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The Sunday Salon (TSS: 26 June 2011)

Sunday 26 June, 2011 by knittingmomof3 4 Comments

Life: I cannot believe June is almost over, where did it go and why do I not feel relieved? This past week has been a roller-coaster ride (I do not care for roller-coasters). Father’s Day was delightful and relaxing then I was unfortunately in significant pain for a large portion of the week. Things began looking up when my son managed to secure a campus job (thank goodness) and then I learned a dear friend’s father passed away rather unexpectedly and my heart broke for her and her family. The week concluded with family time. Life really is too short.

Family Update: My family is doing well, my husband’s promotion is official and our oldest secured a campus job, which he will begin the week after he moves into his dorm. The twins are well, the cat is content and I could not ask for more out of life.

Saturday Night: After a week of pain and we held a delayed celebration of my husband’s promotion and our oldest son obtaining a college job. After our BBQ feast we watched DVDs, we were all in the mood for a long movie marathon, movie junk food included.

Read and Reviewed: This past week I read and reviewed 6 books, if you have time do take a look. Limiting my reading worked well this past week and is a trend I plan to follow during this hectic summer.

Today I will be reading: Down from Cascom Mountain by Ann Joslin Williams

Happy Reading and have a wonderful Sunday.

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The Sunday Salon (TSS: 12/26)

Sunday 26 December, 2010 by knittingmomof3 9 Comments

Life: This past week has been absolutely lovely and I am looking forward to spending another wonderful week with family and friends.

Family Update: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were tremendously wonderful! It means so much to me to be with my family and as the years pass and my guys become adults I wonder how much longer it will be just the five of us, then I realise I best enjoy the moment and not fret about what the future has in store. Since all my guys are still on Christmas break I am anticipating more lazy days filled with family silliness, sledding (we actually have snow!), goofing off and shopping (I know, but we have bookstore gift cards and who does not enjoy being in a bookstore?!?)

Saturday Night: After eating ourselves to the point of being rather full we played games. Twin 2 received LIEbrary and it is brilliant fun. The gist is one draws the card with a title of a book, the author and a plot summery. The rest must write up a convincing first line to the book. Then the person who is “it” reads the made up ones as well as the real first line and everyone must guess at which is the true first line. This is so much fun and I am expanding my TBR list along the way. As we are a family of night owls (oh I know it is redundant) we then watched movies until the wee hours of the morning. DH received some dreadful movies (which he adores) and what choice did I have I was outvoted 4 to 1.

Read and Reviewed: I did manage to read and review 5 books before the holidays. I read some absolutely fabulous books, so do take a look, especially if one is looking for books to buy with their gift cards. This week will be just as light as my family comes first and it is the holidays.

If you do not want to wait until Monday to see the entire list for the week, all my reviews are up and as usual I love comments.

Today I will be reading: I probably will not be reading today but if I do I really want to finally read The Green Age of Asher Witherow by M. Allen Cunningham. Previous obligations have prevented me from reading several books that I cannot wait to devour. I am implementing new policies in 2011 so I shall be reading more of what I truly enjoy with less pressure.

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday 25 November, 2010 by knittingmomof3 10 Comments

I would like to wish everyone celebrating Thanksgiving a very happy, healthy, and delightful day. May your Thanksgiving be filled with family, friends and love.

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The Sunday Salon Halloween Edition

Sunday 31 October, 2010 by knittingmomof3 10 Comments

Life: The weather has finally turned cool enough to have the furnace on at night, such a delight! I do so love cool weather and I absolutely adore the sound of leaves crunching underfoot. My favourite sound is that of snow, but I shall be waiting quite some time to hear that. My favourite smell is that of snow.

Family Update: I had a proud mother moment when my oldest asked if I could order him a book by Soren Kierkegaard, it made my heart sing. Some sort of virus went through the family and of course we did not all become sick at once, however we are all fine now. The week began with a few ER visits (me for my head, my son for his foot) happily it ended better than it began.

Saturday Night: This was the night our city declared the night for Trick or Treating. The boys all had parties to attend while DH and I handed out candy and caught up on the Doc Martin episodes thanks to our wonderful public library’s British DVD collection.

Read and Reviewed: It was an excellent reading week. I gave a lot of 5 star ratings, the books truly were that good! I managed to read and review 9 books which totaled 3,776 pages.

If you do not want to wait until Monday to see the entire list for the week, all my reviews are up and as usual I love comments.

Today I will be reading: Panopticon by David Bajo (I am almost finished, I have prolonged this book because I truly do not want it to end.)

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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The Sunday Salon: (TSS 8/29)

Sunday 29 August, 2010 by knittingmomof3 5 Comments

Life: August has been an intensely emotional month and I am hoping as the month comes to a close, things begin to settle down. I prefer a more mundane existence in hopes of achieving this I have been reading about different academic departments at the Universities and Colleges my son is applying to. to add to my joy (sarcasm) I have been proof-reading numerous college entrance essays and I have learned my oldest does not handle criticism well.

Family Update: School resumed last week and I have been trying to adjust my sleep schedule and my day schedule around. When the boys were young I looked forward to the peace and quiet the school hours afforded me, now I am more saddened, my teens will be leaving the nest all too soon and I find I long for our summer days. My sons are doing very well and amongst the three of them they are learning four languages, two are cross country runners and one has the first theatre production of the season opening in three weeks. DH is up for full professor, so his days are filled with research, teaching and publishing. Needless to say, there are very few dull moments around our home.

Saturday Night: Terry came over and we watched movies. All of us needed down time and the much needed a break was perfectly timed and lovely.

Book News: I signed up for the Dewey’s Read-a-Thon which beings 9 October 2010. Have you signed up?

Read and Reviewed: I managed to read and review 11 books which only totaled 3,296 pages. I truly had hoped to get more accomplished, but it was a hectic week.

Do not want to wait until Monday to see the entire list? All my reviews are up and as usual I love comments.

Today I will be reading: I shall continue with The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy Translated by Cathy Porter. This is another tome, which I cannot wait to slowly devour. I am certain I shall be sharing bits of the novel with readers throughout the coming weeks.

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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