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Just remembered that my blogging plan for today included sharing Something Loved, Something Accomplished, Something Improved Upon, and Something Noticed. I'd better get it done! I'm going to continue adding my Something Read and What's Coming Up Soon as well.
Something Loved (and/or Disliked)
Loved doing a little more exploring at the nearby parks.
Also loved exploring the Groovy Plants Ranch one weekend, and seeing the Timbuk Farms Tulip Festival on another weekend.
I greatly disliked everything about filing and paying taxes. It's a miserable and confusing process, made worse when we didn't get things explained well to us last year and were hit with unpleasant surprises when it came to city taxes.
Something Accomplished
Our church participated in a big service weekend, and hubby and I helped on the team that served a meal at a church center one night, and on another team that collected donated groceries for the local food bank.
Something Improved Upon
I'm still working on my sleep habits from last month, with some successes there. Trying to improve upon my meal planning system as well.
I'm hoping that having new glasses specifically for reading and looking at the computer screen will reduce the discomfort from strained or tired eyes.
Something Noticed (In our Lives or Around Town)
Jemima Puddle-Duck has been patiently sitting her eggs for a couple weeks now - all ten of them! We've noticed that she isn't scared of us, really, and she does have a nice spot right near our door. We're hoping to see ducklings soon!
Something Read
I finished and reviewed:
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright
Here are the books I'm currently reading:
Wimpy Weak and Woke by John L. Cooper
Silencing the Siren (Ever After Mysteries) by Denise L. Barela
Voice of the Ancient by Connilyn Cossette
What's Coming Up Soon?
We're planning to go to a baseball game with our son and his family this coming week, and I hope the weather will be good. It will be a great way to kick off May!
Just a couple more weeks of co-op class and then I guess I'll close the books on my tutoring "career". I will definitely miss teaching, but it wasn't the same doing it virtually anyway. It will make my work schedule the same every weekday, and I am planning to start a half hour later each day, once I don't have to make up that Thursday morning time every week.
We are planning a trip to Maryland for Memorial Day weekend, and hopefully a trip out to the northwest soon to spend a weekend with friends from our Calgary days. Don't have anything firmed up for that yet, but we are working on it.
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Wow! Look at all the food that was donated; that's wonderful.. I know most food pantries are really struggling right now with more families needing help and fewer donations due to the rising costs of food. May sounds like it should be a good month for you with family and friends.
ReplyDeleteI think doing the food drive reminded our church people that there's a food pantry locally that needs our support and hopefully some of us will make it a more regular thing to help out. Yes, overall I'm looking forward to seeing loved ones in may! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
DeleteVoice of the Ancient is a really good book.Hope you’ll be able to get some pictures of the baby ducks. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI've loved all of Cossette's previous books, and I'm loving this one too! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
DeleteLove the bird pictures! We are big bird nerds at our house and we're loving seeing all the lovely nesting birds out and about this time of year. My sister and her boys even found a mallard nest under a gazebo at the local park with 13 eggs in it!
ReplyDeleteI love birdwatching, though I pretty much have to go on the nature walks in order to see most varieties. We have sparrows, cardinals, and finches at the feeder, but they tend to come when I'm at work! We're loving our momma duck neighbor with her nest right at our front door! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
DeleteI hope both of your trips work out for you. Can't wait to see the duck babies.
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to those ducklings! Any day now, I think! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
DeleteI enjoyed Jaime's book, but it was not my favorite of hers. I have Night Falls on Predicament Avenue to read and then I will be all caught up on her books again! Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read that one either, but I do enjoy her style and want to read more. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
DeleteWe volunteer at a men's shelter. My husband will talk those guys' ears off! He really enjoys that part of it. I have been reading a book about Truman Capote. Other than that, I've been blogging and dreaming of what to plant in my pots.
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