to have Jenna NOT be in the US.
Weird story about Friedan. I like it - The Feminine Mistake.
I hope your creamy turkey soup turns out well. You’ll have to tell me what you put in it.
>143 lauralkeet: Thanks, Laura. Remember that I use a spreadsheet to see if a word is one of the 2,309 original Wordle words, and if it is,I then check to see if it’s already been used. Having said that, I love it when I can use intuition and logic to get Wordle in 2 or 3.
Good to hear that your advisor was on top of the women vs. girl thing.
>144 richardderus: Hi RD. I think I used the wrong word yesterday – I guess I meant that I don’t use it in my Vegetable Beef Soup, so it’s a different flavor in homemade soup here. I also only used it because I had a bunch left after using some for the sourdough dressing for Thanksgiving.
I had fun with the shelves – will put up photos later. I’m sorry you have misplaced your 64G thing. I frequently can’t find my cell phone or Kindle in my SUV – black on black leather seats or black carpeting on the floor isn’t always obvious.
Love the idea of a bright and obnoxious color for the next one. Once you find this one, if you could get hold of some, you could paint some liquid paper stripes on it.
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Bells put out in the book case, turkey soup made, garlic toast made to accompany it for dinner. A good and tiring day.
All the other usual things except that we watched a replay of the Arsenal Man United game after dinner. Arsenal won 2-0. Arsenal's third in the table because Chelsea is ahead in goal differential by winning 5-1 yesterday. Same number of points, though.
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Well, this morning is Mohs surgery the left side of my nose near the bridge. Shouldn't be a big deal, because when they took off a small growth in August they said that there were a few cancer cells, but they were apparently all in the top layer. However, who knows.
After that, the grocery store if I feel up to it. If not, then home, jammies, and etc.
I don't have time to visit threads right now, have to leave in half an hour and need breakfast and to get dressed, etc.
Weird story about Friedan. I like it - The Feminine Mistake.
I hope your creamy turkey soup turns out well. You’ll have to tell me what you put in it.
>143 lauralkeet: Thanks, Laura. Remember that I use a spreadsheet to see if a word is one of the 2,309 original Wordle words, and if it is,I then check to see if it’s already been used. Having said that, I love it when I can use intuition and logic to get Wordle in 2 or 3.
Good to hear that your advisor was on top of the women vs. girl thing.
>144 richardderus: Hi RD. I think I used the wrong word yesterday – I guess I meant that I don’t use it in my Vegetable Beef Soup, so it’s a different flavor in homemade soup here. I also only used it because I had a bunch left after using some for the sourdough dressing for Thanksgiving.
I had fun with the shelves – will put up photos later. I’m sorry you have misplaced your 64G thing. I frequently can’t find my cell phone or Kindle in my SUV – black on black leather seats or black carpeting on the floor isn’t always obvious.
Love the idea of a bright and obnoxious color for the next one. Once you find this one, if you could get hold of some, you could paint some liquid paper stripes on it.
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Bells put out in the book case, turkey soup made, garlic toast made to accompany it for dinner. A good and tiring day.
All the other usual things except that we watched a replay of the Arsenal Man United game after dinner. Arsenal won 2-0. Arsenal's third in the table because Chelsea is ahead in goal differential by winning 5-1 yesterday. Same number of points, though.
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Well, this morning is Mohs surgery the left side of my nose near the bridge. Shouldn't be a big deal, because when they took off a small growth in August they said that there were a few cancer cells, but they were apparently all in the top layer. However, who knows.
After that, the grocery store if I feel up to it. If not, then home, jammies, and etc.
I don't have time to visit threads right now, have to leave in half an hour and need breakfast and to get dressed, etc.
146msf59
Morning, Karen. Sweet Thursday. All these soups sound wonderful. They would be a great fit for our current frigid weather. Currently only 11F. Sue made 3 turkey pot pies. One for each of the "kids" and one for us. They look delish.
I am off work until Tuesday (YAH!) so I will be playing PB, with books in the PM. I canceled my bird walk for tomorrow, for the weather and lack of participation. I guess folks are busy in December, but I knew that.
We have a junco fest in the yard, along with doves and a cardinal.
I am off work until Tuesday (YAH!) so I will be playing PB, with books in the PM. I canceled my bird walk for tomorrow, for the weather and lack of participation. I guess folks are busy in December, but I knew that.
We have a junco fest in the yard, along with doves and a cardinal.
147richardderus
>145 karenmarie: Morning, Horrible, may the surgery be routine and benign.
I hope you're even now driving to the grocery because it was such a nothingburger of a deal. *smooch*
I hope you're even now driving to the grocery because it was such a nothingburger of a deal. *smooch*
148LizzieD
Wow! I didn't know that you were due for some MOHs slicing. Like Richard I hope it goes well. It sounds as though your place is close to mine where I had it done with two layers and 21 stitches. Nobody else seems to notice, but that scar is the first thing I see when I look in a mirror. I trust that's not your level of vanity!
No turkey soup here, but maybe I'll kick myself up to do it after our walk after I feed the cats! I still don't know exactly what I'm going to choose to do. I don't think the DH will eat any, and that frees me to be a tiny bit more creative.
We're 3 Sisters again. I like it when I can use my first choice of second word.
No turkey soup here, but maybe I'll kick myself up to do it after our walk after I feed the cats! I still don't know exactly what I'm going to choose to do. I don't think the DH will eat any, and that frees me to be a tiny bit more creative.
We're 3 Sisters again. I like it when I can use my first choice of second word.
149karenmarie
>146 msf59: Hi Mark! Sweet Thursday to you, too. Soup’s good, but turkey pot pies! Yum for sure. 11F is ridiculous, and your high of 27F almost as bad. Brrrr. Yay not having to go to work ‘til Tuesday. Enjoy the PB and books. Nice bird report.
>147 richardderus: Hi RD. Thank you. Report below.
>148 LizzieD: I just kept quiet about it because when I had the original visit to the dermatologist in August and they said there were cancer cells in it I was seriously stressed, but since the Mohs wasn’t scheduled until 4 months later, I sort of put it out of my mind. It hadn't gotten down into deep layers of tissue, so hadn't grown in that time.
Good luck with turkey soup, feeding the cats, and your walk. If your DH isn’t having any, cut loose!
Yay for 3 sisters.
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They only had to do one slice. They found a few cancer cells but apparently they were … something or another blah blah … which indicated that they didn’t need to take another slice. I honestly forgot what they said, but hopefully it will be in the report they put in mychart later.
I opted for sutures instead of just letting it heal by itself. By itself, healing in 4 weeks. With sutures, 2-4 weeks, and just leaves a small line of a scar. They did 2 layers of sutures and I have a rather large bandage on my nose. I am self-conscious about it. Gotta keep it on 'til Sunday a.m.
It’s beginning to hurt right about now, and I just took a tramadol.
Gonna go rest, nap, and/or read. I just finished a wonderful book but alas! The rest in the series are MF and at least so far I’m not interested.
>147 richardderus: Hi RD. Thank you. Report below.
>148 LizzieD: I just kept quiet about it because when I had the original visit to the dermatologist in August and they said there were cancer cells in it I was seriously stressed, but since the Mohs wasn’t scheduled until 4 months later, I sort of put it out of my mind. It hadn't gotten down into deep layers of tissue, so hadn't grown in that time.
Good luck with turkey soup, feeding the cats, and your walk. If your DH isn’t having any, cut loose!
Yay for 3 sisters.
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They only had to do one slice. They found a few cancer cells but apparently they were … something or another blah blah … which indicated that they didn’t need to take another slice. I honestly forgot what they said, but hopefully it will be in the report they put in mychart later.
I opted for sutures instead of just letting it heal by itself. By itself, healing in 4 weeks. With sutures, 2-4 weeks, and just leaves a small line of a scar. They did 2 layers of sutures and I have a rather large bandage on my nose. I am self-conscious about it. Gotta keep it on 'til Sunday a.m.
It’s beginning to hurt right about now, and I just took a tramadol.
Gonna go rest, nap, and/or read. I just finished a wonderful book but alas! The rest in the series are MF and at least so far I’m not interested.
150LizzieD
Checking to see whether you've heard from Jenna & Hwan and how your wound is doing. I'll be back!
151Whisper1
>141 karenmarie: Years ago, I had frequently tachycardia. After three episodes in one week, I was given a heart ablation. I haven't had an episode since!
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As a parent, I too would be happy for Jenn's experience, but wondering about safety. All good wishes that they are safe and have a wonderful time!
153quondame
>145 karenmarie: I hope this was the only Mohs surgery and no more is in store for you where the store holds as many decades as you wish.
154SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/366284
155msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Friday. Just the usual today. I will be taking Sue to a doctor's visit after PB. Something she has been putting off. She is grumpy at the moment with nothing to eat or drink for 24 hours and a poor night's sleep. I will have my book along.
156karenmarie
>150 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! I hope I relieved your mind last night with the text message that they’re safe and sound and Jenna’s deliriously happy and loving Korea. More Jenna and nose report below. *smile*
>151 Whisper1: Hi Linda. Whew. I’m glad that solved the problem. That may be what our friend Carl had after his AFib episodes. I have not had tachycardia – or if so, nothing that lasted longer than a few seconds and not frequently. Never had to use the nitroglycerin that I keep handy.
>152 Whisper1: It’s so weird to have Jenna not be in the US. There’s a stronger pull to her than usual, since she’s never lived outside of North Carolina. This, however, is 6K+ miles away. Thank you – so far so good with everything J&H related.
>153 quondame: I hope so, too, Susan! They want me to see a dermatologist in the new year and see them regularly at 6-month intervals until I might be able to ‘graduate’ in a year or two to once a year.
I’ve always said I plan on living well into my 90s, based on relatives on my maternal grandmother’s side. Unfortunately, my maternal grandfather’s side gave me the heart problem, although that’s well managed.
>154 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
>155 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark. Happy Friday to you, too. I hope that Sue’s visit goes well. I’d be grumpy with 24 hours of fasting, too. You, have a book along? Really?
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I was in a fair bit of pain last night and held off 'til 10 p.m. to take pain meds. I'm back to taking Tramadol more regularly after I spoke with my GP. He said to just take the Tramadol. I realized that NOT taking Tramadol for pain was false pride.
From what I wrote in >149 karenmarie: They only had to do one slice. They found a few cancer cells but apparently they were … something or another blah blah … which indicated that they didn’t need to take another slice. The something or another blah blah is clear tumor margins.
Not a really good night's sleep, but perhaps 6 hours split up. I'm getting spoiled with not waking up multiple times a night and this week has had more disrupted sleep than recently.
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This morning I'm not in pain from my nose. There's a general ache around my eye and cheek, and from my eye down to just past my mouth on the left side is somewhat swollen. This is normal.
PT at 11, prescription pick up, home.
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Yesterday, via email, Jenna told me that roaming charges would be too much to talk or text. Hwan got her a SIM card and Korean phone number to use in her iPhone. Talk about versatility! Jenna then told me to download an application called Kakao Talk. I did, figured out how to sign up, and emailed Jenna back because I couldn't find her via a nickname or her Korean phone number, neither of which I knew. I sent her an email with my nickname and reminded her of my cell phone #. Later that evening I got a text from her that said "Hello hello. This is the child plus the bonus child. Can message back and stuff?" The answer was yes, texting worked perfectly. We were also able to talk on the phone, and I put it on speaker and she, her dad, and I talked for 35 minutes. She literally sounded like she was in the room with us. Like I wrote above to Peggy, she sounds deliriously happy.
I've gotten AirBnB reports, food photos, and Jenna and Hwan had dinner last night with Hwan's sister. Korea is 14 hours ahead of us, so it's already 11:30 p.m. there. I don't know when she's going to meet Hwan's parents. There's a story or two there - nothing negative against Jenna, just that Hwan's mother is agoraphobic and has some bad health issues.
Separate from a Jenna-mom text thread, there's now a group chat called Mother, daughter, and other daughter. Bill will sign up today.
Turns out that one of my contacts has a Ka Ta presence from when she lived in Korea as a missionary for 14 years. She's Karen's cousin, so Karen's going to mention to her that I 'found' her. We were both amused.
Coffee! Brekkie! etc.
>151 Whisper1: Hi Linda. Whew. I’m glad that solved the problem. That may be what our friend Carl had after his AFib episodes. I have not had tachycardia – or if so, nothing that lasted longer than a few seconds and not frequently. Never had to use the nitroglycerin that I keep handy.
>152 Whisper1: It’s so weird to have Jenna not be in the US. There’s a stronger pull to her than usual, since she’s never lived outside of North Carolina. This, however, is 6K+ miles away. Thank you – so far so good with everything J&H related.
>153 quondame: I hope so, too, Susan! They want me to see a dermatologist in the new year and see them regularly at 6-month intervals until I might be able to ‘graduate’ in a year or two to once a year.
I’ve always said I plan on living well into my 90s, based on relatives on my maternal grandmother’s side. Unfortunately, my maternal grandfather’s side gave me the heart problem, although that’s well managed.
>154 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
>155 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark. Happy Friday to you, too. I hope that Sue’s visit goes well. I’d be grumpy with 24 hours of fasting, too. You, have a book along? Really?
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I was in a fair bit of pain last night and held off 'til 10 p.m. to take pain meds. I'm back to taking Tramadol more regularly after I spoke with my GP. He said to just take the Tramadol. I realized that NOT taking Tramadol for pain was false pride.
From what I wrote in >149 karenmarie: They only had to do one slice. They found a few cancer cells but apparently they were … something or another blah blah … which indicated that they didn’t need to take another slice. The something or another blah blah is clear tumor margins.
Not a really good night's sleep, but perhaps 6 hours split up. I'm getting spoiled with not waking up multiple times a night and this week has had more disrupted sleep than recently.
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This morning I'm not in pain from my nose. There's a general ache around my eye and cheek, and from my eye down to just past my mouth on the left side is somewhat swollen. This is normal.
PT at 11, prescription pick up, home.
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Yesterday, via email, Jenna told me that roaming charges would be too much to talk or text. Hwan got her a SIM card and Korean phone number to use in her iPhone. Talk about versatility! Jenna then told me to download an application called Kakao Talk. I did, figured out how to sign up, and emailed Jenna back because I couldn't find her via a nickname or her Korean phone number, neither of which I knew. I sent her an email with my nickname and reminded her of my cell phone #. Later that evening I got a text from her that said "Hello hello. This is the child plus the bonus child. Can message back and stuff?" The answer was yes, texting worked perfectly. We were also able to talk on the phone, and I put it on speaker and she, her dad, and I talked for 35 minutes. She literally sounded like she was in the room with us. Like I wrote above to Peggy, she sounds deliriously happy.
I've gotten AirBnB reports, food photos, and Jenna and Hwan had dinner last night with Hwan's sister. Korea is 14 hours ahead of us, so it's already 11:30 p.m. there. I don't know when she's going to meet Hwan's parents. There's a story or two there - nothing negative against Jenna, just that Hwan's mother is agoraphobic and has some bad health issues.
Separate from a Jenna-mom text thread, there's now a group chat called Mother, daughter, and other daughter. Bill will sign up today.
Turns out that one of my contacts has a Ka Ta presence from when she lived in Korea as a missionary for 14 years. She's Karen's cousin, so Karen's going to mention to her that I 'found' her. We were both amused.
Coffee! Brekkie! etc.
157LizzieD
YAY!!!!! I was both relieved and delighted to get your text last night! Thank you again!!
I'm sorry for the bad night but impressed that you plan to get to PT today! I'm off to get my eye shots at noon, so I'd better be about getting rid of regular things - like breakfast at last.
I'm guessing that both Karen's missionary cousin and Hwan's Christian grandparents are Presbyterian? Our current hymnbooks have transliterated Korean as an alternative for several hymns.
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Oh! CONGRATULATIONS on WORDLE IN 2 yet again!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sorry for the bad night but impressed that you plan to get to PT today! I'm off to get my eye shots at noon, so I'd better be about getting rid of regular things - like breakfast at last.
I'm guessing that both Karen's missionary cousin and Hwan's Christian grandparents are Presbyterian? Our current hymnbooks have transliterated Korean as an alternative for several hymns.
Later!
Oh! CONGRATULATIONS on WORDLE IN 2 yet again!!!!!!!!!!!!
158richardderus
>156 karenmarie: You're positively sparkling with the happy! It's always fun when your kid is in love, no?
Stay pleased, please, now that the very best result (clear tumor margins) has resulted. That news felt like you took 500lb off my shoulders, so I know how delighted you must be.
Stay pleased, please, now that the very best result (clear tumor margins) has resulted. That news felt like you took 500lb off my shoulders, so I know how delighted you must be.
159lauralkeet
I'm soooo glad you've found a way to communicate with Jenna while she's in Korea. International travel definitely complicates cell phone use so good for them, finding an alternative.
160atozgrl
>156 karenmarie: Good afternoon, Karen! I am so happy to hear that Jenna and Hwan had a safe trip and that Jenna is having so much fun! It's wonderful that you were able to use an app to be able to talk to them. I'm amazed at the technology that's available these days.
It sounds like you had a good report from the Mohs surgery. I hope the pain goes away soon. I'm glad you were able to get in quickly after you first got ahold of them rather than have to wait multiple months for your first appointment. It's definitely something to catch early. I had a very small melanoma removed from my thigh a few years ago, and had to go back to get checked every 4 months for a year. I'm going every 6 months now. They haven't said if I'll ever graduate to once a year.
It sounds like you had a good report from the Mohs surgery. I hope the pain goes away soon. I'm glad you were able to get in quickly after you first got ahold of them rather than have to wait multiple months for your first appointment. It's definitely something to catch early. I had a very small melanoma removed from my thigh a few years ago, and had to go back to get checked every 4 months for a year. I'm going every 6 months now. They haven't said if I'll ever graduate to once a year.
161Whisper1
"I was in a fair bit of pain last night and held off 'til 10 p.m. to take pain meds. I'm back to taking Tramadol more regularly after I spoke with my GP. He said to just take the Tramadol. I realized that NOT taking Tramadol for pain was false pride."
Your doctor is right. The trick to beating pain is to have a steady dose of pain mendication in your body.
I hope you feel better soon.
Your doctor is right. The trick to beating pain is to have a steady dose of pain mendication in your body.
I hope you feel better soon.
162msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Saturday. Not much planned for today. I will take Juno to a local forest preserve and take a well-needed stroll and get some birding in as well. Mild weekend here but back to frigid temps next week.
163karenmarie
>157 LizzieD: You’re very welcome, my dearest Peggy. Thanks re the bad night. I absolutely need to go to PT for the T12 issue, probably another 3-5 weeks. Just asked Hwan via Ka Talk and will ask Karen again re her cousin. I'm pretty sure she told me at one point, but I can't remember. Her cousin was a missionary in Korea and Tibet. I'm thinking Methodist, but am not sure. Thanks re yesterday’s 2, today it’s 4.
Yikes – I didn’t check in with you re your eye shot. I hope things were normal with only the normal post-shot effects.
>158 richardderus: Yes! Sparkly with the happy. I’ve only got the one, but at least for me it’s true that I’m only as happy as my unhappiest child. With the one, it’s been up and down over the years.
>159 lauralkeet: Hi Laura, and I am, too! Kakao Talk is huge. It’s available in 15 languages and used in over 130 countries.
>160 atozgrl: Hi Irene, and thank you. Re the Mohs: After they had taken the first layer, they were gone about an hour. The nurse, Jeff, checked in with me once during that time, which was good. The surgeon breezed back into the room and said “one and done.” As mentioned above, still had sutures and bandaging and wound care discussions. I only just realized, going down the Mohs rabbit hole, that the surgery has been available since 1938. I’m not in pain, just have this awkward bandage and some swelling on that side of my face.
UNC Health Care has always been good in Chapel Hill. It’s expanded down here over the years. The Dermatology & Mohs Clinic is only 30 minutes from home. The hospital in Siler City is only 10 -15 minutes away the other way. Plus other clinics and specialty groups.
