Last Week I:
Listened To: Nick Hornby's High Fidelity. I love the movie adaptation and let's just say that colored my impression of the book. Then I finally got How Much Of These Hills Is Gold so I'm finishing the last five hours of that.
Watched: A lot of college basketball, some Husker volleyball, CBS Sunday Morning, Resident Alien, and One Night In Miami. We both highly recommend it; the acting is so good.
Read: I finally finished Magic Lessons and Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women. Today I'm starting Peter Geye's latest, Northernmost. Geye is one of my favorite authors.
Made: Two batches of granola yesterday, one with peanut butter and chocolate chips and one batch with golden raisins. I used two different recipes but tweaked both based on what I had on hand - the batch with raisins actually called for nuts, which I don't eat, and then I ran out of honey and had to substitute maple syrup. One of the things I love about granola is that you can easily substitute things and it's very forgiving.
Enjoyed: Time with my brother, sister-in-law and dad yesterday. The good news about leaving my stuff in Lincoln is that they've agreed to meet us half way to bring it to me, which just happens to be a brewery which also makes my some of my favorite ciders. We're hoping to get there early enough to get a table on their rooftop so we can sit out in the warmth of the sun.
This Week I’m:
Planning: 40 Bags In 40 Days officially ends today but I fell behind and have a lot of areas I still want to get to so I'm hoping to bust those out this week.
Thinking About: Did I tell you that Mini-him had given The Big Guy and I a weekend trip anywhere in the continental U.S. for Christmas? We had, in the easiest vacation discussion ever, decided to go to Savannah. But in light of what the Georgia Congress and governor did this week, we're rethinking that plan. Maybe the Pacific Northwest or San Diego. Mama just needs crashing waves and an infinite vista.
Feeling: Happy to have gotten my first CoVid-19 vaccine dose this week, even if it meant I was exhausted and feverish the day afterward.
Looking forward to: Happy hour on the patio tomorrow with friends.
Question of the week: If you could go to a beach anywhere in the continental U.S., where would you go?
Lisa, I love beaches and have been to Virginia Beach, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach and many of the FL beaches but, being from New England, I'm partial to Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard along with Rhode Island beaches. I also love Maine beaches but the water is too cold anytime for me these days. Of course, June, September and early October are the best times - not too many people for these beaches.
ReplyDeleteMy aunt and uncle live in Narragansett so we've been to the Rhode Island beaches a couple of times. We went to Maine when I was in high school and I was disappointed that the water was too cold to swim in but now I'm content just to sit on the beach and listen to the waves, even if I can't swim.
DeleteI absolutely love the Pacific Northwest. Olympia National Park is exceptional. Seattle is interesting, and Tacoma feels like home because our daughter went to U of Puget Sound and we visited a couple of times a year while she was there. Port Townsend, right across from Victoria, is also marvelous.
ReplyDeleteHaving fun picking where to go!
We went to the Pacific Northwest when I was maybe 14? Went to Olympia National Park, stayed with friends who lived on Puget Sound, and were introduced to geoduck. But my parents hated to go into cities so we didn't get to see Seattle at all. Would love to go back.
DeleteI get twitchy without my phone, too... and would definitely be make a return trip to retrieve it!
ReplyDeleteStill haven't read Peter Geye. Any recommendation as to where I should start?
Start with Safe From The Sea. I've enjoyed all of his books but that one left a mark on me and I recommend to everyone, men and women alike.
DeleteSan Diego!! It's still a three plus hour drive from me but it's lovely.
ReplyDeleteHappy Hour on the patio sounds great. I will be planning a graduation BBQ soon for my youth group and then I don't know what to do for my daughter and her friends.
I'm not much of a basketball person but I did watch women's basketball, Missouri State my daughter's new college! They lost. LOL.
We did go to San Diego about 18 years ago and I did love the beaches (although the landscape around there completely took me by surprise - we're so used to a lot of green).
DeleteWe are going to Dafuskie Island in June. It's isolated (need a ferry to get to it) - the main reason we picked it - and a super relaxing place. We took one of those beach cottages that open to the beach so I'm looking forward to the views. It's close to Savannah and we were thinking of stopping there on the way back, but maybe not anymore. Would have loved to visit Savannah.
ReplyDeleteYay on getting your first dose.
Oh that sounds marvelous! How was it? I love a relaxing vacation.
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