Sunday Post/Mailbox Monday 3/26/2023: Random Updates

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists…

Happy Sunday, I hope this post finds you well. It was a pretty busy week and I sucked on blog hopping this past week so I’m sorry for that. I also wasn’t feeling so great Thursday and Friday. It’s not the dreaded “C” but rather hormonal since I’m going through peri these past couple of years. Fun times! I’ll be doing my usual blog visits this afternoon. The temps have been all over the place lately, it was freezing last weekend then we had sleet yesterday morning and today the temps are in the 60’s.

We passed by an old chapel last weekend on our walk and I took a few pics of it with the black and white setting on my phone. It was very cold so we kept the walk short but as soon as I spotted the chapel I wanted a pic. It reminds me of Norman Bates’ house on the hill. Otis was trying to run up the hill.




onto my updates….

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coming soon:
I’ve been reading alot because I have a few tour stops coming up in April and May so I’ve been busy with that. There’s nothing in my mailbox this week but that’s a good thing because I need to catch up.
Also, tomorrow Nancy Lynn Jarvis is stopping in for an interview and book giveaway so I invite you to stop in.

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watching:
I re-watched The Haunting of Hill House recently because it’s amazing. I love this show. The bent neck lady episode gave me a nightmare but that’s ok.

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crochet
We booked our Florida vacation last week so I immediately wanted to make a few pieces to bring with me. I started a tank top in lime green. I also want to make a swimsuit cover up so wish me luck lol. It’s a few months away so I have plenty of time.


That wraps it up for now, what are you up to? Reading? Watching? Crafting? Enjoy your week! I’ll be blog hopping this afternoon to see what everyone has been up to.

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Sunday Post/Mailbox Monday 3/19/23: Random Updates and Crochet

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists…

Another week has flown right by, I’m so glad March is more than halfway over with. I had a busy week so my blogging took the backburner. Last Sunday I volunteered my morning with work to pack meals for the hungry. There were hundreds of volunteers and we packaged thousands of meals to be shipped to Ukraine and Newark, NJ as well which felt awesome. We had snow mid-week and it didn’t stick so that was good.

On Thursday I got my hair ends trimmed at the salon after work. I took Friday off to give myself a 3-day weekend so I spent most of Friday crocheting and watching movies.

Onto my bookish updates….

in my mailbox:
Nothing! But that’s good, I need to catch up on my current books.

recently on the blog:
Nothing! I’m hoping to blog more this upcoming week. I’ve been in a reading slump and reading in slow motion since last month.

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watching
The Last of Us season finale gutted me. I’m ready for season 2 please.
Since I was off on Friday I lounged around the house and re-watched Hostiles and Misery because there’s something comforting about re-watching favorites.

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crochet:
I finished my hexagon cardigan, its super cozy. I’m already planning on making another one in blue and I need to choose alternating colors for it. I also made Otis a matching sweater since I had yarn leftover and he looks so cute in his. I still need to model my cardigan along with Otis.






This is how I get Otis to model for me, his tiny treats lol.



That wraps up my updates for now. How was your week?

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Sunday Post/Mailbox Monday 3/12/23: Updates and Crochet

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists…

Happy weekend, I hope this post finds you well. This past week really dragged on. At least we had some sunny albeit very cold and windy days and we had pretty flurries yesterday. Also of note, I tried Wendy’s breakfast for the first time yesterday and their coffee and French toast sticks were very delish so now I’ve found a new favorite thing.

Here’s Otis at his favorite spot by the window while I was typing up this post on my laptop this morning. He likes to sit here on his blanket for napping as well as people watching. It’s nice being Otis lol.

Onto my updates….

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recently on the blog:

I shared the Bookish People I’d Like to Meet.


I shared my thoughts on Our Wolves by Luanne Castle.

in my mailbox:

Raw Flesh Flash: The Incomplete, Unfinished Documenting Of by Donovan Hufnagle arrived for a May review.

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watching:
The Last of Us continues to be really good and the season finale is coming up.
I watched the documentary The Plane That disappeared about the Boeing 777 that seemed to disappear out of thin air in 2014. This was a sad and scary documentary, and I had no idea so many conspiracy theories were involved with this. It is definitely nuts that they don’t really know what happened.
I also watched Fall which although you need to suspend disbelief for was pretty good. However, they left one major thing unexplained at the end which left me feeling cheated.


crochet:
My hexagon cardigan is coming along nicely and I’m nearly done. I finished one sleeve and am working on the second sleeve now. I added ribbing on the cuff to make it fitted to my wrist while also giving it some stretch.