It’s better to get checked as preventative than deal with a situation out of control. I think I’m going to call the Dermatology Clinic next week to set up something for February-March-ish.
>161 Whisper1: Hi Linda, and thank you. I followed that prescription at 4 a.m., when I took another Tramadol. For a while I think I’ll just take the 4 a day, every 6 hours.
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PT, prescription picked up, SUV fed. I was down to less than 40 miles. I love being able to get lots of errands done in Pittsboro.
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I might brave the cold to fill one bird feeder and replenish the bird bath. I'm really glad I got the bird bath heater in place last week.
It was 18F when I got up at 7:30, only 25F now. Pretty cold for here, and I'm hoping that all the bugs are gone or hibernating.
Other than that, reading, working on my Christmas cards, puttering.
I realize I didn't post a pic of my Christmas Bells in the book case from 12/4, which doesn't include the 2024 bell. It is wrapped and under the tree. Bill wanted me to open it when it arrived, but... no. Things have to be done a certain way.
Yikes – I didn’t check in with you re your eye shot. I hope things were normal with only the normal post-shot effects.
>158 richardderus: Yes! Sparkly with the happy. I’ve only got the one, but at least for me it’s true that I’m only as happy as my unhappiest child. With the one, it’s been up and down over the years.
>159 lauralkeet: Hi Laura, and I am, too! Kakao Talk is huge. It’s available in 15 languages and used in over 130 countries.
>160 atozgrl: Hi Irene, and thank you. Re the Mohs: After they had taken the first layer, they were gone about an hour. The nurse, Jeff, checked in with me once during that time, which was good. The surgeon breezed back into the room and said “one and done.” As mentioned above, still had sutures and bandaging and wound care discussions. I only just realized, going down the Mohs rabbit hole, that the surgery has been available since 1938. I’m not in pain, just have this awkward bandage and some swelling on that side of my face.
UNC Health Care has always been good in Chapel Hill. It’s expanded down here over the years. The Dermatology & Mohs Clinic is only 30 minutes from home. The hospital in Siler City is only 10 -15 minutes away the other way. Plus other clinics and specialty groups.
It’s better to get checked as preventative than deal with a situation out of control. I think I’m going to call the Dermatology Clinic next week to set up something for February-March-ish.
>161 Whisper1: Hi Linda, and thank you. I followed that prescription at 4 a.m., when I took another Tramadol. For a while I think I’ll just take the 4 a day, every 6 hours.
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PT, prescription picked up, SUV fed. I was down to less than 40 miles. I love being able to get lots of errands done in Pittsboro.
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I might brave the cold to fill one bird feeder and replenish the bird bath. I'm really glad I got the bird bath heater in place last week.
It was 18F when I got up at 7:30, only 25F now. Pretty cold for here, and I'm hoping that all the bugs are gone or hibernating.
Other than that, reading, working on my Christmas cards, puttering.
I realize I didn't post a pic of my Christmas Bells in the book case from 12/4, which doesn't include the 2024 bell. It is wrapped and under the tree. Bill wanted me to open it when it arrived, but... no. Things have to be done a certain way.
164richardderus
>163 karenmarie: I hope the c-a-t has satisfied the curiosity itch and doesn't make a return visit to the bell shelf.
I haven't found my gorram data storage yet, so all my posts are for illustrated books and/or the most recently completed ones. Heaven help me if Old Stuff found it, because he'd just throw it away. Anything he doesn't recognize as his own gets chucked out...like the time he opened my laundry bag by mistake, didn't recognize the stuff in it, and threw it all out into the hall.
Anyway, off I go to post more reviews. *smooch*
I haven't found my gorram data storage yet, so all my posts are for illustrated books and/or the most recently completed ones. Heaven help me if Old Stuff found it, because he'd just throw it away. Anything he doesn't recognize as his own gets chucked out...like the time he opened my laundry bag by mistake, didn't recognize the stuff in it, and threw it all out into the hall.
Anyway, off I go to post more reviews. *smooch*
165karenmarie
Hiya, RDear!
The books and bells are safely behind locked doors, thank goodness.
I'm sorry OS doesn't respect your things, and I hope you find the gorram DS sooner than later.
You've already gotten me with one review this morning, and I have another book reviewed on my shelves.
*smooch*
The books and bells are safely behind locked doors, thank goodness.
I'm sorry OS doesn't respect your things, and I hope you find the gorram DS sooner than later.
You've already gotten me with one review this morning, and I have another book reviewed on my shelves.
*smooch*
166LizzieD
Good afternoon, Karen!
>163 karenmarie: Love cat(can't tell if it's Zoe or Wash)/bells shelf! Of course, I'm frustrated beyond measure that I can't read the spines of the books. I recognize one "Portable _____" and that's all. *sigh*
Enjoy your day!
>163 karenmarie: Love cat(can't tell if it's Zoe or Wash)/bells shelf! Of course, I'm frustrated beyond measure that I can't read the spines of the books. I recognize one "Portable _____" and that's all. *sigh*
Enjoy your day!
167elorin
Happy Saturday! I'm catching up since before Thanksgiving, so happy holidays and leftovers too! The bells are lovely and so is the curious cat checking out the shelves beforehand. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and heal up soon from the procedure.
168karenmarie
>166 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! Happy Sunday. Zoe is the curious one in the pic, although both of them kept zooming around the boxes of bells and Wash jumped into the tub that holds some of them.
If you click on my Username karenmarie -> Books -> Tags -> Tag (C0x in this instance, C01-C05) you can find books on any shelf in my catalog. Or, go to Username -> Books -> open up Search Option dropdown -> select Tags, then search for whatever tag. This is The Portable Blake. I also have The Portable Dorothy Parker and The Portable Voltaire. I just looked at the books in your catalog via tag.
>167 elorin: Hi Robyn! I hope your Thanksgiving and leftovers were wonderful. Thanks re my Christmas bells and Zoe. Today's busy and I'm working hard on healing.
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I folded or hung all the clean laundry. As important as that is, I also put it where it belonged. I cleaned out the first two shelves of the cabinet over the sink in the Utility Room, getting rid of lots of things and finding something I knew was there but was hiding.
Watched New Tricks and The Murdoch Mysteries. Jenna and Hwan called on Kakao Talk and we chatted for perhaps 30 minutes. They went to the protest at the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday - tens of thousands of people went. Jenna said it was orderly and organized. Buses, subway, and trains all were organized to get protesters in and out. Turns out Jenna's one of the tallest people there at 5'5" so when they were standing she could see more than Hwan.
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Arsenal play Nottingham Forest at 9. If they win, they go into second place. If they tie or lose, they stay where they are in third.
Mohs surgery bandage comes off this morning and I start the thirty day twice-a-day regimen of saturated cotton ball for 2 minutes (mixture of 2T white vinegar and 1 cup of distilled water), pat dry, Vaseline, cover with bandage. If it were pretty much anywhere else on my body I could avoid the bandage, but at the bridge of my nose interferes with my glasses.
Book club is at 2 today to discuss Foster by Claire Keegan. Note to self: Do not get audio book of any book where the narrator is hard for me to understand. Listen to sample first. I wasn't predisposed to like the book anyway, and 20 pages of deciphering the words before the meaning was tiresome. I'll go because I want to socialize and eat/drink good food and hear what other folks thought of it.
Might stop at the grocery store for a quick item or two if I can't get a delivery slot of an online order between 4 and 5, which is just after book club ends.
If you click on my Username karenmarie -> Books -> Tags -> Tag (C0x in this instance, C01-C05) you can find books on any shelf in my catalog. Or, go to Username -> Books -> open up Search Option dropdown -> select Tags, then search for whatever tag. This is The Portable Blake. I also have The Portable Dorothy Parker and The Portable Voltaire. I just looked at the books in your catalog via tag.
>167 elorin: Hi Robyn! I hope your Thanksgiving and leftovers were wonderful. Thanks re my Christmas bells and Zoe. Today's busy and I'm working hard on healing.
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I folded or hung all the clean laundry. As important as that is, I also put it where it belonged. I cleaned out the first two shelves of the cabinet over the sink in the Utility Room, getting rid of lots of things and finding something I knew was there but was hiding.
Watched New Tricks and The Murdoch Mysteries. Jenna and Hwan called on Kakao Talk and we chatted for perhaps 30 minutes. They went to the protest at the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday - tens of thousands of people went. Jenna said it was orderly and organized. Buses, subway, and trains all were organized to get protesters in and out. Turns out Jenna's one of the tallest people there at 5'5" so when they were standing she could see more than Hwan.
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Arsenal play Nottingham Forest at 9. If they win, they go into second place. If they tie or lose, they stay where they are in third.
Mohs surgery bandage comes off this morning and I start the thirty day twice-a-day regimen of saturated cotton ball for 2 minutes (mixture of 2T white vinegar and 1 cup of distilled water), pat dry, Vaseline, cover with bandage. If it were pretty much anywhere else on my body I could avoid the bandage, but at the bridge of my nose interferes with my glasses.
Book club is at 2 today to discuss Foster by Claire Keegan. Note to self: Do not get audio book of any book where the narrator is hard for me to understand. Listen to sample first. I wasn't predisposed to like the book anyway, and 20 pages of deciphering the words before the meaning was tiresome. I'll go because I want to socialize and eat/drink good food and hear what other folks thought of it.
Might stop at the grocery store for a quick item or two if I can't get a delivery slot of an online order between 4 and 5, which is just after book club ends.
169msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Sunday. I think we cross-posted again yesterday. I need to improve my timing. I had a good bird walk with Juno yesterday. We saw 18 species. She was a good girl, although she got a bit freaked out by a pair of does that jumped across the path. We also saw Jack for a bit and it looks like we might see him later today too.
170LizzieD
I'm impressed with S. Korea's handling of protest, and so, I'm happy that Jenna and Hwan had the experience and mostly that they're back safely.
I'll check out your shelf with glee!!! Enjoy your busy day!
I'll check out your shelf with glee!!! Enjoy your busy day!
171karenmarie
Gads, Mark. I'm going to have to check again each time I post here in the morning - I thought I'd checked enough times. Sorry for missing you up there. Mild weather, walks with Juno all sound good. Sorry about the frigid weather coming. This morning was 25F when I got up, but it's going to get to 61F.
>169 msf59: 'Afternoon, Mark, and happy Sunday to you, too. 18 species is impressive. Glad Juno was a good girl and that you saw Jack for a bit yesterday. And today, perhaps, too. Lucky grandpa.
>170 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! Korea is a revelation to Jenna regarding food, accomodations, public transport, and etc., but we have to remember that same-sex marriage is illegal and the country is very conservative.
Enjoy my shelves! Enjoy your day!
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Arsenal tied with Fulham, which did them no favors although it was better than a loss.
I'll leave for book club in about 50 minutes.
>169 msf59: 'Afternoon, Mark, and happy Sunday to you, too. 18 species is impressive. Glad Juno was a good girl and that you saw Jack for a bit yesterday. And today, perhaps, too. Lucky grandpa.
>170 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! Korea is a revelation to Jenna regarding food, accomodations, public transport, and etc., but we have to remember that same-sex marriage is illegal and the country is very conservative.
Enjoy my shelves! Enjoy your day!
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Arsenal tied with Fulham, which did them no favors although it was better than a loss.
I'll leave for book club in about 50 minutes.
172richardderus
Hi Horrible, I'm mildly astonished this is my first post of Sunday. How'd that happen?
...oh yeah...I found the data stick, right. Kind of amazing how much is on there, going back to 2019. Sighing heavily at the work this represents seems a propos.
...oh yeah...I found the data stick, right. Kind of amazing how much is on there, going back to 2019. Sighing heavily at the work this represents seems a propos.
173msf59
Morning, Karen. Yep, I got to hang with Jack & Co yesterday. Unfortunately we watched a disastrous Bears game but the beer and company were perfect. I am filling in for another driver at the end of the week, so I am off today and Wed. So, I will be off to play PB soon.
174karenmarie
>172 richardderus: Hi RD! Late post = reveling in what's on the data stick? Regardless, I'm glad you came to visit AND that I'm first. A bit convoluted, but here's to me being your first post of yesterday. So many non-chocolate options for you.
sugar-infused *smooch*
>173 msf59: 'Morning, Mark! Yay for Jack & Co., boo hiss for the Bears loss. Enjoy PB.
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Book club was fun. Nine of the ten of us were there. I'm the only person who didn't finish the book. I started Foster, and now know that I need to listen to the narrator if I buy an audiobook, whether on Audible or otherwise. The story is about Ireland, and the narrator had such a strong accent that I had to parse the words before I could parse the sentences, paragraphs, meaning. Plus, I wasn't really in the mood for something so sad.
Everybody loved it and all found interesting things to mention about it. I had some lemon soda and found enough food to keep me happy - don't like hummus, spent my sodium mgs on olives instead of cheese, and one bite of the heavily-mustarded egg salad was an ugh. Good crackers, fantastic homemade bread & butter, grapes, nuts, olives. And, the rum raisin cake was marvelous.
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We finished the series New Tricks. We actually liked the way it ended. We're still enjoying The Murdoch Mysteries. Last night's had the Fenians in Toronto in the late 1890s.
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I'm visiting my knee surgeon at 2:30 because in the last week and a half or so my right knee has been bothering me. I know - right knee replacement went well, things were fantastic with my recovery. I don't know if something's showing up late from the Sept. 12th syncope, or something else is going on. Regardless, I love my surgeon's office. I called late Friday got the appointment for today.
I need to take my Christmas letter to the printers on the way home. I can pick it up tomorrow after book sort/Virlie's. Then I'll really settle down to the cards/letters.
Reading and etc., otherwise.
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>173 msf59: 'Morning, Mark! Yay for Jack & Co., boo hiss for the Bears loss. Enjoy PB.
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Book club was fun. Nine of the ten of us were there. I'm the only person who didn't finish the book. I started Foster, and now know that I need to listen to the narrator if I buy an audiobook, whether on Audible or otherwise. The story is about Ireland, and the narrator had such a strong accent that I had to parse the words before I could parse the sentences, paragraphs, meaning. Plus, I wasn't really in the mood for something so sad.
Everybody loved it and all found interesting things to mention about it. I had some lemon soda and found enough food to keep me happy - don't like hummus, spent my sodium mgs on olives instead of cheese, and one bite of the heavily-mustarded egg salad was an ugh. Good crackers, fantastic homemade bread & butter, grapes, nuts, olives. And, the rum raisin cake was marvelous.
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We finished the series New Tricks. We actually liked the way it ended. We're still enjoying The Murdoch Mysteries. Last night's had the Fenians in Toronto in the late 1890s.
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I'm visiting my knee surgeon at 2:30 because in the last week and a half or so my right knee has been bothering me. I know - right knee replacement went well, things were fantastic with my recovery. I don't know if something's showing up late from the Sept. 12th syncope, or something else is going on. Regardless, I love my surgeon's office. I called late Friday got the appointment for today.
I need to take my Christmas letter to the printers on the way home. I can pick it up tomorrow after book sort/Virlie's. Then I'll really settle down to the cards/letters.
Reading and etc., otherwise.
175richardderus
>174 karenmarie: Here's hoping your right knee is just doing the old-person twinge thing, not something curve-breaking. I love all my sugary options! Thar charlotte in the top front is glammed up...maybe that'd be the best option?
Your surgeon's office could give Peggy's audiology practice some lessons....
*smooch*
Your surgeon's office could give Peggy's audiology practice some lessons....
*smooch*
176LizzieD
You're getting ready to go and won't read this yet, but you know I'm wishing you well with your visit to the surgeon. How great that they're hustling to have you seen!!!! Richard has the right of that.
I trust you to let us know what you find out as soon as you can!
Wordle in four for me too.
I trust you to let us know what you find out as soon as you can!
Wordle in four for me too.
177karenmarie
My knee isn't just doing the old-person twinge thing, but after taking x-rays, he says my knee replacement is sturdy, no problems at all. He thinks it's a bone contusion, and says it should be getting better in a month or so. He also says that I probably wasn't feeling it because of all the other trauma of the SBO and the T12 issue.
So. All good.
Just got home. They were running late - a first, actually - then I had to stop off to get some fresh bandaids for the Mohs thing and then stop and pick up the on-line grocery order. Home, everything put up, jammies on, and I also just took pain meds for the first time today. Didn't want anything to interfere with the visit to the surgeon's office.
So. All good.
Just got home. They were running late - a first, actually - then I had to stop off to get some fresh bandaids for the Mohs thing and then stop and pick up the on-line grocery order. Home, everything put up, jammies on, and I also just took pain meds for the first time today. Didn't want anything to interfere with the visit to the surgeon's office.
178weird_O
I certainly hope the New Year will bring you relief from bone bruises and other miscellaneous (and painful) annoyances. Thumbs up for Jenna's and Hwan's sparkling visit to Korea. Jus' keep on keepin' on, if you get my drift.
179quondame
>177 karenmarie: Sort of a strange all good, but it beats any now you've got to live with it forever or OH NO!
180LizzieD
>177 karenmarie: Good for you! You can manage for another month or two; you've already managed a lot more than that!
Sleep well, dear friend!
Sleep well, dear friend!
181msf59
Morning, Karen. Sue will be bringing Jack back here later today so I will get to see the little guy. Always a treat. I have my annual physical today after I tend to the "kids". I expect it to go swimmingly.
P.S. Did you mail that book out? Just curious.
P.S. Did you mail that book out? Just curious.
182karenmarie
>178 weird_O: Hi Bill. Thank you. Jenna and Hwan went to an amusement park yesterday, and Hwan persuaded Jenna to dress up in one of the official Korean school uniforms. Shirt, tie, sweater, jacket. Pants like a boy for Jenna, skirt for Hwan. Additional kitty ears for Hwan, bunny ears for Jenna. I blinked when I got that photo dump, that’s for sure.
I’m hoping that early next year most of this crap will be behind me, that’s for sure.
>179 quondame: Yes, Susan, big sigh of relief. I can take pain pain meds and I’ve even start using the cane again for long jaunts or if things really hurt.
>180 LizzieD: Yes, so far this year has been more pain than not, so another month or two is nothing, relatively speaking. I mostly slept well, with a slight blip around 4 a.m. for about an hour.
>181 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Happy Tuesday to you. Yay for Jack, hope the annual exam goes well, and the book’s been in the car for upwards of a week. I’ll try to get to it today, but more realistically tomorrow after PT. Sorry for the delay.
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Book sort, Virlies, bank, cleaning ladies. Reading, start Christmas cards, etc.
I’m hoping that early next year most of this crap will be behind me, that’s for sure.
>179 quondame: Yes, Susan, big sigh of relief. I can take pain pain meds and I’ve even start using the cane again for long jaunts or if things really hurt.
>180 LizzieD: Yes, so far this year has been more pain than not, so another month or two is nothing, relatively speaking. I mostly slept well, with a slight blip around 4 a.m. for about an hour.
>181 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Happy Tuesday to you. Yay for Jack, hope the annual exam goes well, and the book’s been in the car for upwards of a week. I’ll try to get to it today, but more realistically tomorrow after PT. Sorry for the delay.
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183karenmarie
I was catching up on @weird_o's thread, and saw this from November 26th:
News story in today's edition of The Guardian:
May I add that the news story didn't bleep the word(s) that offend, apparently, American readers? Bravo, ya Brits.
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News story in today's edition of The Guardian:
"We’re all living through the enshittocene, a great enshittening, in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit,” author Cory Doctorow said earlier this year.The Macquarie Dictionary is published in Australia.
In 2022, Doctorow coined the word “enshittification”, which has just been crowned Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. The dictionary defined the word as follows.
“The gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.”
Social media users, if they don’t know the word, will viscerally understand the concept, the way trolls and extremists and bullshitters and the criminally vacuous have overtaken the platforms.
May I add that the news story didn't bleep the word(s) that offend, apparently, American readers? Bravo, ya Brits.
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184richardderus
Oh, it's book-fondling day! I know you enjoy that. I found The Murdoch Mysteries entertaining when I remembered to watch it. Yannick Bisson is nicely scenic.
