Good morning! Today’s post will link up to The Sunday Salon, The Sunday Post and Stacking the Shelves, for weekly updates.
**Mailbox Monday is hosted at the home site: Mailbox Monday.
And let’s join Kathryn, our leader in It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?, at Book Date.
What a week! Warmer than last week, but today should show a lowering of those numbers. My reading sucked. Yeah, there is no other way to describe it! I read and reviewed ONE book. I’m currently reading two books. What did I do with my time? Well, I didn’t do much housework…nor did I go out, except I met my daughter for drinks on Monday…and yesterday, went to her salon for a massage from the therapist there, and a hairstyling. Then we went to The Press Box for a snack and drinks. No photos of those goodies, but I had a Bloody Mary with soup. Here’s what she did to my hair:
The massage was wonderful! Apparently my shoulder was frozen, which explains a lot about the pain and decreased mobility. Now…I am determined to follow the stretches he has prescribed.
Above, you might notice that I have a new cover for Paige, my Kindle Oasis. I think it is easier to hold the device…it is lighter!
On Thursday, the Senate Confirmation Hearings took over the TV channels…so I watched. Frustrating and emotionally challenging. I yelled at the TV a couple of times.
What lies ahead for us? Well, in October, my #2 son has a significant birthday…and mine is at the end of the month, and all of mine are significant. LOL. But as you know, I celebrate for the whole month.
Let’s grab some coffee and take a closer look at my week:
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Rainy Day Excerpts: “I Know You Know”
What Are You Reading This Week?
Coffee Chat: Books, Movies, & TV Shows…
Bookish Friday: “We Were Mothers”
Friday Potpourri: October Birthdays, Etc.
Review: When Life Gives You Lululemons (e-book), by Lauren Weisberger (A Library Book)
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INCOMING BOOKS: (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
One book came in my physical mailbox! A review book from Joanne DeMaio. Then I downloaded a Kindle Prime freebie…and a purchased book.
First Flurries, by Joanne DeMaio (Author Review Request)
Downloads:
In Her Bones (e-book), by Kate Moretti
Freebie:
We Were Mothers (e-book), by Katie Sise
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WHAT’S NEXT?
I’m slowly reading Watching You, by Lisa Jewell, and while I’m loving it, I keep getting distracted. Hopefully I will sink into the story today and tomorrow:
And I’ve begun reading:
Mr. Flood’s Last Resort (e-book), by Jess Kidd
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That was my week. What did yours look like? I had this meal with my daughter a while ago…but I’m craving this food again!
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We were chatting about Mexican food for dinner, too. Why is Mexican always so tempting? I have not cooked in days…this week is just not one where I have any spare energy, I fall asleep the moment I crawl into bed. Den knew I wanted the lounge chair out of our room so he surprised me with this one! We found a ruffly slip cover and one for the ottoman, too. I love it. I don’t know how he did it but he did. And this other one is in his study. He dragged it all up on his own. These are the things he does for me. Just for me…
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There is just something about Mexican food that feels comforting, Patty…and, of course, it is delicious! When I was pregnant with my daughter and feeling nauseated, Mexican food was the only thing I could keep down.
Den is definitely your super-hero. Enjoy your weekend!
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Thank you!
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Glad to hear the massage went well and cute purple splash on your hair 🙂
I am drawn to that cover for First Flurries. Have a good week.
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Thanks, vvb32, I had such a wonderful spa day yesterday…I feel pampered and healed, too. I also love the purple against the silver, which makes me feel so great about going to the natural color.
Enjoy your week!
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I spent most of Thursday glued to my computer watching the Senate hearings too. I need to rewatch though because I missed a few hours of testimony.
First Flurries looks like it would be a great read for the 12 Books of Christmas reading challenge that I’m hosting. I hope you enjoy it.
Have a great weekend.
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Thanks, Katie, it was definitely eye-opening to watch the hearings…I think the last time I watched Senate hearings was back in the 1980s!
