@TheSpineView @Kshakal

1. Sitting with my coffee in front of the Christmas tree each morning.

2. Her sass.

#Two4Tuesday

#5JoysFriday
1. Dinner with the family
2. Continued retirement celebration with friends who were with me 30 years
3. A long coffee talk with @Jenreads (we should have taken a selfie!)
4. Impromptu visit to college kid
5. November temperature circles
6. Bonus #6 for 6 mile hike
Thank you @DebinHawaii @Kshakal

1. The Beach! I just hate winter and it‘s coming for us soon in WI. 🏖️
2. Tagged

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView @Kshakal

#5JoysFriday Retirement edition
1. So many humbling moments of kindness 🥹
2. Lunch and chat with my work partner 🌮
3. 31 years of memories and stories with great people
4. Charcuterie and flowers
5. A very full ❤️

@DebinHawaii - thanks for the tag @TheSpineView @Kshakal

1. I enjoy turning my tree lights on in the early morning and enjoying my coffee in peace. Stuffing stockings is a favorite with my nuclear snd origin fams.
2. Tagged - buddy read with #naturalitsy #midwintersolace ❄️
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday Thanks for the tag @Kshakal

Advent knitting. A stripe a day…should be manageable right?! 🤞🏻🎉

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Trail run/walk
2. Annual 🦃 day 5k with husband and college kid
3. Laying under the tree
4. A successful Thanksgiving
5. All the feels this week, from melancholy to exciting things…❤️. Thanks for the tag @Kshakal

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. This is so hard…so many. I always enjoy The Best of You by Foo Fighters.
2. I‘ll be Home for Christmas

Tagging @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii Thank you @Kshakal
1. Hiking a new segment of the trail
2. Got my holiday lights out
3. A new project
4. A new round of strength training
5. Kind word from a coworker
6. Helping a friend
So many good but simple things! Happy weekend everyone! Please pause and consider yourself tagged ❤️

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. In many things yes; I like to control the flow and know what to expect. Sometimes plans implode and make for a good time!!
2. Be ready when the Luck Happens, the Ina Garten memoir pretty much is about plans going to the wayside, and her biz turned out pretty amazing! “How easy is that?!”
@Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

Took a zoom class with Edible Madison using their cool kit.

Holiday trash #3 is shaping up to be a good story so far! 🎄

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. College kid home to regroup 🍌
2. Excellent apple pie bars 🍎
3. Holiday trash reads 🎄
4. Napping with Kevin 🐈‍⬛
5. October temp circles done and attached! ⭕️
6. Two family dinners in one week! 😘

Thanks for the tag @Kshakal all please join, I‘m late to the party!
5.

This was a little predictable like any good Rom-Com, but also a good story with likable characters and plenty of 🌶️!

#TLT Thanksgiving Desserts - if I overachieve at anything, it might be sweets and dessert. I have tried 70 out of 100 of the desserts.
The ones I‘ve hated got more of a reaction 😂 and like @AmyG they were jello based! That said my aunt makes a wonderful raspberry cream cheese layered beauty with jello that I am going to try to recreate for my family to bring some magic to this Thanksgiving. I am curious about Cherry Coke Salad? Tagging All!

#whatsnewwednesday @TieDyeDude @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life
I handed in my retirement application - so I see more time to respond to some #litsylove after Dec 6! 🎉

Author talks always bring more depth to the book. Glad I listened in to Chris Whitaker, he is an interesting man.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. Definitely stripes, I tend to love a good stripe.
2. Yes, several, the tagged book for one 📚

Tagging @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

It‘s holiday trash season for me! 🎄 This was more raunchy than any holiday romance I‘ve read, so beware if that is not your thing, that said, the story line was pretty good. I might not continue the series all the same. It seems i prefer more yearn and a little less graphic sex in seasonal books 🫣🤣

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. My husband‘s birthday and the overpriced steak of his dreams
2. Coffee with @JenReadsAlot with my new sweatshirt and attracting other democracy lovers.
3. September temperature circles
4. Kevin‘s fluffy hinder
5. Signed my retirement application
6. Honoring my mom with my dad and sister. ❤️
@Kshakal - thank you!!

Even during the darkest, hardest week there was plenty to be joyful about.

1. A rainy or chilly day, under a blanket, in between naps, surrounded by the pets.
2. Holiday Trash because tis the season and truly, after this week, the lighter the better.
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM

1. A rainy or chilly day, under a blanket, in between naps, surrounded by the pets.
2. Holiday Trash because tis the season and truly, after this week, the lighter the better.
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM

1. Sunsets, I‘m more of a night person, but an aspiring morning person.
2. Inclusivity, magical realism, island life.

@TheSpineView Thanks for the tag @Kshakal
#Two4Tuesday

#sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern The tagged book feels less fiction all the time 🤦🏼‍♀️

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Husband‘s birthday, and surprise appearance from college kid.
2. Trip to the Capital for 🧀
3. Another wonderful hike
Thank you for the tag @Kshakal
4. Trauma bonding with coworkers
5. Christmas book kick off with Geri 🎄

@Texreader says it‘s Cat Day!! This picture taken by my daughter made me laugh out loud. I feel like Kevin needs to have the song “Macho Man” by the Village People on for his theme, posturing like a thug. He is normally slightly less ornery looking.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView @Kshakal

1. I‘m not but I did buy a creepy cat mask at the dollar store…just in case. I love Halloween, it‘s my husband‘s birthday and was my mom‘s favorite, she always dressed up to Trick or Treat with us when I was a kid.
2. I haven‘t read anything too scary in a while. I generally like King and Koontz level scary.

