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.

A repairman came to our house this week to fix our dishwasher – or so I thought. Instead, he came and argued with me about the dishwasher being broken, acted like I was lying, and told me to wash my dishes again in it, as if that would somehow solve the problem. I told him the dishwasher pod was in the bottom of the dishwasher at the end of the cycle andit was clear it was not washing our dishes so he said, “Maybe you were opening it at the end of the cycle or something….”

I said, “Right. That’s how it works. I was opening it at the end to see if the dishes had washed and they were still dirty.”

When I showed him a video of what sound it was making when it was washing the dishes (or rather not washing them) he said, “Yeah, I guess that sounds like the motor” like he had to admit I was right, and started to pack up his limited equipment. I asked if that meant the motor could be replaced and he said, “Yeah. I guess I’ll get you a new one.” I had to follow  him to the door to ask if he had a timetable for when he’d have the motor and without looking at me, he said, “Probably a week.”

He made it clear he did not want to be here, I guess because the dishwasher was under warranty and he wouldn’t get a large fee. It was one of the most bizarre experiences I’ve ever had with a repairman. I’ve never had one argue with me about what is happening to my own appliance and want so desperately to prove me wrong.

Making the story a bit shorter, we told the place that sold us the dishwasher we appreciated how they handled business but that the person who repairs things for their warranties (he is not from their company but works with Whirlpool) was really not very nice. We then called our regular repairman and will have to pay him, since he doesn’t know anything about the warranty, but I think it’s worth it to have someone more polite do the work.

What I/We’ve Been Reading

Just Finished

I finished Heidi by Johanna Spyri and Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse last week.

I enjoyed them both.

I wrote about Heidi, which I read with Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumb, here.

I also finished A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie for the 2026 Reading Christie Challenge. It is a Miss Marple mystery, and it was so good.

In Progress

I am slowly reading Stillmeadow Daybrook by Gladys Taber. Since each chapter is a month, I plan to read a chapter a month. I am also slowly reading Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

I just started The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim a couple of days ago.

Up Soon

I hope to read a Murder She Wrote book, Aloha Betrayal by Donald Bain, next and then Thrush Green by Miss Read. I would love to slip a Nancy Drew (Nancy’s Mysterious Letter) in soon as well. Probably in May.

What The Family is Reading

Little Miss and I are still reading Heidi.

The Husband is reading Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead.

The Boy is listening to a Warhammer book of some sort. He and I also started an audiobook of Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain the other day on the way back from Little Miss’s art class and he said he plans to listen to more of it.

What I/We’ve Been Watching

This past week I watched a 1929 movie called Bulldog Drummond with Ronald Colman and it wasn’t very good, but I like Ronald Colman, so he was fun to watch.

I also watched Shall We Dance and Swing Time with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which I had seen before, but wanted to watch again. I liked Swing Time a lot better, except for the blackface scene. I just don’t know what the obsession was with doing that in movies back then! It’s so irritating and ruins the whole movie for me.

My husband and I started to watch Detour last night, a 1945 crime-noir movie that is only about an hour long, was filmed in about 14 days for about $100,000, and raked in $1 million. He got tired and wanted to head to bed so he’s making  me wait to finish it tonight. I use the words “making me” lightly. I could go ahead and watch it but I like watching movies he likes with him because he loves to share trivia about the movie and actors, etc.

What I’ve Been Writing

Last week on the blog I shared:

• Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot April 17
• Book recommendation: Heidi By Johanna Spyri
• Classic Movie Impressions: It’s Love I’m After (Spring of Bette)
• A little about Bette Davis and her connection to the small, rural area I live in (as I start my Spring of Bette)
• Sunday Bookends: Gladys Taber, Heidi, and other relaxing books and Bette Davis movies

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?

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This post is linked up with The Sunday Post at  Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer,  Deb at with Deb at Readerbuzz, and Book Date: It’s Monday! What are you reading hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. Sunday Bookends with Boondock Ramblings and Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality.

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