14,223 Days Alive
3 Slices of Pizza Eaten
1 Book Started and Finished Today
I am feeling… quite terrible. I don’t know why. So I turned to an old comfort mechanism: reading.
Continue reading “Of Pages and Pizza”Of Pages and Pizza
Category: Reading
Of Bourbon Chicken and Bumps
14,222 Days Alive
10 Rows Frogged on the Second Sleeve of Grandma’s Cardigan
3 Cluster Headache Attacks in the Last 48 Hours
1 Combo #23 Bourbon Chicken with Pork Fried Rice for Dinner
Okay. First thing’s first: I am still in pain. I’m still dealing with echoes of the migraine from Monday night/Tuesday morning.
Continue reading “Of Bourbon Chicken and Bumps”Prompt Answer: 3 Impactful Books
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why?
1. Alice in Wonderland, because it was the first book I learned to read and the first book I remember being read to me.
2. The Clan of the Cave Bear series: I’ve read it dozens of times.
3. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I read it every December because I remember my Daddy reading it aloud as a little one.
Of Groceries and Groans
14,219 Days Alive
3.5 Hours Spent Shopping
25% into A Court of Thorns and Roses
1 Sleeve Finished in Grandma’s Crocheted Cardigan
So. One of the it books of the year is A Court of Thorns and Roses. This book is a bit of a slow going for me. And the main character is very… annoying.
Continue reading “Of Groceries and Groans”Prompt Answer: Influential Teacher
Who was your most influential teacher? Why?
I have one: Mrs. White.
She was my first grade teacher and spanked me for reading. I got moved into a second grade class, then third when my reading and writing skills surpassed that of my peers. She didn’t get fired, but she did actively try to get me in trouble.
I also skipped fifth grade, I think? Maybe it was sixth. It that’s another story.
Of Beef and (No) Barley
14,130 Days Alive
$33.33 Spent on Dinner
6 Cups of Stock Used
2.05 Pounds of Stew Beef Cooked
1 New to Me Soup Recipe
So I used this recipe, sans barley, as the basis for dinner tonight. Mellon is sick and requested soup. So soup I made!
Continue reading “Of Beef and (No) Barley”Of Soup and Sickness
14,123 Days Alive
2 Pieces of Garlic Bread Eaten
1.5 Hours Spent Cooking, Masked Up
1 Massive Pot of Zuppa Toscana Made
I have bronchitis. It sucks. The antibiotics are tearing up my stomach, but I’m taking them with food.
I’m exhausted and it’s supposed to snow overnight so I have to get up early. I’m going to bed.
Take your meds, folks.
Of Coffee and Coughing
14,121 Days Alive
3 Hours of Phasmophobia Played
Prefacing with it ain’t the ‘vid, I have a cold. I’ve not been feeling well for a few days. Even went to the doctor for it but basically got told “symptoms should go away within two weeks”. Ugh.
Continue reading “Of Coffee and Coughing”Review: Midlife Magic & Magnolias
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview: Alex is freshly off the divorce boat and finds herself the heiress of a mysterious manor house – and magically inclined to boot! This romp through the magical world of Magnolia Manor is nothing short of hilarious.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Tags and Trigger Warnings: Death, Demons, Divorce, Gun Violence, Gun Use, Magic, Mythical Creatures, Off-Screen Infidelity, Paranormal Happenings, Supernatural Creatures, Violence, Women’s Fiction.
Body Count: a few, but nothing on-screen.
Continue reading “Review: Midlife Magic & Magnolias”Of Shouting and Sausage Pizza
14,100 Days Alive
2 Slices of Pizza for Dinner
Today was a nice, easy day. For which I’m grateful as I feel wretched physically.
Continue reading “Of Shouting and Sausage Pizza”Of Funk and Family
14,096 Days Alive
6,733 Words Written So Far This Year
1 Newly Discovered Sibling!
I’m in a Mood tonight. Just don’t want to exist even though yesterday was an amazing day in which I found out I have another sibling!
Continue reading “Of Funk and Family”Of Libraries and Lackluster
14,094 Days Alive
1562 Days Straight on Duolingo
359 Words Written Today
2 Chapters Read of The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman, a Library Book
1 Stressful Day at Work
I wanted to go to the library after work today, but didn’t end up doing so. Maybe tomorrow.
Continue reading “Of Libraries and Lackluster”Prompt Answer: Books to Read
What books do you want to read?
When it comes to what books I want to read, the answer is simply “all that I can”.
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