That wraps up my updates for now I do have a review coming this week finally. What are you up to? Reading? Watching? Enjoy your week ahead!

Disclaimer: Nothing in this post is available for download. The photos here are my own and not be to be removed from this post.

Sunday Post/Mailbox Monday 3/5/23: Hello March

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists…

Happy Sunday and happy March. We had a few inches of snow this past week but since it was the first real snowfall of the season I didn’t mind it much. It was pretty to see and I worked remotely so I didn’t have to drive out in it. I’m still waiting for Spring and warmer temps. I miss reading and crocheting outside.


onto my bookish updates….


recently on the blog:


I shared my Top 10 Favorite Thrillers for TTT. I added a few new books to my wish list also after blog hopping.



I took part in the book blast for Book Blast and Giveaway: Love You Now by Julia Kent


in my mailbox:

Author Sheila Roberts emailed me a copy of her latest Mermaid Beach for a book tour. This one looks so good.

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watching:
I’m still GoT hungover. I discussed the series with my SIL this week since she watched the series a few years ago and we both had the same issues with several things and with the ending.
This week I started watching The Last of Us and it is fantastic and scary and I do have to look away during some of the scenes. I would never survive in that kind of apocalyptic setting, I’d have a better chance of surviving a regular zombie apocalypse. Have you watched this yet? New episodes are on Sundays with the last episode coming on March 12. I’m on episode 5 so far.

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crochet:
I’m working on a hexagon cardigan following one of my fav crochet designer’s tutorials. I like this pattern because you make 2 matching hexagons then fold and seam them together then make the sleeves as long as you want. I’ve made one of these before but it turned out a little bit too bulky for my taste, so this time I’m using a category 3 baby yarn for the main grey color and a cotton yarn for the contrasting pink. This yarn is lighter so this will be nice for the Spring. Both left and right sides are ready now, then after I seam them together I can start making the sleeves longer and add the cuffs.





That wraps up my updates for now. I need to do a self-imposed read-a-thon. I have no reading motivation these past few weeks! What are you up to lately? Enjoy your week ahead.

I took this photo this morning of Otis on our walk by the lake.

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Sunday Post/Mailbox Monday 2/19/2023: Book updates and GOT

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists…

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Happy weekend, I hope this post finds you well. Another week flew right by. Work was still busy but less stressful so that was good. And yay for the 3-day weekend. I’m fully remote now through March so I’m glad for that.
Otis had a quick tech visit at the vet for one more vaccine he was due for. He definitely thought we were going for one of our regular drives since I bring him with me for quick errands or to grab lunch, Starbucks..etc…so when I pulled up at his vet parking lot and he saw where we were he immediately started complaining lol. He knows the vet parking lot even though we don’t go there too much he still remembers.


Onto my bookish updates…

recently on the blog
Nothing! But I am reading two books so I’ll have a few reviews up soon.

in my mailbox:

I had money left on my Amazon gift card from Christmas so I ordered Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell.


Also in my mailbox this week, I saw this sweet TikTok of a daughter who created an account for her father. Her dad wrote a book called Stone Maidens back in 2012. He spent 14 years writing his book and hadn’t really had many sales until the TikTok went viral. Now the book made it to the Amazon best sellers list. I grabbed an e-copy.

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watching: *GOT spoiler alert coming so scroll past if you don’t want spoilers*

I keep repeating myself but oh my gosh, I just can’t. Season 6 was awesome. Episode 9 “Battle of the Bastards”. Oh. My. God. I actually re-watched that battle scene again afterwards. And after the battle Jon Snow walking towards Ramsay Bolton as he shot arrows at his shield. Also, I LOVE that Dany made Tyrion the Hand of the Queen. She’s got those dragons under control now, they’re full grown and she’s on her way with her army so. Cersei seems unstoppable now that her son is gone so I’m really curious to see what will happen. That was crazy how she blew up that entire Sept. Those religious fanatics were pretty terrifying, and I can’t believe they brainwashed her son like that too. Winter is officially here and I’m on season 7 now. Gahhhh! Jon Snow is Ned’s nephew!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plot twist! And Arya kicking ass and taking names later you go girl! She singlehandedly took down Walder Frey and all his men.

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crochet

This is my 2023 mood blanket in progress so far. White represents tired. I like the way the colors are coming along.

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That wraps up my updates for now. What are you up to? Watching? Reading? Enjoy your week ahead. 🙂

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