And we are back to rain. 😦
I mean, Good Morning. 😀
But yeah.. I am at the kitchen table this morning with COFFEE CUP looking out the window hoping I do not develop frown lines.
Seriously.
I have been watching the weather all week feeling pretty good about my bike ride I have in the cities this Saturday…. it looked to be about 62 and partly cloudy…. I can deal with that. Yet now, I look at that same forecast and now it shows that Saturday will be 62 and showers. GAH. Double GAH. That’s right. GAH GAH.
In light of the recent news of Bin Ladin’s death, I pulled a book off my shelf that I found at a book sale a couple of years back. I read part of it back then, found it interesting,but for whatever reason I shelved it. The book is Inside The Kingdom (My Life In Saudi Arabia) by Carmen Bin Ladin. She is Bin Ladin’s sister-in-law. I think I will look through it at some point here.
Are you reading any books that has have triggered by this recent event? Why do we (or I in this case) do that? Is it to feel a connection?
In other closer to home news…. while the bike and the roller blades are safe and dry… I have happily had two Group Power sessions at the YMCA this week and two kick boxing sessions. If feels so great to be back after missing two weeks. Last night in kick boxing we did what they call stations where ever two minutes you go to a different person and practice a different move. When I wore the mits (not the gloves) I was the 1 x 4 station. Every girl who came to me had to punch the mits once with each hand, then twice, three times then four, then they had their choice to do three knees (where I push down on their knee as they punch it up like they are going to knee me in the stomach, or they could do kicks – where I lift the mits high, one behind the other to my side and they kick three times. My point of sharing all of this in great detail is that they joked that being at this station I would be pretty sore today as well everyone was punching and kicking at me…
the whole point of sharing this is…
I feel great…. not sore at all.
Oh so good to be back 😛
In reading… I feel like I have been reading the same book and listening to the same audio forever. I am finishing up the long long overdue Wordshaker read : The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg and really enjoyed the read. I have The Hobbit going in the car which is close to done and The Painted Veil in the IPOD which I am so surprised how wonderful this is and can not wait to share this with you. I have a feeling several reviews are going to burst onto the scene shortly as all of these come to a happy and fulfilling end. 😀
Book Journey 
Glad you’re not sore! Bummer about the forecast, though. It can still change back, though, right? *hopeful*
I hope so too Hannah…. I am just not in the mood for rain biking… 😀
Looks like we may get thunderstorms Sunday and Wednesday, but the rest of the forecast (for here) looks like it’s right up your alley — 3 days in the 80s, including 2 @ 88°. That’s a little warm for me.
OOH I would like that! 😀
I knew you would. 😀
That is too bad about the forecast for Saturday but at least it’s not snow! Can I just say I am sick of winter? Maybe the weatherman will be wrong and the rain will hold off so you can get your ride in. The Carmen Bin Laden book does sound very interesting in light of recent events.
True…. snow would be a definite “no thank you” from me.. 😀
I am so sick of winter too… I thought it was suppose to be spring? Where is it? Where is it????
Sure hope your weather improves. The sun is shining here today but it’s chilly and I don’t think it will last all day. We can’t seem to get out of the bad stuff anymore than you can. So at least you have company in your misery. I’m just thankful we didn’t have a tornado or a flood or any of the other terrible things happening in other parts of the country.
One of these days it’ll suddenly be very hot summer and we’ll all be complaining about the heat. 🙂
A tornado would not even surprise me att his point Barbara…..
I cant wait for summer and so promise not to complain about the heat 😛
I have steered away from books about those parts of the world, knowing how emotional I would become at how women are treated there…maybe someday, I’ll be able to read something set there.
Right now, I’m quickly paging through Mary Higgins Clark’s latest, I’ll Walk Alone, and can’t wait to get back to it!
Hope you have great bike-riding weather!
Right up my alley for some reason Laurel – I like to read about other countries, even the hard topics… I have been tossing around an idea for a post about this….
I have not read Mary Higgins Clark in so long…. enjoy! 😛
These are ones that I pulled off my shelf – When Money Dies by Adam Ferguson, The Last Jihad by Joel Rosenberg, & The 5000 year leap.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Hmmmm…. The Last Jihad is one I will need to look up. Thanks Wendy 😀
I’m sorry to hear about your weather. It’s rainy here too and my asthma is acting up, which is a bummer because it makes everything a bit more difficult (especially playing the flute).
I’m glad you had so much fun at the kickboxing class.
I picked up a book that I started a while and then set down – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It’s good too, I don’t know why I set it down (other than not being in the right mood).
I am so loving Kick Boxing…. how weird is that? 😀
The Immortal Life is such a good read – I hope you pick it back up Alyce! 😀
Now there’s a book I’d like to read.
I may pick it up and read a bit tonight 🙂
So glad you’re pain free again!
Thanks Kathy – I think I am over achieving now as I am so thrilled to be back 😀
You are such a reading multi-tasker!!! The sun actually shined today and the temp hit 60!! Yippee…let’s hope that the weather changes for your biking event Saturday!
60…. ooh…. I want 60….. 😀