AVR Weekly News ~ 569th Edition

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by 
Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer. 
~ Recap the past week ~ 
~ Show what's upcoming ~ 
~ Share news ~ 
~ Display book hauls ~

• Sunday ~ Meme ~ AVR Weekly News ~ 568th Edition
• Monday ~  BBNYA Spotlight ~ Sledge vs The Labyrinth by Nick Horvath
• Tuesday ~ Book Spotlight ~ The Box by Jo Linsdell
• Wednesday ~ BBNYA Spotlight ~ Stone & Sky by Z.S. Diamanti
• Thursday ~ Blitz ~ A Noche Buena for Lonely Hearts by J.L. Lora

 

• Monday ~  BBNYA Spotlight ~ The Exile of Zanzibar by Daniel Maidman
• Tuesday ~ Tour Spotlight ~ Kavithri by Aman J. Bedi
• Wednesday ~ BBNYA Spotlight ~ The Half Killed by Quenby Olson
• Sunday ~ Meme ~ AVR Weekly News ~ 570th Edition

Hello and Happy Sunday!

On the Home Front:  Trip and I went Sunday morning and filled the Pilot with boxes from Jess's storage unit and brought them back to the Pack Rat here. Jess was going to sort through them Thursday but it rained, so this week it'll be. Then we'll go get another load. It's mostly boxes, but there's some furniture, too. I want everything out of it before I pay for another month for her. lol

Weds Trip and I had eye doctor appointments. Everything all good. Thursday grocery pick up. Kyle worked OT again this week, so up at 4am again. One of these days I'll get him behind the wheel to practice more. Right now, it's just too much stress on me. Got the paperwork for wasband's IRA and he signed it. I sent it back and that's taken care of. I think I just need to do life insurance now. It's the small things that seem to take me forever. He's leaving me the beneficiary on his and if I die before I change mine, it's not a big deal to me. Hopefully I won't die for quite some time and I'll get it done soon.

The rest of the week I just worked on my blog or doom scrolled social media. I have been spending more time on Bluesky because Twatter is just a hellscape of hate and lies. Bluesky feels like Twitter when Twitter was great. I've been there since 2011 and I don't want to just delete my account. That's just too much for me right now. However, if the rumor proves true, that Truth Social and Twatter might merge, then I will delete with no regrets. In the meantime, I'm hoping Bluesky gets group DMs ASAP.

Saturday I did the cleaning then showered and jammied up. My stepdaughter came over (with 2 of the 3 grandkiddos) and made us a lovely dinner of tacos and strawberry daiquiris. Yum! 

Today I want to relax and start reading my BBNYA books. We'll see how that goes.

Touching Nature: Been nicer and more Fall-like this week. We did get a steady (chilly) rain all day Thursday and we really needed it. According to my rain gauge it was 2.25". No Leafageddon. I'm waiting for the Leafy Horde to dry out before sending them into the woods.

Book News:  Still haven't written reviews. Audiobooks are moving right along though. I really need to get started on my 3 books I'm judging for BBNYA2024. Time is getting away from me.

Don't Touch That Dial!:  I've switched to CSI (the original).

At the Flicks: Nope

Cyberspace Playground: Wordle, Word Lots, Crossword Jam, Solitaire, jigsaw puzzles, the Finch app - is anyone wants to be friends just let me know.

Randomness:  No regrets.

Carol's Nuggets of Wisdom: When cutting potatoes to boil for mashed potatoes, the smaller you cut the pieces the faster they cook/get soft. This seems like something so logical, but I only figured it out a few years ago. lol

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

From the library

Nope

Purchased ebooks with Kindle Credits

Loving Carolina

All royalties go to Helene Recovery in Western NC

The Box

Chirp is getting me every week now with their freebie Friday!

Foreign Land 

Savannah Sleuth

Freebies

Free at time of drafting.

Gaze twice, click once.

Nope