whatcha readin'? 2020 {book 4::goal 30}

I randomly picked up this book
at a book sale
mainly just because of the cover.

(I’m superficial like that
when it comes to books…
don’t judge me.)

I didn’t realize until the end
that Beryl Markham is a real person,
that she has a memoir that now I want to read,
and that Karen Blixen was Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesan) from Out of Africa
(which I also want to read…and watch the movie).

Anyway…it was a great book.
I am not sure why I am suddenly reading
so many books about female aviators
without even trying…
maybe the universe is trying to tell me
to get my pilot license!! :)

Anywayyyyy….
she was totally fascinating…strong and independent…
I liked her.

and I liked this quote…it hit home for me:
”sometimes when you are hurting, it helps to throw
yourself at something that will take your weight”.

4.5 ♥’s out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥’s
NEXT UP:: THE SALT ROAD - JANE JOHNSON

march bullet journal - i like turtles...

I am not sure why
but turtles seemed to take over
my brain when it came time
to create my bullet journal
for March…

i kinda liked that sleepy little guy above…
and the upside down one below…
well, i’m pretty sure that’s a self portrait.

it’s definitely how i feel sometimes…

right now in the big orange house:

diet coke, salty crackers, Guns and Roses really loud,
and working on cards for mother’s day.

(almost) wordless wednesday...the snow white edition...

I called this almost wordless wednesday
because
there has to be some words
to explain where these came from..

a friend recently told me he was
going through some items to
donate/sell
and sent me a photo of
THE FULL SET OF SNOW WHITE AND 7 DWARVES.

(please note the all caps…
that is not a mistake…
that is how I still feel about this…
LIKE I WON THE TOY LOTTERY!)

I felt incredibly lucky that he passed these along to me.
They will be well taken care of…as long as they don’t mind
sharing the spotlight with the smurfs and couple robots…
:)

(also…there were more surprises…
but I’ll save those for another day…)

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tuesday truths on an up and down kinda day...

20 left for Toronto this morning
after a stressful, snowy, slushy 3 am drive
to the airport.

I am always proud of him
for his role in these youth conferences
and happy that he gets to
have these amazing experiences
and meet so many people
and I know it has helped
develop him in ways that
it would have been difficult to
provide here…

but…I miss him.
And I know it’s only a week
and that lots of people go farther away
and for much longer but…

I don’t care.

I still miss him.

Today was a day full of ups and downs…

I am excited about the online courses I am taking/
I am terrified about the online courses I am taking.

A hard decision I made kinda feels right/
the same hard decision makes me a little sad
and not always sure that it was right.

I am happy that spring is coming/
I just remembered my leaky front door.

Up and down.

But instead of ending this post with that…
how about this instead…the other day I ran
into a friend at the grocery store who said
”oh wait! I have something for you!”
and she dug into her bag and found me some smurfs
which ALWAYS makes me happy
but one of them…was smurfette…on a keychain…
and soooooo tiny!!!!
I could barely contain my excitement.
Heeheehee.

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(but…truth…i still miss 20).

whatcha readin'? 2020 {book 3::goal 30}

I know I say this all the time
about Philippa Gregory…
that she is a guilty pleasure of mine,
that I am always a little shy to say
how much I like her writing…
but…I really, really do.

And this book did not disappoint…
not me anyway.
I have seen some poor reviews for it
but I enjoyed it as much as I didn’t like
(despised) James…
I loved the descriptions of the marshy tidelands,
the primitiveness, the barren landscape,
I was on the edge of my seat at one point and
the writing took me away.

And I was very excited to learn that this is
actually the first in a series of books!
I am looking forward to more!

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥’s
NEXT UP:: CIRCLING THE SUN - PAULA MCLAIN