WEEKLY UPDATES: A MORE PRODUCTIVE WEEK…

On By Laurel-Rain SnowIn weekly updates

Good morning! Today’s post will link up to The Sunday Salon and The Sunday Post 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.

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My week was a great one!  I read and reviewed two books, wrote five blog posts, did some viewing…and went on two outings!  One was a birthday lunch with my daughter (to celebrate hers), and the other was shopping with my granddaughter.

My viewing:  I finished The Gilmore Girls and started Parenthood.  Yes, I seem to be enjoying the oldies.

My lunch with my daughter:  we had drinks and delicious food: I had a salmon sandwich, minus the bread, and she had something with steak.  Martinis and Margaritas!

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Now let’s take a closer look at my week.

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TUESDAY EXCERPTS:  “THE HOUSEKEEPER”

TUESDAY POTPOURRI:  BOOKISH LOVE…

WWW READING…

COFFEE CHAT:  A BIRTHDAY OUTING…

BOOKISH FRIDAY:  “PLEASE JOIN US:

Review:  The Housekeeper, by Joy Fielding

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Review:  Long Gone, by Joanna Schaffhausen

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INCOMING BOOKS:

Please Join Us, by Catherine McKenzie (Current Read)

The Babysitter, by Joyce Carol Oates

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That was my week. I found a Murphy bed for my space!  Yes, I had planned on a sofa bed, but this one folds up into a beautiful cabinet, with storage, and opens to a queen-sized bed.  A comfy one!  It arrived today, and here is a photo.  And I got a replacement for my Boyd’s Bears Circle of Family from e-bay.  See the centerpiece at the bottom.  I am excited. Below, enjoying a Margarita.

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What did your week look like?

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56 thoughts on “WEEKLY UPDATES: A MORE PRODUCTIVE WEEK…”

    1. Thanks, Bonnie, I do enjoy the actors in Parenthood, and I’m definitely a fan of Lauren Graham. I also like Peter Krause, who portrays Adam…and for several years (until about a year ago), he and Lauren Graham were a couple.

      I hadn’t even thought of a Murphy bed, but the sofa beds were going to take three months to arrive, so when I asked if they had anything else that might work, they steered me to the Murphy beds!

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    1. Thanks, Erin, most Murphy beds I’d seen came out of the wall. I like the cabinet version.

      I enjoyed celebrating my daughter’s birthday with yummy food and drinks…and the salmon was really good!

      Enjoy your week.

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    1. Thanks, Mary, I hadn’t thought of going with a Murphy, but when the salesman said the sofa beds would take three months to arrive, I asked for other options. And found myself falling in love with the cabinet version of a Murphy bed. Loving it!

      Enjoy your week.

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  9. Diane

    Glad you had a great week and got to get out a bit with loved ones. Drinks and lunch sounds great. A very good reading week as well. I hope next week is a good one for you as well.

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  11. I’m glad you got to celebrate your daughter’s birthday and have lunch with your granddaughter! Congrats on such a productive week! It’s always nice when that happens. I hope this week is just as good for you.

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  14. Your place is looking nice! That chest by the window is a pretty piece of furniture. And thank goodness for margaritas. I had a couple good ones in Newport Beach recently when I was in Calif. and they made all the difference. 🙂 But I’m back home now and we just started watching 5 Days at Memorial which is on Apple+TV. Hope you have a great week.

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    1. Thanks, Susan, sounds like a good week for you, too. I am very happy to finally have sleeping available for my guests.

      I find myself wandering through my rooms, staring at it, along with my little Boyds Bears trinket…so happy to have reclaimed that piece, too.

      Enjoy your week.

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  16. That cabinet that turns into a bed is amazing, never seen anything like it and I love it. That salmon looks very good. Catherine McKenzie is someone I did read and liked the book so hope this one has been good. No doubt you will let us know.

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    1. Thanks, Kathryn, I was amazed to discover the “bed in a cabinet,” as I’ve only ever seen Murphy beds come down from the wall!

      The salmon was very delicious!

      I’m enjoying Catherine McKenzie’s newest book. I am a fan of her work. Have a great week.

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  17. Seriously??? There’s a bed inside that cabinet??? How cool is that? I only knew about the murphy beds that flip up into a wall!

    I am so jealous that you have the Babysitter in your hands!

    That salmon looks amazing!

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  21. Happy you had a great week, and happy birthday to your daughter!

    I read Please Join Us earlier this summer, it wasn’t my favourite from the author but I had a good time with it. Hope you enjoy it too.

    Have a great week and happy reading!

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  22. Your meals look very tasty! Your week sounds great, especially finding furniture that doesn’t take forever — it seems as if these days they have to wait for the tree to grow, be cut down into lumber, and then manufacture whatever we need.

    best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks, Mae, it is definitely challenging to find furniture and other goods, even though things are improving a bit. But I don’t like waiting months for things….so I was happy to find my Murphy bed and have it delivered the same week.

      I am looking forward to my books. Enjoy yours.

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  26. Nice to see pictures of you and your daughter, along with the food and drinks, and I always love seeing your home decorating projects! Wow to the Murphy bed! I always thought they had to be installed, too. I wish we had thought of that instead of the pull-out futon couch.
    The Joyce Carol Oates book you’re reading especially intrigues me! Seems like it might be a good one for the Sept/Oct RIP Challenge…

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    1. Thanks, Laurie, I had a great week, and I loved the food and time together. I am happy about the Murphy bed, and my first guests arrive in September! I have only ever seen Murphy beds come out of a wall, so this one was a nice surprise.

      Enjoy your week.

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  27. It sounds like you had a wonderful visit with your daughter. Hurrah for margaritas!
    I am trying to convince my husband to build me a kind of murphy bed for my sewing room. I want one at the right height so I can cut fabric on it when it isn’t in use.

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