Tag: Morning Meanderings

Good morning.  I am off early today having arranged a CRAZY err.. fun morning at the gym doing Group Power at 5:45 am.  😀

On Monday I listed the books I planned on reading this week and then… in yesterday mail came a book I had ordered:

With the movie being released on February 14th I feel like I have been missing out on something by not having read this one.  Amazon says this about the book:

There were no surprises in Gatlin County.
We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that’s what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn’t have been more wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town’s oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

I didn’t realize until it arrived that is was 563 pages.  😯  A real chunkster!  Perhaps… I should have gone with audio…. 😀

Have you read Beautiful Creatures?  Do you plan to see the movie?

Good morning!  It’s Sunday and it is going to be a good day.  I am incredibly sore from going back to group power yesterday after 7 months of not attending.  OW..but in a good way, it felt good to work muscles that apparently have been laying dormant for quite some time.

I didn’t have a post last Sunday since I was coming home from the North Shore, so I am catching up with two weeks of books that come in the house:

Shattered by Dani Pettrey

QUIET, the Power Of Introverts by Susan Cain

The Dogs Of Winter by Bobbie Pyron

Sweet Tea Revenge by Laura Childs

Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason

Grace Unexpected by Gale Martin

Dancing To The Flute by Manisha Jolie Amin

The Comfort Of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers

The Best Of Us by Sarah Pekkanen

I have some good reading ahead of me!  And speaking of good reading, later today will be my review of The Gilly Salt Sisters and it is going to be a review you will not want to miss!  2013 has been a great year so far for GUSHING about books. 😀

Good morning!  I have today off and while I have a check list of errands to run and things to do… I am still enjoying hot tea this morning and chilling in my house as the wind and snow blow outside. 

January, book wise has been very good to me.  Its like I broke through the Willy Wonka glass ceiling and now I am no longer too tired and too busy to enjoy some great reads.  AND I have read and listened to some pretty amazing books this month.  I plan on doing a recap later this week of the month and I am excited to review what I have read and update the few challenges I had signed up for this year. 😀

One more thing before I move on with my morning, through my blog visits this week I seen a good looking read over at Estelle’s Revenge, The Midwife Of Hope River.  Stop by and read her review.  This one goes on my wish list. 😀

Currently reading: March With Me by Rosalie T Turner

Currently Listening to:  The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (in house), The Gilly Salt Sisters (in car)

Any books showing up that you are adding to your reading list?

Good morning all.  Another cold morning here in Minnesota but I think we are on the upswing.  Currently 4 degrees… practically a heat wave. 

When I was in Mankato for a bike ride this past October my college son and I went to the movie Pitch Perfect.  It was good, really good.  This past week it came out in dvd and I rented it and now, returning it (LATE!) today, I can tell you I have watched it 5 times over the weekend.

5. 

Yup.

I love the music, love the humor… really, it is the music though.

In other news, tonight will by my swearing into the Library Board.  EEP!  Sounds a little scary, but a whole lot of fun.  I think.  I hope.  It will be ;).

And lastly, a plug for my 12K challenge.  We have 22 people signed up so far and we start February 1st.  If you haven’t checked it out, please do…. it’s going to be fun and we have a great team!  😀

Do you have any movies that you can watch again and again and again?

Good morning from the middle of Minnesota.  Current temp, -22F.  It’s true.  Here is the warning I just pulled off the weather website:

Wind Chill Warning remains in effect until noon CST today.

The National Weather Service in Duluth has issued a Wind Chill Warning, which is in effect until noon CST today.

• Location: northeastern Minnesota including the locations of Walker, Brainerd, Aitkin and Hinckley.

• Wind Chill values: expect wind chills of 25 to 40 below zero. Winds this morning will be a bit lighter than yesterday, but morning lows will be colder. The coldest wind chills will occur through about 10 am.

• Impacts: Frostbite can occur on exposed skin within 5 to 10 minutes in these conditions.

