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Sunday, I started on chores quickly. I woke up early since the time change. I was doing great with chores and visiting blogs. Then I sidetracked to watch a hearing in Fulton County Georgia where the Republicans filed a late night pleading that the Democrats were violating Georgia election statue. I watched the whole hour where the judge went through the law with the attorneys from both parties. The Democrat attorney had been notified at 3:30am and the hearing started at 8am. The Republicans were trying to say that since drop boxes closed at the same time as advance voting, that absentee ballots could not be hand delivered to election offices during that time only through the mail by postman. But that is not what the law says, it says they can be hand delivered to election office through to the end of election day. The Republican also tried to say that because there was no poll watching, it wasn’t legal, and that the drop boxes were still out there. But a) that wasn’t in his pleading and there have been hand delivered absentee ballots to election offices over the last decade (according to the election director testifying) and while there are election monitors there for tabulating, there are never poll watchers at offices, only at POLLS, and b) there were only 7 drop boxes, 4 were emptied and taken to election storage last night and 3 were emptied and locked in locked rooms at the polling places. So the late night Republican effort to suppress votes was denied on all fronts. That hasn’t stopped several from saying there was fraud though. I ate a BLT with fresh tomatoes and lettuce from the garden for lunch. I switched out from my quilt to the comforter now for “winter.”
Monday, I got going early so I could take my Harley in for inspection. I cleaned it up. But when I got there, they were closed on Monday for winter hours! So I’ll have to go another day this week. The weather is lovely; traffic is not. The neighbor, my daughter and I walked Lulu and Abby.
Tuesday, well it’s Election Day. I’m low key anxious. We went to my daughter’s doctor appt followup on recent issues. Then my neighbor and I went to the polls to do poll greeting.
Wednesday, I didn’t sleep well and I was crushed by most election results. Surprisingly, the other candidates I voted for at the state level did well. I am distressed by the racism, sexism and willingness to trust your lives to a convicted felon, adulterer, sexual abuser, among other things. He is old, suffering from dementia, and too beholden to dictators and oligarchs. The economic policies will lead to much higher prices, high deficits and a recession. The effects on healthcare will cause much suffering and deaths. The abortion bans have already tripled maternal deaths and increased infant mortality by 7%. The neighbor and I walked Lulu and Abby in the morning and again with my daughter in the afternoon. I did ride the Harley to the dealership and it passed the inspection.
Thursday, we got a bit of rain overnight and we need it. I did some blog work in the morning, finished up reading a freebie and wrote the review. My daughter has a med appt after lunch and then I’ll need to go pick up all the refills, hers and mine at Harris Teeter.
Friday, it’s still upper 70s/25C roughly but will be cooler this weekend. I spent some time reading and making notes on healthcare for us for 2025. I planned to do yardwork but just didn’t have the energy today in the end. We walked with Lulu before dinner.
Saturday, I got busy with some chores, organized things for the meals I’m preparing today. My daughter is doing better. She only had 4 migraine days in October and the abortives worked (stopped the migraine). She’s talking about being able to go back to school which she hasn’t been able to do since May. It’s hard when you have a migraine 31/31 days or 25/30 days in a month. Marley joins us this afternoon for 9 days. We got her crate and beds and food dishes set up. I taught the neighbor how to make food, so our fridge is full of Lulu food and Marley food. She and Lulu are chasing each other around a bit. I had a BLT with probably the last garden tomato. Lulu and Marley helped me with the bacon. Then before dinner my daughter and I with Lulu and Marley walked with the neighbor and Abby. The dogs know each other so it was fine. Halfway down the street another house has invisible fence with 2 dogs. I had asked a few weeks ago their names when I saw one of their humans outside. So then, when I went by again I said Hi Clover! Hi Maggie! I think it’s the first time I have seen a dog with shocked face. Now we talk to them every time and they were out today.
How do I do it?
I organize my shelves highly on Goodreads so I can find the books I want to read. I have a lot of freebies, for example, which are either 9kfree or 8kfree, depending on whether they were “purchased ” for $0 or from an author’s newsletter. Then I have shelves for the different genres. A combination of these shelves is like a Venn diagram which gives me ones that are in both categories.
