It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to.
This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn at The Book Date.
What’s Been Occurring
I am officially an old lady. I was telling my husband how much I enjoy prunes and a few minutes later I gasped and said, “Oh! I have a Murder She Wrote episode to finish! I’m so excited!”
My husband then reminded me I should brew a cup of tea before I got comfortable under my blanket on the couch. All I need is my slippers and a few more cats and my Old Lady Kit is complete.
The best thing is that my 10-year-old daughter, Little Miss, is watching with me, curled up under her own blanket with the dog curled next to her, saying things like, “There’s something wrong with the ginger here. Look at her eyes.” or “yeah, you could be friends under different circumstances because you literally killed a man…” and “Bro really needs some better pants.”
She’s starting her kit early.
Then she said, “Honestly, I would have liked to have had that lady as my grandma on my dad’s side.” (Since she never knew his mom for a variety of not-so-fun reasons.)
When I told her after the second episode that we could watch something else she said, “No! More!”
So we launched into our third episode.
Earlier this week Little Miss finished the art class we’ve been attending that was sponsored by the county library. Friday night The Husband took her to an art reception for her work and I stayed home with a sinus headache or neck thing…not sure which. It was so fun to see her so excited about her work, which the teacher had them name and then set a price on, if they wanted to.
I thought it was very interesting to see which drawing she decided to list as “not for sale” and which one she said she would sell for $20. Nothing would change her mind either.
What I/we’ve been Reading
The Christmas Gathering – a book full of three novellas by Shelley Shepard Gray, Lenora Worth, Rachel J. Good (because I needed something happy and light to read)
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Christy by Catherine Marshall (this is my slow and easy read)
The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene
The Maestro’s Missing Melody by Amy Walsh, which I reviewed here.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashi
Little Men by Louisa Mae Alcott
Little Miss and I finished The Four Story Mistake and started And Then There Were Five in The Melendy Children series by Elizabeth Enright.
Little Miss is also reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets some nights.
The Husband is reading The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood because I told him to. Ha! Okay, because he really wanted to.
The Boy is reading The Hound of the Baskervilles.
What We watched/are Watching
Above I mentioned what an old lady I have become and I really have because last night I found a new-to-me series of Mary Berry on Amazon Prime and just about giggled with delight. Little Miss was very excited too. We absolutely love Mary Berry. The fact they have several specials or series with her on Amazon now that I didn’t see before has me very excited. One thing I love about her shows is that they don’t only show viewers how to cook but also provide some background about the dish they are cooking or some education about cultures.
The episode we watched last night was about an Indian wedding. It was extremely interesting.
Tonight we will be watching Chocolat, together via a watch party and YOU are invited. We will be pressing play together on the movie and chatting in our Discord server, which you can join here: https://discord.gg/TpWNxJ4Z
I really hope you will join us! If not, it will just be Erin and I chatting with each other and that’s not all bad either. Haha!
What I’m Writing
I finished the rough draft of Gladwynn Grant Shakes the Family Tree this past week and now I am in the rewriting and editing stage. It will be released in 2025.
On the blog this past week I shared:
- Book review/recommendation: The Maestro’s Missing Melody
- Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot: Come Link With Us!
- Comfy, Cozy Cinema: The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Classic Movie Impressions: A Woman of Distinction
What I’m Listening To
I am listening to The Hound of the Baskervilles some and reading it other times.
Recent Blog Posts I Enjoyed
|| A Visit to Lincoln Home by Amy’s Creative Pursuits ||
|| Third Days Tripping Our Way by Mama’s Empty Nest ||
Now it’s your turn. What have you been doing, watching, reading, listening to or writing? Let me know in the comments or leave a blog post link if you also write a weekly update like this.
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The Kamogawa Food Detectives was such a lovely cozy little read! I’m impatiently waiting for my library to order book 2, lol 🙂
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Three of my kitties are outside kitties but we bring them in at night. Sometimes it is a bit hard to get them in. Coyotes are terrible in this area. We lost two to coyotes a few years ago and it terrifies me for them to be out after dark. I have my garage set up as a sort of kitty wonderland and I put them in there at night. They usually come in pretty good but every now and then one of them, Sadie, gives us a hard time.
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Enjoy being an old lady while you are young. I have discovered that now that I actually am one, my body isn’t as impressed as I hoped it would be. Sigh.
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I guess it goes to prove that home comforts are popular with all ages, old or not!!
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What an awesome family you have! Loved hearing how you and your daughter are honing your old lady skills. I’ve got The Marlowe Murder Club on my reading list as well.
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I just love reading about your weekends, Lisa! There are always these little tidbits of whimsy and quirk! My mom adored “Murder She Wrote.” My thought was I’d go running the other way if I saw Angela Lansbury head toward me! I’m reading two books that came in and were on hold for months. I’m not sure if I’ll finish both in two weeks, though. I love Mary Berry and wonder if we didn’t watch some of those. What is the name of the series? I will be busy writing this week as I have three things all due on Thursday with none of them started! Ah, procrastination is my middle name, my title, and my foe!
Have a wonderful old lady week, Lisa!
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This one was Mary Berry Cook and Share from 2022 and I did not see that streaming before Saturday. I’m sure it’s been available out there for others, but it wasn’t for me and what we subscribe to. I see they have one called Mary Berry Foolproof Cooking too and I’m not sure I’ve watched that either.
Why do books we have on hold always seem to come at the same time? Sigh.
And I will be busy editing and then hopefully giving my book to my husband, taking a small break and starting book four of my cozy series. If this blasted sinus infection ever goes away.
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Wow!!! a lot of reading and writing going on at your house and that is just fantastic. I am definitely in old lady mode and I even have five cats to prove it. HA!! Have a wonderful week.
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My two cats drain me already. I can’t imagine five. It doesn’t help that we live in a more rural area and they love to explore outside, which makes this cat-mom nervous because I’m certain one of them will be hit by a car or eaten by a fox.
Old lady mode is super fun — well, until we really get old and deal with all the aches and pains, but I’ve had them most of my life anyhow so it’s not too different. Ha!
I hope you have a great week too.
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Old lady mode is the best mode. Although I am an old lady to anyone forty or under. Today I fell asleep on the couch and when I woke up I had two cats laying on top of me. Best nap ever.
I loved The Christmas Gathering. I hope you are enjoying it as well.
Mary Berry is the best! I will have to look on Prime and make sure this isn’t something that I missed watching.
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The cats don’t curl up with me for sleep very often these days. I move too much to get comfortable. The love my husband because he rarely moves during naps. I also don’t nap well. It makes me feel yucky. I have to be super wiped out to nap.
I am enjoying the Christmas gathering. It’s not even usually my style but these stories are so sweet.
This one was Mary Berry Cook and Share from 2022. I had not seen that one and I don’t think I saw Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking either so I’m going to try that later.
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I’m a huge fan of Mary Berry. I’m pretty sure I have missed some of the episodes and series. One of these days I should look for them.
Your daughter sounds delightful!
The Kamogawa Food Detectives is a book I am curious about.
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I found a Mary Berry series from 2022 that I had no seen yet!
And I keep saying I am going to read The Kamogawa Food Detectives so I am going to do it!
My daughter is an old soul in a young body – just like her grandma was at her age.
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I love that you and your daughter are bonding over old ladyness. I also love when people post witty things that their kids say. Where do they come up with this stuff???
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I am floored by the stuff my kid’s come out with sometimes. I mean, sure, they repeat after us sometimes, but sometimes — I had nothing to do with that and I have to crack up at it.
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