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Sunday, I woke at 5:30am to barking again. Lulu seems really shaken by the storms and does not want to be alone in her crate. I took her outside, nothing, put her back in the crate. Finally went back to sleep until 9am. I did the usual visiting blogs. Today was the FB Chat for Eternal Kiss of Darkness. I always get so much out of the chat.
Monday, more barking. I had a chiro appt and then did 2 pickups at Wegman’s and Food Lion to get the things I wanted. Then I got out to mow the lawn, at least the backyard, and pull weeds before it rained. I was trying to do so many things. I did get bills paid for June. I put in for another RX my daughter needs to refill.
Tuesday, more barking. I took her out, nothing. It took me another hour to get back to sleep and so then the start to my day was very late. We’re having scattered showers but cooler temps with a north wind. I caught up on blog visiting, and worked on a menu plan. I figured out that the $5 Audible sale changes titles every day so the titles I would have bought yesterday are now not available. (: I’ll have to look at today’s options and decide quickly. I got the garbage and recycle out and then took Lulu for a longer route walk. It was good to get out finally. I also managed to get the front yard mowed.
Wednesday, my daughter was up late enough that I didn’t get the barking wake up. I managed a bit earlier start to the day. I wrote a few reviews, and did some blog visiting. I took Lulu for a walk. I worked on a Series on Saturday post. I got book mail.
Thursday, I didn’t get up quickly as I had started a new book and couldn’t stop reading it when I woke up. The barking may be over! In the afternoon, my daughter had a medical appt and I went to refill the gas tank for the grill. On the way home, we went to Harris Teeter to pick up her RX and a few items. We had salads and then I took Lulu to walk.
Friday, today is rainy or supposed to be. I continue to try to catch up on multiple fronts. Why do I always feel behind? I reviewed the last day of audios in the flash sale and found one that completed a series I have. I listened to my current ARC until I finished; I couldn’t help myself. More book mail arrived today; I’ve won a few Goodreads giveaways lately.
Saturday, I got going quickly. That kind of fell apart when I got on a phone call for almost 3 hours but I needed the house / repair info. The weather was really great and I finally got out and fertilized some of the plants. Then I walked Lulu and tried to see what was going on with the swans. I decided to water the garden since it is going to be around 90F / 32C and dry for the next 4 days. The hydrangea I planted last fall is getting ready to bloom! There are quite a few snow peas and the broccoli is looking good. We continue to enjoy the lettuce.
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality. These are the exciting ARCs I received this week (If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry):
Thanks so much to Atria Books, AceRoc Books, and Tantor Audio.
(If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry)
This week had a $5 audio flash sale at Audible. Sadly I didn’t realize until the second day they are changing the books each day so I missed out on a couple from the first day. The last day I got the final one I don’t have in the Unwind series.
I used a bunch of later delivery credits to buy the Jeaniene Frost book. I chose the mystery/ thriller for my First Reads pick since it is set in Minnesota. Then I got another credit to help buy the only one in this Kincaid series I don’t already own. Then I decided to get the rest of the Kaylea Cross series set in North Carolina.
Now the really scary one. This is all the Kindle and Audible freebies I grabbed this past week. You can see why I need to do Thrifty Thursday to be sure I read a few at least one each month.
I really meant to cut back on freebies BUT they are free so I guess that won’t be happening.
I’m not including things like reviews posted or upcoming as they are always in the right sidebar. And, my challenge status is also there.
Anne
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Ghehe, I really do hope the barking will be over!
Have a great week 🙂
Thank you, the barking is much less. Or I’m too tired to hear it. lol
Ah yes, the barking morning call *smile* I remember that time too well…. Have a great long weekend and enjoy your lettuce.
Thank you Vi. We are just bonkers for our fresh lettuce. Lulu has reduced the barking now and it’s almost back to the no barking normal.
I see that Lulu kept you awake too Anne! We do love them but sometimes pets can be exhausting! Have a great week!
Thank you Sophie. Thankfully Lulu has calmed down.
You’re so lucky that you won Eclipse the Moon! I cannot figure how some people win so many Goodreads giveaways. I enter all the time and win like once every couple of years. Hope you have a good week!
Thank you Tammy! I have no idea. I got 2 Goodreads wins that arrived this week. I’m on a roll. But then I can go a year without any. I only get the print copies to give away.
Poor Lulu💜 Storms just unnerve our furry kids. My Bichon used to come up to me (or jump on the bed) during storms. He wasn’t allowed on the bed except during bad storms.
Nice book haul! I’m waiting for the audio version of the Krueger book. I need my David Chandler experience.
Have a great week, Anne💜
Thanks Jonetta. I was wondering if you had a dog since you always seem to enjoy Lulu. She is mostly back to normal now. But she did not like the storm, or smoke alarms. Anything loud or wet and she’s out!
