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.
As I am starting to write this post on a Saturday night our WiFi is out so I am using the unlimited data on my phone plan to draft this. Our internet company thinks the severe cold is our issue. (Update: It came back this morning and they still think it was the nasty cold).
This weekend’s weather here is taking the cake for this winter.
When I woke up this morning it was -6 without the windchill. The feels like temp was -30F (0 Celsius).
That temp continued to drop throughout the day.
Today our high will be 8F.
Obviously, we are staying hunkered down at home today.
We have three cats, Scout, Pixel and Cass and it is driving them crazy right now that they cannot go outside. We live in a semi rural area, so we normally let them outside in our backyard for a little bit, and they explore between the house and our wood pile and a little bit beyond and then they come back in. Scout is the hunter and sometimes we’ll disappear for a day and warmer weather coming back on occasion with a dead bird mouse or other animal.
Pixel is our home body. She mainly sits on the back porch and watches to see what scout does. Cass is new to us after being dropped off near our property the day before Halloween last year. So I’m not totally sure of his habits just yet, but he seems to be more like a hunter like Scout..
The bitter cold weather we have been having for the last month has meant keeping the cats in more than usual though. This is driving them absolutely insane and they pace in front of the door or smack each other around and have all out cat fights. I like winter in some ways because it means I can stay inside and write or read but right now I am ready for some warmer weather if only to get these cats out of the house and out of my hair. It would be one thing if they just enjoyed curling up but these are roaming cats and for them just to sleep all day isn’t really an option. They do sleep a lot, however.
I needed to slow down yesterday and have a good cry.
Another friend of the family passed away, and I realized I’d been telling myself I didn’t have time to sit down and cry about it.
Yesterday was his funeral and the severe cold and the possibility of me coming down with something kept me from going.
I busied myself throughout the day and then, right before dinner, I thought about how he is gone and I won’t see him again and I let myself have a good long cry.
I don’t like to break down and cry because I worry if I do I won’t stop and I’ll fall into a very deep depression. The problem is that I also sink into a deep depression if I hold in my sadness so it’s probably better to let some of the pressure off with a good cry instead.
What I/We’ve Been Reading
Just Finished
I finished The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham last night.
It was very good but different than I expected with a lot more cerebral and deep descriptions and a more artistic ending than I thought it would have. There was also very little sleuthing with the guy I thought was the main character – Albert Campion – but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I will eventually post a review of it.
In Progress
I am still rereading The Blue Castle (I will have a post up Monday for anyone reading along with me) and am also reading – for the first time – Return of the King by JRR Tolkien.
I just started a Murder, She Wrote because I want to read something I don’t have to use my brain for a lot. Ha!
This one started out a bit more bawdy than other ones I’ve read and I’m not sure what I think of that. We will see how it goes.
Up Soon
I am still rereading The Blue Castle (I will have a post up Monday for anyone reading along with me) and am also reading – for the first time – Return of the King by JRR Tolkien.
I just started a Murder, She Wrote because I want to read something I don’t have to use my brain for a lot. Ha!
This one started out a bit more bawdy than other ones I’ve read and I’m not sure what I think of that. We will see how it goes.
What The Family is Reading
Little Miss and I are still reading The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy.
What I/We’ve Been Watching
Last week I watched Love Me or Leave Me with Doris Day and James Cagney and episodes of Murder, She Wrote and All Creatures Great And Small.
Today I am going to watch my farmer on YouTube ( Just A Few Acres) because he’s finally back with a video.
What I’ve Been Writing
Last week on the blog I shared:
Winter of Cagney: Love Me Or Leave Me
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot for February 6
Book review: Come, Tell Me How You Live by Agatha Christie Mallowan
Classic Movie Impressions: After The Thin Man
A Good Book and A Cup of Tea (or coffee) Bookish Link Up for February
Sunday Bookends: The frigid cold, good mysteries, and old mystery shows and movies.
What I/We’ve Been Listening To
I am listening to Shakespeare. The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench and Brenden O’Hea because I found it more interesting to listen to than read.
Some Housekeeping
Erin (Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs) and I host a monthly bookish link party called A Good Book and A Cup of Tea. This link-up is for book and reading posts or anything related to books and reading (even movies based on books!). Each link party will be open for a month. You can find that link up for this month here.
Each week, I host the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot with some great hosts. It goes live Thursday night but you can share any kind of blog posts (family-friendly) there until Tuesday of each week. You can check my recent posts on the sidebar to the right for the most recent link-party.
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.
This post is linked up with The Sunday Post at Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, The Sunday Salon with Deb at Readerbuzz, and Book Date: It’s Monday! What are you reading hosted by Kathyrn at The Book Date. Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality.
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I’m sorry you lost a loved one. The cold just seem disrespectful on top of loss. I watch The Pitt this week. It’s so good,
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I’ve relt the need for a few good cries this past month, too, Lisa! This cold, icy weather hasn’t helped much, either, but I sure hoe sunnier days are ahead for us all!
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I hate it when people I love pass away. I want to call them up or go over and see them, and I can’t. I’m sorry about the loss of your friend.
I need to add The Blue Castle to my Classics Club list. It’s a book I want to reread.
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I am sorry for another loss in your life this winter. We had a loss in the family a few weeks ago, and although I’ve already cried some, yesterday I had the good cry that I needed. Sometimes I think we have to wait until the initial shock has worn off before the deep cry can come.
We finally have a warming trend coming our way this week, hope it makes it your way soon also!
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I am sorry for the loss of your freind. Honestly it’s better to let the tears out, and then calm yourself with a Doris Day movie – or something else cheery and light, than to hold it in. That will just build stress and pain.
Take good care of yourself. And thanks for hosting.
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