Sunday Post – 29 December 2024 @kimbacaffeinate @readingreality

Posted December 29, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Sunday Post / 42 Comments

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly  @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week, and showcase books and things we have received.


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Sunday,  the holiday week is upon us.  I don’t know if I’m ready but I suppose I should get on wrapping things. I’ve been doing Sunday visiting, writing a review.  I spent time working on the menu plan and grocery lists for the next couple of weeks. My daughter was feeling too nauseous so I walked Lulu on my own.

Monday,  I had lots of chores to handle today.  There was bill paying and a few end of year tax things to do.  I mailed winners of the giveaways for Risk and the Mageri Grand Prize.   I’ve been sharing the Top 10 posts. I set up review shells for the new ARCs I downloaded.  In the late afternoon, we went to Harris Teeter for RX and things which were out of stock on the Walmart order, then to pickup the Walmart order, and finally to my daughter’s doc appt about her toe which is still infected, her nausea, and two RX which she needs new scripts.  We got home about 7:30 and it was a rush for me to put away the groceries, fix some dinner and eat before Abbey arrived at 8:30.  Lulu ran right up to her to greet her.  Then they promptly tried out each others’ beds.

Tuesday,  I woke before the alarm. I was wary that Abbey would bark and wake my daughter. I had taken a bunch of bread heels and soaked them overnight in egg mix to make French toast this morning which was delicious.  Lulu and Abbey thought so too.  They were so cute when I took them out and then they sat in a very small dog bed together.  Abbey still tried to eat Lulu’s food but I avoided almost all of the barking.  My daughter told me she was almost out of GasX which I could have gotten yesterday if I had known.  So I did a same day order on Amazon.  I also got a harness for Abbey. She doesn’t usually wear one but it will be easier.  I did my computer stuff, wrote a review, and then at 11:30 I walked them.   We have poop stations in the neighborhood but many of them are out of bags. It makes me wonder how often they check them. I worked on some Series on Saturday themes.  Then I took the dogs for an afternoon walk. I wrapped all the Christmas gifts.  The rest of the evening we watched more Vera.

Wednesday, Merry Christmas!  I’m happy to say I’ve managed to keep the morning barking to minimum with some strategy.  The dogs and I went out and had breakfast.  I did a bit of computer visiting.  They were whining about a half hour before the normal walk time but rather than letting them move on to barking, we went out to walk. When we got back, my daughter was up and opened gifts.  Then I made pancakes and bacon for a later breakfast.  We watched some Vera,  more computer work, and then an afternoon walk.

Thursday, another cold day but sunny.  I did more work on various things in the blog.  I walked the dogs twice.  We finished cleaning up the guest room and made up the bed with clean sheets. We watched a lot of Vera and ate up some leftovers.

Friday,  there may be some rain today, still chilly.  I’m still loving the warm socks. I spent a bunch of time zipping some of my Audio ARC files which weren’t zipped which were from iTunes. My newer ones I just leave zipped because my Audio Player loads them up as a zip file. My daughter couldn’t find her antibiotic cream so I had to run to Harris Teeter to get another tube.  When I got back the dogs rushed me; my daughter says they were unhappy I was gone.  I made a big supper but my ex didn’t make it with the bad traffic until 10pm.  I went to bed quickly because I didn’t want to change the schedule for the dogs.  That would just mean lots of barking.

Saturday,  another successful morning of getting Abbey and Lulu out, fed and napping without barking.  We started organizing for projects.  The weather is so nice 68F/ 20C.   We have a couple days to do this outdoor stuff. The camellia is blooming which I planted in September 2020! We walked again in the late afternoon.  Then I had time to write a review before dinner while my daughter and her father went to Harris Teeter for some things.


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 sincere thanks to St. Martin’s Press, Berkley Romance,                             

 

(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.

                     

                          

                       

                       

 

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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Posted December 29, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Sunday Post / 42 Comments


42 responses to “Sunday Post – 29 December 2024

  1. French toast sounds so good right now! Glad that the dogs are quieting in the morning. Hopefully they’ll start to develop that habit.

    I did not post my individual freebies this week because I downloaded about 100. I don’t know when I’ll ever read them.

  2. LOL, sounds like you’ve got the dogs’ barking figured out. I try very hard to avoid making the lab next door bark, but sometimes there’s no avoiding it. Glad you had a good Christmas and late breakfast. We were really busy leading up to Christmas, but had some lovely calm days after- plus I caught a cold from someone at my MILs. Haha, ’tis the season.
    Have a Happy New Year, Anne!

  3. My grandmother’s elderly dog passed away just before Hurricane Helene hit and she was so desperate for a new little dog, she got a 1 year old. The local shelters evacuated all their animals so there weren’t many small dogs to be found anywhere. My mom feels like she’s helping Granny train the dog not to bark (and not to eat the cat’s food, and how to walk on a leash…) and also training Granny how to train the dog. It’s been at least 10 years since Granny had a new dog and that one was an older rescue. Granny has slowed down a lot herself since then. They’re making progress though.

    Your camellia is beautiful! It’s so nice that they bloom when everything else is dormant.

    Happy New Year!

    Jen at Introverted Reader recently posted: Weekly Update for December 29, 2024
  4. Merry Christmas and now… Happy New Year! Sounds like a pretty decent week, but I hope your daughter is feeling better. Our neighbor has two little dogs that bark all the time if they see anything, so now I’m just used it.

    We are heading over to their home later for our annual get together for NYE. We play games, eat, watch the ball drop, etc. Wearing our PJs of course!

  5. I hope you’re having a wonderful start to the new year! And I have Ilona Andrews on my authors I must read in 2025 list because of your recommendations!

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