I’m still hoping for the audio and probably will buy the audio as I have the rest of them.
My dear Casey passed on years ago but I still miss him. Lulu’s my surrogate💜
Poor Lulu! My hound mix hates thunderstorms and she will climb us and try to get us to hold her. But, she is 60 lbs and it does not go well! Thankfully, the new puppy doesn’t seem bothered by the storms. We will see how the 4th of July goes!
Well it sounds like another busy week and that book mail (YA) ^_^ plus all the books you picked up this week.
Happy Reading and Have a Wonderful week!
Thank you Angela! Yes I went a little wild on books this week between giveaways, sales and deals. I did the buy $25 and get a $6 coupon.
Poor Lulu… I hope she doesn’t form a habit of waking up and barking. My week was derailed by COVID. First my daughter and then me. Luckily I work from home and my work load is light right now. We both have had milder symptoms including head ache and congestion. So while it made life a bit more complicated, we are doing okay!
Thank you Jen. Lulu seems to have settled back to normal. I’m sorry you got Covid but it’s good it’s milder symptoms. We’re still avoiding it, staying home and masking always. I hope this week will be a lighter one where you can rest up.
Sounds like a busy week. And I totally know the feeling of always feeling like your behind. It’s really frustrating! I’m trying to find a way to not let it bother me so much though.
I glad the barking in the early morning stopped.
Have a great week and happy reading.
Thanks Maureen. I’m glad to be able to sleep better without the barking at odd times too. I’m using this holiday weekend to catch up a bit and this week I should also because it will be too hot to do much outside work.
Must have been the pets wake the humans early week. My cats got that memo, too. 😉
Good that you got your lawn chores done before the really hot days and neat that your hydrangea is getting ready to flower. Those are so pretty. We did yardwork and got out our summer stuff, too. I missed the Audible sale, but that’s probably a good thing since I have so many already that I need to listen to plus a pile of library listens to keep me busy.
Have a good week, Anne!
Thanks Sophia. lol wake humans early week! It was. I much prefer to do the yardwork in the 70s-80s and with this week in the 90s I want to stay in. I’ll finally get to those August setups! At least it seems to be going every other week between 80s and 90s. I just mowed my lawn 5 days ago and it looks like it could use it again so I think I will cut it one notch shorter next time, at least as long as we are getting some rain during the week. There always seem to be more books I’d like to have. I try to be careful and only buy things I can’t get at the library or easily on KU or something. I do collect my absolute favorites though or a few I can’t get at a library.
I’ve read one of jessie Mihalik’s books and really liked it. Fun space adventure. Sounds like it’s starting to get warm there! We’ve still been pretty mild here, which actually surprises me, but it’s been raining a lot.
Happy Memorial Day!!
Thank you Greg. I’ve enjoyed all of Mihalik’s series but I like all the old scifi in space and hers add some romance. We seem to be alternating weeks with 80s, with weeks with 90s, and I prefer the 80s for yardwork. lol Happy Memorial Day to you! I love the lazy feel of having a holiday day.
Sounds like a good week on the whole. I’m glad Lulu has calmed down some. The Jessie Mihalik book looks intriguing; one of these days I am going to read her.
I wish Audible would open their sales to nonmembers. I have an Audible account and I buy a fair few audibooks via Amazon’s Whispersync for Voice program, so it irks me that I can’t take advantage of their sales.
Enjoy the long weekend!
yes, well I suppose Audible has to have something just for members. But if you knew when they were having a good sale you could get a 1 or 3 month membership. I always get an annual membership and alternate between the 12 credits or 24 credits in a year. But I buy lots at some of the sales. My renewal is around Black Friday, I think December 1, and I still have 8 credits for this year. I also use credits to gift audiobooks to my blog reads in giveaways too. I LOVE Jessie Mihalik, all the space scifi and a bit of romance too.
Lulu’s barking in the morning reminds me on my cat’s meowing in the morning. She’s an indoor cat so she doesn’t need to go out. She likes the blinds open so she can look outside more easily and so we’ll wake up my husband or me to lift up the blinds, lol. The things we do for our pets, right? I hope you have a good weekend!
Oh every time I got up to let her out, she didn’t need to go out and did nothing, she just wanted attention. Sigh.
Poor Lulu – and poor you having your sleep interrupted! I hope things settle down for you both soon. Your bookish mail looks very exciting – enjoy both those books!
Thanks Louise. Lulu is thankfully doing better. I love the book mail. I use nearly all the print copies I get as giveaways here on the blog. I prefer digital copies ebooks or audio for my own copies.
I hope Lulu is doing okay now! My dachshund, Harold, does not like storms either.
