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The Sunday Salon: Getting Organized

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Reading Loft
The Hub has been on a business trip all weekend so that made it the perfect weekend to do some spring cleaning. I find that when he is gone, I can’t get ANY reading done because the kids are always at me but The Girl seems to like cleaning when I am doing it with her, so we tackled the garage. We also cleaned out drawers and closets but there is one area that still needs some attention. Yep, those shelves you see above.

That, my friends, is the loft where I keep some of my books. Originally, The Boy took it over but now he prefers to hole up in his room. The Girl doesn’t spend any time there so I am thinking that it will be mine again very soon!

I have a bookshelf downstairs that holds my TBR list in order. It stares at me and reminds me to read. This loft though, houses books that I want to read at some point in my life, as well as books that I have read and want to keep. That middle shelf are all books that I want to keep. Mostly because they are signed or part of a series or books that I think my son might read for school in the near future. The left is a mish-mosh of stuff and the right is mostly YA books.

It’s actually a nice space. There is a couch and a desk and you see the corner of the TV there. You also see  my son’s exercise stuff and some stuff my daughter stuffed in just to get it out of her room. Overall though, it’s a comfortable space and I am sort of looking forward to claiming it back.

We’ll see how that goes.

Sunday Salon

In a little bit, I am off to take two giggly girls shopping for outfits for the Variety Show that the school is putting on. The Boy is off to the Observatory with friends and then maybe, just maybe I will have some time later to read something. If I do, it will be The Painted Girls. I am also about halfway done with  The Silent Land and it’s very strange! I am not sure if I like it or not. It’s good to have a reading plan but knowing me, I will be tearing that loft apart later.

What are you doing today? It was a gorgeous 80 degrees yesterday and today it’s gloomy and about to rain. Plus, I see in the forecast that we are expected to get three days of rain this week! We need it, but I really prefer to spend rainy days at home.

Bookish Talk, Life

The Sunday Salon: Stuff and oh… The Oscars

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Sunday Salon

It’s Sunday. I adore Sundays because they are usually slower paced and more relaxed and this Sunday is no exception. First off, it’s absolutely gorgeous outside!

My Yard

This is my back yard, looking out. The Otter Pup was in my hands so excuse the patio bit you see in the upper right corner. You also can’t tell from this picture how chilly it is or how windy. Those trees on the left were swaying but I guess I got them mid-sway. When I read outside, this is my view. Sigh. The Otter Pup wants to run around unsupervised but hawks have been seen flying off with rabbits when they are out so no…the Otter Pup has to stay with me. I think she is okay with this.

Right now I am inside, drinking coffee thinking about the day. Later, I plan to don yoga pants and sit in front of the tube with a big carton of Chinese food to watch the Oscars. It’s ALL I want to do today and I have been looking forward to it for a couple of weeks. Except, the Chinese place burned down! Yes! How can that happen? Didn’t they realize these plans were made weeks ago? We’ll be trying a different place tonight. Cross your fingers it’s good.

I will be reading too. I just gave up on Ashenden. I got through 25% of it on my Kindle and decided it’s just not working for me. Now I am reading a collection of stories titled This Cake is For the Party by Sarah Selecky. I am only on the first story but so it’s great and just what I need and want.

Did I mention that there will be cake baking later? I am going to bake a gluten-free cake to go along with the meal. I’ve used this Betty Crocker mix before and it’s really good, but bakes up a rather small cake, which is okay by me. I haven’t had cake since September. Yep, I am counting.

What are you doing today? Will you watch the Oscars? What about books? Are you reading any books that I need to know about? I think most everyone who follows Stephen King knew about Doctor Sleep coming out this September, but I don’t think a lot of people knew about this one, which comes out in June! With a title like Joyland and this tagline, “Who dares to enter the funhouse of fear?” it’s going to be a winner. On sale, June 4th! Summer read-along?