So if I read the first book of a series and decide I really don’t like the book or author and want to get rid of the rest and not read them, how do I categorize that? I want to make sure I don’t accidentally get them again somehow. There are freebies I go to purchase and find I already have them. I suppose I could move them to a NOPE shelf, then I could delete them from my cloud content. Any other suggestions?
If you have any tips for me, please comment.
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):
My big thanks to Tantor Audio and Brilliance Audio.
(If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry)
NONE.
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.
Friday Freebies on Chirp:
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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It was a week. We had rain all week which suited my mood. Hope the week ahead is good for you.
Thank you. We are having really good weather and could use some rain. We have Marley this week which will liven things up. I can’t stay in bed all day and mope.
It’s raining all day today too. Matches the mood. Raining on my parade, lol.
Have a better week to come.
yes I feel it deep inside. For now, there is nothing to do but move forward and improve what I can.
It was not a good week for so many people. I’m glad I got to see my kids yesterday, including my non binary kid who is crushed by the election results. I was able to cheer them up a little at least! For some reason I’m very sad about your last tomato of the season, lol. Hope this week is a better one😁
Thank you Tammy. We still have lettuce, peppers and the broccoli is doing well. It’s the first year I haven’t had to bring the tomatoes inside to the dining room table to ripen because the weather has been warm. The next couple months will be a false reality with the darkness to come. I only wonder how fast the changes will happen.
Sweet, sweet, Lulu💜 Needed her today.
I’m beyond crushed and not sure if I’ll ever recover. Trying to find joy in reading. Hope you do, too, Anne.
Thank you Jonetta. I’m with you. I am in a state of feeling like the next couple months will be a false reality and wondering how fast things will change to the darkness planned. I can enjoy these couple months but I’m going to be cautious because I was raised by parents who lived through the Depression so I will be conserving what I have. Even if things go horribly, the problem is there may not be elections again to make any changes. Along with Lulu we have Marley this week.
I feel the same way you do this week. I’ve been trying to lose myself in books. I still can’t believe how it all turned out. I hope this week is a good one.
Thank you Yvonne. I feel sad for the horror to come and how many don’t even realize it.
We got some much needed rain this past week too! I have the same issue as you with getting books I already have. But being I’m so behind, it isn’t something I have an issue with yet. I have my DNF shelf on Goodreads. I think the NOPE shelf might be good for you because then when you go to look you could see it had that mark? So glad to hear your daughter is feeling able to do classes again! That’s great! And as always the Lulu picture in the bed is adorable!
Thank you Lisa. Lulu always makes things better. The NOPE shelf might work for later books in the series or additional books by the same author is they just don’t really work for me.
The little rain we got wasn’t nearly enough. Everything is so dry! I’m afraid to do any brush burning until we get some moisture. I really need to get my raised beds set up so I can start growing a lot of our own veggies. And I think I’ll get some chickens. For that I’ll need a coop and decide where to put it. The election was just too depressing. Now we’ll all be made to suffer for those fools who voted for the convicted felon. We’re going to replace our phones and the dishwasher and I asked my eldest spawn to build me a gaming computer before OrangeHitler enacts his big beautiful tariffs. FFS
I still need to figure out that Audible thing you talked about several weeks ago. I’m so lost right now. With the divorce and not sleeping much, my brain is fried. I need to back up my audiobooks from Audible and Chirp to a hard drive so I always have them. I’ve told the boys they may want to back up their Steam games. Just in case. Anyway, I hope you have a great week!
Thank you Carol. I am with you on it all. We need more rain. I’ve been working on what I need to do before mid January. The Audible thing is Open Audible and so far I have only done the free version. I have backed up all the .aax files from Audible to both a large thumb drive and my cloud backup. I haven’t figured out Chirp backup yet. I’d like to have chickens but they are not an option in my HOA neighborhood. I’m learning about the garden for this climate more every year so some crops were much better this year.
I’m so glad that your daughter is doing so much better! That must be a big relief for you. Have a great week ahead!
yes! Thank you. It is great to have her be interested in things and a few goals and doing things when she is not constantly in pain.
The elections crushed me too Anne for the same reasons you were crushed too! I don’t know where our world is going to…
It feels more unstable and secure. The laws and rules are all being uprooted.