Thank you Bonnie. Lulu is doing much better.
I can relate to the barking wake up only because I wake up to a cat scratching at my closet door and if that doesn’t work she’ll come and scratch at whatever part of ME is uncovered. Sounds like Lulu’s barking is storm related and may be over though, so that’s good. Mine is just cat related and will not go away. LOL
Glad you figured out the trick to the audio book sale!
Thanks Jinjer. Yes she seems better now. I noticed she is taking chew toys into her bed some days now or my daughter is giving them to her to keep her company. lol
I have entered quite a few Goodreads giveaways but never won one…maybe someday! Enjoy your books!
The Goodreads giveaways seem to be up and down but I admit I have won many recently.
I had a dog once that really hated storms too. The three I have now seem to be ok, but we don’t get many storms in Arizona anyway. I love seeing Lulu!
Thank you Wendy. Lulu is our best girl.
Aw I hope Lulu has a better week!
Our lettuce is doing awesome as well, and we have been enjoying our homegrown salads. 🙂 I can’t wait for the tomatoes to start coming in! One of my favorite YouTubers always says “Grocery store tomatoes taste like disappointment” and while I don’t go that far, they are definitely not as flavorful as veggies fresh from the garden!
The lettuce and snow peas are good. But yes, the tomatoes are barely starting and nothing is better than homegrown tomatoes. I do sometimes get them at the farmer’s market before or after mine and they are good too.
I always feel like I am behind as well. One of our dogs is terrified of storms so when we get thunder and lightning, we do not get to sleep. Another one of my dogs barks whenever she hears a noise and with our daughter being home from college and staying up later, we sometimes get barking over that. Nice book mail! I am looking forward to both of those books. I hope that you have a great week!
Thanks Carole. Lulu seems ok now with more routine. But she does NOT like storms. I only try for the giveaways to use for my giveaways. I have been very lucky with winning lately.
My dog sleeps in his own bed on the floor next to my bed. When we first got him he had a gate with a doggie door that the owner gave us. He hated sleeping in there alone and would bark. But as soon as he was allowed in the room with us he was fine.
She would love to sleep in our rooms and we do that when on vacation but not at home.
Aww, poor Lulu. I hope she has settled back down. Sounds like your garden is coming along nicely. I love it when my hydrangeas bloom every year. So pretty!
Thank you Suzanne. Lulu has calmed back to normal. We love the garden and I’m excited every time each new flower blooms or food is ready to eat.
One of my dogs now wakes us up every day at 6:40 AM. It’s quite annoying on the days we would have been able to sleep in. Sometimes we ignore her, but she just barks and barks and barks…
yeah Lulu knows times exactly even though we are not consistent. She knows 8pm for her dinner and 4pm for walking. But 4pm is the wrong time to walk in the summer, so we are changing our schedule.
I’m so behind in reading…reviewing…and commenting. Sighs. Got married this weekend so it’s been busy busy for me.
Congrats on the marriage. Give yourself time to get into a new routine.
I wasn’t sure how the Audible sale worked either. I thought they’d have a spot on the site for all the books, but I couldn’t find it, so I missed out! Sounds like Lulu is having a tough time in the mornings? We had a beautiful weekend, but lots of rain this week so far. Have a great week!
Thanks Lisa. The only way I know to get to Audible sales is thru the emails they send. What I didn’t understand about that last one was that the titles would change daily for 5 days. Lulu is doing a little better but still barking sometimes when we put her in the crate.
I always feel like if I get caught up on one thing I get farther behind on everything else. It’s a bit of an endless cycle! Poor Lulu and poor you with the losing sleep. I hope she settles down soon. Have a wonderful week!
Thanks Katherine. It is certainly always a juggling act of priorities. Lulu is doing better but still barking some when she first goes in the crate.
Poor Lulu! Have you ever tried a Thundershirt on her? I hear they work well for dogs with anxiety over storms. You got an ARC of Eclipse the Moon? Jealous! I can’t wait to read that one!
Thanks! I’ll look into the Thundershirt. I am excited about many of the ARCs I receive, really all of them. I feel grateful to get them. I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve read from Mihalik.
I’m kind of jealous of all those storms and showers. I love a good thunderstorm. Now that hurricane season has started I’m sure I’ll get plenty. That’s nice about the Goodreads wins. It’s been ages since I won anything from Goodreads. We had a delicious steak salad on Sunday night that was a big hit. The recipe included a homemade buttermilk ranch dressing and we all loved it. Definitely a keeper.
I enjoy the storm but not when the power goes out for more than a short time. This week is back to 90s and no rain. Thankfully it’s going to go back into the 80s over the weekend and then heat up again later next week. I need those 80s so I can get the lawn mowed! The salad does sound delicious and I love ranch dressing.