Monday, May 20, 2013

Monday, Monday (baaa daaaa, daaadadada) So good to me...(daaadaaaadadadada) All I hoped it would be.....yeah, right.

Unless you're a total music aficionado - if you're younger than 40 {and that might be pushing it} you won't know the lyrical references to this song - or the words in the post title;  or the tune...But for those of us born around 1960 or before, maybe a little after, you'll remember the tune, you might remember the lyrics and you will have heard of the Mamas and the Papas. For an oldie, it's a happy little song.  Not my usual sort, but the chorus is catchy.

I'm not really looking forward to a wonderful Monday - after all it's the beginning of another long work week.  However, it's also going to be my first physical therapy appt for my neck - which has been torturing me the last three or four weeks.  Hopefully, it will do some good - I AM looking forward to some neck relief - since the neck stiffness has added another dimension to my chronic pain, along with daily headaches...  So maybe they'll help me, though the pain is caused by bone spurs.  So not sure how p.t. is supposed to work with that.  I'm holding on to some hope anyway.  No Matter What!  So THERE, Monday! {yup - still not a fan of the Monday}

Monday also means time for It's Monday, What Are You Reading? hosted by Sheila at Book Journey....

The grandson pictured in my button above just turned five.  This picture is from when he was three, I believe.  He has a busy weekend - his dad took him to our town's Rose Parade.  Then his uncle and I took him for a day of shopping.  He had $45 dollars from his B-day to spend, and I had to do a little bit of shopping.  His shopping was way more fun than mine.  LOL.  He bought himself two pairs of b-ball style shorts, and at the third store we stopped at, finally picked out some toys.  He'd been so good about shopping, behaving and being all 'round pleasant during it all, that I chipped in the five bucks he was short. I figured he would have had it if he hadn't been responsible and spent his money on CLOTHES.  What five year old buys CLOTHES?  Good buys all around.  Then we watched a movie together.  Which was precious - he usually likes to spend his time with grandpa, dad or uncle - not gramma.  So the fact that he felt like laying on the couch with me and watching a movie was even more precious.

I didn't get a whole lot of reading done this week.  Between the pain, the headaches, new t.v. shows (So you think you can dance and Family Tools) and season finales, I had a hard time concentrating on reading.
I think I only finished one novel, and that one wasn't even a novel I was reading for myself.  it was a children's novel I was reading to a class and then couldn't stop reading it when library classes were over for the year....


What Came From The Stars
by Gary Schmidt
middle grade level 
Even though this is supposed to be for middle grade - the main character is in 6th grade, with a younger sister.  I was reading it to a group of third graders and they were enjoying it a lot - though some chapters were very difficult to understand, especially since it was peppered with words that seem to be completely MADE UP - it was another planet, after all.  But the chapters featuring Tommy and friends were captivating my audience.  And here we were at the end of a school year, no more library classes, and we hadn't been able to get through the book.  I've had this happen to me before, where we haven't been able to finish reading a book, but this is the first time I've felt compelled to take the book home and finish reading it on my own.  This was a very good book, with some suspenseful moments, some intense.
Book basics - on a planet far, far away, in a galaxy far, far away there is a race of people being over=run and destroyed by another race.  This planet has two sons, and their art is also their magic.  As a last ditch act of defiance, one last council man puts ALL the art of the people into a chain, a special chain and sends it through time, space, galaxies  - far away where it falls through the atmosphere and then the sky of earth into.....  Tommy Pepper's Ace Robotroid Adventure lunch box - a lunch box that is a little too young for him, but that his grandmother sent to him, so his father makes him use it...and thus begins a dangerous adventure where Tommy experiences the memories and talents of a people far away.  Tommy is also now in danger...

Other books I'm currently reading include:


Charlaine Harris' Dead Reckoning 
and a story by J.A. Campbell titled Brown Vs. the Martians featured in Science Fiction Trails.
I just received a copy of Science Fiction Trails, and started Brown's latest adventure.  Almost finished reading, and enjoying very much.  What isn't to love about "Canadians" and their blue blood?  

***None of the animal pics I used today were captioned by me - but they're funny as hell!***

16 comments:

  1. I do love the pictures you chose. I also love Charlaine Harris and have a book of hers in my plans. Come see my week. Happy reading!

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    1. One of the things I love the best about the internet is the funny captioned pics. So much humor out there.

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  2. I hear you. I let myself get distracted by tv shows. I was excited SYTYCD started last week. I'm reading THE Host by Stephenie Meyer.

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    1. LOL - took me a while to figure out what SYTYCD stood for - then I realized I had even watched the first episode this year. fun. Can't stand that woman's voice and laugh though. ugh.

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  3. Love all the pictures you added to this post - and you're positivity towards Monday :-) Hopefully your PT session went well too.

    Tanya Patrice
    Girlxoxo.com

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    1. It did - and learned how to do some minor traction at home - using a rope and a towel. cool.

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  4. Hahaha love the angry bird pic. Do hope you get some relief from physio, dealing with chronic pain is such a downer! But on the up side, your grandson is just the cutest! Hope your pain eases leading to a good week and good reading :)

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    1. Thanks - had some traction, pulling the head. Felt great. However - Ironically, when I woke up this morning, the neck didn't hurt as much as it had the past three week. The P.Therapist said it was like a physical therapy murphy's law. :)

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  5. Love the cover on What Came from the Stars....and I keep meaning to read something by Charlaine Harris.

    From your descriptions of your bookshelves, I had to laugh...that sounds like my place. Despite the background on my blog, which is my fantasy look, I do have shelves in all the rooms: the hallway, the bathroom, the living room, the dining room, the bedrooms...and even the pantry.

    Thanks for visiting my blog.

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    1. I think you might have me beat on the bookshelves...(though I do keep some books on a small stepstool in my bathroom - just in case, y'know?). :)

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  6. I hope the physical therapy does great things for your neck!
    I hear you about the tv - I think I will be doing a lot more reading once all of these shows wrap up for the summer. :) Have a fantastic week!

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    1. Here's to summer - and more time to read! :)

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  7. Now that's my kind of angry bird, ya know I've never played the app game? :) Hope you enjoy your reading this week. Here's my Monday post if you'd like to stop by.

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    1. I don't have an IPhone - or droid, or ...whatever. just regular phone. But I have tried to play angry birds one time on a friend's phone....didn't get very far. Made ME angry. ;)

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  8. The cover of What Came From the Stars is awesome!

    I hope the physical therapy works out for you, pain is no fun. :(

    I love SYTYCD!! I live about ten minutes from Detroit and I was sooo excited to see the Detroit episode!

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    1. I like it too - the show. But can't stand that one lady's voice...geez.... ;)

      Master chef is starting too....I like that show.

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