I love Joanne DeMaio’s books, and this winter one makes me feel cozy.
Enjoy your week!
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Amazing list! I am craving looking at that picture too! Looks delicious!
Priyanka @ A Booklion’s Hideaway
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Thanks, Priyanka…I had some spicy soup for lunch. Enjoy your week.
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Yay for birthday month! Ha ha enjoy! And those confirmation hearings… yeah. Bunch of old white dudes- they all need to go! lol
Ooh Watching You! I need to get that. And In Her Bones- the author name Moretti jumped out at me, I read her Blackbird season (assuming it’s the same Kate Moretti- I think it is?)
Mexican food! Yum! I think I like that place haha!
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Thanks, Greg, and yes, this Kate Moretti is the one who wrote Blackbird Season, which I also enjoyed.
I’m loving Watching You…and hope to finish more books in the upcoming week!
Have a good one…
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I’m glad the massage helped you, and that your Oasis got a new cover that makes it lighter.
I really enjoy Mexican food too. 😋
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Thanks for stopping by, Laurie, and sometimes we have to make our lives better and less painful…with help from massages and Kindle covers. LOL.
Enjoy your week!
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You won’t get any arguments from me. 😉
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A frozen shoulder can be painful i believe, good you got a massage – hope there are more planned. Some weeks just aren’t reading weeks and I think that’s just how it rolls. The Senate confirmation meetings would have been heart breaking – we saw parts on the news. Personally I think its not good enough for him to be put forward – that culture though of drink and sexist behaviour is still condoned by many.
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Thanks for visiting, Kathryn, and I really hated the way the nominee behaved in the hearings, which I think must be the tip of the iceberg in terms of his attitudes and behaviors.
Yes, the frozen shoulder is going to need more work. Even with stretches, it is a struggle to get control of it.
Enjoy your week!
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Sorry to hear about the frozen shoulder. That sounds really painful.
Sometimes it’s just crazy how days fly by without you really knowing where the time went. I hope you’re able to read more this week. 😉
Happy reading!
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Thanks, Maureen, what’s even worse is how long I struggled in pain before doing anything! Bad me.
I hope this week is a better reading one. Enjoy yours.
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A massage actually sounds good right now. I went to the hair salon this past week too for a cut. Enjoy your books, the Joanne DeMaio one looks festive. I’d be craving that food again too, it looks great 🙂
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Thanks, Nai, I enjoyed the massage, and I’m determined to go more regularly to deal with these issues.
Enjoy your week!
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Love me some Mexican food. Watching you-I agree, great book.
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Thanks, Trin Carl, I’m definitely caught up in Watching You. Have a great week!
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Maddie!
You are braver than I am, I could not watch the Senate hearings.
Love the purple!
It sounds so weird that a muscle could be “frozen”. Glad it’s doing better and will continue to do so.
Hopefully next week is better for reading.
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Thanks, Shannon, I didn’t WANT to watch the hearings, but I also needed to know what we are up against.
The stiffness in a muscle is painful and makes for challenging days and nights! Hopefully the massage has set me on a better path.
Enjoy your week!
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You always make me hungry! I like the new cover and your hair it’s so cool. I can’t pull anything like that off. Happy almost birthday to you and your son. Have a fantastic week!
Mary
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Thanks, Mary, my daughter is the stylist who creates the look for me. On my own, I’m pathetic. LOL.
I hope to enjoy the birthdays…mine and #2 son’s.
Enjoy your week!
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Love your hair. It looks great. First Flurries looks so good. I hope you have a great week.
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Thanks, Yvonne, I’m very glad that I developed the hair dye allergy, as going au naturale with a touch of purple feels like the new me.
Enjoy your week, too.
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It sounds like you had a pretty good week! Massages and Bloody Mary’s always make a good week. Lol.
And that Senate hearing…I hear ya.
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Thanks for stopping by, Erin, what a week we had! And the issues raised in the Senate Hearings are still undergoing further investigation, for which I’m grateful.