Enjoy the day, sweetiedarling.
Enjoy the day, sweetiedarling.
185karenmarie
Hi RD. Yup. I fondled books. Brought home two, Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F*ck and a 1938 edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Front cover is hanging on precariously to the spine, but I thought it needed a good home.
Printers have my Christmas letter. $1.56 per letter, 42 letters, plus tax. Ugh, but necessary.
Home again, cleaning ladies here.
Yannick Bisson is a joy to look at. Super sexy, and I love his eyes and eyelashes.
So far the day is good.
Printers have my Christmas letter. $1.56 per letter, 42 letters, plus tax. Ugh, but necessary.
Home again, cleaning ladies here.
Yannick Bisson is a joy to look at. Super sexy, and I love his eyes and eyelashes.
So far the day is good.
186LizzieD
Glad you're home with a couple of homeless books and that everything is going well for you! I dressed to go out, but the lawyer didn't call, so I'm changing back to comfort and eating lunch. Ha!
187msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Wednesday. We in for another brief cold snap. Only in the teens tomorrow. We rebound over the weekend. I saw the flicker again yesterday at the suet feeder. Lots of cardinals too.
188karenmarie
>186 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. Books, errands, cleaning ladies. All good. I got back in jammies after they left and you got back to comfort.
>187 msf59: 'Morning, Mark, and happy Wednesday to you, too. I just looked at your weather - high of 30F with snow flurries and a low tonight of 3F. Oh my. We're supposed to get rain, wind, and possibly some thunderstorms. Your high today will be our low tonight - 30F.
I've got both a male and female Cardinal visiting. Birdfeeder attention time this morning.
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Christmas cards, reading, bird feeders, etc. this morning. I'll be meeting friend Tamsie at 1 p.m. for coffee and a cookie at The Belted Goat in Fearrington Village. McIntyre's Book Store is next door, and depending on when we finish we might go over there. You never know - a book might be calling my name. After PT at 3 I'll pick up the Christmas letters.
>187 msf59: 'Morning, Mark, and happy Wednesday to you, too. I just looked at your weather - high of 30F with snow flurries and a low tonight of 3F. Oh my. We're supposed to get rain, wind, and possibly some thunderstorms. Your high today will be our low tonight - 30F.
I've got both a male and female Cardinal visiting. Birdfeeder attention time this morning.
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Christmas cards, reading, bird feeders, etc. this morning. I'll be meeting friend Tamsie at 1 p.m. for coffee and a cookie at The Belted Goat in Fearrington Village. McIntyre's Book Store is next door, and depending on when we finish we might go over there. You never know - a book might be calling my name. After PT at 3 I'll pick up the Christmas letters.
189richardderus
>188 karenmarie: *mournful exhalation*
I'm sure you'll get SOMEthing lovely at McIntyre's. I'm morally certain it won't be anything I read and reviewed. Your bizarre athletic prowess in book-bullet-dodging is demoralizing.
::chinwobble::
I'm sure you'll get SOMEthing lovely at McIntyre's. I'm morally certain it won't be anything I read and reviewed. Your bizarre athletic prowess in book-bullet-dodging is demoralizing.
::chinwobble::
190LizzieD
Hi, Karen. Poor Richard.
I've owed you this, although you didn't know it, since you posted your Thanksgiving menu. I thought of it again this morning when I looked to Sister Schubert for my Wednesday morning bacon & cheese breakfast.....
*My Favorite Limerick*
There once was a girl from Oak Knoll
Who thought it exceedingly droll
At a fancy dress ball
Dressed in nothing at all
To back in as a Parker House roll.
I've owed you this, although you didn't know it, since you posted your Thanksgiving menu. I thought of it again this morning when I looked to Sister Schubert for my Wednesday morning bacon & cheese breakfast.....
*My Favorite Limerick*
There once was a girl from Oak Knoll
Who thought it exceedingly droll
At a fancy dress ball
Dressed in nothing at all
To back in as a Parker House roll.
191karenmarie
>189 richardderus: Hiya, RDear. Alas, Tamsie was concerned about potential heavy rain and flooding so we're rescheduled for Saturday after Arsenal, although she doesn't know why I can't meet before 1 p.m. *smile*
I'm flexing my BB dodging muscles even as I type this.
::chinwobble:: Poorest little.
*smooch*
>190 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. I know - pitiful.
I love that limerick. What a visual!
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I have written names/signed and addressed 18 cards today. So, a total of 20 out of 69. More tomorrow. If I can mail them all on Friday, I'll be very pleased. Some need letters, some don't. All need stamps and return labels.
Reading, puttering, PT and letter pick up. No rain right now.
I'm flexing my BB dodging muscles even as I type this.
::chinwobble:: Poorest little.
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>190 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. I know - pitiful.
I love that limerick. What a visual!
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I have written names/signed and addressed 18 cards today. So, a total of 20 out of 69. More tomorrow. If I can mail them all on Friday, I'll be very pleased. Some need letters, some don't. All need stamps and return labels.
Reading, puttering, PT and letter pick up. No rain right now.
192richardderus
>191 karenmarie: Heartless, the pair of you. Utterly without sympathy for me in my plight. ::teardrop::
193msf59
Morning, Karen. Sweet Thursday. Only 3F out there. I sure wish I didn't have to go out. This is the week I fill in for someone, today and tomorrow. The big van too, which holds 13 kids. Wish me luck.
I did complete the 2025 calendar for Jackson last night. May this tradition continue...❤️
I did complete the 2025 calendar for Jackson last night. May this tradition continue...❤️
194karenmarie
>192 richardderus: We acknowledge your plight, my dear, which is rather important, after all.
193 'Morning, Mark. Sweet Thursday to you. 3F. Yikes. Here it's 32F. I wish you could stay in with coffee and books and etc., too. I am sending luck, warmth, and endurance to you.
I mailed your book yesterday, is supposed to arrive Monday. Sweet about the calendar and the tradition.
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The nice thing about living 8 miles from my small town is that I was able to leave 35 minutes before my 3 p.m. appointment and pick up the letters for my Christmas cards AND mail a book to Mark AND arrive 7 minutes before my appointment at 3. All good on the PT front, at 12 weeks from the T12 whatever. (fracture or aggravation) He gave me 2 new exercises and gave me a new schedule of weekly home PT. Got a call from the folks who are coming out to look at the microwave/oven and it's been narrowed down from the 8-4 time frame to 11-1.
We watched two episodes of The Murdoch Mysteries.
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Cards, puttering, etc. I might drag down some Christmas wrapping paper and ribbon. I have 7 presents to wrap, but 2 of them will be in one box. I also need to send small gifts to various family members. I'll have them drop shipped.
Jenna and Hwan photo bombed us early this morning. I vaguely heard the "Ka Talk" chime going off many times, but didn't really wake up.
So many photos, so much to absorb. Here, though, are photos of Jenna and Hwan at Gyeongbokgung, one of the 5 palaces in Seoul. They rented traditional clothing. Remember that Hwan does not want her photo on social media, but I figure this one's safe and got one of Jenna with just a profile.
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193 'Morning, Mark. Sweet Thursday to you. 3F. Yikes. Here it's 32F. I wish you could stay in with coffee and books and etc., too. I am sending luck, warmth, and endurance to you.
I mailed your book yesterday, is supposed to arrive Monday. Sweet about the calendar and the tradition.
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The nice thing about living 8 miles from my small town is that I was able to leave 35 minutes before my 3 p.m. appointment and pick up the letters for my Christmas cards AND mail a book to Mark AND arrive 7 minutes before my appointment at 3. All good on the PT front, at 12 weeks from the T12 whatever. (fracture or aggravation) He gave me 2 new exercises and gave me a new schedule of weekly home PT. Got a call from the folks who are coming out to look at the microwave/oven and it's been narrowed down from the 8-4 time frame to 11-1.
We watched two episodes of The Murdoch Mysteries.
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Cards, puttering, etc. I might drag down some Christmas wrapping paper and ribbon. I have 7 presents to wrap, but 2 of them will be in one box. I also need to send small gifts to various family members. I'll have them drop shipped.
Jenna and Hwan photo bombed us early this morning. I vaguely heard the "Ka Talk" chime going off many times, but didn't really wake up.
So many photos, so much to absorb. Here, though, are photos of Jenna and Hwan at Gyeongbokgung, one of the 5 palaces in Seoul. They rented traditional clothing. Remember that Hwan does not want her photo on social media, but I figure this one's safe and got one of Jenna with just a profile.
195richardderus
>194 karenmarie: Wonderful images, lovely costumes, and a great record of their very special day.
Glad you're doing well after that weird thoracic-vertebra event...whatever caused it. The reason I like living in my dense, urban environment is that I can get stuff done as efficiently as you can (when I'm up to it, of course).
Your muted sympathy is duly noted, sweetiedarling.
Glad you're doing well after that weird thoracic-vertebra event...whatever caused it. The reason I like living in my dense, urban environment is that I can get stuff done as efficiently as you can (when I'm up to it, of course).
Your muted sympathy is duly noted, sweetiedarling.
196lauralkeet
>194 karenmarie: I love the photos! This will be such a memorable trip for them.
197karenmarie
>195 richardderus: Hiya, RD. They had so much fun. Efficient errands is great, isn't it? Heh. Muted sympathy is, nevertheless, sympathy. *smooch*
>196 lauralkeet: Hi Laura. Glad you enjoyed them. I've been chomping at the bit to get one that doesn't show Hwan's face, and this morning was a happy surprise.
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Appliance guy came and went. The microwave/oven combo has been working since the night before Thanksgiving, and was working today, so all he could do was take it out of the wall, reseat all the wires and whatnot, and put it back in. Bonus - I mentioned that I wanted the flame lowered on my burners and would call them to do that in the new year, and he just did it then and there. Yay!!!
>196 lauralkeet: Hi Laura. Glad you enjoyed them. I've been chomping at the bit to get one that doesn't show Hwan's face, and this morning was a happy surprise.
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Appliance guy came and went. The microwave/oven combo has been working since the night before Thanksgiving, and was working today, so all he could do was take it out of the wall, reseat all the wires and whatnot, and put it back in. Bonus - I mentioned that I wanted the flame lowered on my burners and would call them to do that in the new year, and he just did it then and there. Yay!!!
198LizzieD
Kudos to finding a good appliance guy! I hope the microwave hasn't been picking up vibes from my old cars which famously never did for a mechanic what they had been doing for me - even when I was at the wheel to demonstrate.
Errands seem to take me forever, living as I do sort of in between Karen and Richard's situations. I have errands today too and need to get them organized in my feeble little mind.
Gorgeous photos!!!!!
Richard, I've already said, "Poor Richard." That is sympathy, I thought. Feel support for your chin!!!!!
Errands seem to take me forever, living as I do sort of in between Karen and Richard's situations. I have errands today too and need to get them organized in my feeble little mind.
Gorgeous photos!!!!!
Richard, I've already said, "Poor Richard." That is sympathy, I thought. Feel support for your chin!!!!!
200SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/366438
201msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Friday. I LOVE the photos of Jenna & Hwan. What a wonderful experience. Was Hwan born in SK? I am sure the family fell in love with Jenna.
Another cold work day. Looking forward to the weekend. Thanks again for lending me the book. Very kind of you.
Another cold work day. Looking forward to the weekend. Thanks again for lending me the book. Very kind of you.
202karenmarie
>198 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! Getting something to fail when the repair person is there is always problematic. We’ll just have to see how long the microwave/oven goes before it fails, or, it may last forever… just as long as it doesn’t go out before Thanksgiving next year again. Yes, cars. *eye roll*
I hope you organized and did all your errands yesterday.
Thanks re the photos. Jenna called last night. She, Bill, and I talked for 43 minutes. Hwan wasn’t awake yet. Jenna said that renting costumes/clothing is a big deal there. Renting the costumes at the palace let them get in free. Hwan’s traditional dress had TEN layers. Jenna’s only had shirt, pants, belt, coat. She could have rented boots, but the smallest sized men’s boots were too big.
>199 richardderus: I’m thrilled to be able to have better control over the flame on the burners.
>200 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
>201 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Friday to you, too. I almost said Saturday, had to specifically remember that it’s Friday instead. Yes, Hwan was born in Seoul, South Korea. She refers to herself as Korean and born in Korea. South and North Korea are artificial constructs created after WWII, solidified in the Korean War. We do not mention the Korean War.
Jenna’s met her sister/husband (they also got married for legal reasons and this is the formal wedding that everybody wants. It's traditional to invite all coworkers, including her father's coworkers. Plus family, of course and friends... Jenna says it’s going to be huge. She’s also met the Buddhist grandparents. The Christian grandmother is still alive, the grandfather died earlier this year.
There was a pre-wedding party, technically tonight (Friday night, remember they’re 14 hours ahead of us). It includes sister/Hwan’s parents, sister/husband, husband’s parents and siblings, visiting from somewhere in Europe for the wedding, Hwan/Jenna, possibly grandparents, not sure. So Jenna’s just met the in-laws. Still deliriously happy, having a wonderful time. In addition to the wedding, of course, which has been in the plans for a year or more and Jenna got invited to late spring, this is a honeymoon for Jenna and Hwan.
I hope taking this other driver’s shift yesterday/today is going well. Brrrr. You’re welcome regarding the book, for sure.
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Appliance guy. The appliance guy noticed that the bird bath was frozen. I spent half an hour figuring out the problem. It was the outlet on the porch, but Bill said that could be the ground fault breaker that's under the house - so a hard no on resetting it. Got the 100-foot long extension cord off the porch, tested the covered outlet on the concrete pad between two of the garage doors. It worked, so snaked enough of it back to the birdbath to keep it relatively tight, staked it down on either side of the sidewalk with old, ratty metal dorations that I could push into the ground over the cord. Put the rest behind a bush, and etc. It was cold yesterday, but I was persistent. And, it worked. It was 24F when I woke up, and the bird bath is water, not ice.
More work with Christmas cards, started ordering things online for a few relatives and two friends.
Bill took trash/recyclables to the dump, brought takeout for lunch. We watched the Champions League Arsenal - Monaco match that Bill had recorded from Wednesday. Arsenal won 3-0. We were pleased. More The Murdoch Mysteries.
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Nothing planned outside of the house today, and nobody's scheduled to be here for any reason (except to perhaps deliver one or more packages).
So, Christmas cards, online shopping, reading, and etc. I might make air fryer chicken and rice for dinner.
I hope you organized and did all your errands yesterday.
Thanks re the photos. Jenna called last night. She, Bill, and I talked for 43 minutes. Hwan wasn’t awake yet. Jenna said that renting costumes/clothing is a big deal there. Renting the costumes at the palace let them get in free. Hwan’s traditional dress had TEN layers. Jenna’s only had shirt, pants, belt, coat. She could have rented boots, but the smallest sized men’s boots were too big.
>199 richardderus: I’m thrilled to be able to have better control over the flame on the burners.
>200 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
>201 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark, and happy Friday to you, too. I almost said Saturday, had to specifically remember that it’s Friday instead. Yes, Hwan was born in Seoul, South Korea. She refers to herself as Korean and born in Korea. South and North Korea are artificial constructs created after WWII, solidified in the Korean War. We do not mention the Korean War.
Jenna’s met her sister/husband (they also got married for legal reasons and this is the formal wedding that everybody wants. It's traditional to invite all coworkers, including her father's coworkers. Plus family, of course and friends... Jenna says it’s going to be huge. She’s also met the Buddhist grandparents. The Christian grandmother is still alive, the grandfather died earlier this year.
There was a pre-wedding party, technically tonight (Friday night, remember they’re 14 hours ahead of us). It includes sister/Hwan’s parents, sister/husband, husband’s parents and siblings, visiting from somewhere in Europe for the wedding, Hwan/Jenna, possibly grandparents, not sure. So Jenna’s just met the in-laws. Still deliriously happy, having a wonderful time. In addition to the wedding, of course, which has been in the plans for a year or more and Jenna got invited to late spring, this is a honeymoon for Jenna and Hwan.
I hope taking this other driver’s shift yesterday/today is going well. Brrrr. You’re welcome regarding the book, for sure.
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Appliance guy. The appliance guy noticed that the bird bath was frozen. I spent half an hour figuring out the problem. It was the outlet on the porch, but Bill said that could be the ground fault breaker that's under the house - so a hard no on resetting it. Got the 100-foot long extension cord off the porch, tested the covered outlet on the concrete pad between two of the garage doors. It worked, so snaked enough of it back to the birdbath to keep it relatively tight, staked it down on either side of the sidewalk with old, ratty metal dorations that I could push into the ground over the cord. Put the rest behind a bush, and etc. It was cold yesterday, but I was persistent. And, it worked. It was 24F when I woke up, and the bird bath is water, not ice.
More work with Christmas cards, started ordering things online for a few relatives and two friends.
Bill took trash/recyclables to the dump, brought takeout for lunch. We watched the Champions League Arsenal - Monaco match that Bill had recorded from Wednesday. Arsenal won 3-0. We were pleased. More The Murdoch Mysteries.
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Nothing planned outside of the house today, and nobody's scheduled to be here for any reason (except to perhaps deliver one or more packages).
So, Christmas cards, online shopping, reading, and etc. I might make air fryer chicken and rice for dinner.
203richardderus
>202 karenmarie: Good of the appliance guy to spot it and report it. He proved to be well worth his hire! I hope the happy couple survive the festivities on top of the jet lag...I get woozy even thinking about that much travel, the long and odd a gap-adjustment, and all those people to meet.
Happy busy day, smoochling.
Happy busy day, smoochling.
204LizzieD
Good day, Good Karen! I'm so ignorant about travel, not having done any. I've been meaning to ask whether the flight to Korea is over the pole? How exciting that would be! Shoot. Over the ocean would be exciting too.
I wish you a good day. I Am Staying Home except for our walk and maybe reading!!!!!
I wish you a good day. I Am Staying Home except for our walk and maybe reading!!!!!
205msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Saturday. Thanks for sharing some of Hwan's personal life with us. Sounds like a beautiful gathering. I am sure you are delighted to have her in the fold. When do they return home?
We had a good time with Jackson yesterday. Boy, he sure loves his Grandma. It makes me happy. I plan on having a lazy day today, that is until we attend a Christmas party with our camping buddies. Always a good time.
Nice job trouble-shooting the birdbath issue. Good Bird Mom.
We had a good time with Jackson yesterday. Boy, he sure loves his Grandma. It makes me happy. I plan on having a lazy day today, that is until we attend a Christmas party with our camping buddies. Always a good time.
Nice job trouble-shooting the birdbath issue. Good Bird Mom.
206karenmarie
>203 richardderus: Hiya, RD! Given that this trip was under warranty, I got free burner flame adjustments! And, he showed me how to do it. I'm pretty sure I have the right tools, too.
Jenna is much more resilient than Hwan - Hwan takes naps every day even when home. She naps when Jenna drives here and when Jenna drives there. I'm pretty sure jet lag has gone, but I'll ask. They've been busy every day with something or another. Tomorrow is the wedding. Korea is 14 hours ahead of us, so it's already almost 11:30 Saturday night.
>204 LizzieD: I just sent you a 43-second video Jenna downloaded and sent to me of their flight path. I looked at it briefly again, doesn't look like they go over the pole, but it's thrilling nevertheless.
Your day sounds lovely. I hope nothing interfered with your stay-at-home-walk-read plan.
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52 cards written. Always with a greeting, most with "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025!" and who it's from - sometimes just me, sometimes Bill and me, sometimes all four of us. For a very few, a one-sentence note. Made a note on the spreadsheet as what card was sent. Letter in 35 of them. Sealed, stamped, and return label affixed. One thank you written. Took all of them to the PO drive-up boxes outside about 3:30 for the 4:30 pickup.
I made air fryer bone in/skin on chicken thighs in the air fryer for dinner. Made succotash to go with. And that was definitely enough. Upstairs, read, and etc.