Mmmm hmmm…. sun lover me…. why do I live here?  Oh yeah, because I LOVE spring through fall… and yes, spring is coming. 😀

I was on the North shore this weekend… I know I know… why not go where it is even colder?  And I took a couple pics of my jeep that was going to go in a post on Saturday but I have no internet at the cabin and when I drove into town to use their internet my laptop battery died and well… anyway… no pics.  BUT – here they are now:

Anyhoo…. got to use a shovel….

Today I am off work but busy with a couple appointments that I need to get ready for so wanted to pop in and say its cold but I am a Minnesotan therefore chances are I will survive this too.  Later I will be posting my review of Level 2 (do not miss this!) and I though since I am rambling and random this morning, I would leave you with this funny book trailer that was with my Shelf Awareness email this morning:

Good morning! Happy Friday! 

This morning I am packing up the jeep and Sammy (the dog) and I are heading to the cabin for the weekend.  I need some “get away and write” time so here I go. 

Going with me are several books to read while I take breaks and of course some movies for the late night “my eyes are too tired to write” times. 

I will be checking in throughout the weekend when I pop into areas that have internet.  Someday I am really hoping the cabin will have internet… that would be pretty awesome.  😀

I hope you all have something wonderful planned for the weekend… be it books, or getting out and enjoying whatever weather you have happening!  😀 

Oh and if you are looking for a fun health challenge this year… click the button below. 😀

Good morning all!  😀  I am back to work today and that’s good because I do like my job. 😀  I am on the next couple of days and then I believe I am going to the cabin this Friday for the weekend and I am pretty stoked about that… it’s been since November since I have been there.

Yesterday among other things, I finally put up my fitness challenge that I was working on since early December and then busy times happened.  I am kind of excited about it!  I know there were a dew of you waiting for me to get it posted and I finally have:

Mmmmm hmmmm…. there she is!  😛  The 2013 12K Fitness Challenge is on!  Well, almost on.  It officially starts on February 1, but the sign up is on.  I hope you stop by Team Kickin it and read what it is about.  There is something for all levels… all goals.  If you know anyone who may be interested in joining me on this adventure, please send them my way. 😀

In bookish news, I am about half way through Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans and I am liking it. What an interesting concept!  I hope to get that finished in the next day or two here. 

Hope your mid-week is awesome 😀

Yesterdays 5k was a blast!  While not the most impressive obstacles…. at one point we had to carry a block of wood around a large area and through some ropes set at different levels… (what is that… a Minnesota thing?) we did have a good time.  😀

One of the obstacles was to go up over this wooden board.  You climb it with a rope and then go over the other side.  It was about 10 feet high and it was set up pretty unsafe.  I couldn’t get up it, there were no foot holds, and my friend Amy got to the top but seeing there was nothing to help you down but to jump on to the icy ground she and I chose to walk around those.  Later we were talking to friends and found out one of them broke a rib on that thing and another a finger.  😯  The worst thing that happened to us is that ever since I quit running, I keep coughing.  Too much cold air in the lungs I guess.  *cough*

Today is a pretty low-key day (YIPPEE!!!!).  I am going to church this morning, then picking up a few groceries and then home to dive into a book.  I bought Jodi Piccoult’s new one, ‘Between The Lines’ yesterday and I am looking forward to diving in.  The house is warm, my blanket snugly.  I may see if Al wants to go see a movie later today – there are a few good ones out there. 

As for books that came in this week… tis the season!  Something about winter and being surrounded by books… makes me so happy!

Don’t these look good?  AND a couple of audio too!!! 

I have Monday and Tuesday off this week due to an abundance of hours used the end of December and the first of January and I am looking forward to a doing a little work in the book room, a Library meeting, coffee with a friend, and mmmmm…

MORE BOOKS!  😀

How has your weekend been?  Anything fun?  Have you seen any good movies?