AVR Weekly News ~ 457th Edition

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• Sunday ~ Meme ~ AVR Weekly News ~ 456th Edition
• Friday ~ Meme ~ Friday Featured Spotlight ~ TWR Blog Tour: Advocatus

• Sunday ~ Meme ~ AVR Weekly News ~ 458th Edition
• Tuesday ~ Audio Review ~ The Journals of Octavia Hollows by Stacey Rourke 
• Thursday ~ Tour Review ~ The Hidden King by E.G. Radcliff
• Friday ~ Meme ~ Friday Featured Spotlight ~ TWR Ultimate Blog Tour: With Fire in Their Blood

Hello and Happy Sunday!

(post written on Saturday)

On the Home Front: 

• Sunday - Anna and I drove all day to Ohio. Brought Mr. Puggles with us. It rained a bit here and there, but was otherwise uneventful. We listened to some of Anna's podcasts when our local radio station was too far away. Mom had homemade chicken soup for us when we got there. Yum!
• Monday - Took mom to radiation, picked up rental, did grocery shopping. I loaded as many retaining wall blocks as I dared in the rental SUV (about 37 of them - they were heavy lol) and a few other odds-n-ends. Had homemade potato soup for dinner. Yum!
• Tuesday - Drove home to North Carolina. Took all day. Weather was gorgeous and traffic was light. The menfolk seemed to have missed me as well as the furries. They unloaded the rental, I gave it a quick vacuum (the blocks were dirty oops) then dropped it off at the rental place. I completely forgot to fill up the tank. Oh, well. McD's for dinner.
• Wednesday -  Playing catch up with everything.
• Thursday -  Grocery pick up.
• Friday - Worked on blog. Finished a review. Woot! Water pressure got super low. Like dribbling out. Had to troubleshoot the issue. Turns out, the 2 filters under the house needed replaced/cleaned. Trip does that the 1st weekend of the month. Not sure why all of a sudden they got super clogged. Weird.
• Saturday - Cleaning.
• Today - No clue. I hope to read and relax.

Mom update: She's had some issues with chest pain (this is due to the radiation and where the stomach tumors are located) and acid reflux. As well as some weight loss due to the cold sensitivity from the chemo infusion. Which means she can't do ice cream. So, we're looking for high calorie Boost as well as high calorie protein powder. She needs a lot of calories to keep her weight up and she needs the protein for her muscles. She's going to try a drink made from melted ice cream. I suggested she put it in the fridge since cool temps aren't an issue, just frozen stuff. She didn't want liquid ice cream, but I asked her to just try it. If it's too thick to go down (due to the location of the largest tumor blocking a good portion of the esophagus opening) then it can be thinned with whole milk. The oncologist prescribed Oxy for the pain and mom was hesitant due to it being potentially addictive but we convinced her the small dosage shouldn't be an issue especially since she essentially only needs it in the morning and before bed. She said she'd try it but is halving the dosage and it seems to be working. During the day she doesn't seem to have the chest pain, maybe because she's up and moving about. In any case, her spirits were really low mid-week, but after easing the pain (with less than prescribed) her spirits are up. Pain is evil. She's also having a bit of an easier time eating, so maybe the tumor is shrinking some. Maybe it's the pain management. Maybe it's a combination of things. Good juju in all forms appreciated.

Touching Nature:  Nope

Book News: Started and finished an audiobook while coming back home. I also managed to write up a review. 3 left, all audios. Maybe I'll try to bang one out today. Or maybe I'll go read and do it tomorrow.

Don't Touch That Dial!: Supernatural season 12 is almost over. 

At the Flicks: Not yet.

Cyberspace Playground: Still Wordle and Zen Match

Randomness:  A castle!! I think the Domino's delivery driver would hate me. Especially in the winter.

Carol's Nuggets of Wisdom: Carry a small pocket flashlight with you wherever you go. You're welcome.

That's it for me. AVR News Update signing off. May all your books enthrall you.

From the library

Nope

Freebies

Free at time of drafting.

Gaze twice, click once.

The Girl Who Joined the Circus 

Veiled 

TS901 Anomaly