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Arsenal plays Everton at 10:00 a.m Around 12:30 I'll head out to have coffee and cookie with a book club friend - she expressed unhappiness/depression at some family stuff at book club on Sunday and I reached out. After that, possibly but not necessarily bringing down Christmas wrap, and ribbon to wrap the seven presents with. Possibly even wrap one or two? No rush, they just need to be under the tree on Christmas Day.
Reading, and winging it for supper.
Jenna is much more resilient than Hwan - Hwan takes naps every day even when home. She naps when Jenna drives here and when Jenna drives there. I'm pretty sure jet lag has gone, but I'll ask. They've been busy every day with something or another. Tomorrow is the wedding. Korea is 14 hours ahead of us, so it's already almost 11:30 Saturday night.
>204 LizzieD: I just sent you a 43-second video Jenna downloaded and sent to me of their flight path. I looked at it briefly again, doesn't look like they go over the pole, but it's thrilling nevertheless.
Your day sounds lovely. I hope nothing interfered with your stay-at-home-walk-read plan.
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52 cards written. Always with a greeting, most with "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025!" and who it's from - sometimes just me, sometimes Bill and me, sometimes all four of us. For a very few, a one-sentence note. Made a note on the spreadsheet as what card was sent. Letter in 35 of them. Sealed, stamped, and return label affixed. One thank you written. Took all of them to the PO drive-up boxes outside about 3:30 for the 4:30 pickup.
I made air fryer bone in/skin on chicken thighs in the air fryer for dinner. Made succotash to go with. And that was definitely enough. Upstairs, read, and etc.
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Arsenal plays Everton at 10:00 a.m Around 12:30 I'll head out to have coffee and cookie with a book club friend - she expressed unhappiness/depression at some family stuff at book club on Sunday and I reached out. After that, possibly but not necessarily bringing down Christmas wrap, and ribbon to wrap the seven presents with. Possibly even wrap one or two? No rush, they just need to be under the tree on Christmas Day.
Reading, and winging it for supper.
207LizzieD
Whew. You are busy - especially for a recuperating person!!!!! I am happy to be able to do my least and read to finish that doggone Tim Alberta. He has now made me angry once, whereas before he was able to say what he thought without trashing the left more than we deserve trashing. It has gone on too long, this book, although I can see how his very careful research into the evolution of Trumpism among evangelicals will be valuable to them. I look forward to reading what I really want to read until the end of the year AND getting to my 75!
Happy Saturday to you!
Happy Saturday to you!
208elorin
Happy Saturday! Congratulations on your holiday card progress. I sent 10 for the Library Thing card swap and that was enough. I might send a few more but it is not looking likely.
Have a lovely weekend!
Have a lovely weekend!
209karenmarie
>207 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. Most of the busy-ness is doctor/PT/chiropractor appointments, with a few social events and getting Christmas cards done. Now I only have 15 cards to write to put in the mailboxes of my subdivision.
Reading what we want to read is always best. I do admire your persistence on the Alberta, though. Happy Saturday, good luck getting to 75!
>208 elorin: Hi Robyn. Thanks re my cards. That's amazing - when I did the LT card swap one time, I sent 3 and that was stressful. I think I only got 2 back... I hope you're weekend is going well. Mine's good so far...
Reading what we want to read is always best. I do admire your persistence on the Alberta, though. Happy Saturday, good luck getting to 75!
>208 elorin: Hi Robyn. Thanks re my cards. That's amazing - when I did the LT card swap one time, I sent 3 and that was stressful. I think I only got 2 back... I hope you're weekend is going well. Mine's good so far...
210richardderus
>206 karenmarie: Happily I haven't read this post before coffee. I hope Arsenal didn't get of my exhaustion miasma. Drunkula outdid himself this time. It's not fun having to care for an alcoholic, especially one I can't get rid of.
I'm escaping into a book that's coming out in 2025 and I'm so glad again that I have such privileged access to the cultural products I care about and want.
*smooch*
I'm escaping into a book that's coming out in 2025 and I'm so glad again that I have such privileged access to the cultural products I care about and want.
*smooch*
211karenmarie
Hi RichardDear.
Arsenal didn't get your exhaustion miasma, they had enough of their own. Too many games too close together, but they just didn't connect either. It ended up a draw, 0-0. Liverpool also had a draw, so Arsenal is still in 3rd, but have played one more game than Liverpool AND Chelsea. Worrisome.
I can't believe you aren't getting any respite from drunkula/OS's horrible behavior. And to have a 'visitor' who tried to smoke in your room...
If I lived nearby, I'd come up there and either smack OS or shriek at management.
Yay for Netgalley for you.
*smooch*
Arsenal didn't get your exhaustion miasma, they had enough of their own. Too many games too close together, but they just didn't connect either. It ended up a draw, 0-0. Liverpool also had a draw, so Arsenal is still in 3rd, but have played one more game than Liverpool AND Chelsea. Worrisome.
I can't believe you aren't getting any respite from drunkula/OS's horrible behavior. And to have a 'visitor' who tried to smoke in your room...
If I lived nearby, I'd come up there and either smack OS or shriek at management.
Yay for Netgalley for you.
*smooch*
212karenmarie
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Other various and sundry, two episodes of The Murdoch Mysteries. Unfortunately, without even having any chocolate or other caffeine in the day I was wired and only got about 4 hours of sleep.
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Other various and sundry, two episodes of The Murdoch Mysteries. Unfortunately, without even having any chocolate or other caffeine in the day I was wired and only got about 4 hours of sleep.
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213msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Sunday. Good luck with filling those feeders. I need to fill my main hopper too. They are pounding through the seed.
We are having some fun family holiday fun today- I reserved a pickleball court for the 6 of us. Bree has a sitter for Jack. I also gifted Bree and Sean paddles and balls for Christmas. We will see how much Matt & Hannah like the game before we get them paddles too. We will go to dinner afterwards. It should be a fun time.
Enjoy your lazy day.
We are having some fun family holiday fun today- I reserved a pickleball court for the 6 of us. Bree has a sitter for Jack. I also gifted Bree and Sean paddles and balls for Christmas. We will see how much Matt & Hannah like the game before we get them paddles too. We will go to dinner afterwards. It should be a fun time.
Enjoy your lazy day.
214richardderus
>211 karenmarie: Yay for Edelweiss+ this time; same idea, different button pressed.
Last night the Merry Widow and Old Stuff retired to hers, so I had glorious hours of no TV. My rest was better, too. Today I'll post one you can safely skip entirely: The Complete Book of AMC Cars: American Motors Corporation 1954-1988...somehow I don't see you as a Ramblerholic.
Disfruit your Sabbath day with meet and right solemnities. *smooch*
Last night the Merry Widow and Old Stuff retired to hers, so I had glorious hours of no TV. My rest was better, too. Today I'll post one you can safely skip entirely: The Complete Book of AMC Cars: American Motors Corporation 1954-1988...somehow I don't see you as a Ramblerholic.
Disfruit your Sabbath day with meet and right solemnities. *smooch*
215msf59
Morning, Karen. Are you still in the sack? Back to my usual routine today. I work to Wednesday and then off for the holidays. Yah! Have a good day, my friend.
216karenmarie
>213 msf59: 'Morning the next day, Mark. Thank you - I did fill the feeders and have had the usual suspects visiting, including a Downy, a Red-Bellied, a White-Breasted Nuthatch, Cardinals, finches this morning.
I hope the FPBD - family pickle ball day - went well. Thank you re my day.
>214 richardderus: I'm so glad that OS and the MW retired to hers. I completely understand savoring No TV. Good rest, too. Not a car fan exactly, although I loved my two '67 Datsun 1600 roadsters. After the first one got backended and we ended up crashed into the back of a Cadillac, the second one was found and acquired but I was driving to CT so my sister kept it and her a*hole husband sold it for me. I drove a Toyota Corolla to CT, drove it back 3 years later and drove it until I got a Honda Civic. *smooch*
>215 msf59: Hi again, Mark! Not in the sack - got up an hour ago, am drinking coffee and writing this message. Glad you get to be off for the holidays soon. How did filling in for the other driver last week go?
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I set up a Christmas present wrapping station. Dragged a very old (1940s?) lightweight card table and a dining room chair into the Library. I found boxes we reuse every Christmas for Jenna's, Hwan's, and Bill's presents. I brought down 3 different Christmas wrapping papers, ribbon, a box of tags (some recycled), and a metal tin with scissors and tape.
I watched the first half of the then-boring Man City - Man United soccer match, and was chatting with my sister when I heard Bill exclaim "Oh my God!" from the living room. So I went in there, phone in hand, to see what was going on. It had gotten exciting for Man City and they were looking to cruise to a 1-0 win when Man United got a penalty kick and then scored again within a minute or two, at minutes 89 and 90, winning 2-1. I was thinking of John Simpson, who's a Man U fan. Later on, I watched the highlights.
Should have made Pecan Puffs but didn't.
The Murdoch Mysteries. One of them mentioned, almost in passing, the forced assimilation of First Nations children starting in the 1870s, but it did mention it.
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I want to wrap two books for Karen in Montana and send them, along with some books just because ... books ... and mail the package to her today. I have a chiropractor appointment at noon, and will also stop at the pharmacy and grocery store for a couple of things after all that.
Reading, and etc. the rest of the day. I might make Pecan Puffs this afternoon. I need three boxes worth and some for us, so will probably triple the recipe.
I hope the FPBD - family pickle ball day - went well. Thank you re my day.
>214 richardderus: I'm so glad that OS and the MW retired to hers. I completely understand savoring No TV. Good rest, too. Not a car fan exactly, although I loved my two '67 Datsun 1600 roadsters. After the first one got backended and we ended up crashed into the back of a Cadillac, the second one was found and acquired but I was driving to CT so my sister kept it and her a*hole husband sold it for me. I drove a Toyota Corolla to CT, drove it back 3 years later and drove it until I got a Honda Civic. *smooch*
>215 msf59: Hi again, Mark! Not in the sack - got up an hour ago, am drinking coffee and writing this message. Glad you get to be off for the holidays soon. How did filling in for the other driver last week go?
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I set up a Christmas present wrapping station. Dragged a very old (1940s?) lightweight card table and a dining room chair into the Library. I found boxes we reuse every Christmas for Jenna's, Hwan's, and Bill's presents. I brought down 3 different Christmas wrapping papers, ribbon, a box of tags (some recycled), and a metal tin with scissors and tape.
I watched the first half of the then-boring Man City - Man United soccer match, and was chatting with my sister when I heard Bill exclaim "Oh my God!" from the living room. So I went in there, phone in hand, to see what was going on. It had gotten exciting for Man City and they were looking to cruise to a 1-0 win when Man United got a penalty kick and then scored again within a minute or two, at minutes 89 and 90, winning 2-1. I was thinking of John Simpson, who's a Man U fan. Later on, I watched the highlights.
Should have made Pecan Puffs but didn't.
The Murdoch Mysteries. One of them mentioned, almost in passing, the forced assimilation of First Nations children starting in the 1870s, but it did mention it.
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I want to wrap two books for Karen in Montana and send them, along with some books just because ... books ... and mail the package to her today. I have a chiropractor appointment at noon, and will also stop at the pharmacy and grocery store for a couple of things after all that.
Reading, and etc. the rest of the day. I might make Pecan Puffs this afternoon. I need three boxes worth and some for us, so will probably triple the recipe.
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>216 karenmarie: ...or you could sextuple your puffs recipe and send them all to me...just an idea.
They go well with coffee....
They go well with coffee....
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I've been hunkered down all day. Some snow overnight, and though it is 40°, patchy snow lingers. I do have cleaning and laundry to do, so I must apply myself.
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>194 karenmarie: Oh wow! that is quite a blue dress. Quite princess like!
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Morning, Karen. Filling in for the other driver last week went fine but I am sure glad I don't have to do this very often. Usual stuff today- work, PB & the books
I received the book yesterday. Thank you very much. I will send it back, once I finish it and I will be starting it soon.
I received the book yesterday. Thank you very much. I will send it back, once I finish it and I will be starting it soon.
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>217 richardderus: Hi RD! All 3 lbs of butter? 6 cups of chopped pecans? My goodness, I’d better get cracking! They go perfectly with a cup of (for me) medium roast, freshly ground, brewed with well water. I want that cup of coffee.
>218 weird_O: Hi Bill. Hunkered down sounds quite nice, actually. I’m busy every day this week again, alas. I’d love a bit of snow. Yes, I know, be careful what you ask for. Apply away, or get the house elves to do the work. Big nose, that Santa.
>219 figsfromthistle: Hi Anita. It was gorgeous, that’s for sure. They also sent a very brief video, like 10 seconds, where Hwan was twirling and then she danced over to stop the video.
>220 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark. Happy Tuesday to you. I hope the PB and books are a joy and that the work goes smoothly.
You’re very welcome. Keep it as long as you want – no pressure.
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I mailed one (last?) Christmas card, went to the chiropractor, went to the grocery store, went to the pharmacy. Then home. However, I'm sure everybody goes through this: I had ONE thing to get at the grocery store, but it was critical. Then I decided to get a jar of salsa, which took me down one aisle, which led me to look along the back wall. I spied with my own little eyes what looked like a standing rib roast - aka Prime Rib - which will be our Christmas Day dinner. It was only $6.99/lb on special. I asked the butcher if it would keep in the refrigerator 'til then or needed to be frozen, and he said it would keep in the fridge. Score! 5.87 lbs. Then I saw a London Broil for the same price/lb, got one, and then it was game on. $105 later, I escaped. Pharmacy was for one critical item, too, but I also bought Christmas candy for 3: Gummy bears for Jenna, Snickers for Hwan, PB cups for Bill. I used the last of my OTC money, $16.81, so felt good about that too.
Read, puttered, took a nap. Got downstairs for dinner late at 6 p.m. and watched The Murdoch Mysteries with Bill. After that I wrapped the two books for friend Karen, and then headed upstairs.
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Book sort and Virlie's this morning. I plan on mailing the box of books/Christmas present books to Karen after Virlies, then come home. Pecan Puffs? Butter's out softening. NOT 3 lbs, RD... only 1.5 lbs. *smile*
>218 weird_O: Hi Bill. Hunkered down sounds quite nice, actually. I’m busy every day this week again, alas. I’d love a bit of snow. Yes, I know, be careful what you ask for. Apply away, or get the house elves to do the work. Big nose, that Santa.
>219 figsfromthistle: Hi Anita. It was gorgeous, that’s for sure. They also sent a very brief video, like 10 seconds, where Hwan was twirling and then she danced over to stop the video.
>220 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark. Happy Tuesday to you. I hope the PB and books are a joy and that the work goes smoothly.
You’re very welcome. Keep it as long as you want – no pressure.
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I mailed one (last?) Christmas card, went to the chiropractor, went to the grocery store, went to the pharmacy. Then home. However, I'm sure everybody goes through this: I had ONE thing to get at the grocery store, but it was critical. Then I decided to get a jar of salsa, which took me down one aisle, which led me to look along the back wall. I spied with my own little eyes what looked like a standing rib roast - aka Prime Rib - which will be our Christmas Day dinner. It was only $6.99/lb on special. I asked the butcher if it would keep in the refrigerator 'til then or needed to be frozen, and he said it would keep in the fridge. Score! 5.87 lbs. Then I saw a London Broil for the same price/lb, got one, and then it was game on. $105 later, I escaped. Pharmacy was for one critical item, too, but I also bought Christmas candy for 3: Gummy bears for Jenna, Snickers for Hwan, PB cups for Bill. I used the last of my OTC money, $16.81, so felt good about that too.
Read, puttered, took a nap. Got downstairs for dinner late at 6 p.m. and watched The Murdoch Mysteries with Bill. After that I wrapped the two books for friend Karen, and then headed upstairs.
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Book sort and Virlie's this morning. I plan on mailing the box of books/Christmas present books to Karen after Virlies, then come home. Pecan Puffs? Butter's out softening. NOT 3 lbs, RD... only 1.5 lbs. *smile*
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>221 karenmarie: Fondle the books happily, and I know you're always down for a Virlie's trip. It's really satisfying to have a pleasant routine set up.
Not even going to comment on your meanness. Too busy sobbing. *hmmf*
Not even going to comment on your meanness. Too busy sobbing. *hmmf*
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Checking in on you, Karen, but not even trying to catch up. I hope all is well there and that you have a terrific Tuesday!
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>222 richardderus: Hi RD! I fondled books happily. Great Courses DVDs/guides, too, but one of the women, who is officious as hell, came over and started taking them away. I was trying to put the guide with the DVD/s. I said that I had it, she said I could look at them later, and I told her I was matching guides to DVDs, not looking at them to buy them. She persisted, and I'm afraid I used the F word, as in "Just f***ing leave me to it." She then said to calm down, wanted to hug me... ugh. I also watched her throw a small old hardcover in the box for the thrift shop without even looking at it. I was curious, so pulled it back out. First American Edition, sans dust jacket, 1946. I gave it to Eliza to appraise. She said it's worth $60 or so, so we'll sell it for $15 or so.
Lunch was fun, went to the PO to mail the Christmas books and other books to Karen, stopped at the Pharmacy to pick up a prescription.
Home again.
>223 alcottacre: Hi Stasia. Not catching up is completely acceptable - that's what I do now. All's well here, and so far Tuesday's been great. I hope your Tuesday is going well, too.
Lunch was fun, went to the PO to mail the Christmas books and other books to Karen, stopped at the Pharmacy to pick up a prescription.
Home again.
>223 alcottacre: Hi Stasia. Not catching up is completely acceptable - that's what I do now. All's well here, and so far Tuesday's been great. I hope your Tuesday is going well, too.
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>224 karenmarie: Oh FFS. The awfulness of the officious overcontrollers of the world cannot be overstated. I hope she "retires" soon.
Try not to pour melted typeface lead down her throat.
Officially.
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Try not to pour melted typeface lead down her throat.
Officially.
*smooch*
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I love all your Christmas goings-on except, of course, for the woman who rules as much of the universe as she can. What a sad, frustrating life she must live! I hope you can avoid her most of the time. Meanwhile, good save of the little hardcover! I love old books! Hmmm. I love new books too. Never mind.
Enjoy your evening!
Enjoy your evening!
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Morning, Karen. Happy Wednesday. Boo to the "officious woman". Sounds like you handled her well. Nothing like a well-aimed "F" word.
Last work day until the 6th. Yah. The Jackson calendars came in yesterday. Double Yah! I am also starting Tell Me Everything today. Triple Yah!
Last work day until the 6th. Yah. The Jackson calendars came in yesterday. Double Yah! I am also starting Tell Me Everything today. Triple Yah!
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>225 richardderus:> Hiya, RDear. This woman keeps books that have highlighting and/or writing in them, gets rid of old things indiscriminately, as above, and she and her husband occasionally come in on Fridays to sort, sometimes leaving not much for the group to sort. And, since she gets rid of potentially valuable things AND puts stuff in the cubbies that shouldn't be sold at the sales, she's a menace. On the other hand, she and her husband are at book sort 95% of the time and she always asks after Jenna and now, Hwan, too.
I will avoid doing any damage to her so as to avoid jail time. I've seen pictures of the thin mattresses, and my back couldn't handle it. *smooch*
>226 LizzieD: Hello Peggy. She's not really avoidable at book sort - smallish room, back and forth, and etc. I didn't want to sit next to her at Virlie's, so chose to go around and sit between her husband and Rhoda, but did chat with her a bit on our way out. I think she's really lonely although she has two daughters and ... three? ... grandchildren. Her husband is hard of hearing even with hearing aids and, more important, votes for the Gang of Psychos while she's a staunch Democrat. They do not discuss politics at home.
Thanks re my evening.
>227 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Happy Wednesday to you, too. I was, literally, the youngest person in the room, and I don’t think that word gets used much by them. It’s ubiquitous now though, and has lost much of its clout since I was a teenager and used it for the first time.
Yay for no more work ‘til the 6th. I’m really happy about your Jackson Calendar tradition and love seeing the monthly pics. I hope you like Tell Me Everything, glad I could loan it to you.
