* I’m reading a free Kindle book, “Abducted” by Janice Cantore. The second in the Pacific Justice series. Read the first and enjoyed it, so thought I’d go ahead and read the second one. I also recently read two from my library’s website, the first two books in the slightly Amish themed series “The Inn at Eagle Hill” by Suzanne Woods Fisher. Was glad to find them at my library and get them for free. I also recently read the latest by Francine Rivers, “Bridge to Haven”, also from my library. Deciding what to read is the only problem I ever have. I think I have over 830 titles unread on my Kindle, a nice wish list at the library, Kindle Prime books I can borrow, etc etc etc. Finding time and selecting the book is the only real issue for me these days 😀
* I’ve started my annual summer watch-a-thon of the Harry Potter movies. Most of our shows have ended for the spring and even though we pick up a few shows in the summer on cable, I still have plenty of time to watch Harry and his friends. We are also re-watching several of the Marvel movies together lately… Tim and I have watched Thor, Iron Man 3 and The Avengers in the past couple of weeks
* I’m not cooking much. We had a ton of food last week leftover from our Memorial Day cookout, then Tim grilled burgers over the weekend. After all that meat (ribs, hot dogs and burgers), he decided he needed to eat lighter. So, Sunday he declared that this week would be salad week. We got some grilled shrimp at Sam’s, a big thing of lettuce, veggies and mushrooms, and have been having salads every night. Tim, bless his heart, tells me that he is losing a pound a day. Me, on the other hand, I’ve gained about .8 of a pound. Go figure.
* We started a new summer series at church. Looks like another good one, as always. The title is “Characters Who Teach Character” and focuses on patriarchs and figures from the Old Testament. Solomon and wisdom was the first week. This week will be Daniel, but we won’t be there to hear it. We’re going to Tim’s family’s church for their 100th anniversary celebration.
* The sun is shining today, for the first time in a while. We’ve had very unseasonable weather since Tuesday of last week (the day after Memorial Day). It has rained every day. I have so enjoyed not having to get out and water the grass, plants and flowers. I was very dismayed though, since they were framing the house (wood and water don’t mix in my mind) and then trying to get the roof on. The contractors know what they are doing, I suppose, so I’m not supposed to worry, Tim says 🙂
* I’ve packed about 10 boxes and still haven’t made a dent in anything. I want to pack more, but keep thinking, I will need that or use that or whatever. I guess the majority of the packing will have to be done in the last couple of weeks before we close.
* I’m not walking or exercising at all. Big fat slug. But it has been raining and I’m just not motivated.
* My sister and her husband celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this week! Congratulations to Don and Gail 😀
* On a snack kick lately of honey mustard pretzels. Cannot seem to eat enough of them. And my summer drink is an organic strawberry lemonade I found at Kroger. So good, I could drink a whole jar every day, but try to limit myself to one glass every day or so. Oh, and I still have chocolate every day, of some kind. Life is too short not to enjoy it 🙂
Ok, boring post, but it catches me up a little on what’s going on.
Don’t worry about the wood in the rain. They build all summer down here and it rains every day. Think about it: trees stand in the rain and they are wood! 😉 But also, so do steps and wood siding and decks and fences. It will dry out before it’s all closed in. The only thing they won’t do down here in the rain is concrete/cement. That makes it super challenging for the contractors all summer, since we rarely go more than 24 hours between rainfalls!
Nice catch up post, Stacy! Nice to hear what’s going on with you. How exciting that you’re building a house. How fun that will be. Our family built our house when we were kids and it was really neat to see it coming along through the process. and we were just the kids, waiting for our own bedrooms – not picking out kitchen stuff or fun things like that.
Have you read The Invention of Wings yet? Not Christian per se, but nothing objectionable and a totally enjoyable read. I’ve been thinking about diving back into the HP movies – although I have yet to see part 2 of the last movie so I guess that’s in order first. I’ve been watching Stargate SG-1 episodes from the beginning during these days of recuperation. Now that’s a show I could watch forever, over and over again. And there were like 8 long seasons so that should keep me busy for a while. That and Pirates baseball!!
Again, nice to hear what your’e up to. Miss chatting wtih you!
I’m missing my Sunday night t.v. shows now that the season is over. I need to find a series to watch.
So unfair about Tim and the salads! That would happen with Dan and I, too. It doesn’t take much for him to lose weight. But the salad idea is definitely a good one, for a change of pace.
Congrats to Gail and Don!
Most of our shows have ended too, but leave it up to TNT to add some new ones to the DVR. My reading has picked up for the summer and I’m struggling with buying books for my iPad because I still like holding a book… but I can take more with me to Japan if I put them on the iPad!
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