Of #Snow And #Audiobooks

 

The snow stayed longer than I expected.  It was lunch time before it melted.  I went to the door so Kelly could help me see some of it before it had time to fully melt in his hand.  It would have been nice to go out in it, butI got to see the snow as best as I could under the circumstances, which I was pleased about.

 

In other news: the audio version of “Pawfect Pet Poems” will hopefully soon be available for sale. In fact, it might already be.  It just finished going through the last of the checks it has to go through to be available for sale.  So, watch out for my official announcement post, or look for it on Audible, iTunes, and Amazon.

January 19th 2024 Random Ramblings

This year has so far gone about as well as possible.  I’m doing as well as I can be under the circumstances physically.  Let’s hope it stays that way for some time yet.

 

I’m really not sure what else to say.  Mostly my life revolves around medical stuff (I’m staying out of hospital, but have some phone and at home medical appointments happening).  But I am trying to get some other stuff happening in between – when I’m not too tired.

 

I’ve been reading a little.  I read a book called "Dragonbreeze" by Katrina Cope, which I got an advanced copy of, and am now slowly reading "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wyn Jones.

 

Plus, I binge-watched “The Big Bang Theory” and the rest of season one of “Wednesday” on Netflix.  Now I’m working my way through old “Critical Role” on YouTube, since I missed the first campaigne completely, and got way behind on the second one.  They’re now on their third campaigne, but I’m starting from the first campaigne, so have a long way to go to catch up.

 

Oh, and we got a light dusting of snow the other day.  There wasn’t much to it, and it didn’t stick around, but I felt it was better than nothing. Then we got another, slightly heavier, bit of snow yesterday, which is likely gone by the time you are reading this.

 

That’s about as exciting as things get around here right now.

 

Hope all is well with you, and you’re finding fun things to do.

Looking Back At 2023 And Ahead To 2024

Belated Happy New Year!

It’s that time of year, when people are reflecting on the past year, and looking ahead to the new one.

 

Last year was a tough year.  I lost my Mam in August, and found out two months later I’m dealing with liver failure myself now.  Not any easy thing to hear, especially after having watched your Mother go through it.

 

And the coming year will be dealing with whatever happens regarding my health.

 

Still, I’m trying to find those hygge moments where I can; I’m trying to find the joy in those little moments.  Despite pain, exhaustion, and general poor health.  And I’ll keep trying to embrace those hygge moments.

 

 

One way I’ve been doing this is with reading.

 

I’ve not been reading as much as is normal to me.  And – despite having been far ahead with it at one point – didn’t make my reading challenge goal.  But I did read several books, and enjoyed most of them a lot, which is the most important thing.  To see what I read this year, go to https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2023/9194956

 

 This year I'm setting a very low goal of just 12 books.  Because it would feel wrong not to set a Goodreads reading challenge goal, but I don't want to try and push myself too hard. 

 

How was your 2023? And do you have any goals for 2024? Or, perhaps, a word for the  year?

The rest of Yule & Christmas 2023

I got these Christmas cards after posting the other ones, so here they are:

 

 

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Among my gifts was this plush Santa Clause…

 

 

This decorative bell…

 

 

And a Lego advent calendar.  The calendar is Harry Potter themed, and we haven't put all the little kits from it together anyhow, but here are the holiday themed festive little kits from among them:

 

 

I also got more Lego, some new pyjamas, and a Harry Potter blanket.

 

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It was a pretty good Christmas.  Hope yours was too.