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Book sort was mostly fun except for Officious Woman. Lunch was, as always, interesting. One of the fun subjects was egg creams, mentioned by Rhoda. I knew that they didn't have eggs or cream, but she and officious lady of all people, knew them and loved them, and were in agreement that you must use Fox's U-bet chocolate syrup. After that I went to the PO to mail the Christmas books and other books to Karen, stopped at the Pharmacy to pick up a prescription, came home, and rested until the guilt got to me and I made the Pecan Puff dough, triple recipe. I hung out in the Library reading and dozing 'til the guilt got to me again, and I actually baked all 3 large cookie sheets worth. Dredged in powdered sugar when they came out of the oven, then dredged again after they'd cooled, boxed and ready to be wrapped. There are a few leftovers.
The Murdoch Mysteries, reading, sleep. I slept for 7 hours straight. Heaven.
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PT at ten - groan - taking wrapped/addressed box of Pecan Puffs to PO. I may or may not wrap gifts for Bill, Jenna, and Hwan. I may or may not putter in the Sunroom. I will definitely read and nap, though. I might make baked potatoes and London Broil for dinner.
I will avoid doing any damage to her so as to avoid jail time. I've seen pictures of the thin mattresses, and my back couldn't handle it. *smooch*
>226 LizzieD: Hello Peggy. She's not really avoidable at book sort - smallish room, back and forth, and etc. I didn't want to sit next to her at Virlie's, so chose to go around and sit between her husband and Rhoda, but did chat with her a bit on our way out. I think she's really lonely although she has two daughters and ... three? ... grandchildren. Her husband is hard of hearing even with hearing aids and, more important, votes for the Gang of Psychos while she's a staunch Democrat. They do not discuss politics at home.
Thanks re my evening.
>227 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Happy Wednesday to you, too. I was, literally, the youngest person in the room, and I don’t think that word gets used much by them. It’s ubiquitous now though, and has lost much of its clout since I was a teenager and used it for the first time.
Yay for no more work ‘til the 6th. I’m really happy about your Jackson Calendar tradition and love seeing the monthly pics. I hope you like Tell Me Everything, glad I could loan it to you.
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Book sort was mostly fun except for Officious Woman. Lunch was, as always, interesting. One of the fun subjects was egg creams, mentioned by Rhoda. I knew that they didn't have eggs or cream, but she and officious lady of all people, knew them and loved them, and were in agreement that you must use Fox's U-bet chocolate syrup. After that I went to the PO to mail the Christmas books and other books to Karen, stopped at the Pharmacy to pick up a prescription, came home, and rested until the guilt got to me and I made the Pecan Puff dough, triple recipe. I hung out in the Library reading and dozing 'til the guilt got to me again, and I actually baked all 3 large cookie sheets worth. Dredged in powdered sugar when they came out of the oven, then dredged again after they'd cooled, boxed and ready to be wrapped. There are a few leftovers.
The Murdoch Mysteries, reading, sleep. I slept for 7 hours straight. Heaven.
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PT at ten - groan - taking wrapped/addressed box of Pecan Puffs to PO. I may or may not wrap gifts for Bill, Jenna, and Hwan. I may or may not putter in the Sunroom. I will definitely read and nap, though. I might make baked potatoes and London Broil for dinner.
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>228 karenmarie: LEFTOVERS *sob* how can there be leftovers?! You only made a triple recipe!
We all appreciate your self-restraint in refraining from interpersonal violence. Sending stuff into NC's prisons is not easy. I'm awaiting a podiatrist visit, which I'm glad to have done so I can stop unraveling my socks.
I hope your baked/broiled dinner is as scrummy as it sounds.
We all appreciate your self-restraint in refraining from interpersonal violence. Sending stuff into NC's prisons is not easy. I'm awaiting a podiatrist visit, which I'm glad to have done so I can stop unraveling my socks.
I hope your baked/broiled dinner is as scrummy as it sounds.
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I often wondered ----- It seems that your pecan puffs are my DH's family's patented nut balls, made by at least 4 generations of their women but not by me. I've had no need to since we had DH's 2 sisters and now a niece turning them out every Christmas. They are a treat! In Mama's family everybody tried to make her sister Katherine's date-nut roll, fudge, and sea foam. I have done all three in my time. Mama's specialty was cheese straws, and I didn't make those last year (or likely this year) either. Mama's mama made fruitcake that was pretty good. The older of DH's older sisters made fruitcake that was pretty bad.
Peace for your day. I need to get on with mine.
Peace for your day. I need to get on with mine.
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>229 richardderus: What can I say? Some for Bill and me, 3 boxes mailed today. Jenna commented on the Tupperware of numminess left here at the house and implied that she and Hwan would enjoy them... I'll have to make another batch for that to happen.
>230 LizzieD: Patented, eh? I just found Pecan Puffs in the 1951 Joy of Cooking. Same recipe, but the one in the 1951 cookbook does what I do - roll them in powdered sugar while hot and then after they've cooled.
I have a wonderful recipe for fudge. Have never made sea foam. Joy of Cooking 1975 has Sea Foam as part of Divinity - says if you use the brown sugar and vinegar it's Sea Foam.
Date-nut roll sounds yummy to me. I love cheese straws, have made a strange version of them for a decade or more that uses Kellogg's Corn Flakes and has them rolled and sliced. I love the fruitcake my mother used to make, have the recipe, but neither Bill nor Jenna like fruit cake, so if I really want fruit cake, I buy one from Collin Street Bakery.
I hope your day's gone well.
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I got up early, played on LT, wrapped 3 boxes of Pecan Puffs to mail this morning, then got to PT by 10 a.m. Post Office, swap shop at the dump to drop off some books and other things to get them out of my SUV, then up to Lowes Foods to see if they had Marie Calendar Razzleberry Pie since my grocery store does not have it. They have MC pies, just not that one. Success - AND it was $2.50 off. I also got a Chocolate Satin Pie, also $2.50 off. Home, then we watched Arsenal beat Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Gabriel Jesus got a hat trick.
The London Broil is out getting to room temperature, and I've decided - heresy - to microwave the potatoes. Onward and upward.
>230 LizzieD: Patented, eh? I just found Pecan Puffs in the 1951 Joy of Cooking. Same recipe, but the one in the 1951 cookbook does what I do - roll them in powdered sugar while hot and then after they've cooled.
I have a wonderful recipe for fudge. Have never made sea foam. Joy of Cooking 1975 has Sea Foam as part of Divinity - says if you use the brown sugar and vinegar it's Sea Foam.
Date-nut roll sounds yummy to me. I love cheese straws, have made a strange version of them for a decade or more that uses Kellogg's Corn Flakes and has them rolled and sliced. I love the fruitcake my mother used to make, have the recipe, but neither Bill nor Jenna like fruit cake, so if I really want fruit cake, I buy one from Collin Street Bakery.
I hope your day's gone well.
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I got up early, played on LT, wrapped 3 boxes of Pecan Puffs to mail this morning, then got to PT by 10 a.m. Post Office, swap shop at the dump to drop off some books and other things to get them out of my SUV, then up to Lowes Foods to see if they had Marie Calendar Razzleberry Pie since my grocery store does not have it. They have MC pies, just not that one. Success - AND it was $2.50 off. I also got a Chocolate Satin Pie, also $2.50 off. Home, then we watched Arsenal beat Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Gabriel Jesus got a hat trick.
The London Broil is out getting to room temperature, and I've decided - heresy - to microwave the potatoes. Onward and upward.
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>231 karenmarie: Marie Callender makes some really good crusts. I have always wondered what the secret is. I'm glad you got the razzleberry pie at a discount even. Rasp- and blackberries together are a winner!
...so...HwanJen rate their own recipe...while a pathetic old shut-in without a deiend in the world, who could suddenly perish with none the wiser does not...nepobaby unfairness abounds in 45s Murrukuh....
...so...HwanJen rate their own recipe...while a pathetic old shut-in without a deiend in the world, who could suddenly perish with none the wiser does not...nepobaby unfairness abounds in 45s Murrukuh....
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Morning, Karen. Sweet Thursday. I got your Christmas card. Thank you. I stopped sending them. Sue never did. But I still like receiving them.
I will enjoy my 2 1/2 weeks off work. Yeah, baby. No surprise but I am loving Tell Me Everything. Here is an early quote that made me smile:
"Olive, sitting in her wingback chair, saw two chickadees and a titmouse at her feeder. She leaned forward and spotted a squirrel...She hated squirrels. They ate her flowers, and they were always bothering the birds."
Love that Olive!
I will enjoy my 2 1/2 weeks off work. Yeah, baby. No surprise but I am loving Tell Me Everything. Here is an early quote that made me smile:
"Olive, sitting in her wingback chair, saw two chickadees and a titmouse at her feeder. She leaned forward and spotted a squirrel...She hated squirrels. They ate her flowers, and they were always bothering the birds."
Love that Olive!
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'Morning, RDear! Can't wait for Christmas Day and Christmas Day Dinner. It's going to be so much fun. Presents, stockings, meal prep, good food and interesting conversation at the table. This year, I'm going to mostly disregard sodium on the 25th.
When I was ten-ish, my dad's first cousin/wife lived in Anaheim - had a dichondra lawn, which impressed me - and we could watch the Disneyland nightly fireworks from their front yard. Anyway, Delores always had Marie Callender fresh strawberry pie, bought at the retail store in Orange. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven. MC crusts are wonderful, for sure.
Rather than the LT world think I'm a miserly and mean *Horrible*, I shall state here and now that I mailed your box of Pecan Puffs yesterday, but reserved and still reserve the right to the leftovers. I had two yesterday, Bill had one. As you have noted, they are excellent with coffee. First thing in the morning. Just by walking into the kitchen, opening the Tupperware, grabbing two or three, and bringing them to the Sunroom, where coffee awaits them. *smooch*
>233 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Sweet Thursday to you, too. You’re welcome – I still like sending them, although I keep reducing my list as people leave my life and pass away. I’m still sending a card to a friend of Bill’s mother, who is 101 years old. I had Bill check on her son’s social media to make sure Frances hadn’t passed away.
Yay for being off work for 2 ½ weeks, glad you’re loving Tell Me Everything. I’m very happy that I could loan it to you. From that quote, Olive and I could almost be sisters.
Speaking of the bird report – Cardinals, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, finches. I had a Mockingbird on the bird bath earlier.
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The London Broil was excellent. The potatoes tolerable, since I bought russets wrapped in microwavable plastic because they were the right size and least expensive russet option and decided at the last minute to actually microwave them instead of removing them from the plastic and baking them in my toaster oven like I'd originally planned. Sigh. Never again - try getting super hot plastic wrap off super hot potatoes. I finally managed, but gads. Real baked potatoes are so much better, too, even though they take a bit of effort.
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I have a massage at 1:30 p.m. today and may or may not stop at the grocery store (again), to get the final ingredients for everything for Christmas Day after. I've decided to make breakfast pizza and need a few things for that in addition to mushrooms, cauliflower, 1 lb of Kerrygold unsalted butter, and vanilla ice cream for the Razzleberry Pie. Separate from that will probably be a standard stuff grocery store run on Monday. I compartmentalize and don't want to confuse the issue today.
There was a large styrofoam container from Omaha Steaks on the Sunroom steps this morning. Niece had warned me that a package would arrive on the 23rd, and she's the only one I know who would send me such an expensive gift. I'll text her to ask if she's gotten delivery confirmation of a package... it's remotely possible that it's someone else, but I don't think so.
Present wrapping otherwise, reading, and working on a spreadsheet or two.
When I was ten-ish, my dad's first cousin/wife lived in Anaheim - had a dichondra lawn, which impressed me - and we could watch the Disneyland nightly fireworks from their front yard. Anyway, Delores always had Marie Callender fresh strawberry pie, bought at the retail store in Orange. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven. MC crusts are wonderful, for sure.
Rather than the LT world think I'm a miserly and mean *Horrible*, I shall state here and now that I mailed your box of Pecan Puffs yesterday, but reserved and still reserve the right to the leftovers. I had two yesterday, Bill had one. As you have noted, they are excellent with coffee. First thing in the morning. Just by walking into the kitchen, opening the Tupperware, grabbing two or three, and bringing them to the Sunroom, where coffee awaits them. *smooch*
>233 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Sweet Thursday to you, too. You’re welcome – I still like sending them, although I keep reducing my list as people leave my life and pass away. I’m still sending a card to a friend of Bill’s mother, who is 101 years old. I had Bill check on her son’s social media to make sure Frances hadn’t passed away.
Yay for being off work for 2 ½ weeks, glad you’re loving Tell Me Everything. I’m very happy that I could loan it to you. From that quote, Olive and I could almost be sisters.
Speaking of the bird report – Cardinals, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, finches. I had a Mockingbird on the bird bath earlier.
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The London Broil was excellent. The potatoes tolerable, since I bought russets wrapped in microwavable plastic because they were the right size and least expensive russet option and decided at the last minute to actually microwave them instead of removing them from the plastic and baking them in my toaster oven like I'd originally planned. Sigh. Never again - try getting super hot plastic wrap off super hot potatoes. I finally managed, but gads. Real baked potatoes are so much better, too, even though they take a bit of effort.
Reading, and etc.
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I have a massage at 1:30 p.m. today and may or may not stop at the grocery store (again), to get the final ingredients for everything for Christmas Day after. I've decided to make breakfast pizza and need a few things for that in addition to mushrooms, cauliflower, 1 lb of Kerrygold unsalted butter, and vanilla ice cream for the Razzleberry Pie. Separate from that will probably be a standard stuff grocery store run on Monday. I compartmentalize and don't want to confuse the issue today.
There was a large styrofoam container from Omaha Steaks on the Sunroom steps this morning. Niece had warned me that a package would arrive on the 23rd, and she's the only one I know who would send me such an expensive gift. I'll text her to ask if she's gotten delivery confirmation of a package... it's remotely possible that it's someone else, but I don't think so.
Present wrapping otherwise, reading, and working on a spreadsheet or two.
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Karen said: Working on a spreadsheet or two. That comment reminded me, oh spreadsheet maven. Having learned that I could export my LT catalog as an Excel spreadsheet, I tried it. Exporting the file and putting it in Google Sheets was duck soup. But Jehoshaphat!! It's enormous. Thirty or forty columns, all jammed together for the lack of formatting. No column titles, so I've got to puzzle out what the data is in each column. It's going to be an adventure to parse it out.
I do believe I'm going to copy selected data into a different file, format the columns to accommodate the data, and go from there.
Yeee haaa.
I do believe I'm going to copy selected data into a different file, format the columns to accommodate the data, and go from there.
Yeee haaa.
236LizzieD
There. All I can say is that you Karen are a Horribly Good and Generous Woman! I never doubted it!!!!
Hooray for Christmas meals! We have decided to have a ham and adjust the other fixin's this year. It's just too soon after Thanksgiving to do all that again.
>235 weird_O: Wow! It hadn't occurred to me to even try that, Bill. Keep us informed of your progress. I doubt that it's a project for my new year, but you never know. I'd love to have the whole thing printed out.......
Hooray for Christmas meals! We have decided to have a ham and adjust the other fixin's this year. It's just too soon after Thanksgiving to do all that again.
>235 weird_O: Wow! It hadn't occurred to me to even try that, Bill. Keep us informed of your progress. I doubt that it's a project for my new year, but you never know. I'd love to have the whole thing printed out.......
237richardderus
>236 LizzieD: Et tu, Brutanaë.
238richardderus
>234 karenmarie: That's one extravagant gift! Lurvely to find such a surprise on the porch.
It's the crusts that make 'em so good. And those styrofoam containers are brilliant for cold storage during power outages, or brining a huge turkey to (routinely unsatisfactory) attempt to impart some flavor and moisture to the overabundant white meat.
It's the crusts that make 'em so good. And those styrofoam containers are brilliant for cold storage during power outages, or brining a huge turkey to (routinely unsatisfactory) attempt to impart some flavor and moisture to the overabundant white meat.
239quondame
>235 weird_O: You had much more success than I did with exporting LT books! Excel on my MAC won't read the exported file. I tried tab separated, but that failed for some other reason.
It would be great to just choose which fields I wanted to export!
Hi Karen,
It sounds like you're having a busy, productive season.
It would be great to just choose which fields I wanted to export!
Hi Karen,
It sounds like you're having a busy, productive season.
240SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/366615
241karenmarie
>235 weird_O: Hiya, Bill! Spreadsheet maven… I like it. Thank you. Google how to import an excel spreadsheet to Google Sheets. Lots of articles and YouTube videos. Good luck.
>236 LizzieD: Thank you Peggy. You are one of my biggest fans, as I am of you.
Bill and I were discussing pork last night after Jenna sent pictures of them eating at a restaurant where a built-in grill and venting were embedded in the table. They had lamb skewers, which reminded me of lamb, and then I remembered that Bill likes lamb. I just never made it once I moved to NC. I love medium-rare lamb chops with lemon squeezed over instead of mint jelly – a holdover from my Greek boyfriend. I might make them or a leg of lamb sometime early next year.
I used to love ham. Mom would score the fat in a diamond pattern and put a clove in each piece of scored fat. Yum. And then, soup. Enjoy planning your Christmas Feast.
I occasionally download my whole catalog. Fun times.
>237 richardderus: Three is a vicious number when it comes to friends, because occasionally two gang up on the other one. Your turn to be ganged up on. I’m sure my turn will come eventually. Being one of three frequently sucked.
It’s definitely a full-sized container. I can put it in the garage. However, unless there’s an apocalypse and we completely lose power and propane for our tank, I’ve got freezer space covered. Refrigerator space, too, with the old refrigerator in the garage.
I do not like white meat poultry at all, except for the occasional chicken tender from Virlie’s. However, I must say that I make whole turkey so that the white meat is moist. I’m told it’s flavorful, too.
>239 quondame: Hi Susan. Busy and productive. Busy with prep and a whole slew of doctor/PT/chiropractor appointments. However, after I wrap presents, which I hope to do this afternoon, I’m ready.
>240 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
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I really got into the zone during my massage. She had to call my name a couple of times to turn over. She puts a heated pad on my back when she finishes. She also puts a heated neck pillow and heated eye pad when I've flipped over. Heated foot booties when she's done with my feet, too.
Mailed two cards to my aunt - one to congratulate her on her progress after cataract surgery on the 11th and a birthday card for her 89th on the 26th.
Stopped at the grocery store for the above mentioned stuff. Home again, jammies, and etc.
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We're having book sort today instead of next Tuesday. I would have preferred Monday and voted that way, but lost. I can't imagine that we've gotten lots of donations since Tuesday. Virlie's after, I guess. I have no idea how many folks are going to show up.
Present wrapping this afternoon. Two for Hwan, two for Jenna, one for Bill. I'm also wrapping Jenna's present to Hwan because she didn't have time before and won't have time on Christmas Day.
Other than that, reading, puttering, and all the other usual.
Oh, and Jenna called me last night from Korea. We talked for 42 minutes. Lots of interesting stuff and catch up. We're both pleased and amused by the fact that they leave Korea at 5:50 p.m. on Saturday and arrive in Raleigh Durham at 5:25 p.m. on Saturday.
>236 LizzieD: Thank you Peggy. You are one of my biggest fans, as I am of you.
Bill and I were discussing pork last night after Jenna sent pictures of them eating at a restaurant where a built-in grill and venting were embedded in the table. They had lamb skewers, which reminded me of lamb, and then I remembered that Bill likes lamb. I just never made it once I moved to NC. I love medium-rare lamb chops with lemon squeezed over instead of mint jelly – a holdover from my Greek boyfriend. I might make them or a leg of lamb sometime early next year.
I used to love ham. Mom would score the fat in a diamond pattern and put a clove in each piece of scored fat. Yum. And then, soup. Enjoy planning your Christmas Feast.
I occasionally download my whole catalog. Fun times.
