Monday, August 26, 2013

It's Monday......again....

LOL - this is pretty much how I spent my weekend - napping.  
Well, the second week of work/school is over.  It was actually the first full week of work, the first week was only a two day week.  I like starting off with only two days, it's not such a shock to the system.
My grandson, who spends the weekends with us since his daddy lives with us - told me last Saturday:   "oh no, Gramma!  I forgot to go to school today!".
I explained how school goes from Monday to Friday, and that he and his teacher gets two days off every week.  Boy was he relieved.  ;)
My granddaughter now - my son in law said that one day my daughter came home with a very worried look on her face.  Apparently Liliana had told her that first grade was very hard.  So of course, my daughter started worrying that Liliana was having a hard time with the classwork.  When her daddy talked to her, he asked her what was so hard about it.  "It's very hard to find time to play with all my friends.  They all want me to play with them at the same time, but they don't all want to play with each other."
That's tough - and at the same time it was a relief that it wasn't the school work that was hard, but the social juggling.
Be glad you have friend, little one - be glad.

It's Book Time...
Hosted by Sheila of Book Journey, this is the meme where we get together and see what everyone has been reading - and where we tend to add to our wish lists....
Anyway - here's the thing...I didn't get a whole lot of reading done.  Work, grandkids, tired, the dog, you name it.  It all came first....and then of course the stupid farmville 2, which I've become obsessed with.  Used to be Castleville, but now whenever I try to play it, the game crashes - every three minutes.  So Farmville 2.

The one novel I managed to finish reading was...

Life on the Preservation 
A very strange and interesting SciFi novel.
Inside this dome, people are reliving October 5, 2013 over and over.....or are they?
Outside the dome, people are dying a slow death by disease.  Sounds like a depressing novel, doesn't it?  But it isn't as depressing as it sounds, it was interesting and different.

I am still reading


Velva Jean Learns to Drive
about a young girl growing up in the mountains in the 1930 and 1940's.  It's interesting, and told in first person from the pov of first the young girl, and then the young woman as she grows.

I have so many other books that I've started through out the year, that when I finish Velva Jean, I'm going to try to focus on one of them.  It's just that sometimes you're in the mood for a specific writing style, and sometimes you're not.  My mind cannot seem to settle on anything lately - I blame it on my age, or aging....or that period of peri-menopause.  sometimes I just want to close my eyes and listen to music, only I don't have a good music system in my house....  I need some speakers.  Some good ones,   some that make my ears bleed and my chest pound!  Know what I mean?  I want to FEEL the music.  :)

14 comments:

  1. I love the stories about your grandchildren! Adorable!

    Here's my It's Monday!

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    1. LOL - I might be a little obsessed with them. But I get the weirdest feeling that I'm only going to get these two, and out of four of my own kids, to only end up with two....hmmmm. Hell, I made my mom a grandma four times, she now has 9 grandchildren. She didn't even want to be a grandma...and I do, and get two. (pouting bigtime now....LOL) Really, I'm very appreciative of my two little grandchildren. If that's all I get, than that's it. :)

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  2. Napping is always a good thing. Since work starts for me today, napping will have to wait for weekends though. Come see my Monday Report if you get a chance. Have a great week!

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    1. Hell,I just might start napping after work....but it's weird to nap at 6 p.m., though I've done it. :)

      Hope you have a good work day

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  3. That's too cute about your grandkids. My daughter starts 4th grade next week and I have to start preparing my son for kindergarten. Like full time, we've worked here and there but wants nothing to do with ABC's and 123's. I'm kinda freaking out but I have a year so I can do this.

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    1. How about some of those online games for preschoolers? they do a lot with ABC and numbers. My grandkids learned a lot that way, just by playing on the internet. Kid sites. Nick Jr and Sprout

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    2. I'll give it a shot! He plays on PBS Kids and Disney Junior now. Thanks!

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    3. My granddaughter still loves Disney Jr. She also enjoyed the PBS site - used to do the art page, even when it became super easy for her.

      :)

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  4. I just pinned Velma Jean. Looks interesting.

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    1. Do you do Pinterest? I have an account but I don't know what the heck I'm doing over there.

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  5. Velva Jean Learns to drive sounds good. That conga line has me in stitches. I am so glad that you posted that. :)
    What I'm Reading...

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    1. I love those cat pics with captions. I do some, but that one isn't one of mine. It's great when a picture can make you laugh isn't it?

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  6. Your grandchildren are just the cutest! I like the sound of Life on the Preservation, my type of read. Have a great week and happy reading :)

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    1. Thanks - I think so. Of course, I'm biased, but they seem to say some of the damndest things. :)

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