July 14th, 2025
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posted by [personal profile] kass at 09:31am on 14/07/2025 under , ,
1. Murderbot! I deeply enjoyed the whole first season. I think they did a lovely job of translating from book into tv show, and Skarsgard has totally sold me on the role. (It helps that we know he loves the books too -- he wants to do right by them.)

2. Andor! I'm now seven episodes in and absolutely loving it. It feels awfully relevant to our moment. Also I am amused by the fact that this show also relies in part on the acting talent of a Skarsgard, just, y'know, a different one.

3. Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells, published to celebrate the Murderbot S1 finale.

4. Cold coffee with milk and splenda, and a distant patch of blue in the cloudy skies.

5. All of my laundry is folded and put away. This is, as ever, a temporary state of affairs but it's a nice one while it lasts.
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posted by [personal profile] spikedluv at 09:19am on 14/07/2025 under
I just saw this show mentioned and the poster alone reminded me of another show I'd watched so I checked out the summary on IMDb. Are they just doing a remake of The Pretender, or what?
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I left for mom’s a little before 10am; but before I left I did a load of laundry (Pip’s uniforms; washed, dried and hung in the closet), hand-washed dishes, cut up chicken for the dogs’ meals, and scooped kitty litter.

I stayed until my new usual time of 3pm and stopped at Stewart's on the way home. I didn’t have to make supper because, again, Pip didn’t want anything hot, so he had leftover steak, cold. I hand-washed more dishes and showered.

I watched the current ep of Countdown, read more in Amelia Peabody, and started a different cozy on my Kindle app.

Temps started out at 70.0(F) and reached 93. It was hot. Thankfully I didn’t have to deal with it because I was inside at mom’s the hottest part of the day, until I got home.


Mom Update:

I left for mom’s a little early to help her stir up cookies for my brother’s birthday because I didn’t think she could do it on her own. Spoiler alert: she did it on her own. more )
July 13th, 2025
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I'm pulling these out and posting them separately (out of order of when they were actually read) or my Wednesday post will be Very Long.


Book 58 of 2025: Lantern in the Lighthouse (The Inn at Holiday Bay) (Kathi Daley)

Enjoyable story. spoilers )

Marshmallow fluff, but that’s all I was expecting, so I’m giving it five hearts.

♥♥♥♥♥



Book 59 of 2025: Hint in the Hashtag (The Inn at Holiday Bay) (Kathi Daley)

Pretty good. spoilers )

I mostly enjoyed this story; I’m giving it four hearts.

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Book 60 of 2025: Pawn in the Pumpkin Patch (The Inn at Holiday Bay) (Kathi Daley)

Good book. spoilers )

I enjoyed this story and am giving it five hearts.

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Book 61 of 2025: Secret in the Santa (The Inn at Holiday Bay) (Kathi Daley)

Good story. spoilers )

This story was enjoyable enough that I’m giving it five hearts despite the inconsistency.

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I got in a walk around the park and a walk with the dogs at home, during which I picked some black raspberries! There were a ton on this one bush, but I didn’t feel like getting all scratched up, so I just picked what I could reach easily. (About a cup and a half, I’m guessing.)

I also did two loads of laundry (both washed, dried AND folded), hand-washed some dishes, made egg salad, and scooped kitty litter before I left for mom’s a little before 11am. I picked up some books at the library on the way there. I left at 3pm as has become the norm and did another load of laundry (mom’s, washed, dried and folded since I have to return it today) and hand-washed more dishes. I didn’t have to make Pip’s supper because it was too hot for him to have anything hot, so he snacked on an egg salad sandwich (open-faced) and hard salami.

I read fanfic, the new Murderbot novella and another Holiday Bay cozy, and watched two eps of Smoke.

If you haven’t had a chance to read the new Murderbot novelette Rapport (which is one of those ‘takes place in the Murderbot Diaries ‘verse’ stories) you can find it for free at Reactor Magazine or purchase it from Amazon (on Kindle for $1.99). Or both.

Temps started out at 71.8(F) and reached 92. We had two rounds of thunderstorms during which it rained very heavily and ended up with an inch of rain.


