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Sunday Matters

Ahoy! I just finished reading I Cheerfully Refuse and it warrants a sea worth greeting.

Hey, it’s no secret but everyone is jumping ship from X/Twitter and leaving for Blue Sky. I am currently in both places and Threads as TiBookChatter. If you are on Blue Sky, please find me!

Right Now:

Today will be a fun morning. Coffee is being enjoyed and then I am hosting for the online church service and then, in student ministry we are having the Turkey Bowl! Flag football. No tackling. Will I participate? I could, but I am still being careful of my skull after brain surgery. It’s also a hoot to cheer from the sidelines.

This Week:

It’s already here! It’s Thanksgiving week here in the US. My daughter is flying to Seattle to be with my son. They have a friends-giving planned. I will cook a pared down meal of classics. The Hub and I, including the Otter Pup (who is hanging on by a thread) will enjoy it and then take food over for my in-laws. They are not doing well. Not comfortable enough to join us at our home so we will go there, feed them and maybe enjoy a slice of pie with them. That’s it. They can’t socialize for long these days.

Aging sucks. Aging pets and aging parents. My own have been gone for awhile but this is rough.

Reading:

Oh my gosh. I am a reading machine! I probably just jinxed myself by saying that. I have been reading four books at a time and I am loving it.

I just finished and reviewed:

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
Orbital by Samantha Harvey

I am in the final pages of Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly. I love a good novel set in Maine.

I am about 25% in to Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. I am late to the party on this one but it’s so charming. I’ve had a copy for ages but needed to quickly find another book to keep up my pace and there it was.

Watching:

Did you watch the fight? I am glad that Paul didn’t hurt Tyson because he easily could have. In the end, he showed respect. I liked that.

Finished Season 2 of Tulsa King. Highly recommend. I was never a huge Stallone fan but he is just so good in it. Kind of humorous and brutal too.

Cobra Kai is back. I just watched the first episode. Yawn. It’s kind of corny and focused on the romance between two of the characters.

I have all my Hallmark Christmas stuff lined up but haven’t pulled the trigger yet. I am off all this week so hello, Hallmark! I’m coming for ya.

Making:

The only days I cook now are typically Mondays. I work remotely that day and it’s easy to simmer something on the stove while working.

Of course, I will be cooking for Thanksgiving. I like to introduce new things but this year, there is a lot on recall, like carrots! I make this really good brown sugar carrot thing but with the recall, I will sub sweet potatoes.

Grateful for:

Every minute that we have with this pup. She is trying so hard to stick around. My adult kids are coming for three days on 12/23. Hopefully they will see her. My son is bringing his cat Root Beer and she loved Chloe when she came as a kitten. We shall see!

Also, the other night the pup shot up out of bed, hopped off and took off down the hall. Hello!! She is not be able to walk much less hop off a bed. I was so half asleep and worried but she seemed pretty proud. See how she rallies? Fourteen and still a pistol.

To everyone who celebrates, Happy Thanksgiving week! Love you, all.

Happy Thanksgiving. An autumn scene with pumpkins and a candle. Bordered by leaves.

Sunday Matters

What a week. It’s been a little rough. The highs, the lows, the very low. It’s exhausting to keep lifting yourself up but historically that’s what we’ve done and we shall continue. That has not changed.

Right Now:

Getting ready to head to church for student and online ministry. I’ve got my coffee. I’m ready.

This Week:

I am off for the Veterans Day holiday this Monday and then because I need to use up some time, I am taking Tuesday off as well. Much needed. No plans just reading and relaxing with the pup. She is still hanging on and manages to enjoy her sunbeam bathing, reading with me on the couch and her new trick is jumping out of her stroller. This is not good! She hasn’t been able to jump at all so now I really need to watch her. She knew she was naughty too! She gave me such side eye.

Reading:

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (Nov book club)
Emma by Jane Austen (still trying to get through it)
So Late in The Day by Claire Keegan (liked her enough to pick up another book)

Watching:

Still watching Tulsa King. Not in the mood for much else. Is it time for Hallmark Christmas yet? I need cozy and feel good stuff.

Grateful for:

Stuffed crust personal pizzas that makes for an easy office lunch.
That McDs stunt that a certain person did recently got me off of those McD’s breakfast sandwiches. That’s a plus! They can’t be good for me.
Plants. They got me through the shutdowns and they are still alive!! Praise to the Lord!
Sweet students who share their sushi with me 🙂
This is a big one, my daughter’s boss decided to give her three days off at Christmas so she is coming down as well as my son and his cat Root Beer! Christmas will be sweet.

Recently reviewed books in case you missed them:

Something new! I started a Bookshop on Bookshop.org! It’s fun to add books and I’ve been a supporter of Indie stores for a long time but this is too cool.