Enjoy your week, and despite my short list of books read, I did enjoy that massage, Bloody Mary, and yummy snacks.
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Pictures of your meal are making me hungry!
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They are making me hungry, too, Harvee…I lost a crown late in the week, so I’m eating mostly soft foods until I get a replacement. Sigh.
Enjoy your week.
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Yeah the Confirmation Hearings took up a whole day! I was rather glued. Luckily Sen. Flake broke the mold for more investigation which it deserves. I hope you & your son have a good birthday month! October is usually a nice fall month. Enjoy your week.
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Thanks for stopping by, Susan, and I was glad that Senator Flake did the right thing, although none of those Old Republicans looked too happy about it. They thought they had found their “boy.” And yes, he acted like a spoiled frat boy, IMO, despite how pleased some of the old boys were with him. Afterwards, and before Flake submitted his proposal, I thought they all heard different things than we did. They believed him!
I’m hoping for a good birthday…and with my month-long celebration (LOL), I’ll get the most out of it.
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It doesn’t sound like a bad week. I had to use books to escape which is the only reason I read more or at least about the same as usual. If I had watched the senate hearings my blood pressure might have gone through the roof. I hope this week goes better for you, at least more of what you want. Anne – Books of My Heart
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Thanks, Anne, I ended up finishing my one other book, a chunky one, so I feel better now. Let’s enjoy the upcoming week, and hopefully political issues will not bring up our blood pressure.
Thanks for stopping by.
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Cool hair. My reading has sucked recently, too. I’m not even sure why. I have no excuses. Have a great week!
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Thanks, AJ, it’s okay if we have slow weeks…right? The most important thing is to enjoy whatever we do read.
Let’s do that this next week.
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Some weeks end up being slow reading ones. It was that as well for me. Glad you enjoyed the massage, I’ve got one scheduled this week. Love your hair.
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Thanks, Nise, I am loving what my daughter did to my hair…and the massage helped, too, although I think I’ll have to have another one soon!
Enjoy your week.
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Having a massage is so wonderful. I always feel so relaxed after, and they work out a lot of problem areas. Hope your stretching exercises help, too. I’m really curious about Lisa Jewell’s newest. Enjoy!
Love Mexican food and margaritas! 🙂
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Oh, the massage was great…I’ll need to have them more often, I think. I also love Mexican food and margaritas.
I finished Watching You this afternoon, and it was great!
Thanks for visiting, Rachel, and enjoy your week.
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How nice to have a daughter who has a salon! I love your hair and wish I could pull off color like that. My niece (who’s 4 years younger than me) has some blue in her hair and it looks adorable.
I’ve heard good things about Watching You.
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Thanks, Kathy, my daughter rents her space in the salon, so in that sense, it is hers. LOL. It is a comfy place with lots of friendly stylists…and the massage therapist, too.
The blue sounds nice…I love my purple, too, and sometimes she adds a little burgundy.
I am glad I enjoyed Watching You. I’ve been watching it sit on my coffee table for weeks!
Enjoy your week.
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Fun hair color! I love Mexican food. I think melted cheese has a lot to do with it, haha. But also the wonderful flavors. Have a good week, Laurel.
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Thanks, Mary, melted cheese can make any dish yummy; the spicy flavors help, too. LOL.
I do like what my daughter is doing to my hair lately.
Enjoy your week, too.
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Sometimes reading weeks just aren’t that productive. Maybe you didn’t find that one that grabbed you.
Love the hair color and pray for continued pain relief for you. First Flurries sounds right up my alley. Enjoy your week.
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Thanks for visiting, Cheryl, and there were lots of distractions during the week, too.
I love Joanne DeMaio’s books, so I’m eager to read First Flurries. Enjoy your week!
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The purple is fun! I had a slow reading week too — maybe it’s the change of seasons.
