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Sunday Matters: A Father’s Day Adventure

Sunday Matters

A rather funny title for this post because these days, an adventure means that we simply left the house. Progress. Usually we spend too much time running around so the fact that things have slowed down is really a good thing. So, what do we have planned for today?

Right Now:

Church! This morning’s service is special in that we have former Dodger Darryl Strawberry in attendance. We had planned to attend in person but now I am having trouble getting everyone to go. Maybe we’ll go. Maybe we’ll watch online. Still not sure.

After that, we will grab lunch or a late breakfast and head off to the Petersen Automotive Museum. Guys and cars. What can I say?

Not sure what we will do after that. Tacos were mentioned.

This Week:

This is the week before my daughter and I leave for camp. There may be some prep stuff involved with that and then at the end of the week there is a “volunteer thank you” at my church which should be fun.

Nothing else!

Reading:

I am so proud of myself. I promised to get through my review copies and I’ve been doing great with that. I just finished Wintering by Peter Geye. Quite good.  Before that I finished Firefly Summer by Nan Rossiter. Also, very good. Reviews coming soon.

I just started The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler and I am kind of loving it.

Big read along news:

The Fireman Read Along

A group of us will tackle this beast in July. Who is with us? The Fireman by Joe Hill is a chunk of a book so if you plan to read it, then why not read it with us?

Watching:

I’ve been channel flipping lately. I’ve seen bits of Jaws, Seinfeld, a documentary about a missing ship, way, way too much news and I was very sad when I saw Babar listed in the U-verse guide only to find out that I do not get the channel.

Making:

I made some crazy good dip this week for chips. I made Grilled Chicken salads one night, pasta another night and breakfast for dinner. My creativity is tapped out though. Dinner has become this boring meal.  The kids are out of school and they are eating later in the day which messes me up for dinner. I cook it and then no one wants to eat it.

Grateful for:

Quiet evenings. It’s been nice to just come home and do nothing.

What’s your Sunday looking like? Your week? Any special trips? Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!

The Fireman ReadAlong – Hot Stuff for July! #FiremanAlong

The Fireman

Click the cover for a musical surprise! Disclaimer: this has absolutely nothing to do with the book or Joe Hill. 

I am shamelessly stealing the info from Care’s post to share here.

Spontaneous combustion of book thoughts on Twitter resulted in an eruption of readalong endorsements for The Fireman by Joe Hill. It’s the hot book right now.

The hardback is 768 pages; the audiobook is 22 hours and 20 minutes.

Starts in July.

That gives you plenty of time to get a copy. Care is the Captain of this Fire Squad with Heather as Second in Command. Melissa Jen and I are the Platoon Leaders. Michelle and Katie are Advisors (they already read the book!).  ALL ARE WELCOME OF COURSE. These are just the folks who participated in the twitter-firestorm about it and actually, I believe Trish was in there too.

Heck, I am just adding people to the list because the more, the merrier.

Follow the hashtag #FiremanAlong

For full details, head over to Care’s post.

Who’s in?