>237 richardderus: Three is a vicious number when it comes to friends, because occasionally two gang up on the other one. Your turn to be ganged up on. I’m sure my turn will come eventually. Being one of three frequently sucked.
It’s definitely a full-sized container. I can put it in the garage. However, unless there’s an apocalypse and we completely lose power and propane for our tank, I’ve got freezer space covered. Refrigerator space, too, with the old refrigerator in the garage.
I do not like white meat poultry at all, except for the occasional chicken tender from Virlie’s. However, I must say that I make whole turkey so that the white meat is moist. I’m told it’s flavorful, too.
>239 quondame: Hi Susan. Busy and productive. Busy with prep and a whole slew of doctor/PT/chiropractor appointments. However, after I wrap presents, which I hope to do this afternoon, I’m ready.
>240 SilverWolf28: Thanks, Silver!
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I really got into the zone during my massage. She had to call my name a couple of times to turn over. She puts a heated pad on my back when she finishes. She also puts a heated neck pillow and heated eye pad when I've flipped over. Heated foot booties when she's done with my feet, too.
Mailed two cards to my aunt - one to congratulate her on her progress after cataract surgery on the 11th and a birthday card for her 89th on the 26th.
Stopped at the grocery store for the above mentioned stuff. Home again, jammies, and etc.
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We're having book sort today instead of next Tuesday. I would have preferred Monday and voted that way, but lost. I can't imagine that we've gotten lots of donations since Tuesday. Virlie's after, I guess. I have no idea how many folks are going to show up.
Present wrapping this afternoon. Two for Hwan, two for Jenna, one for Bill. I'm also wrapping Jenna's present to Hwan because she didn't have time before and won't have time on Christmas Day.
Other than that, reading, puttering, and all the other usual.
Oh, and Jenna called me last night from Korea. We talked for 42 minutes. Lots of interesting stuff and catch up. We're both pleased and amused by the fact that they leave Korea at 5:50 p.m. on Saturday and arrive in Raleigh Durham at 5:25 p.m. on Saturday.
242msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Friday. I did not realize Bill's Mom is alive and 101. Wow. Where does she live? Is Bill "close" to his Mom?
We got some snow over night. About 3 inches and still coming down for a little bit longer. Looks beautiful out there. Glad I am not working but I will still venture out to play some PB. Enjoy your puttering.
We got some snow over night. About 3 inches and still coming down for a little bit longer. Looks beautiful out there. Glad I am not working but I will still venture out to play some PB. Enjoy your puttering.
243karenmarie
Hi Mark! Happy Friday to you, too. Bill's mother isn't alive, this is a friend of his mother's.
Bill's mom lived to be 84. Bill's dad, who she had been divorced from for 37 years, also lived to be 84. My parents, 11 years apart in age, both lived to 82.
Wow. 3 inches of snow would cripple us here. I'd love to see it, though, because if push came to shove we could just hunker down until after Christmas.
Enjoy pickleball, stay safe on the roads.
I always love to putter. Except when I'm reading, of course.
Bill's mom lived to be 84. Bill's dad, who she had been divorced from for 37 years, also lived to be 84. My parents, 11 years apart in age, both lived to 82.
Wow. 3 inches of snow would cripple us here. I'd love to see it, though, because if push came to shove we could just hunker down until after Christmas.
Enjoy pickleball, stay safe on the roads.
I always love to putter. Except when I'm reading, of course.
244msf59
Sorry, I misread the post. I need to pay attention. LOL. Looks like the early 80s is the age to beat. Sadly my Dad only made it to 72 and worse yet my Mom only 53. Those hurt.
245alcottacre
>241 karenmarie: Checking in on you, Karen. I hope you have a fantastic Friday!
246richardderus
>241 karenmarie: Enjoy your book-fondling, Horrible. I'm sure the after-xmas one will be bigger, and not just because it's got a longer stretch between. No matter how mean and cruel you are not to make pecan puffs to send to me weekly, I still hope for only the best for you: Not murdering officious woman and spouse and ending up in jail.
See? Magnanimosity personified! *smooch*
See? Magnanimosity personified! *smooch*
247LizzieD
OW was probably there today, but it would be a more satisfying morning if she were not. I wish you the Good Will of the season with no murdering or even maiming going on over the books.
I neglected to ask about the steaks - what a gift!!!! Enjoy!!!!!
Oh yes indeed! Score the ham in diamonds, glaze with brown sugar stuff, insert a clove. I look forward to sandwiches and salad and maybe even Senate bean soup with ham!!!!!
No mutton or lamb for me, please. I shared an apartment with a Greek woman for awhile who did a leg of lamb for us. I did my part, but it was not my favorite. You and Bill enjoy!
Oh, Richard!
Oh! Wordle in 2 for me today to my surprise and delight. Rare!!!
I neglected to ask about the steaks - what a gift!!!! Enjoy!!!!!
Oh yes indeed! Score the ham in diamonds, glaze with brown sugar stuff, insert a clove. I look forward to sandwiches and salad and maybe even Senate bean soup with ham!!!!!
No mutton or lamb for me, please. I shared an apartment with a Greek woman for awhile who did a leg of lamb for us. I did my part, but it was not my favorite. You and Bill enjoy!
Oh, Richard!
Oh! Wordle in 2 for me today to my surprise and delight. Rare!!!
248lauralkeet
>241 karenmarie: I like my lamb with olive oil, garlic & rosemary. My mom used to serve it with mint jelly which kinda grosses me out now.
I am really looking forward to our Christmas ham, which we specifically bought bone-in for soup afterwards. Reba introduced me to Hambeens (dried bean mix) and their recipe for Traditional 15-Bean Soup, and my mouth is watering now just writing about it.
I bet you'll be happy to see JennHwan again!
I am really looking forward to our Christmas ham, which we specifically bought bone-in for soup afterwards. Reba introduced me to Hambeens (dried bean mix) and their recipe for Traditional 15-Bean Soup, and my mouth is watering now just writing about it.
I bet you'll be happy to see JennHwan again!
249richardderus
Solstice cheer, sweetiedarling.
250richardderus
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251karenmarie
>244 msf59: No worries, Mark. I’m sorry about losing your mother at 53 and your father at 72. I’m aiming for my 90s, although recent events (2021-2024) have me occasionally feeling doubtful.
>245 alcottacre: Hi Stasia, and thank you. I hope your Friday was fantastic.
>246 richardderus: Thanks RD, I did. Our next fondling is December 30th, and I anticipate that it will be huge. Weekly’s what I’d like for massage and chiropractic, not slaving over a stand mixer and oven. Plus, there would definitely more than could fit into a box for you, we’d eat them, I’d have sugar every day (which I’m trying to get away from again), and just … nope. Sorry, my darling, but you get spoiled just once a year. 😏
>247 LizzieD: ‘Morning the next day, Peggy! Yes, OW was there. We didn’t talk much, but it got a bit more talky between us at Virlie’s. Thank you re not murdering or maiming.
Steaks, hamburgers, potatoes au gratin, caramel apple tartlets, jumbo franks. I thought there were ‘only’ two steaks, but there are four. 2 filet mignon, 2 top sirloin.
Your description of the ham reminded me that mom did indeed use brown sugar to glaze it, and I’m afraid that sometimes there were pineapple slices and maraschino cherries.
Greek woman and leg of lamb. Hmmm. That reminds me that when I was in Greece in 1979 with my Greek boyfriend on his home island of Andros staying at his mother’s house, we happened to be there for his name day. Since he was home for the first time in a decade, his name day celebration was huge. It included the slaughter of the goat that I had named (Note: Do not name food.). I reluctantly ate a bit of the meat, but the next day they brought out the skull to crack for the brains. Tony, his mother, his pregnant sister, and I were clearly involved in a Big Deal. But. I just couldn’t. They didn’t speak English so I politely told Tony that it wasn’t an American thing, and left for the bedroom. In hindsight, I'm afraid my face must have been a sight.
Yay for your two yesterday, today is again a four.
>248 lauralkeet: I have never roasted a leg of lamb, but that sounds absolutely marvelous, Laura. I have no idea if Bill likes Mint Jelly – if he does I’ll get it for him. I’m not sure if lemon’s necessary for roast leg of lamb.
Yay for your Christmas ham, hambeens, and soup.
JennHwan are flying right now. Hwan made sure Jenna got window seats, sweet DiL. They’re coming back through Atlanta, not JFK. It’s been so weird having her/them NOT IN THE US, but pics and texts and phone calls lessened the strangeness. I will be very happy once I know they’re in their apartment with the cat Tsunami, jet lagged as hell, settling back in.
>249 richardderus:. RD!!! That’s the kind of tree topper I brought to NC with me and love, but Bill has a sentimental topper that we always use. I personally think it’s ugly, but he loves it. Mine’s in a box somewhere, alas.
Happy Solstice to you, too. *smooch*
>250 richardderus: Oh, yummy. A Roadster. My first one had a hardtop, second one a ragtop. I frequently took the top off, but not for freeway driving, of course. Thank you!!!
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My hunch was right. We only had enough donations to keep us going 45 minutes, then 5 of the 8 of us went to Virlie’s for breakfast. After that gas for the SUV and cash for my cleaning ladies who are coming on Monday instead of Christmas Eve. I wrapped 4 presents, ribboned and tagged one, then had to find a box for the present for Hwan from Jenna that I've been tasked with wrapping - a PS5 controller. Couldn't find an appropriate decorative box, so found a perfect tin. I have the three to ribbon/tag, Hwan's to wrap, then That’s IT as far as I know.
Both Bill and I fell asleep near the end of the second The Murdoch Mysteries, but I woke up just before the ending. After that, reading, doomscrolling, bed.
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I'll be puttering and reading 'til the 12:30 game between Arsenal and Crystal Palace. Sometime today, I want to get all the presents under the tree and possibly get all the stocking stuffer stuff gathered in one box. Bill's contributed some, I'm contributing some.
I also have four thank yous to write, but may not get to those today.
>245 alcottacre: Hi Stasia, and thank you. I hope your Friday was fantastic.
>246 richardderus: Thanks RD, I did. Our next fondling is December 30th, and I anticipate that it will be huge. Weekly’s what I’d like for massage and chiropractic, not slaving over a stand mixer and oven. Plus, there would definitely more than could fit into a box for you, we’d eat them, I’d have sugar every day (which I’m trying to get away from again), and just … nope. Sorry, my darling, but you get spoiled just once a year. 😏
>247 LizzieD: ‘Morning the next day, Peggy! Yes, OW was there. We didn’t talk much, but it got a bit more talky between us at Virlie’s. Thank you re not murdering or maiming.
Steaks, hamburgers, potatoes au gratin, caramel apple tartlets, jumbo franks. I thought there were ‘only’ two steaks, but there are four. 2 filet mignon, 2 top sirloin.
Your description of the ham reminded me that mom did indeed use brown sugar to glaze it, and I’m afraid that sometimes there were pineapple slices and maraschino cherries.
Greek woman and leg of lamb. Hmmm. That reminds me that when I was in Greece in 1979 with my Greek boyfriend on his home island of Andros staying at his mother’s house, we happened to be there for his name day. Since he was home for the first time in a decade, his name day celebration was huge. It included the slaughter of the goat that I had named (Note: Do not name food.). I reluctantly ate a bit of the meat, but the next day they brought out the skull to crack for the brains. Tony, his mother, his pregnant sister, and I were clearly involved in a Big Deal. But. I just couldn’t. They didn’t speak English so I politely told Tony that it wasn’t an American thing, and left for the bedroom. In hindsight, I'm afraid my face must have been a sight.
Yay for your two yesterday, today is again a four.
>248 lauralkeet: I have never roasted a leg of lamb, but that sounds absolutely marvelous, Laura. I have no idea if Bill likes Mint Jelly – if he does I’ll get it for him. I’m not sure if lemon’s necessary for roast leg of lamb.
Yay for your Christmas ham, hambeens, and soup.
JennHwan are flying right now. Hwan made sure Jenna got window seats, sweet DiL. They’re coming back through Atlanta, not JFK. It’s been so weird having her/them NOT IN THE US, but pics and texts and phone calls lessened the strangeness. I will be very happy once I know they’re in their apartment with the cat Tsunami, jet lagged as hell, settling back in.
>249 richardderus:. RD!!! That’s the kind of tree topper I brought to NC with me and love, but Bill has a sentimental topper that we always use. I personally think it’s ugly, but he loves it. Mine’s in a box somewhere, alas.
Happy Solstice to you, too. *smooch*
>250 richardderus: Oh, yummy. A Roadster. My first one had a hardtop, second one a ragtop. I frequently took the top off, but not for freeway driving, of course. Thank you!!!
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My hunch was right. We only had enough donations to keep us going 45 minutes, then 5 of the 8 of us went to Virlie’s for breakfast. After that gas for the SUV and cash for my cleaning ladies who are coming on Monday instead of Christmas Eve. I wrapped 4 presents, ribboned and tagged one, then had to find a box for the present for Hwan from Jenna that I've been tasked with wrapping - a PS5 controller. Couldn't find an appropriate decorative box, so found a perfect tin. I have the three to ribbon/tag, Hwan's to wrap, then That’s IT as far as I know.
Both Bill and I fell asleep near the end of the second The Murdoch Mysteries, but I woke up just before the ending. After that, reading, doomscrolling, bed.
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I'll be puttering and reading 'til the 12:30 game between Arsenal and Crystal Palace. Sometime today, I want to get all the presents under the tree and possibly get all the stocking stuffer stuff gathered in one box. Bill's contributed some, I'm contributing some.
I also have four thank yous to write, but may not get to those today.
252msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Saturday. I love your goal of living into your 90s. I am with you there, my friend. I am looking forward to having a lazy day with the books. I hope you do the same.
253elorin
Just dropping in with well wishes for the holidays and fantastic memories for the first holiday for the newlyweds.
255atozgrl
>254 richardderus: Oh, nice! Those look a lot like the ornaments my family used growing up.
Happy Saturday, Karen. I've been lurking some lately, but haven't had time to stop and say anything. Hurray for Jenn/Hwan returning home! I hope they have a smooth trip and aren't too jet-lagged. I also send good luck wishes for the Arsenal game.
Since my DH and I will be leaving town early Monday to drive to Mississippi, and I don't expect that I will be on LT again until after the new year, I thought I would go ahead and send you my holiday greetings. Have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year. Enjoy your time with your family!
Happy Saturday, Karen. I've been lurking some lately, but haven't had time to stop and say anything. Hurray for Jenn/Hwan returning home! I hope they have a smooth trip and aren't too jet-lagged. I also send good luck wishes for the Arsenal game.
Since my DH and I will be leaving town early Monday to drive to Mississippi, and I don't expect that I will be on LT again until after the new year, I thought I would go ahead and send you my holiday greetings. Have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year. Enjoy your time with your family!
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>252 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! Happy next day to you. I hope you enjoyed your lazy day with books. I was busier than you, but did manage to read and listen some.
>253 elorin: Hi Robyn, and thank you so much. Well wishes for the holidays for you, too. Newlyweds report below. I’m going to start visiting threads later today to send my wishes for the holidays. I must find the right image first, though. That’s always fun, too.
>254 richardderus: I have some of those, too, possibly in those boxes, RD. They are one of my happy places, but not on the tree in recent years.
>255 atozgrl: Hi Irene! I hope your Saturday was a good one, and I hope today’s a good one for you, too. The Arsenal and newlyweds report below.
I hope your trip is uneventful and that you have a wonderful time. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.
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I got mail, Christmas cards, Christmas letters, and other papers on the desk under control again. I tend to make messes on the desk, then reach critical stress mass and get things back in order. Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 5-1. They also beat them in the Carabao Cup 3-2 on Thursday, and Gabriel Jesus got a hat trick. He scored two again yesterday and almost got another hat trick.
The last of the presents is wrapped, ribboned, and tagged, and all the presents got put under the tree yesterday. The present for Hwan from Jenna needs a tag - I found a Christmas ornament Jenna made when she was 5 or 6, I think. It's a small Christmas Tree with her name on the back and is the perfect tag size. I've put it with the gift. If she doesn't want to use it, there are other tags she can use. Here's the tree with all the gifts underneath it except for the 4 1/2-lb boxes of See's candy from my sister. They're safely there now, though.
The Murdoch Mysteries, doomscrolling, and reading rounded out the evening.
Newleyweds report: Their flight from Seoul to Atlanta got diverted because of a storm, but they actually arrived in Atlanta a minute earlier than the scheduled flight time. They puddle jumped to Raleigh-Durham, arrived safely last night about 9:15 p.m. and were driven home by a friend. Jenna sent me a text about 11 p.m. saying that they were relaxing. Their cat, Tsunami, "yelled at us but is playing and curious". I asked if it was weird to be home and she said yes and no. We'll possibly text, possibly talk this evening when I'm upstairs.
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It's only 20F right now, going to a high of 42F. The Arctic front has arrived, according to our local TV station's website. Tonight's going down to 18F, and then it starts warming up.
Today can be mostly relaxing, but I'd like to write thank yous and fill the bird feeders. The Library needs a bit of attention too, after the wrapping frenzy of this week. I'll leave it set up in case Jenna has anything she wants to wrap when they get here on Christmas Day. I need to get some boxes into the garage to be recycled. I also need to get the Omaha Steaks styrofoam container there. I was impressed to learn that the freezer packs they use to send their products can be
I anticipate another evening of The Murdoch Mysteries, reading and doomscrolling.
>253 elorin: Hi Robyn, and thank you so much. Well wishes for the holidays for you, too. Newlyweds report below. I’m going to start visiting threads later today to send my wishes for the holidays. I must find the right image first, though. That’s always fun, too.
>254 richardderus: I have some of those, too, possibly in those boxes, RD. They are one of my happy places, but not on the tree in recent years.
>255 atozgrl: Hi Irene! I hope your Saturday was a good one, and I hope today’s a good one for you, too. The Arsenal and newlyweds report below.
I hope your trip is uneventful and that you have a wonderful time. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.
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I got mail, Christmas cards, Christmas letters, and other papers on the desk under control again. I tend to make messes on the desk, then reach critical stress mass and get things back in order. Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 5-1. They also beat them in the Carabao Cup 3-2 on Thursday, and Gabriel Jesus got a hat trick. He scored two again yesterday and almost got another hat trick.
The last of the presents is wrapped, ribboned, and tagged, and all the presents got put under the tree yesterday. The present for Hwan from Jenna needs a tag - I found a Christmas ornament Jenna made when she was 5 or 6, I think. It's a small Christmas Tree with her name on the back and is the perfect tag size. I've put it with the gift. If she doesn't want to use it, there are other tags she can use. Here's the tree with all the gifts underneath it except for the 4 1/2-lb boxes of See's candy from my sister. They're safely there now, though.
The Murdoch Mysteries, doomscrolling, and reading rounded out the evening.
Newleyweds report: Their flight from Seoul to Atlanta got diverted because of a storm, but they actually arrived in Atlanta a minute earlier than the scheduled flight time. They puddle jumped to Raleigh-Durham, arrived safely last night about 9:15 p.m. and were driven home by a friend. Jenna sent me a text about 11 p.m. saying that they were relaxing. Their cat, Tsunami, "yelled at us but is playing and curious". I asked if it was weird to be home and she said yes and no. We'll possibly text, possibly talk this evening when I'm upstairs.
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It's only 20F right now, going to a high of 42F. The Arctic front has arrived, according to our local TV station's website. Tonight's going down to 18F, and then it starts warming up.
Today can be mostly relaxing, but I'd like to write thank yous and fill the bird feeders. The Library needs a bit of attention too, after the wrapping frenzy of this week. I'll leave it set up in case Jenna has anything she wants to wrap when they get here on Christmas Day. I need to get some boxes into the garage to be recycled. I also need to get the Omaha Steaks styrofoam container there. I was impressed to learn that the freezer packs they use to send their products can be
- emptied down the drain and the plastic recycled
- rinsed and frozen for reuse
- used as plant food - 1 tsp/1 gallon of water
I anticipate another evening of The Murdoch Mysteries, reading and doomscrolling.
257msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Sunday. Love the Christmas tree photo. You do a lovely job. Looks to be another lazy day with the books and football. I hope you have a good one too.
258karenmarie
'Morning, Mark, and happy Sunday to you, too. Thanks re the tree. I put a few ornaments on it, but Jenna and Hwan did most of it. They had so much fun, it was a joy to watch.
Yay for a lazy day with books and football.
Yay for a lazy day with books and football.
259richardderus
>256 karenmarie: You'll be busy with that show for some time to come, sweetiedarling, this being the eighteenth season.
The tree looks lovely! Very homey. I'm sure JenWan will enjoy the ease and convenience of it not being in their home but still getting to sit and look at it.
The tree looks lovely! Very homey. I'm sure JenWan will enjoy the ease and convenience of it not being in their home but still getting to sit and look at it.
260karenmarie
'Morning, RDear!
So far we love it. I just checked, and we watched S3 E12 and E13 last night, so yes, have a long way to go. *happy dance*
I may have mentioned it sometime earlier, but when they were decorating it, every time there was an ornament that Jenna made or that had a photo of Jenna in it (and there are quite a few!), Hwan put them all near the top of the tree.
I put the 2024 ornament on it earlier this week.
This is what I chose for my holiday greetings, depending on who's getting it:
This was a strong contender, though, with a lot to unpack in it:
So far we love it. I just checked, and we watched S3 E12 and E13 last night, so yes, have a long way to go. *happy dance*
I may have mentioned it sometime earlier, but when they were decorating it, every time there was an ornament that Jenna made or that had a photo of Jenna in it (and there are quite a few!), Hwan put them all near the top of the tree.
I put the 2024 ornament on it earlier this week.
This is what I chose for my holiday greetings, depending on who's getting it:
This was a strong contender, though, with a lot to unpack in it:
261weird_O
I'm slated to apply a big clamp to Son the Elder's coffee table base so we'll be able to the table ready for use. But I don't want to do it today. Tomorrow would be better. I've got a list of engaging projects to tackle whilst monitoring the Eagles vs Commanders.
262karenmarie
Hi, Bill. Mañana sounds good to me. Monitoring the Iggles while tackling engaging projects is a good thing.
I, on the other hand, have surprised myself and written 4 thank yous and taken the styrofoam container and recyclables out of the Sunroom. I think it's time to lie down and read, after which, since I'll be in the Library anyway, I'll get the Christmas Wrap setup back under control.
I, on the other hand, have surprised myself and written 4 thank yous and taken the styrofoam container and recyclables out of the Sunroom. I think it's time to lie down and read, after which, since I'll be in the Library anyway, I'll get the Christmas Wrap setup back under control.
263richardderus
>260 karenmarie: I love that! It's perfect.
I have the most unnervingly terrible news for you: Time travel and gawd are real.
You see, there was a package suppose to come full of xmas goodies...and, mirabile dictu, one did! What happened afterwards was proof that gawd is real and genuinely hates me as well as there *is* time travel on the macro scale. As I was walking to the desk to pick up my package there came an Evil Laugh accompanied by a HUGE thunderclap, a blinding flash, and a herd of psittacosauruses trampling everything in their path!! Then the lead psittacosaurus, a female, saw my package and leapt upon it! Of course I tried to frighten her off it but that sharp beak had already ripped the paper off and she was crunching the contents as fast as she could!! I screamed at her and then...then!...The Deafening Void emitted a giant subzero-degree LAUGH as much to say "if you think you can have nice things you weren't paying attention in November."
So poor little me got nothing, as the psittacosauruses vanished back into the wormhole or whatever it was even the crumbs vanished in the vortex!
*piteous puppy eyes*
I have the most unnervingly terrible news for you: Time travel and gawd are real.
You see, there was a package suppose to come full of xmas goodies...and, mirabile dictu, one did! What happened afterwards was proof that gawd is real and genuinely hates me as well as there *is* time travel on the macro scale. As I was walking to the desk to pick up my package there came an Evil Laugh accompanied by a HUGE thunderclap, a blinding flash, and a herd of psittacosauruses trampling everything in their path!! Then the lead psittacosaurus, a female, saw my package and leapt upon it! Of course I tried to frighten her off it but that sharp beak had already ripped the paper off and she was crunching the contents as fast as she could!! I screamed at her and then...then!...The Deafening Void emitted a giant subzero-degree LAUGH as much to say "if you think you can have nice things you weren't paying attention in November."
So poor little me got nothing, as the psittacosauruses vanished back into the wormhole or whatever it was even the crumbs vanished in the vortex!
*piteous puppy eyes*
264LizzieD
>263 richardderus: That may be the saddest thing I ever read. *smooch*
I'm happy to know that your daughters are back safe and sound! I can't wait for you to see them!!!!!
I'm happy to know that your daughters are back safe and sound! I can't wait for you to see them!!!!!
265msf59
Morning, Karen. I enjoyed my lazy day with books, football and some TV series watching. My left hamstring has been bothering me for a few weeks so I will take a little break from playing PB, which is a bit of a bummer but it might be necessary. I will take it easy again today. The birds have been going through my main hopper feeder every 2 days so I will take a little breather there as well. I still put some feed in the tray feeder and keep the birdbath clean and full.
266karenmarie
>263 richardderus: My goodness, RD! I am absolutely unnerved and hope you’re okay and didn’t trip over the baby psittacosauruses as you tried to claim your present.
Boo hiss to the Deafening Void, the Quantum Nothingness that deprives you of Things You Want and Need and that allowed the Chaos Demon his wicked way come January. Well, already come for that matter.
*smooch*
>264 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! I cried a river when I read it this morning after I laughed my ass off. So much emotion first thing! I'm tired all over again. Coffee will revive me, though - halfway through my first cup.
I didn’t hear from them yesterday, just texted Jenna. They both have colds and are jetlagged. Jenna has to work today and tomorrow, will just slog through. Fortunately, there will be minimal effort required by them on Christmas Day, and now that I know they’re wiped out and will still be wiped out, I can do a lot of the prep today and tomorrow that I’d normally ask them to do.
Cold enough for you this morning? Brrrr. It was 17F when I woke up, 24F now.
>265 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! You snuck in there, but I anticipated you today. Yay for a lazy day with books, TV, and football. Oooh, I'm sorry about your hamstring. Especially as you have so much time off. I’m going to brave the cold and refill the feeders and bird bath later this morning.
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So to recap yesterday's whirlwind of activity: wrote 4 thank yous. Got the styrofoam container and all boxes/packaging out to the garage. Brought in bird seed to refill the feeders today. Cleaned up the unavoidable bits of paper and ribbon that comes with wrapping presents and took it all out to the garage, got the wrapping station back under control.
Read, watched The Murdoch Mysteries, doomscrolled. Finished one book, started another.
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My cleaning ladies are coming - they always text me mid-morning with their arrival time. I need to get cards/tips and what I'll owe them for today ready.
I would like to get the sausage for the Breakfast Pizza browned and drained and put up in the refrigerator, cut the cauliflower into florets and into a baggie, and saute mushrooms and put them up too.
I'll finalize the regular-run and last-minute-for-Christmas stuff for a grocery store run today. If not today, then, gulp, tomorrow.
Boo hiss to the Deafening Void, the Quantum Nothingness that deprives you of Things You Want and Need and that allowed the Chaos Demon his wicked way come January. Well, already come for that matter.
*smooch*
>264 LizzieD: Hi Peggy! I cried a river when I read it this morning after I laughed my ass off. So much emotion first thing! I'm tired all over again. Coffee will revive me, though - halfway through my first cup.
I didn’t hear from them yesterday, just texted Jenna. They both have colds and are jetlagged. Jenna has to work today and tomorrow, will just slog through. Fortunately, there will be minimal effort required by them on Christmas Day, and now that I know they’re wiped out and will still be wiped out, I can do a lot of the prep today and tomorrow that I’d normally ask them to do.
Cold enough for you this morning? Brrrr. It was 17F when I woke up, 24F now.
>265 msf59: ‘Morning, Mark! You snuck in there, but I anticipated you today. Yay for a lazy day with books, TV, and football. Oooh, I'm sorry about your hamstring. Especially as you have so much time off. I’m going to brave the cold and refill the feeders and bird bath later this morning.
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So to recap yesterday's whirlwind of activity: wrote 4 thank yous. Got the styrofoam container and all boxes/packaging out to the garage. Brought in bird seed to refill the feeders today. Cleaned up the unavoidable bits of paper and ribbon that comes with wrapping presents and took it all out to the garage, got the wrapping station back under control.
Read, watched The Murdoch Mysteries, doomscrolled. Finished one book, started another.
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My cleaning ladies are coming - they always text me mid-morning with their arrival time. I need to get cards/tips and what I'll owe them for today ready.
I would like to get the sausage for the Breakfast Pizza browned and drained and put up in the refrigerator, cut the cauliflower into florets and into a baggie, and saute mushrooms and put them up too.
I'll finalize the regular-run and last-minute-for-Christmas stuff for a grocery store run today. If not today, then, gulp, tomorrow.
267richardderus
>264 LizzieD:, >266 karenmarie: *grumble* I sense a distinct lack of sympathy and an even more notable lack of a replacement for the dino-dinnered puffs.
*sigh* Cruelty upon misery...I suppose it's good practice for what's to come.
*sigh* Cruelty upon misery...I suppose it's good practice for what's to come.
269weird_O
My weekend of American football deflated me. Couldn't watch Penn State stifle SMU in the first round of the college championship because I was too misterly to sign up for TNT/Max. I did get to watch the Ravens best the Steelers (boo). And Sunday I watched the Eagles QB get his head bounced hard again the turf (also hard) and therefore watched him be ushered off the field and out of the game. Disappointments all around.
But today, I did get to Son the Elder's place and yield my deadblow mallet to seat the connection between Part A and Part B, so the glass tabletop (Part C) could be set in place. So that's putting some air back into me.
Guess I'll wrap a few things. Maybe even clean a few corners.
You sound like things are falling into place, with some coaxing from the lady whose face appears in your mirror. Happy happy, joy joy.
But today, I did get to Son the Elder's place and yield my deadblow mallet to seat the connection between Part A and Part B, so the glass tabletop (Part C) could be set in place. So that's putting some air back into me.
Guess I'll wrap a few things. Maybe even clean a few corners.
You sound like things are falling into place, with some coaxing from the lady whose face appears in your mirror. Happy happy, joy joy.
270karenmarie
>267 richardderus: You’re well loved and sympathized with, RDear. Dinosaurs ravaging a box of Pecan Puffs would scare me, too, and I’m glad that the last dinosaur here was about 5 years ago, a Carnufex carolinensis. She/he/it (?) was down at the creek looking for copperheads, although she/he/it (?) was looking across the creek and up the hill, no doubt hoping for a cow or a calf.
I’m saving the last few Pecan Puffs for Jenna and Hwan for tomorrow. In fact, I just added a bit of powdered sugar to the Tupperware, gently turned it over a couple of times to get powdered sugar everywhere again, and put them up so we aren't tempted today.
*smooch*
>268 LizzieD: Busy, yes. Peace, thank you, Peggy.
>269 weird_O: The number of streaming services is dizzying AND expensive, isn’t it, Bill? We have quite a few right now – Amazon, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Britbox, Peacock, perhaps others I can’t think of. Sorry about Jalen Hurts. I just read that he may not be available for the game against Dallas on Sunday.
Pounding a mallet had to be good stress relief. Wow, corner cleaning? Does anybody really check corners when they’re visiting for the Christmas holidays?
Things have fallen nicely into place so far. Aww, well, yes. Except for my presents and some stocking stuffers, I’ve done everything else. I’m just pleased that it’s all done well in time for tomorrow’s festivities. And the few things I want to do today could be done tomorrow if necessary.
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Cleaning ladies came late in the day - 2:30 - so I went to the grocery store around noon. When I first got there it was chaos, long lines at checkout and crazed folks looking for things, but I'm methodical and have my spreadsheet printout (was that ever in doubt?) and went up and down each aisle. By the time I needed to check out things had settled down. Cleaning ladies came, cleaned, probably got all the corners that Jenna and Hwan WON'T look at, and left. Got a hug from Esmerelda.
Read, worked on spreadsheets, feverishly reviewed what needed to be done today and tomorrow. Jenna called about 4:15 on her way home from work. They're still both sick and jetlagged, but Jenna's feeling better than Hwan is. Jenna and I discussed some Christmas Day logistics, and was very happy to hear that I'd bought eggnog.
I started James yesterday. I loved the sly way James talks 'slave' when talking with white folks and perfect English when he's talking with his wife and daughter.
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Can be done tomorrow, but I'd like to turn the cauliflower into florets, grate mozzarella and parmesan, wash the tablecloth and put it back on the table, set the table. I found some adorable Christmas napkin holders of Bill's Mama's that I'd forgotten we had, so will use those with the Christmas dishes from my other mother-in-law, Kay.
I might make eggnog cookies today since I bought a quart AND a half gallon. They are refrigerator cookies, so I can put them up today, along with the icing, and just slice, bake, and frost tomorrow.
Read and putter, of course.
It's nice and quiet, just me and the kitties making noise, no TV. Zoe's getting my attention by playing with a pencil.
I’m saving the last few Pecan Puffs for Jenna and Hwan for tomorrow. In fact, I just added a bit of powdered sugar to the Tupperware, gently turned it over a couple of times to get powdered sugar everywhere again, and put them up so we aren't tempted today.
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>268 LizzieD: Busy, yes. Peace, thank you, Peggy.
>269 weird_O: The number of streaming services is dizzying AND expensive, isn’t it, Bill? We have quite a few right now – Amazon, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Britbox, Peacock, perhaps others I can’t think of. Sorry about Jalen Hurts. I just read that he may not be available for the game against Dallas on Sunday.
Pounding a mallet had to be good stress relief. Wow, corner cleaning? Does anybody really check corners when they’re visiting for the Christmas holidays?
Things have fallen nicely into place so far. Aww, well, yes. Except for my presents and some stocking stuffers, I’ve done everything else. I’m just pleased that it’s all done well in time for tomorrow’s festivities. And the few things I want to do today could be done tomorrow if necessary.
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Cleaning ladies came late in the day - 2:30 - so I went to the grocery store around noon. When I first got there it was chaos, long lines at checkout and crazed folks looking for things, but I'm methodical and have my spreadsheet printout (was that ever in doubt?) and went up and down each aisle. By the time I needed to check out things had settled down. Cleaning ladies came, cleaned, probably got all the corners that Jenna and Hwan WON'T look at, and left. Got a hug from Esmerelda.
Read, worked on spreadsheets, feverishly reviewed what needed to be done today and tomorrow. Jenna called about 4:15 on her way home from work. They're still both sick and jetlagged, but Jenna's feeling better than Hwan is. Jenna and I discussed some Christmas Day logistics, and was very happy to hear that I'd bought eggnog.
I started James yesterday. I loved the sly way James talks 'slave' when talking with white folks and perfect English when he's talking with his wife and daughter.
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Can be done tomorrow, but I'd like to turn the cauliflower into florets, grate mozzarella and parmesan, wash the tablecloth and put it back on the table, set the table. I found some adorable Christmas napkin holders of Bill's Mama's that I'd forgotten we had, so will use those with the Christmas dishes from my other mother-in-law, Kay.
I might make eggnog cookies today since I bought a quart AND a half gallon. They are refrigerator cookies, so I can put them up today, along with the icing, and just slice, bake, and frost tomorrow.
Read and putter, of course.
It's nice and quiet, just me and the kitties making noise, no TV. Zoe's getting my attention by playing with a pencil.
271SilverWolf28
Here's the Christmas readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/366724
272msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Christmas Eve. Glad you got most of your preparations done. This afternoon, we will be going to my BIL's home for the Christmas celebration. As usual it will be loud and chaotic (lots of little kids including our Jack) but it is always nice to hang with everyone, especially my kids and their significant others. Sue has some wrapping to do before we go. I do NOT wrap.
I am so glad that James grabbed you right away but I am not surprised.
I am so glad that James grabbed you right away but I am not surprised.
273karenmarie
'Morning, Mark! Happy Christmas Eve to you, too.
Me, too, re my preparations. Whew. I hope you enjoy the chaotic, loud, and wonderful-sounding Christmas celebration.
Good luck to Sue with the wrapping. I can relate, although I only wrapped 6 presents this year. The rest of my list got money or gifts ordered online. Some years I've wrapped as many as 30 or so, some having to be mailed out of state.
I'm going to read another chapter of James this morning.
Me, too, re my preparations. Whew. I hope you enjoy the chaotic, loud, and wonderful-sounding Christmas celebration.
Good luck to Sue with the wrapping. I can relate, although I only wrapped 6 presents this year. The rest of my list got money or gifts ordered online. Some years I've wrapped as many as 30 or so, some having to be mailed out of state.
I'm going to read another chapter of James this morning.
274elorin
Good morning and happy Christmas Eve! Your prepping sounds tiring but I bet you are ready for the day. I hope you sneak in some moments for you in all the hubbub.
275karenmarie
Hi Robyn:
Happy Christmas Eve to you, too! It has been tiring since Thanksgiving weekend, for sure. And I was just thinking about lying down for a bit before doing the things that I can do today but can do tomorrow if necessary. Nap time since I got about 4 hours of sleep last night. So, yes, time for me.
Happy Christmas Eve to you, too! It has been tiring since Thanksgiving weekend, for sure. And I was just thinking about lying down for a bit before doing the things that I can do today but can do tomorrow if necessary. Nap time since I got about 4 hours of sleep last night. So, yes, time for me.
277richardderus
>270 karenmarie: Eggnog cookies sound like the one I'd do today, because the leftovers will be even better tomorrow.
Enjoy your very organized holiday prepping. It's so satisfying, isn't it. *smooch*
Enjoy your very organized holiday prepping. It's so satisfying, isn't it. *smooch*
279LizzieD
Happy Christmas Eve, Karen! I'm very happy to see that you are so organized that you can relax into what has to be done sometime! I am too by giving up stuff that I might have done. YAY!
281figsfromthistle
What a wonderful christmas tree you have!
Merry Christmas! May it be a wonderful day spent with your family.
Merry Christmas! May it be a wonderful day spent with your family.
283karenmarie
>276 Ameise1: Hi Barbara, and the same to you and yours.
>277 richardderus: ‘Morning, RDear! I made the dough yesterday and I’ve got 4 foil-wrapped logs to cut into ¼” discs to bake and frost with eggnog frosting, which I’ll make in a while. The dough is incredibly soft, and I had to use a bit more flower on the foil before forming the logs and wrapping them.
>278 SandDune: Hello Rhian, and thank you. You made that creche, didn’t you? It’s sweet and beautifully worked.
>279 LizzieD: Thank you, Peggy! I can’t remember EVER being this organized, which is weird given events from 9/12 to now health—wise. Do what’s critical and important, give up the rest. New motto in general, I think.
>280 johnsimpson: Hello John, and thank you. I just spent a bit of time on your thread, am so sorry to read about your worsening health issues and devoutly hope you can get into see the Surgical Spine specialist soonest.
>281 figsfromthistle: Hi Anita, and thank you! I’m glad the day is here and am looking forward to Jenna and Hwan coming for the afternoon/evening.
>292 LizzieD: Hi Linda, and thank you. You’re such a wonderful and caring friend, and I deeply appreciate giving me some of that love and care.
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I'll make breakfast pizza when Bill gets up. Jenna and Hwan will come over 'after lunch', don't know the time. I told Jenna to text us when they were leaving, so they'll be here about 35 minutes after that.
Bill and I will put things in stockings and take the stockings off the mantle so that the chocolates in them don't get soft or melted because of the propane stove being on. It's 27F right now, getting to a high of 52F, so Bill will keep the stove going all day.
Other small puttering things to do, along with fixing a hideous scarf that a cousin gave our favorite cousin one Christmas. The ostentatious Christian cross came off the loop and I need to put it back on, then have Jenna take a picture of me wearing it for favorite cousin and her daughter to enjoy. I'll mail it back to favorite cousin after Christmas because we exchange it every Christmas.
