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Chatter about everyday life. This may include kids and work stuff.

The Sunday Salon: The Farmer’s Market, The Pet Fair and Stuff

Farmer's Market

Happy Sunday! I rolled out of bed this morning and hit the local Farmer’s Market. It’s been years since I’ve gone. One could easily get carried away there but I was good and only picked up a few things. Granted, some things were eaten while there so this photo is missing a few items and I gobbled up the hot tamale that I picked up there too and of course I forgot to include the fresh eggs. Nothing like a fresh tamale for breakfast. Jack cheese, peppers and white corn…yum!

After that, we hit the pet fair but The Girl had a horrible stomach ache so we had to turn back. We managed to see a few cute animals but couldn’t really check any of them out with her writhing on the floor. I think we are getting close to getting another pet. Maybe within the next year.

Sunday Salon

Right now we are cleaning up the house. It’s not the funnest thing to do but after a week off, it has to be done. If I get it done quickly then I can do some reading later. I am reading The Reapers are the Angels and it’s totally bizarre. It’s perfect that I am reading it before Halloween because let me tell you, it will creep you out. I am about halfway done with it and there were parts where I just opened my eyes wide and thought…oh no…he IS going to go there. Think of a world where Zombies are called “Meatskins” and Slugs. Ick.

Later on, we are supposed to have dinner with friends. The Girl seems to be bopping around just fine now so perhaps it was just too much “goodness” at the market that did it.

I was out and about all weekend so I missed the read-a-thon entirely. Hope you are all getting some much-needed rest.

What I’ve Been Up To and What I’ve Been Reading

Palm Desert Sunny
Palm Desert when it's sunny!

Out by me, the kids have what is called “fall break” but this year, The Boy’s break was only two days long so we headed to Palm Desert for a weekend getaway. We also went to celebrate The Girl’s 7th birthday which is later this week. Usually this is the perfect time of year to visit. The temps are usually cooler but the skies are still blue and the sunsets are brilliant.

Well…not this time. It started with a flash flood on the way there (no pics of it) and then there was a lot of lightning which made swimming difficult even though it was a warm 95 degrees. We spent a lot of time shopping and eating, which may sound wonderful but it wasn’t the plan. Even with the rain I didn’t really get to spend much time reading. My tote bag was full of books as was my Kindle, but there were only two books that I read from and that was only once the kids crashed. I didn’t make much progress in either one of them.

Oh, and did I mention that there was no Wi-Fi? To be honest, it was nice to take a break from all of the devices that keep me connected during a normal week but I missed you all. I worried about your out-of-state moves, your four-legged friends, your kids, their kids, your health issues, etc. I’m glad to be back so I can re-connect with all of you.

On a reading note, here is what I must read within the next few weeks, and if I left one or two out it’s not surprising as I am going from memory (which is not always good).

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver ( loving it)

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (so, so hard to get through)

Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch (loved his first book, Finn so I am looking forward to this one)

Everything is Going to Be Great by Rachel Shukert (a memoir of Shukert’s grand tour of Europe)

The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell (Zombies!! Lots of zombies!)

Sunset Park by Paul Auster (loved Invisible, this one comes out 11/9/10)

The Secret Lives of People in Love by Simon Van Booy (a delicious collection of short stories)

Black Hills by Dan Simmons (love Simmons but having a hard time getting into this one)

In addition to all of this reading, I have to write a paper on the poems from lit class. Yep, the lit class that I missed this week because of my weekend getaway. Don’t you worry. I’ll get it all done. I always do.

Hope your week is going well so far.