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Thanks, Candace, I love fun, especially after having to stop dyeing my hair due to allergic reactions!
The change of seasons could definitely interfere with productive reading…or anything else, too. Enjoy your upcoming week.
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We cooked Mexican this week and went out for Italian. I went out and had a German-inspired menu. I’m feeling multi-cultural and well fed. I too watched a good part of the committee hearings on TV and an curious what the FBI will learn. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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Thanks, Kathy, your food choices sound good! German food reminds me of a place I loved when I lived in Sacramento many years ago.
We have a few Mexican and Italian places here.
I am glad that the decision to investigate was made…although I think some of the Old White Guys were annoyed by the decision.
Have a great week!
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Watching You looks like my kind of book! And I know what you mean about getting distracted, even when you’re enjoying something.
Mmm… living in the desert southwest, I could not live without good Mexican food! Matter of fact, I had a breakfast tostada this morning. 🙂
My roundup!
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My eldest son has lived in Europe for several years, primarily Berlin and Prague, and he sorely misses the Mexican food that he grew up on in California.
Enjoy your week, Aymee, and thanks for visiting.
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Oh, I bet! But wow, how cool to live in Belrin and Prauge. It’d be worth missing Mexican food for a bit, I think. 🙂
Thanks and you as well!
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I love the splash of purple in your hair! It’s so pretty!
Hope you have a great week!
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Thanks, Denise, when I developed an allergy to hair dye and realized changes had to be made, I was happy that my daughter stripped all the color (back to natural) and brightened my hair with that splash of purple. It now feels like my signature color! LOL.
Enjoy your week.
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It was a week wasn’t it?? I had no intention of watching the hearings, I was packing to go out of town, I ended up watching it as I could and listening to it on the road. It really affected me emotionally. Let’s hope this week bring better things. Have a wonderful week.
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I tuned in to the hearings because they took over all the channels…and I was curious. I am glad I did, as it helped cement what I already believed about the nominee.
Enjoy your week, Heidi, and thanks for visiting.
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I confess to yelling at the TV during the hearings too. If this was a novel, few would believe the plot. But, as the saying goes, you can’t make this stuff up . . .
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So true, Catherine…and I couldn’t believe I was seeing and hearing what was presented! Thanks for stopping by.
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In her Bones sounds good. My weekly update
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Thanks, Sarah, I think it sounds good, too. Enjoy your week!
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The Lisa Jewell book sounds good.
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Thanks for visiting, Mystica, it was a great read!
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I have a couple of those books waiting for me on my Kindle! I just can’t read fast enough it seems! I love the purple in your hair! Have a wonderful week of reading!
Sherry @ Ubiquitous grace
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Thanks, Sherry, enjoy your books when you get to them. Have a great week.
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Ah – now I would like some Mexican food! I had limited internet and TV but tried to follow Thursday with my phone a bit. Frustrating in more ways than one. Your purple looks good as always and I am glad the massage helped. My hubby has been suffering from shoulder pain. Maybe I will give it a bit of a rub tomorrow night.
First Flurries looks like a nice change of pace to the heavier thrillers. Happy Reading!
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Thanks for visiting, Martha, and I want some more Mexican food today (Taco Tuesday), but since I lost my crown, I’m sticking to soft foods until it’s replaced tomorrow.
Enjoy your week!
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I’m struggling with reading right now. I’m feeling pretty exhausted and have been really distracted so neither of those issues are helping at all. The enchiladas look amazing! Maybe that’s what I need! Well that and the massage. I hope your shoulder is feeling lots better and that you have a great week!
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Thanks, Katherine, and I’ve been having trouble sticking to my reading, too, with only one book read last week. Then I finished another one on Sunday.
My shoulder is still giving me trouble, but as long as I do the stretches, I think I’ll be able to work the kinks out. But it’s not fun. Sigh.
Enjoy your week!
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We were mothers sounds like a thrilling book
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Thanks for visiting, Serena, and I agree. Enjoy your week!
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