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Hopefully after my life slows down, I can get my eating lined out ... Right now it is quick, easy and not healthy. I will be glad to get this move behind me!

A few of the last books read: THE COWBOY WHO CAME HOME by Liz Isaacson (rom) UNFORGIVEN by Shelley Shepard Gray (Amish) THE RANCHER'S TEXAS TWINS by Allie Pleiter (LI) HIDDEN IN THE NIGHT by Elizabeth Goddard (susp) THE ROAD BEFORE ME by Janine Rosche (3 time lines) - Rt 66 travel

I just saw this on Facebook about Susan Sleeman. I thought I would share here. She has had so many health problems since that bad fall a few years ago! Susan’s husband Mark here. Prayers appreciated for Susan. She has been in the hospital for a week. Came in for severe back pain and had a bad reaction to pain meds. She was…

I am reading WALKING ON HIDDEN WINGS by Rachel Scott McDaniel. It is set in the 1920s and about a woman, her plane, and her husband that was supposed to be dead. It is really good. I haven't had a lot of time to even listen to books because of so many people here to help.

I have a couple of minutes this morning before the crazy starts here. I have had my sister-in-law and her hubby in town from Texas. They came to get a sideboard that was Bill's great grandmother's. We weren't going to have room for it and wanted it to stay in the family. They saved us several hundred dollars...they came to…

Whew! It has been a minute since i have caught up. I am busy packing, purging and organizing. I will be glad when we are in the new little villa. July 2 the truck will be here. We close on the 1st and have to be totally out by the 8th. Right now I can't stand the mess!

Congratulations! I'm sure you are excited to welcome him into the family!

5.2024 - 58 Ebooks DIVINE FUTURE by Hope Callaghan (cozy) KU 4.5* RUTHIE by Sharon Srock (wms fict) KU 5* THE ROADS WE FOLLOW by Nicole Deese (rom) libby 5* A RUN AT LOVE by Toni Shiloh (rom) libby 4.5* MIDNIGHT KISS ON EVER AFTER STREET by Jaimie Admans. (Secular) KU 4* - one bad word noted, very cute! THE SONGBIRD OF…

I finished THE LADY WITH THE DARK HAIR by Erin Bartels. It was a dual time line and dealt a lot with art. It was really good. I really hadn't heard anything about it, but it came up on libby.

Praying for son and daughter-in-law and baby Maxwell! The foundation company is coming next Thursday. The realtor will be here shortly

Poland wasnt the first invasion, but was the one that started WW2. I am reading BRAVING THE VALLEY by Rebecca Hartt. This is suspense about a missionary being taken out of Venezuela before she was killed. I'm just starting this book and it reminds me of the young missionary couple that was just killed in Haiti. The wife…

Oh my, Kim. Hopefully the antibiotic works! Saying prayers. I found a villa that I thought I wanted. It was in the subdivision where I have two friends that live and love it. Anyway it wound up under contract. There is another for sale by owner in the complex, so I will call them tomorrow morning. I was talking to my…

Kim - I liked the Warsaw Sisters. I'm not sure I would have chosen it as a Carol finalist, but it was very good. WW2 Poland wasn't an easy or light read.

Dentist today for mom and I. Mom's appointment had been scheduled for a while and I felt a chip on a tooth, so I called the dentist and they worked me in after mom. I'm so glad that I didn't wait. As it was, I just needed a little filling. I know if I waited, there would have been a much more costly treatment needed. My…

I need to get back into the True Crime Junkie series. I read book 1 and then got distracted. I'm not reading nearly as many books right now, and library books (new releases) keep coming up, so other books get put off. Current: THE WARSAW SISTERS by Amanda Barritt (WW2 Poland) ENGAGED TO THE SINGLE MOM by Lee Tobin McClain…

I did a couple Carol award finalists. One was an audiobook and I kept getting distracted easily while listening. That doesn't happen if I am really enjoying the book. Of course, it was Regency and that is definitely not my favorite. The other was an Amish novella. It was pretty good, but I rarely rate novellas above 4*.…

We don't have plans for the weekend. If Bill feels like he can, I'm going to try to get him to church, but after getting him out with me to go to Mom's today, I doubt he will feel up to it. It is really difficult for him (and for me). Keep us in your prayers. I have some major decisions to make. Our foundation needs more…

I finished FOR A LIFETIME by Gabrielle Meyer. I gave it 5*, but don't rank it among my absolute favorites for the year. I had a love/hate relationship with the book. It definitely kept my interest and was well written, I just didn't like the subject of half.of.the book. If I had not read the first 2 and enjoyed them so…

Cindy, what a gorgeous hotel! We went to Colorado every year for about 10 years, and camped with my parents in Rocky Mountain National Park. Bill and I went back a couple times after they didn't feel they could make the trip anymore. We usually did something special before meeting them. Several years it was Colorado…

I am reading FOR A LIFETIME by Gabrielle Meyer as well. I am at 56%. I also do not like the Salem Witch trials, but I am learning a lot about them from the book. That's a part of history that I have always shied away from. The chatter about the book on facebook is that it is the favorite of the books by many of the…

I don't even know if I have a favorite genre. I definitely have the NOT favorite genres like fantasy and usually regency. I do love suspense and romantic suspense, but the books that usually wind up in my WOW list are more often than not Women's fiction. Here are the ones that I have read - as you can see, I gave a lot of…

2024 Carol Awards Finalists Contemporary A Million Little Choices by Tamera Alexander He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass by Katie Powner Historical The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda Barratt Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem April’s Promise by Terrie Todd Historical Romance Garden…

I totally loved A MIDNIGHT KISS ON EVER AFTER STREET by Jaimie Admans. I'm sure that I will read more in the series is the entire series is on KU. It had one instance of a word I am not comfortable with, but not an overly offensive word. The book was very cute, and no fairy dust involved. I also finished: THE SONGBIRD OF…

Carole, the plant is beautiful. I have the worst luck with plants, so I usually just stay away from them. Kim, praying that you start feeling better soon! I am doing everything possible to keep from getting sick. I have enough on my hands, and I sure don't want to pass something to Bill. We did fairly well with Bill's new…

I have been working on trying to get mom's CDs moved to Kansas as they mature. She had two that came due last week so I sent the copies Certified Mail to the bank. They were to go 200 miles from KC. From here to Springfield to Dixon. It made it to Spfld, then went to Albuquerque, NM and hung out for several days, then was…

I started THE GARDEN GIRLS by Jessica R Patch. This is one of the longer Love Inspired books. It started out scary and creepy! I have heard it is really good, but maybe not at bedtime! I am also reading a secular book that is supposed to be clean. It is for a kindle challenge that I didn't do because it had to be from a…

Hope you are feeling better!

I am reading a set of Amish novellas. They came up in libby a few times and I kept delaying. I finally thought that I had better just check it out and read it. I am on the last novella. They are okay, but nothing special. Amish Love Letters - libby LOVE LETTER COURTSHIP by Shelley Shepard Gray (Amish) S.W.A.K. by Charlotte…

Well, I decided against the haircut. Maybe Saturday, and maybe i will just do myself again. We finally were approved for a hospital bed. It took almost a month to get it, but they called last week and said the bed would be delivered today. Absolutely nothing went according to my plan! But God knew and had the right people…

Not much healthy is going on here. I need to get back on track, but I'm tired. A cookie here and there, food Bill will eat for meals (never healthy anymore) ... I just have to find a place to start and make myself do it.