It's Just A Simple Thursday...

Finished this...I was not sure about it at first but I thought it was really good. A look at what life is like for families of soldiers...key characters are Ellen...scholarly...and Lacey...not so scholarly. It's filled with family issues as well as the injuries of two soldiers and what happens at some veteran's hospitals...the behind the scene stuff about care and finances for families. Sad...but hopeful...


Starting this now...





This is dinner...sweet and sour pork chops...with broccolini and baby roasty potatoes.



Happy Thursday!

Winter Doldrums? I think I Have Them!

I think I have the kind of doldrums that make me want to stay in...not venture out in the freezing temperatures...and make soup!

I love my newest soup book. It makes just enough soup for dinner and another dinner...or lunch! The book is beautiful and has tons of tips and extras...there is even a recipe for tiny little grilled cheese bites!

Just a sampling of some of the soups in this book. There is even a section of chilled cold soups! I will save those for summer...















































Pineapple Soup!





I almost hate saying this but I love making to do lists and staying organized...this tablet is my new venture into staying organized...




I really love this book and I didn't think I would...but...it is about a multitude of dysfunctional husbands with an absolutely dizzying array of disorders...and not enough time to fix them!



Off to finish it!

Happy Reading!

A Trivial Tuesday...

Eating these...Cara Cara oranges...so good!






Still drinking...



Reading this...



Thinking about...


Happy Tuesday!

It's All About The Books...

Yum...I am enmeshed in this fast paced thriller starring John Wells...former CIA agent now about to save the world again! I can't believe I am reading this but I am...and actually enjoying it...it's like watching Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible!






There were yummy shiny new books of all kinds on NetGalley this week...here are just a few...




















And some teasers from Penguin!


Off to finish my book and start another! No clue what I am starting next...

Happy Reading!

Super Bowl Food...It's The Way You Stuff It!

So...we went to Whole Foods this morning after Den went to church...and our eyes fixated on a loaf of Brioche Bread...and we both said...creamy custardy French Toast...with breakfast sausages...and now it's 2:34 and we are stuffed...so...I am not making nachos or taco soup...we are having Whole Foods wings with carrots and celery if we are ever hungry again...which right now I cannot imagine...being hungry...ever again.

So...there was Wing Madness at Whole Foods this morning...staffers bring out trays of hot yummy chicken wings...barbecue, Maryland Crab flavored, Teriyaki, regular...there is no announcement...they just being them out...and you get in line and stuff your bucket...we were new to the wing game so the ladies at the prep food area told us to really stuff our buckets. I didn't totally get that until I watched some more experienced bucket stuffers...lol...and they really stuffed their buckets!

Then...out of the blue...Den and I had a mild quiet unobtrusive non scene making tiff about flavors...I wanted barbecue, he wanted regular and he didn't want my barbecue to touch his regular...and he refused to try Maryland crab flavored...so...I let him stuff the bucket but when I saw the space on top...oh my...I channelled my dad...and stuffed ten more wings in...it was awesome! I never would gave done it had they not told me to stuff it...if you put in 12 wings or 24 the price is the same...so why not stuff it? We stuffed the bucket...or rather I did with help from my dad!








So...off to hang with Den and watch pre game stuff...

Happy Sunday! Oh...I am reading kind of an unusual book for me...but it's really extremely good...