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I was told the other day, that I have to take a bunch of vacation before the end of the year or I will lose it. I always take time off at the end of the year, but since I didn’t take any time this summer, I guess I am closer to the max than I thought I was. A nice surprise, for sure.

So, I’ve been looking at the holidays a little sooner than I normally do, because I have to figure out which days I am going to take off. I have also been thinking about which doorstop (and I say this as affectionately as possible) I will be reading over Thanksgiving week and I think it will be this one:

I was hoping to get an ARC of The Abominable but I wasn’t one of the lucky few, so I think I will load up the Kindle with this one and spend the entire Thanksgiving week reading, eating and sleeping! Those that have known me for awhile know about my Thanksgiving Day in PJs, but yeah… we spend the entire day in PJs and lounge around. Sounds magnificent, doesn’t it? I can’t wait! I love so sink my teeth into a chunkster over a nice long break.

As for the other days I will be taking off, they will fall before Christmas and after, as my kids have over three weeks off for winter break. That is a long time to be off from school. huh?

Since I have been thinking about the holidays, I have been having fun looking up recipes and checking out the decor stores but this year, it seems as if all of the stores are skipping over Halloween and going straight into Christmas. I think this happened last year too, but not quite this early. I suppose retailers want us to start buying earlier and putting out all the Christmas stuff is supposed to get you into the mood. In theory, it would be nice to be able to enjoy the Christmas lights longer than we normally do (I love twinkly lights!), but at the same time, if my neighbors hung Christmas lights up now, I would snicker for sure.

This weekend is a long weekend for my kids. A four-day for The Teen and a super long one for The Girl as it’s fall break in these parts. Monday, we are celebrating her 10th birthday so I am taking the day off to spend it with her. She has a lot planned. Shopping, eating and movie watching. They both have rehearsals next week though which puts the kabosh on it feeling like any sort of holiday week. Speaking of rehearsals, auditions and callbacks are over and now we are waiting for the final cast list. We won’t know what they got until Tuesday.

Well, that’s all I have. Hope you all have a great weekend and if any of you plan to read The Abominable, let me know. Could be fun to read it together.

Is it Sunday? Really? It’s been a trying week. The Girl was sick all last week so I took two days off to keep her home. Normally, it’s a nice break but I had gotten a flu shot right before that and I wasn’t feeling all that hot myself, so we spent a lot of time on the couch, watching Under the Dome. I am all caught up now but when is the finale? My DVR doesn’t show an episodes for the next three weeks. Did I miss it?

On another TV note, American Horror Story, Season 3 starts on October 9th. I can’t tell you how excited I am. It looks like ALL kinds of crazy and I am ready for it.

American Horror Story 3

The past week has been difficult with The Girl being sick, but The Teen was also causing me grief which made the week a very unproductive one. Not much in the way of writing but there are a few reviews that I hope to write tomorrow and of course, I’ve been reading.

Perhaps this week will be more normal? Maybe, maybe not. Callbacks are this week. Hopefully, their names will be on the list when it’s posted this Tuesday. The Teen has a choir concert in the middle of it all which makes for some creative juggling as far as the schedule goes. Do I ever have anything new to report when it comes to our crazy schedules? Nope, I guess not. Some days I can’t even keep track of it all.

What am I reading?

I am reading Doctor Sleep and loving it quite a bit. I have to tell you though, it could be a stand alone novel even though technically it’s sequel to The Shining. It’s distinctly its own story which is not what I was expecting but find that it works here.

I am also reading The Interestings and I am a little bit in love with it right now. It’s the kind of book that I can see revisiting more than once.

What am I cooking?

I am making chili, even though it’s 86 degrees out. I also made up a batch of cornbread, both gluten-free and the normal kind and there will be hot dogs too. Chili, dogs, cornbread. All sounds good.

What am I watching?

Not a darn thing. I spent the entire morning running errands (Halloween costumes, the grocery story, etc.) and right now The Girl just settled in to watch Cars 2 so I will probably not get to watch anything unless I head to my room and then you know how that goes. I’d end up cleaning the closet or something so no, I’ll hang out on the couch instead.

What are you up to? Or…since I am so late with this, what did you do today?

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