Life: It Goes On - November 10

Happy Sunday! It's finally clear and sunny here today after almost a week of grey skies and rain. Hoping it will help lift my mood; it's been a tough week. Fortunately we are a little over two weeks from having my kids arrive from Alaska, so I have that to look forward to and it's really helping my mood...and keeping me motivated. Keeping US motivated; Big Guy is knocking off to-do's as well. 

Last Week I: 

Listened To: Charles Frazier's The Trackers and I am absolutely loving it so far. If I stopped reading it right now, it would make my top ten list for the year. 

Watched: Some of season two of Shrinking, some football, a fair amount of volleyball, and now some college basketball. 

Read: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca for book club this month. 

Made: It was soup week last week. I made loaded baked potato soup and hamburger soup. Sent some hamburger soup home with Mini-him yesterday because I am incapable of making soup for a family of two; I've adapted to cooking for two in many ways but not when it comes to soup. 

Enjoyed: Dinner out with friends Friday night. 

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This Week I’m:  

Planning: Guys, I knocked out a ton of work in the basement yesterday. It looks so much better and is so much cleaner. I'm hoping to make even more progress this week, while I'm on a roll. Also, we went and looked at countertop options Friday and are making plans for some big changes in our kitchen. I'm so excited by that; but also super nervous, not wanting to make choices that I end up not loving. 

Thinking About: Thanksgiving menu - with a lot of people wanting to contribute, we are going to have a lot of food and I'm trying to figure out how to have it all ready at the same time, dishes for all of it, and how it's all going to fit on the table and buffet. 

Feeling: So mixed. Trying to focus on what's right in front of me for now. But also making a plan for the future and how I'll be involved. 

Looking forward to: Another quiet week. 

Question of the week: Where do you stand on cranberries? I feel they are either a love them or hate them kind of food. I love them at Thanksgiving, made from real cranberries; but the rest of the year, I'm a fan of the canned version without any chunks of actual fruit in them! 

***This week's book reviews are all historical fiction. That' right, I said "reviews!***