The Story Of Us

We have been busy.. doing what you ask.. I don't know. A lot of this and that.. errands and unfun things.  I steam cleaned all our dining room chairs and the carpet in our family room and the rug in M's office. I did some ironing and hemming.. as I said fun stuff. There has also been paint touch ups and repotting some plants and we had to get our sprinkler system fixed as there were a few leak and no one of garage doors is acting up.  While I am cleaning inside the house I also cleaned up my TBR deleting over 100 books and removed a bunch of non followers on my Instagram and then probably added another 50 books.. lol.  With everything else taking up so much of my time the puzzle is not getting much love. I have had this out for months and I walk by putting in a piece here and there but have no time to sit with it.  For all of those who said give it some time and the birds will come.. you were absolutely right! The birds are coming.           ...

                               Have you heard of 'pareidolia'? It is the psychological tendency to perceive meaningful images, shapes, or patterns in random, ambiguous, or inanimate objects. The most common example is "face pareidolia"—seeing faces in things like electrical outlets, car grilles, or even clouds. I spotted this exposed water pipes, rust stains and I saw the sadness, the crying face. Do you see faces in things?  Coasters Tablet Cover Blanket Framed Print Throw Pillow Playing cards                               Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Redbubble             Zazzle  

Hello June. I was influenced by Jeanette over at Net on the Net  and went to my first estate sale. I was driving home, saw the sign and made a spontaneous stop. I wasn't really looking for anything.. and left empty handed. We also visited an annual sale hosted by a local historical society. We bought a little this and that. I haven't been very good about documenting our purchases.  We have a church just a couple of minutes away that holds thrift sales every Saturday expect during the winter. Most my donations go to them and it is also our most visited one.  I have bought more that a few things there but our best find yet? This $5 toaster. Mine was acting up and I had already ordered one (which I swiftly returned).  The husband bought this and put it up on the window above the kitchen sink. It's been a week and no birds?! Not a single one has visited. There are plenty in our backyard but they don't seem to be fans of the feeder.  But in one of shrubs near our fro...

I don't think I have done a lately post in a long while.. all my travel and book posts are done for now so what else has been happening? Lets see..  D is getting ready to wrap up 10th grade. Just a little under a month to go. AP exams done and then finals in less that a month. His Honors American Lit class read The Great Gatsby earlier in the year and last week they went to go watch Gatsby on Broadway. He said it was better than the book. lol After joining high school and not allowed to participate in any contact sports he decided to take up bowling. In the past two years and after a lot of practice he is showing great improvement. In fact on Friday he entered his first tournament. He started with a ranking 21 among 24 fellow competitors and ended up in 3rd place. He even won some scholarship money!  H on the other hand played in his spring concert. He is also practicing and preparing to audition for the 7th grade wind ensemble. He is struggling a little.. his hands are too sm...

                               This was taken in Aruba . It was a hike or near a fort.. we had rented a car for the day.. this is back in 2011. D's first beach vacation. This particular set of stacked rocks caught my eye because it looked like the bust of a man, bent over, a little hunched I thought.. weight on his shoulders.  Tote Bag Spiral Notebook Canvas Print Wall Hanging Jigsaw Puzzle Framed Print Throw Pillow                                    Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Redbubble             Zazzle  

My last book post was in mid March.. so the following are two months worth of reading.   Vengeful by V.E Schwab Synopsis  - Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luthor. Victor Vale and Eli Ever. Sydney and Serena Clarke. Great partnerships, now soured on the vine. But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she’s finally gained the control she’s always sought and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She’ll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other. With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity--and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning. Thoughts - This is the second book in the series. I had read the first earlier in the year and felt it was good but lacked something. The first book had felt a bit robotic in its delivery. This one I liked...