My Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer
Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date
First, let me say that I am thinking of everyone who has been affected by the Hurricane. What a terrible situation and I am praying for everyone who was in its path.
This past week was full of work – school, housework, and all the prep needed to start painting our bedroom. How did I have so much in that room? I am flabbergasted. It was a good opportunity to reconsider it all and make choices about what is actually going back in.
We did do some good stuff too – a field trip, watched Hocus Pocus 2, a fire and adult beverages at my brothers. All in all, a pretty solid week.
Read Last Week:
Sheets – what a very different, emotional read than what I was expecting. I absolutely loved it though. I am still working on Invisible Women but it is good so far.
Reading This Week:
Winterset Hollow caught my eye a few months ago and I wrote it down to read this month, October. I am not sure about it honestly – sometimes straight horror books are too much for me these days. However, I am curious about it and I am looking forward to reading it. Hopefully in my newly finished room tonight, but we will see how far Billy and I get today.
Posted Last Week:
Spooky Cinema Season: Hocus Pocus
Homeschooling Journey: John Henry, Clementine Hunter, and West Virginia
Watching and Listening:
Billy and I never watched the LOTR show darn it. Maybe this week. We instead watched McDonald and Dodds Season 3 – wow that first episode was the best! We started the Chelsea Detective but decided we want to wait on it for winter watching. We also tried out Recipes for Love and Murder and decided we weren’t interested at this time. Maybe later. We obviously had a weird week of tv.
I spent the week catching up on the podcast Your Own Backyard with Chris Lambert. He has been covering the trial of Paul and Ruben Flores, who are being tried for the murder/disappearance of Kristen Smart in 1996. I listened to the podcast earlier, pre-trial, and it is seriously one of the best podcasts I have listened to. Lambert is an amazing investigative journalist, in my non-expert opinion, and the podcast actually helped to propel this eventual arrest and trial of the two Flores men. I am waiting for the newest installment, which covers the last week of the trial, as the closing arguments are this week. No cameras or video recordings are allowed in court due to some of the sensitive witness testimony. Anyway, I could go on and on about this case. I have lots of opinions and feelings.
And that is it from my corner of Michigan!
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
I know what you mean about accumulated clutter. We’re moving in two years and we need to start getting rid of stuff now. We’re going from 2700 square feet to 1000 square feet.
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Yes! We have lived here for 22 years and wow have things accumulated! Lol. I have been slowly going through areas and rooms and refreshing and sorting through things but my bedroom has been pretty untouched until now. It’s going to feel much different and I am looking forward to the change! You will have a pretty big change too! We live in a 1000 square foot home and I do love living small honestly, although I do have to be more selective and a bit more creative in my use of space. Like my china cabinet turned art cabinet. 🙂
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Forgot to add: heres my Sunday Post: https://bonniereadsandwrites.com/2022/10/02/sundaypost-on-the-road-again/
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Oh, yes, painting a room does mean having to rearrange and remove stuff! Good luck deciding what to keep and what to give away.
Your books look good…I am curious about Invisible Women. Enjoy your week.
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Our house is such a mess right now I am losing my mind! I am trying to keep my eyes on the prize. Lol.
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Sounds like a good week. Winterset Hollow sounds like a good Oct read. And Rings- it starts out a little slow (I thought) but man- episode 6 was WILD. Hope you guys like it when you try it.
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I think Winterset Hollow sounds so good! But hopefully not too gory. LOL.
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How did you like Hocus Pocus II? We talked about watching it but haven’t yet.
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We enjoyed it! We liked how they framed it for today’s audiences, while it kept the same spirit and style.
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We haven’t watched Hocus Pocus 2 yet. We (meaning I) decided to rewatch the first so we would be up to speed. We have been watching True Blood. We have also been busy hanging pictures…even nailing holes in the walls which just about gutted the Mr.! I’m reading Mr. No Show after finishing A Shoe Addict’s Christmas (which was just a light read cuz I needed one). It’s not exactly spectacular…keep hoping it will get better!
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I get it! I just watched the first so I was in good shape!
Lol!I always tell Billy if he doesn’t do it then I will be forced to and it won’t be pretty.
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I’ve been cleaning out the closet in my office and it’s terrifying how much stuff is crammed in there. I don’t even want to think about clearing out a whole room! It’ll be amazing when it’s all freshly painted though I’m sure. Have a great week!
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Oh.my.gosh. I didn’t touch my closet because I know it is scary. LOL.
I am looking forward to the results of our labors. It is starting to come together!
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I’m not much of a collector of anything but books (unlike my brother who has never met a piece of paper he didn’t want to keep), but I understand how things can accumulate. Good luck with the decluttering and painting. Your books, which are all new to me, look interesting. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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I had no idea the amount of stuff in there, apparently. I was like it’ll be quick to empty this room out! Lol. It made me want to hold way way off on Wyatt’s room!
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We put everything in the garage when we got new flooring, and I refuse to put it back in the house. It’s so difficult to give away all the things you don’t really need, though.
Sheets looks delightful. I’m reading a lot of Cybils this week.
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Lol it is!! I was going through the stuff that we took out of the room and I am like I don’t really want this but I don’t want to get rid of it… I need to make some choices I guess. Marie Kondo this room. Lol.
I loved Sheets. I really need to look into the Cybils more!
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