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5 Books I Wanted to Nominate for My Book Club’s Middle Grade Mystery Theme & the One I Did
So my book club is doing middle grade mysteries for October, and unfortunately, I can only nominate one book. One! This is sad for me because I have a lot of books that I could...
It’s Tuesday & I watched some movies
Also, I guess I should confess that the new block editor for Wordpress isn't that terrible. I think last time I either got sent to some incomplete version of the editor OR I just...
Book Review: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
★★★★ Look, The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a well-written book with beautiful language, but my rating/review is probably (mostly?) more about WHEN I am reading it than...
It’s Monday & I bought a couch
Except my couch is actually a loveseat. If you don't know the difference between a loveseat and a couch, let me just explain to you that I now understand why it's called a...
It’s Tuesday & my therapist got fired
Or, as the person who called me to tell me said, "terminated, effective immediately." Oh, and then a day or so later, we found out my daughter's therapist was also fired--excuse...
W is for Water Aerobics #PandemicAlphabet
At the beginning of the pandemic, the Y closed, which was pretty bad, obviously, since as mentioned in previous entries, I was going to the gym 3-4 times per week for water...
It’s Wednesday & I almost quit this site last week
Almost. And only because I somehow got updated to the new block editor and almost LOST MY MIND with how confusing it is. Anyway, I am somehow way way back in the dashboard...
P is for Prediabetes #PandemicAlphabet
To be fair, my doctor didn't call it prediabetes, but I'm calling it prediabetes. What else is it considered when you're told your blood sugar is elevated and that you need to...
D is for Dress #PandemicAlphabet
In my H is for Hygiene #AtoZChallenge post, I said that I have to shower and/or wash my face every day in order to start my day and focus. The other thing that goes along with...