My Sunday-Monday Post

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Hello everybody! Last week was a better week for Wyatt – yay! It was a much better week – we got out of the house here and there, including a really cool trip to the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in Ohio, which was spectacular, and Wyatt got some actual relaxing down time to recuperate while I caught up on some things around the house, including finally starting some homeschool planning for next year. I am super excited already about some of the things we are going to be doing! We also got to sit on the porch at the library, which I love. I think my dad is going to visit this week and watch Wyatt so I can get out for some “me time” and my plan is to grab a coffee, my library book, and read on the porch here for a bit. It was nice to hang here with Wyatt though for a minute or two.

Read Last Week:

I read Flower’s book Prose and Cons and just devoured it, but now I want it to be fall. Lol. I am saving the next one in the series until wintertime, since it looks like it takes place around the holidays. I did however, put another series by Flower on hold at the library..

When I finished Prose and Cons, I wasn’t feeling like a new book really, but I was looking for some lighthearted comfort and remembered how much I loved the MG book Gone-Away Lake last year. So I grabbed that copy off of Wyatt’s shelves and started rereading it. Yep, just as good as it was last year. I love this book honestly. It is a little old fashioned in some parts and in the way of the Little House series, maybe just a few problematic phrases but overall it is full of adventure and whimsy. Wyatt is not really a fan of it yet, he prefers books with animal characters, but that is ok. I mean, my favorite book is Watership Down, so it tracks.

Reading This Week:

I am excited about this one, since it is set in Northern Michigan, near Traverse City, one of my favorite places to visit.

Posted Last Week:

What Wyatt’s Reading – July

Tuesday Morning Coffee Catch Up

Watching and Listening:

Nothing too exciting right now on this front – we finished up When Calls the Heart (just in time for the new season to begin, yay!), and are working on rewatching Death in Paradise. We tried to start White Lotus but for some reason that night Wyatt was being a pill about going to bed so we switched it off to come back to a different night, and then just haven’t gotten back to it. I was enjoying it though!

As for listening, we have been just all over the place. We have been listening to a lot of Billy Strings, the National Parks, and occasionally some Jim Croce or James Taylor or Carole King. It sometimes depends on the weather what we listen to.

Anyway, that is about it from around here! How are you all doing?

42 thoughts on “My Sunday-Monday Post”

  7. Have you read any of the According to Humphrey books by Betty Birney with Wyatt? Or the Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary? The audio books are wonderful and my son LOVED those stories. Yay for a pretty good week, and looking forward to the new school year. I hope you have a great week!

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  12. marsha57's avatar marsha57

    I’m so glad Wyatt is feeling better this week. Your trip to Ottawa looks like lots of fun. I definitely can’t fault you for your musical selections. They take me right back to my teens. We have been watching lots of different things. We finished something…can’t remember what right now. Then, we started Euphoria. Within the first 20 minutes, we were like, “Nope, not gonna work.” So, we started “The Seven Year Itch.” Monday, I’m going with my granddaughter and several of her friends (teenagers…eek) to see Barbie. It’s going to be a busy week getting things done for the blog. And, I really need to get caught up on Storyworth!

    Have a fabulous week!

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  13. The Prose and Cons book looks good – I assume it’s a cozy, which I like, and a bookshop theme is always appealing. The wildlife refuge you visited is a little far away from me, but I’m always looking for places in Ohio that we coul visit. Have a great week!

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    1. We live pretty close to the Michigan-Ohio border so we are always dipping into Ohio for adventures. We loved the Thomas Dambo trolls in Dayton – that was really cool.

      The Prose and Cons book is a cozy, and super whimsical with quirky characters – my favorite!

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  15. So glad Wyatt is doing better! Also glad that your dad is going to give you a little “me time”. My husband broke his neck while diving and was a quadriplegic. I was his only caregiver for 27 years so I know what it’s like to need a break.

    I listened to Jim Croce and Carole King A LOT in the 70’s along with Classic Rock, and I still do!

    I hope you all have a great week!

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    1. Oh my goodness Vicki. And yes – I love my son more than anything else in the whole world and then some, but phew sometimes I need a break!! Hugs to you, for all the love and caregiving you showed your husband.

      We are so into the 70s songwriters here!

      I hope you do too!

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  16. I’m very glad to hear that Wyatt is doing better and that you were able to do some adventuring.

    I remember my mommy years as almost a reading desert. I would take a book and head out to a remote phone-free spot during any time I was given off from duties.

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    1. Yes, it was so nice – and thank you Deb!

      Oh my gosh, it is crazy how much time I don’t have. LOL. And at night, I am so tired, I read like five pages and fall asleep! I am looking forward to a small reading break – alone – this week. Lol.

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  17. Kathy Martin's avatar Kathy Martin

    Glad to hear that Wyatt is better. I have enjoyed books by Amanda Flower but haven’t read these. I hope you enjoy your me-time when it happens. We seem to have similar taste in music too. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  18. Meezan's avatar Meezan

    Amanda Flower is one of my favorites. I remember reading In Farm’s Way and being in awe of her strong writing style. I read the first two books in that series and really enjoyed them. I’m going to read the third one in January. I’m very much a seasonal reader, so it’s good to know Prose and Cons takes place in the fall. It’s been on my TBR, so now I’ll tag it for a fall month. But first I need to read the first one in that series. Have a great week! 🙂

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      1. Meezan's avatar Meezan

        Lol. Yep. I feel your pain. 😀 Also, I need to correct what I said. It was Farm to Trouble that I read when I was in awe of her writing style. I’m saving In Farm’s Way for January because clearly it’s a winter book. 😀

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  19. Gone Away Lake is one of my absolute favorites. The only negative is that I didn’t discover it when I was a kid because childhood me would have loved it! I have that Amanda Flower series is on my TBR. I’ve really enjoyed the Magical Bookshop mysteries. Library porch time sounds fantastic! Have a great week!

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    1. Yes!!! I just said that to my husband, that if only little me had read this book too. Little me would have absolutely loved it as much as adult me!

      The Magical Bookshop series is so good! I am excited for winter now so I can read this next one. LOL.

      Thank you Katherine~

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  20. I’m so glad you all had a better week… the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge looks like such a great spot! Will you wait until after Labor Day to start up homeschooling again, or do you follow an earlier schedule? Farm to Trouble looks like fun. Hope you enjoy it.

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