Sunday News: Christmas Eve Edition
Feeling
I’m feeling hopeful. I wrote an update on the last 8 months earlier this week. The Reader’s Digest version is: my health is much better and I’ve been busy helping a friend in need.
Now that things have slowed down a bit, I want to start reading and blogging again. I miss the community a lot. Please bear with me while I get back into the swing of things, especially visiting and commenting on other blogs.
Blogging
This week on the blog:
Reading
I finished rereading DRAGON PRINCE by Melanie Rawn this week. I then started the second book in the trilogy, THE STAR SCROLL.
I’m also listening to the audiobook of THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES. I committed the cardinal sin of seeing the movie in November before reading the book and need to remedy that.
Listening
As I stated last year, I’m not a huge fan of Christmas music. However, I was introduced to an amazing number at my friend’s band concert. It’s called “Minor Alterations: Christmas through the Looking Glass.” I hope you enjoy it!
Watching
Right now, Corey and I are bingeing GAME OF THRONES. It’s our first time watching it. We recently finished season 5 and started season 6 on Friday. We’re quite hooked.
Corey also introduced me to ARCHER earlier this year. It’s been one of his favorites. We watched the series finale this week. It was a good one. We’re both sad it’s ended, though.
Loving
I love my IRL book club’s December meeting. I look forward to it every year. It’s so much fun because a lot of the stragglers come and we share treats and do a book exchange. This year’s was especially fun because I hadn’t been to a book club meeting since September. I’ll be posting about it in more detail this coming week.
I also love that Corey made sure I knew about the Wasatch Back Alpacas Christmas event so I could go feed and pet some alpacas. As many know, alpacas and llamas are two of my most favorite animals!
Wanting
I want to wish a merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Happy holidays to all! And, have a fun and safe New Year’s celebration this coming week.
Needing
I need to get my end of year posts ready for this upcoming week. It’s one of my favorite times of year to blog.
How was your week? Anything exciting happen?
Have a wonderful Christmas, and I hope your decision to go back to blogging brings you joy.
best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Thanks, Mae! 😀 I hope it does as well. Merry Christmas!
Hello! I’m glad to hear you are feeling well! I need to read Songbirds and Snakes soon so I can watch the movie, too. I was considering committing the cardinal sin as well lol
Thank you so much! 😀 Ha! I do have to say that the movie’s really good. Hopefully, I enjoy the book as much or more.
Happy Christmas to you too! 🙂 Hope you have a good time.
Thank you so much, Nicky! 😀 Merry Christmas to you as well.
I’m very much enjoying “Minor Alterations: Christmas through the Looking Glass” — thanks for sharing it.
Welcome back to blogging!
Thank you, Joy! 😀 I’m so glad you enjoyed “Minor Alterations.” There’s a second one as well called “Minor Alterations 2.” I like the first one better, though.
I love the end-of-the-year posts, too! I wrote up two yesterday—First Book of the Year and the Looking Back Over the Year posts.
I’m glad you are doing well and are (hopefully) back to blogging!
Thanks, Deb! 😀 I’m thinking about joining the First Book of the Year meme as well. It looks fun. Yay for end-of-the-year posts!
I hope you have a great holiday season,, and I, too, hope to spend more time reading and blogging. Happy Christmas!
Thank you, Laurel! 😀 Merry Christmas!
Welcome back and Merry Christmas!
Thank you! Merry Christmas!
So sorry to hear you hadn’t been well, but I’m glad you’re better now. I hope you stay healthy and well! I have such mixed feelings about GoT but it’s good to know you are enjoying it! Thanks for sharing “Minor Alterations”, I’m enjoying it very much!
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Thank you so much! 😀
I understand your mixed feeling about GoT. I’m feeling them myself. I’ve heard it ends badly and I’m scared and sad for that. I’m glad you enjoyed “Minor Alterations. 😀
Welcome back! I hope you love Songbirds and Snakes!!
My Sunday Post
Thank you! 😀 So far, I am enjoying it.
This is also my favorite time to blog; I tend to get reflective near the end of one year and the beginning of the next. I feel like I write better–which is probably my imagination. My older daughter loves llamas and has llama everything. 🙂 Happy Holidays, Jenni!
Yes, the reflectiveness is what I enjoy. I always try to evaluate how my life is going and figure out how I can improve over the next year. I don’t necessarily make resolutions; I just take inventory of what is and isn’t working. 😀
That makes me happy that your older daughter loves llamas too. I also have llama everything. 😀
Happy holidays to you as well!
We love Alpacas too! We are doing Top 10 lists this week. Merry Christmas!
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
Yay! 😀 Alpacas are the best. So soft and friendly. Top 10 lists are so fun! 😀 Merry Christmas!
Love reading end of year posts!
Merry Christmas!
They’re so much fun, aren’t they? Merry Christmas to you as well! 😀
Welcome back! So glad to hear you are doing much better!! Sorry you never figured out what cause the reaction, the body is such an odd thing! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and I look forward to hearing more from you over the next few weeks 🙂
Thanks, Cindy! 😀 It’s good to be back! And, thank you! It feels nice to be more healthy than I was. I hope you had a Merry Christmas too!
Game of Thrones was one of my all-time-favorite shows (until the final season.) I’m glad you’re feeling well enough to get back to blogging!
I can see why it was. It’s so addicting. I love the storytelling and the character development. I am scare about the final season as I’ve heard it’s horrible. I guess we’ll see what I think about it. Here’s hoping it’s not too bad, lol. 😀
Nice to see you back! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!!!! And how cool to see Melanie Rawn. I always wanted to read those- I thought the covers were so striking.
Thanks, Greg! It’s good to be back! 😀 My Christmas was very nice, thank you! It was low key just like I like it, lol. And, yes, I love the covers for Rawn’s books as well! Too bad covers nowadays aren’t like that anymore.