#5JoyFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Excellent and engaging 2-day work meeting
2. An excellent ARC from one of my favorites
3. My first caramel apple 🍎 of fall
4. Three new hiking trails
5. A quick stop to see the college kid for hugs and grocery shopping
Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView @DebinHawaii @Kshakal Tagging anyone left with joy to share!! 💕

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday Thanks for the tag!

1. My grandma, she was my reading model for all of my formative years . 🩷
2. My husband. He is supportive and has my back even when we don‘t see eye to eye. Also my kids. They keep my honest and humble.
Tagging @Kshakal @dabbe @JenReadsAlot

I nearly needed nitro (heart med) after this came up available as an ARC for me. My favorite local author 🩷

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii (thank you for the tag, and also @Kshakal )
1. Buddy read
2. Meditation retreat at beautiful space.
3. Reminiscent Halloween decorations
4. Continuing temperature blanket. August ✔️
5. Fun day with the college kid - cheese curds and kiddie cocktails. ❤️🩷 🍒 🥤

@Eggs #wondrouswednesday
This post captures all of the things I love about fall! 🍁 🎃 🍎 🔥 📕

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView Thank you for the tag @Kshakal

1. I have not, I attended the Disneyland Halloween party and have enough candy til next year 🤣
2. Dark, small town, abduction…

Tagging @Jenreads @dabbe @BethM

I‘ve harbored a crush on Ina for as long as I can remember. A crush in the sense that I wanted to be in her orbit, read her books, watch her shows, make her recipes and be as cool as her. What a wonderful story of hard work, stubbornness and perseverance, not to mention a thread of her love story with Jeffrey throughout. Well told in her own words and voice.

1. Safe travels home from vacation
2. Lots of treats while on that vacation
3. Funny Kevin pictures
4 & 5 the beauty of nature near home

Thank you for the tag @Kshakal #5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday
1. 30th anniversary with my best friend
2. Trip to Disneyland 🎉👻
3. Part 2 at the beach
4. Ina. So elegant and earthy.
5. Food, relaxation and exploration
My cup is very full this week, this will help to help soften the re-entry next week lol.

1. School supplies! And cozy blankets, sweatshirts, knitting, apple cider donuts….
2. 🤔 something cozy, and truly probably a cookbook or holiday craft book. It‘s the season to start thinking!
3. Pumpkin spice coffee
Thank you for the tag @Kshakal
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Yoga among the sunflowers with a friend
2. Housemade hard cider after a solid yoga practice
3. My sourdough starter is robust, pumpkin chocolate cherry bread baking now
4. A dahlia grew from the bulb I got from an internet friend
5. Prep for vacation tomorrow! 🏰

#tlt @dabbe
Thank you for the tag! Evidently I need to read more banned books. Thank gosh for Judy Blume and Stephen King for padding my numbers. This was kind of shocking/ridiculous…Skippyjon Jones? Sad what “experts” find offensive. I let my kids read everything and anything, and my mom did the same, it‘s a big world out there - let them be prepared to discuss all the things. 🤯📚

#Two4Tuesday Thank you so much for tags @Eggs and @Kshakal
1. My grandmother‘s silverware
2. Tagged - I pray this “powerful code of conduct” is still relevant in 2124…🤞🏻

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. I had a funeral to attend Friday which produced the most unexpected joy of seeing my extended family.
2. A pedicure with my favorite sister who‘s not my sister.
3. A movie night with my daughter
4. “Mom advice” call with my youngest daughter
5. Fall leaves and 4 5k walks while listening to Long Island ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ a great week!

The Irish accent always draws me in, a story of a middle aged woman, married with nearly adult kids, who goes back to Ireland when her life in Long island hits the fan. A return to youth and an old love which becomes quite a mess. Of course the three main characters don‘t recognize the impending disaster, it‘s what makes fiction so fun. I struggled with Brooklyn some time ago, I think I could appreciate it now. I feel like there is more to come.

1. Tagged
2. Paper books for library use, audio for walks, runs and cleaning, ebooks for travel!
3. Historical Fiction or just general literature. I enjoy reading new releases of all kinds.
Thank you for the tag @Eggs and @dabbe (I owe you both a letter:)) #wondrouswednesday

I‘m wrecked. Family is complicated, this one is super-sized. A little slow moving at times but so worth it. It is rather heavy with grief, which I occasionally like to soak in. It is also filled with addiction.

Never too late for #5JoyFriday 🎉
1. Dinner at DanDan in Milwaukee with the college kid (owned by Top Chef WI #2)
1a. Literally watching daughter become a grown up, with a very independent soul. 🩷
2. My first dahlia, maybe only, at last
3. Kevin sleeping soundly
4. July temp circles
5. A lovely care package from my knitter girl gang.
@DebinHawaii

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1. The Ardennes forest.
2. Tagged - fun fact, Stephen Ambrose grew up in Whitewater and graduated from the Highschool my parents (and all of my aunts, uncles and cousins) later attended and an aunt now teacher in the building which is now a middle school.

@Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. The Field Museum in Chicago, lots of memories with my family there! 🐘
2. Tagged

Thank you for the tag @Kshakal

1. Sophomore in college
2 and 3. Fuzzy friends
4. First run back on the trail
5. June temp circles for my blanket

#5JoyFriday @DebinHawaii
I‘d like to tag everyone, bring the joy🎉🩷

#TLT #ThreeListThursday Thank you for the tag @dabbe

AFI‘s top villains…
for me the top three are above with Hannibal Lector and Norman as honorary faves. Looking at the choices, I‘d say I have a bad guy type. 😳🤣