Mondays - 10/28/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. House renovations and party-prep is finally done and its high time to unwind and relax. As I sat down this past Sunday, with pretty much nothing to do for the first time in months, I found myself wanting to read a good book... Well, hello...

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Sunday Salon - 10/27/13

If you are interested in other Salon posts, visit the Facebook page to get links.LifeWell, our "Hole-a-ween" party is done, and it was great. It was lots of fun, even with the addition of a World Series game playing a major role, Ha! It was a smaller crowd than in previous years (again, I blame the...

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ASOL #5 - 10/24/13

Not gonna do it, just not!  No way, no how! No, no, no, no, no!!! "What?!" you ask? Google +. OK, Google + isn't such a big deal, I admit it. But the constant additions to social media that I seem forced to accept in order to follow and communicate with people is getting ridiculous. And I am...

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Tuesday Tunes - 10/22/13

A good lyric is like a great book...   Bohemian Rhapsody Queen, Artist Freddie Mercury, Writer/s Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm...

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Mondays - 10/21/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I continue to fantasize a world where I don't have to go to work Monday-Friday, 9-5! I dream of running my own business and one area where I might use my skills is Web Design (yes, I know EVERYONE is doing this, but I did say it was a fantasy...). ...

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Sunday Salon - 10/20/13

If you are interested in other Salon posts, visit the Facebook page to get links. Life This weekend is our Hole-a-ween party! I'm getting excited.  Most of the house work we planned has gotten done and we have a few days left to finish up. We've removed all of the caterpillar-puke,...

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Tuesday Tunes - 10/15/13

A good lyric is like a great book...  Me and Emily Rachel Proctor, Artist Rachel Proctor & Chris Tompkins, Writers Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ...

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Mondays 10/14/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Based on my posts, one might be impressed with all the reading I'm doing. But sadly, that would make one too trusting. The truth is that I've started several books recently and barely gotten into them before having my attention sucked away...

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Like Family - McLain

In Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses: A Memoir, Paula McLain recounts her childhood during the 1970s and early '80s. After being abandoned by her parents, her mother ran off with a boyfriend and her father ends up intermittently in jail, McLain and her two sisters endure fifteen years...

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Tuesday Tunes - 10/8/13

A good lyric is like a great book... Why Haven't I Heard From You? Reba McIntyre, Artist Sandy Knox and T. W. Hale, Writers Back in 1876 an ol' boy named Bell Invented a contraption that we know so well. By the 1950's they were in everybody's home As a crazy little thing they call the telephone. Now...

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Mondays - 10/07/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Now Reading:  Then, Again (Diane Keaton) The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)Just Finished:  Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses: A Memoir (Paula McLain) On Deck:The list keeps growing...check...

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September 2013 ReCap...

September 2013 Update  September was weird... Still have some lingering blahs from August and finally managed to get motivated on the house stuff, so not much reading got done. Its a sad, sad thing to admit...but here I am, only two books this month! Hopefully things are better this...

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Tuesday Tunes - 10/1/13

A good lyric is like a great book...   Ireland Garth Brooks, Artist Garth Brooks, Stephanie Davis, Jenny Yates, Writers    They say mother earth is breathing With each wave that finds the shore Her soul rises in the evening For to open twilights door Her eyes are the stars...

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