That’s fab news that your daughter is feeling well enough to consider getting back into school. She’s a trooper.
What a week and one I don’t want to repeat, but looking forward now. I didn’t get a chance to check the Chirp freebies this week. Your post was a good reminder, thanks. Nice that you got your Harley ready for another year.
I can’t think of another way to distinguish your Goodreads organization of books other than a ‘nope’ or ‘not interested’ shelf. I know bookbub helps by letting a person mark them ‘I skipped it’ so it doesn’t keep bringing up the books to the readers attention.
Have a good week, Anne!
Thank you Sophia. We will just progress as we can. The NOPE is the best I could figure out so far.
That’s wonderful about your daughter. I hope she is able to go back to school. I’m sure that would be so exciting for her. I love the upside down Lulu pictures. My dog is a big fan of sleeping in that position though he takes up a lot more room. And too funny about the shocked dog faces. I hope you have a wonderful week.
Thank you Katherine. It is encouraging to see her feeling better. She’s actually able to do some things. Lulu is our star. I laugh everytime I think about how Clover and Maggie looked at me. They wag their tales and sometimes whine like they want us to play with them. But I don’t venture into their yard. I do tell them they are good girls though.
Thanks for the cute pics of Lulu. She’s so cute I can’t stand it.
Thanks Jinjer. We can’t either. Lulu is our best girl.
Yes, I was shocked he won again, especially being a convicted felon with low/non-existent morals. Do you remember when it was a huge deal if was discovered someone running for president had an affair? And that’s the least of his transgressions. It’s a very different world now. Wonderful news about your daughter! I have green tomatoes on my vines, but I doubt they’ll ripen because it’s been in the low 30s at night here. I do have lettuces, radishes and carrots coming up, though. Two zucchinis left.
I’m so disappointed in the values / character of people. But the media has taught them to believe lies and to hate. It’s warmer here so the garden is good for a bit. We haven’t had a freeze but will get to upper 30s this week.
That’s good your daughter is feeling a little better. That’s cute about Clover and Maggie. Otis and I have met the regular neighborhood dogs on our walks. Have a good week and enjoy your books. It’s definitely a crazy world we are living in.
Thank you Naida. We like to make friends with all the dogs in the neighbor hood. I joke they are all part of my pack.
Like you and so many of us, I was devastated by the election news. I have nothing but gratitude and admiration for how hard you worked to change the outcome, and I’m sorry your (and Democrats’ collective) efforts weren’t enough. I’m trying not to go down the rabbit-hole of despair and fear, but strengthen my resolve for the challenges ahead.
I love hearing about Lulu as well as your neighbors’ dogs. And I’m so glad your daughter is doing better on the new migraine medication. Hang on to all those “little” joys (but really not little at all); they are part of what will get us through.
Thank you Kara. We do what we can.
The election results are so disheartening, and I’ll leave it at that for now. I had a great weekend, my daughter came home. We participated in an art event where we got to try seven different mediums and create our own works. Sunday I went to Boston for a show and later we celebrated two birthdays in the family.
As for your book dilemma, I think creating a “nope” type shelf on GR would be helpful if you check GR before you purchase/read books. But if you don’t do that, I don’t know if it will help much. I also wouldn’t remove the books completely from your Amazon cloud because as long as Amz thinks you own it, it will flag the book if you try to get it again. That wouldn’t help for books you get directly from an author, but it may prevent some duplications.
Thanks Jen. Glad to hear you had a nice weekend with your daughter. I appreciate your suggestions on the NOPE shelf. I will probably do that because I do check Goodreads before I buy or read a book.
I was so sad to see the election results but I’m still trying to hold on to hope for a better future regardless. I know that things might get worse before they get better though, so let’s just all hang in there together. I love the pictures of Lulu, they never fail to brighten my day!
Thank you! Lulu is a heart warmer.
Nice grabs!
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Glad to hear your daughter is doing better.
Thanks for sharing how you organize your reads. Personally, if I start a series and wasn’t thrilled with it, I’d delete the rest of the series from my TBR.
yes but if they were Freebies I might grab them up again unknowingly.