Dinner will be ~ 5:30 p.m., late for us, but that's what Jenna and Hwan want and need, so we're good with that. Stockings and presents some time before that, with prep/roasting/baking/cooking leading up to actually sitting down.
For now I'm drinking coffee, going to visit a few threads, read, and etc.
Merry Christmas, happy first day of Hannukah, and happy Wednesday to my other LT friends. You're all very dear to me and I appreciate you.
One of my new year's resolutions is to try to actually visit threads in 2025. Still working on the resolutions and my first thread for 2025.
>277 richardderus: ‘Morning, RDear! I made the dough yesterday and I’ve got 4 foil-wrapped logs to cut into ¼” discs to bake and frost with eggnog frosting, which I’ll make in a while. The dough is incredibly soft, and I had to use a bit more flower on the foil before forming the logs and wrapping them.
>278 SandDune: Hello Rhian, and thank you. You made that creche, didn’t you? It’s sweet and beautifully worked.
>279 LizzieD: Thank you, Peggy! I can’t remember EVER being this organized, which is weird given events from 9/12 to now health—wise. Do what’s critical and important, give up the rest. New motto in general, I think.
>280 johnsimpson: Hello John, and thank you. I just spent a bit of time on your thread, am so sorry to read about your worsening health issues and devoutly hope you can get into see the Surgical Spine specialist soonest.
>281 figsfromthistle: Hi Anita, and thank you! I’m glad the day is here and am looking forward to Jenna and Hwan coming for the afternoon/evening.
>292 LizzieD: Hi Linda, and thank you. You’re such a wonderful and caring friend, and I deeply appreciate giving me some of that love and care.
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I had to pace myself and didn't finish until about 5:30, but I
- turned a head of cauliflower into florets and they're in the fridge waiting for this afternoon
- sliced and sauteed mushrooms, ditto in the fridge waiting for this afternoon
- shredded 4 cups of mozzarella and 1/2 cup of parmesan, ditto
- washed the tablecloth and put it back on the table - I had noticed some food spills from Thanksgiving and although they were barely noticable, I noticed them and it wouldn't do
- set the table with festive napkin holders and candles and got out 4 Christmas dinner plates and bowls
- made Eggnog cookie dough that can be sliced, baked, and frosted today
- created the schedule for dinner and dessert prep, which will start 5.5 hours before we (theoretically) sit down to eat
- got the candy and various things organized for stockings with Bill's help
- got a shallow puncture wound in my left hand ring finger while using a very sharp new Cutco knife - I can feel it, but it's okay
- ate dinner, watched The Murdoch Mysteries, read, doomscrolled, slept
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I'll make breakfast pizza when Bill gets up. Jenna and Hwan will come over 'after lunch', don't know the time. I told Jenna to text us when they were leaving, so they'll be here about 35 minutes after that.
Bill and I will put things in stockings and take the stockings off the mantle so that the chocolates in them don't get soft or melted because of the propane stove being on. It's 27F right now, getting to a high of 52F, so Bill will keep the stove going all day.
Other small puttering things to do, along with fixing a hideous scarf that a cousin gave our favorite cousin one Christmas. The ostentatious Christian cross came off the loop and I need to put it back on, then have Jenna take a picture of me wearing it for favorite cousin and her daughter to enjoy. I'll mail it back to favorite cousin after Christmas because we exchange it every Christmas.
Dinner will be ~ 5:30 p.m., late for us, but that's what Jenna and Hwan want and need, so we're good with that. Stockings and presents some time before that, with prep/roasting/baking/cooking leading up to actually sitting down.
For now I'm drinking coffee, going to visit a few threads, read, and etc.
Merry Christmas, happy first day of Hannukah, and happy Wednesday to my other LT friends. You're all very dear to me and I appreciate you.
One of my new year's resolutions is to try to actually visit threads in 2025. Still working on the resolutions and my first thread for 2025.
284msf59
Merry Christmas, Karen. Have a wonderful day with Bill & the newlyweds. It sounds perfect. We will have a lazy morning and then Matt and Hannah will come over early afternoon and hang out with us.
285PaulCranswick
Thinking of you at this time, Karen.
286karenmarie
>284 msf59: Merry Christmas to you too, Mark! Everything's under control here, believe it or not. I've even baked a cookie sheet's worth of eggnog cookies and will make the frosting in a minute or two. Have fun with Matt and Hannah and give Sue my best.
>285 PaulCranswick: Hi Paul, and thank you. I hope you're doing well.
>285 PaulCranswick: Hi Paul, and thank you. I hope you're doing well.
288karenmarie
>287 Whisper1: Hi Linda, and thank. It was quite wonderful and exhausting.
Wordle 1,286 4/6*trope, blank, sumac, affix. Liberal use of the filter function in my spreadsheet of available words.
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Christmas Day with Bill, Jenna, and Hwan was wonderful. Hwan has never celebrated the Christmas holiday at all, so it was a pleasure to see her reaction to her Christmas stocking and presents. She and Jenna got me two very special presents. I had asked for a just a Christmas ornament - we weren't doing it big this year - and instead of an ornament, which would have been almost impossible to find, they got me a Korean good luck charm/ward off evil spirits talisman. It has an open-mouthed carved wooden fish to lure evil spirits into it and away from humans, is wrapped in a braid of long threads to signify a long life, and a brass bell to get the attention of any evil spirits so that they can be lured by the fish. I put it on the Christmas tree yesterday, and brought it into the Sunroom today. They also got me the exhibition catalog for Joseon's Royal Cuisine: A Table for Food, Reverence and Sharing, which I just added to my catalog. It's absolutely stunning, and they hand carried it on their flight home - it is quite heavy and I appreciated that effort.
I'm wearing the warmest socks I've ever owned, courtesy of Bill. They are fleece lined, double thick, and have grippers on the bottoms. The grippers aren't the kind that stop you in your tracks, but subtle yet very safe on slick floors. "Anlisim Women Slipper Socks Non Slip Fuzzy Fluffy Thick Warm Cabin Cozy Comfy Soft Fleece Home Grips Socks", and I love them. He also got me a custom bookmark.
The kitties got me a coffee mug.
We ate around 6 p.m., and after dinner were too full for pie. They were both drooping with exhaustion, so they left around 7:30 with their presents and tons of leftovers.
I collapsed on the couch in the living room for about an hour or so, then made it upstairs. Reading, listening to an audio book, doomscrolling, dozing. I got 6 hours of sleep, yay.
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Still in jammies and The Warmest Socks Ever. Had pie and coffee for breakfast and just had one piece of See's Candy, courtesy of my sister. (dark chocolate California Brittle) I just threaded the ribbon through my 2024 Lladró Christmas Bell and put it in the book case.
Nothing planned, I feel amazingly pain-free, and I've got quite a bit of energy. I’m going to read for a while, possibly doze, and continue getting the kitchen back under control.
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Christmas Day with Bill, Jenna, and Hwan was wonderful. Hwan has never celebrated the Christmas holiday at all, so it was a pleasure to see her reaction to her Christmas stocking and presents. She and Jenna got me two very special presents. I had asked for a just a Christmas ornament - we weren't doing it big this year - and instead of an ornament, which would have been almost impossible to find, they got me a Korean good luck charm/ward off evil spirits talisman. It has an open-mouthed carved wooden fish to lure evil spirits into it and away from humans, is wrapped in a braid of long threads to signify a long life, and a brass bell to get the attention of any evil spirits so that they can be lured by the fish. I put it on the Christmas tree yesterday, and brought it into the Sunroom today. They also got me the exhibition catalog for Joseon's Royal Cuisine: A Table for Food, Reverence and Sharing, which I just added to my catalog. It's absolutely stunning, and they hand carried it on their flight home - it is quite heavy and I appreciated that effort.
I'm wearing the warmest socks I've ever owned, courtesy of Bill. They are fleece lined, double thick, and have grippers on the bottoms. The grippers aren't the kind that stop you in your tracks, but subtle yet very safe on slick floors. "Anlisim Women Slipper Socks Non Slip Fuzzy Fluffy Thick Warm Cabin Cozy Comfy Soft Fleece Home Grips Socks", and I love them. He also got me a custom bookmark.
The kitties got me a coffee mug.
We ate around 6 p.m., and after dinner were too full for pie. They were both drooping with exhaustion, so they left around 7:30 with their presents and tons of leftovers.
I collapsed on the couch in the living room for about an hour or so, then made it upstairs. Reading, listening to an audio book, doomscrolling, dozing. I got 6 hours of sleep, yay.
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Still in jammies and The Warmest Socks Ever. Had pie and coffee for breakfast and just had one piece of See's Candy, courtesy of my sister. (dark chocolate California Brittle) I just threaded the ribbon through my 2024 Lladró Christmas Bell and put it in the book case.
Nothing planned, I feel amazingly pain-free, and I've got quite a bit of energy. I’m going to read for a while, possibly doze, and continue getting the kitchen back under control.
289streamsong
Good news that you are feeling pain-free today! What a wonderful Christmas present!
I love your Korean good luck charm - items like that are the best sort of Christmas ornament and I know you'll enjoy it year around, too. I hope you'll share a few photos of the book so carefully hand carried when you have time to do so!
The slippers sound amazing (I'm also a member of the cold feet club) and I LOVE LOVE LOVE your mug.
I'm glad Christmas was so much fun! Many hugs!
I love your Korean good luck charm - items like that are the best sort of Christmas ornament and I know you'll enjoy it year around, too. I hope you'll share a few photos of the book so carefully hand carried when you have time to do so!
The slippers sound amazing (I'm also a member of the cold feet club) and I LOVE LOVE LOVE your mug.
I'm glad Christmas was so much fun! Many hugs!
290drneutron
I'm kinda lonely over here....
https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/24622/75-Books-Challenge-for-2025
https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/24622/75-Books-Challenge-for-2025
291quondame
>283 karenmarie: I am in halves admiration and horror at the idea of a 5.5 hour Christmas dinner plan - when we opened presents Becky asked "when will they be here" I said 4:00, she said "we'll start the veal at 2:30" and that was the plan. I filled in the sauce and the pesto between breading and setting up the frier after they arrived, and after dinner set my sister-in-law to assembling the mincemeat tarts, and collapsed from over-exertion.
Those socks are pure temptation.
Those socks are pure temptation.
292LizzieD
That sounds like a top of the list Christmas day to me! I'm happy that you had it and even happier that you aren't exhausted today!
Sleep well again! I'm off to give it a try!
Sleep well again! I'm off to give it a try!
293karenmarie
>289 streamsong: Hi Janet! I feel lucky that I’m known by my family. Good luck charms, books, warm slippers, and custom coffee mugs. And ½ pound See’s dark chocolates.
>290 drneutron: Hi Jim. I’m one of those ‘visit the new 75ers group on January 1 folks’. I’ve got my thread almost ready though.
>291 quondame: I’m glad your prep was so easy, Susan. I actually revel in having a plan that comes together at the last minute with everything being ready pretty much the same time. Keeping it relatively simple definitely has merit, though.
The socks are inexpensive, well worth the price of $16.99 plus tax, free shipping if you’re Prime.
>292 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. Glad to have it, glad it’s over, as always, because of the effort to make things just so. Nothing’s ever perfect, but I continue to strive. I hope you got good sleep last night. I got 5 hours straight, with a bit of dozing beforehand.
Wordle 1,287 2/6*trope, grain. I thought second letter R could mean two vowels, so went with ai. Brain and drain were already used, no T so couldn't try train. A very happy surprise.
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Whole bunches of nothing accomplished. A bit in the kitchen, a bit in the Sunroom, reading, puttering. I went upstairs at 3 and read 'til 6. Dinner, Murdoch Mysteries, back upstairs to read, doomscroll, sleep.
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I have PT at 1 p.m. A bit more in the kitchen, work on spreadsheets, work on the last things I need in my 2025 desk calendar so it will be ready to go next week.
>290 drneutron: Hi Jim. I’m one of those ‘visit the new 75ers group on January 1 folks’. I’ve got my thread almost ready though.
>291 quondame: I’m glad your prep was so easy, Susan. I actually revel in having a plan that comes together at the last minute with everything being ready pretty much the same time. Keeping it relatively simple definitely has merit, though.
The socks are inexpensive, well worth the price of $16.99 plus tax, free shipping if you’re Prime.
>292 LizzieD: Hi Peggy. Glad to have it, glad it’s over, as always, because of the effort to make things just so. Nothing’s ever perfect, but I continue to strive. I hope you got good sleep last night. I got 5 hours straight, with a bit of dozing beforehand.
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Whole bunches of nothing accomplished. A bit in the kitchen, a bit in the Sunroom, reading, puttering. I went upstairs at 3 and read 'til 6. Dinner, Murdoch Mysteries, back upstairs to read, doomscroll, sleep.
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I have PT at 1 p.m. A bit more in the kitchen, work on spreadsheets, work on the last things I need in my 2025 desk calendar so it will be ready to go next week.
294msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Friday. I am definitely enjoying my lazy Christmas break. I am playing PB this AM, after a week off. About 50F here, with rain. Ain't complaining!
295karenmarie
'Morning, Mark, and happy Friday to you, too. I just visited your thread with not much to report beyond the fact that my feeders are hopping. Mostly Cardinals, and I need to replenish the sunflower seed feeder.
Yay for PB and 50F will be warmer than our 44F. It's 40F now, so gloomy and cold.
Yay for PB and 50F will be warmer than our 44F. It's 40F now, so gloomy and cold.
296LizzieD
Happy Friday, Karen! I'm sorry that you have to go out, but PT is the best reason.
I just looked up DVD copies of A Child's Christmas in Wales. The cheapest used one is $48.99. I'll be happy with my VCR tape and Prime. Yikes!
I just looked up DVD copies of A Child's Christmas in Wales. The cheapest used one is $48.99. I'll be happy with my VCR tape and Prime. Yikes!
297richardderus
>293 karenmarie: Hi Horrible...glad the day was so lovely, and you got the World's Warmest Socks™ to keep the little piggies toasty. I'm finishing up the Sunday burst from the book-gun, gathering my 2024 details, thinking about 2025's course...the usual EOY stuff. I'll get my new place set up on Monday, and then move over.
Hope PT was pleasant. *smooch*
Hope PT was pleasant. *smooch*
299Berly
Hopelessly behind, but popping in to say Hi! Hope the holidays are treating you well and I'll see yo over in the 2025 group! : )
300msf59
Morning, Karen. Happy Saturday. I had a great time playing PB yesterday. I am hooking up with my birding buddies this AM. We are overdue and the weather will be just about right for birding.
We will have a Jackson over-nighter, while Bree and Sean enjoy a date night.
We will have a Jackson over-nighter, while Bree and Sean enjoy a date night.
301karenmarie
>296 LizzieD: Happy next morning, Peggy. Amazingly, all I did was go to PT. No other errands, no slumming at the thrift shop or Habitat for Humanity. I thought I had A Child’s Christmas in Wales on my shelves, but I was getting it confused with Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory, which I DO have on my shelves. Just went down the rabbit hole of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, book form, and would like to have a copy eventually, but not after the orgy of spending that was Christmas. Yikes for the DVD indeed.
>297 richardderus: Hi RDear. It was a good day, and TWWS are keeping my feet toasty even as I type this. You’re a dangerous man with your book-gun. I scanned your review blast just now, alighted on Heir to Thorn and Flame, and almost bit but didn’t, even though it’s Kindle Unlimited. Your 3.5 stars weren’t quite enough to have me click Add to Library. Yay for EOY stuff, plan 2025’s goals, and etc. I’ve got my first thread almost finalized for the 1st. The best parts about PT are seeing improvement and chatting with Max. He really puts me through my paces. Do not envision 60 minutes of straight effort. He includes resting/water breaks and an ice pack across my lower back at the end. *smooch*
>298 quondame: Thank you, Susan!
>299 Berly: Kim!! Hopelessly behind perhaps, but here! With holiday greetings. I will definitely see you in the 2025 group. My plan is to be there on the 1st, but I may allow myself to be flexible and actually join sooner. I’m stubborn but realize most people will have started their threads way before the 1st.
>300 msf59: ‘Morning Mark, and happy Saturday to you, too. 👍 for PB yesterday and having a BBA (birding buddy adventure) today. A Jackson overnighter sounds perfect for you and Sue.
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We finally got the kitchen completely under control. I brought more of my presents into the Sunroom. I looked at the present from Hwan's sister/husband, now, apparently according to Korean custom, my sister and brother in-law, hand-carried from Korea. Three ornaments with gold filigree thread, two peace doves and a star. They are sumptuous and substantial. I love the box, too. The FB page is FB Ofsoh The website is Ofsoh website.
Ate too many sweets, but only one piece of See's. Read. Napped. And etc.
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I'll finish cleaning up the dining room, putting up clean unused silverware and wine glasses. I'll leave the tablecloth and decorations. The Sunroom desk needs attention yet again.
Read, work on Best of 2024, newsy email to my Aunt and Uncle, and etc.
>297 richardderus: Hi RDear. It was a good day, and TWWS are keeping my feet toasty even as I type this. You’re a dangerous man with your book-gun. I scanned your review blast just now, alighted on Heir to Thorn and Flame, and almost bit but didn’t, even though it’s Kindle Unlimited. Your 3.5 stars weren’t quite enough to have me click Add to Library. Yay for EOY stuff, plan 2025’s goals, and etc. I’ve got my first thread almost finalized for the 1st. The best parts about PT are seeing improvement and chatting with Max. He really puts me through my paces. Do not envision 60 minutes of straight effort. He includes resting/water breaks and an ice pack across my lower back at the end. *smooch*
>298 quondame: Thank you, Susan!
>299 Berly: Kim!! Hopelessly behind perhaps, but here! With holiday greetings. I will definitely see you in the 2025 group. My plan is to be there on the 1st, but I may allow myself to be flexible and actually join sooner. I’m stubborn but realize most people will have started their threads way before the 1st.
>300 msf59: ‘Morning Mark, and happy Saturday to you, too. 👍 for PB yesterday and having a BBA (birding buddy adventure) today. A Jackson overnighter sounds perfect for you and Sue.
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We finally got the kitchen completely under control. I brought more of my presents into the Sunroom. I looked at the present from Hwan's sister/husband, now, apparently according to Korean custom, my sister and brother in-law, hand-carried from Korea. Three ornaments with gold filigree thread, two peace doves and a star. They are sumptuous and substantial. I love the box, too. The FB page is FB Ofsoh The website is Ofsoh website.
Ate too many sweets, but only one piece of See's. Read. Napped. And etc.
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I'll finish cleaning up the dining room, putting up clean unused silverware and wine glasses. I'll leave the tablecloth and decorations. The Sunroom desk needs attention yet again.
Read, work on Best of 2024, newsy email to my Aunt and Uncle, and etc.
302LizzieD
Dear, dearest Karen. If I ever finish cleaning up my desk, it will look almost as good as that!
Enjoy your day!
Enjoy your day!
304karenmarie
Hi Peggy and Richard! I start to twitch when I can't put things down without moving other things. It's at that state right now. BUT, I did finish my Best of 2024 (unless something stunning gets finished before January 1st) and wrote the email and included some photos for my Aunt and Uncle. Jenna called, I put out the new suet feeder (thank you, Peggy!) filled the sunflower seed feeder, and although it's not transplanted, put the huge aloe vera plant that was oversetting because it's too big for its pot into a larger pot to buy me some time.
305vancouverdeb
We've had so much rain lately, a sunroom sounds nice about now, Karen. Actually it is not raining at the moment, but it was out on my dog walk this morning at 8:30 am. Glad you had a good Christmas, and a Happy New to you! Dave's hearing is not improving, it seems. He had a CT scan on the ear yesterday, but we await hearing from our doctor. That will not be until after the holidays. He has an appointment with an ENT doctor, but not until May 16 or so in 2025. Not really that helpful.