Mom Update:

Mom is finding it easier to get going in the morning, but then she gets tuckered out. more back here )
July 12th, 2025
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I went downtown like ‘usual’ and hit CVS (I needed one item that I have gotten there in the past and they didn’t have it!), Price Chopper (for a couple of veggie items to go with meals), and the Bakery (for Pip’s deli meat). I also got in a walk around the park and stopped at the veterinarian on the way home for Ti's special dog food.

After unloading the car and putting everything away, I got to mom’s ~10am and stayed until ~3pm. Today’s chores, before and after I went to mom’s, included: two loads of laundry (both washed AND dried, one folded), hand-washed dishes, hard-boiled eggs, grilled steak for Pip's supper, scooped kitty litter, and shaved.

I started and finished the next two Inn at Holiday Bay cozies and watched the current ep of Murderbot.

Temps started out at 65.7(F) and reached 93.7. It was hot. Thankfully I didn't need to spend much time outside.


Mom Update:

Mom had just finished cleaning the bathroom when I arrived! more back here )
July 11th, 2025
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posted by [personal profile] chicating at 02:30pm on 11/07/2025 under ,
(at some point, have gotten away from my journal apart from this and the writing-goals things...)
This week's questions were suggested by [livejournal.com profile] silent_r_infork.

1. What was the most sick that you've ever been? When I was eleven, I had roseola, which is usually a disease for very small children(Not sure how I got it) that comes with spots and high fever. When I was twelve, I got chickenpox, which was exceedingly itchy and long-lasting at about two weeks. I was stupid and once ate a whole package of Oreos(Which I didn't even really want, as such...just wanted to throw caution to the wind or something, and it bit me on my bony disabled ass, like, instantly.) never have felt the same about oreos, but I feel worse that I ruined them for my mother, who cleaned up.

2. What disease are you afraid of getting?COVID, esp. long-form, dementia

3. Are you a big baby when it comes to taking medicine/shots for your illnesses? kind of. really don't like.

4. Is going to the doctor really THAT bad? Mostly, I don't like them. I had one in high school, though, that I got a crush on and was really glad I saw him for muscle pain, instead of something gross.

5. Would you have the flu twice a month if you were paid $1,000 for having it? Nothing with puking or diarrhea. I guess I'd be stuffed-up if someone paid, somehow, but I'd want some money up-front--time is, like, the one thing you can't replace.

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posted by [personal profile] spikedluv at 03:41pm on 11/07/2025 under ,
Good season finale! spoilers )

As it says on the tin: Good news, stupid humans: Murderbot has been renewed (avclub.com) [The big question is, who is going to play ART?!!]
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posted by [personal profile] spikedluv at 07:41am on 11/07/2025 under ,
I might have asked this before, but I don't recall. Is there anyway to create folders in the Library?

I would like to separate books I've purchased from those I'm reading for free and will need to/be able to return. I'd also like to separate books I've read from books I haven't read, because going through the entire library every time I want to pick a book to read is a pain in the butt.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
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Mom suggested I not get to her house super early so I can get some stuff done, and we agreed that I’d stop in after my visit to my aunt. I returned home after I dropped Grant off at the garage and did two loads of laundry (even got one dried and folded!), hand-washed dishes, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, vacuumed the bedroom rug, and changed kitty litter. Whew! That’s a full days worth of work for me!

I visited my aunt (she was awake! I showed her some pics of Midnight and Baby A – who is not a baby anymore! She starts pre-K this fall!) and hit the Price Chopper down there because the one I went to yesterday had zero bananas and none of the red grapes I like. I have them now. I got to mom’s about 10:15am and left at 3pm.

I stopped at the library on the way home to return a book (and talked to the librarian about it and the other series she recommended) and hit the bank drive-thru. I baked salmon for Pip’s supper, dried and folded the second load of laundry, hand-washed more dishes, and showered.

I finished the Duncan Kincaid book and read the next Inn at Holiday Bay cozy. (They’re very easy reads and kind of short.)

Temps started out at 62.6(F) and reached 86.4. It was warm out, but not as horrible as when the temps hit the 90s. We were originally supposed to have scattered thunderstorms but they never materialized.


Mom Update:

Mom was sitting on the porch for the second time when I got there. more back here )

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