Morning Meanderings… Friends Are Real Life Characters In Our Lives

Good Morning. I feel… exhausted. Not a good way to wake up… but there it is.  AND it has hung over me for a little over a month now.  Just a lot of stuff going on… some good, some bad, some sad… ARGH. Anyway – once again as I have trudged through these days I [...]

The Killing Of Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly

In the spring of 1865, after a long day of meetings, Abraham Lincoln alongside his wife Mary, took to the theater.  While Lincoln knew that he had a lot of enemies and had even thought there was a good chance he would be assassinated, he had no idea that his life was about to end. [...]

Morning Meanderings… Holy Distractions Batman

Good morning!  Happy Tuesday!    Yesterday I was trying so hard to stay focused on the Monday meme and visiting and it just wasn’t in me.  I would read a few blogs…. then wander away to other areas of the blogosphere.  I could not stay on task.  So what does a wandering Sheila do? Well [...]

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Hello and welcome to another fun addition of It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading? This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from! I love being a part of this and I [...]

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Somewhere in Britain, a man known only as “Jack” kills an unsuspecting family… all but one of the family dies.  The youngest, a toddler, slips away into the night and into a nearby graveyard where he is adopted by the ghostly inhabitants.  The toddler is named Nobody Owens, raised up by Mr. and Mrs. Owens, [...]

Morning Meanderings… Whats the next six weeks looking like

Good morning!  Happy Sunday! This morning Al (hubby) is leaving for a job in North Dakota for 6 weeks.  It’s crazy – but it’s also good. Our business we own is pretty much shut down every winter from now until March.  This is a bonus job he is doing with a friend. As for me… [...]

Bookish Gifts for Your Bookish Friends

It is that time of year  again when I start thinking of Christmas and the gift giving.  I love finding the perfect gift for people.  I know I appreciate a well thought out gift and find it funny when people say to me that they would not get me a book because of course I [...]

Morning Meanderings… A Bit of This and A Bit of That

Good morning! How is everyone surviving the Thanksgiving weekend?  Honestly I feel soooo behind.  I have had the best of intentions to post reviews the last few days and the fact is… I need to write them first.  My week has been busy with not only Thanksgiving prep and crazy hours of shopping, but also [...]

Morning Meanderings… What Crazy People Do on Thanksgiving

Good morning… Or for me…. that would be good night.  Yesterday was a super fab day.  Our youngest College son came home and spent the entire day with us, eating too much good food… watching movies, and playing board games. Then…. at 9:30 pm… we headed out into the cold Minnesota night to do what [...]

Morning Meanderings… Oh… Seriously?

  Good Morning And Happy Thanksgiving.  I feel like a grub monkey.  I have no idea what a grub monkey is, but if there was a picture of one in the dictionary… I am pretty sure it would look like me right now.    ANYWAY…. yesterday I received some sad news that kept me away [...]