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This is the weekend for Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon and I’ve made a small pile to choose from mostly from books already on my shelves.  I can’t wait to start at 8 am on Saturday morning.  Is anyone joining me?

1.Small Great Things by Picoult was our book club read this month and the discussion has come and gone but I still have 100 pages left.

2. Wonder by Palacio was supposed to be the first book I read this year, but I got to 80 pages and stalled out.  I want to finish.

3.Kathy Smith’s Getting Better All the Time by Smith has been on my shelves since I started keeping track in 2008!

4.Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Vreeland is short and my library had the playaway so I can take turns listening and reading.

5. Water Tales by Hoffman contains 2 novels with the total number of pages being less than 200 so it’s perfect for the read-a-thon.

6. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Choldenko is one I’ve been wanting to read for a while and I have the book and playaway.

7. Devil in Spring by Kleypas is the third in a series I’m reading and the audio will be great for when my eyes need a rest.

8. The Art of Friendship by Horchow looks like a great book to read bits throughout the day.

9. The Hanging Tree by Cash is just too short at 74 pages not to throw into the reading pile.

10. Charlie St. Cloud by Sherwood is by an author I like and I read the first few chapters yesterday and am anxious to continue!

I think I’ve got a fairly varied stack, but as always, will also be reconstructing my wall of unread books for the 11th time, so my choices could change as I touch all of those yummy books 🙂

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I’m never a fan of the villain in movies, books, or real life, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not memorable.  Here are some that have stuck with me in the movies I’ve seen.

1. Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs
2. John Doe in Seven
3. Dr. Szell in Marathon Man 
4. Max Cady in Cape Fear
5. Evil Queen in Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
6. Alex DeLarge in A Clockork Orange
7. Patrick Bateman in American Psycho 
8. Alien from Alien
9. Commodus from Gladiator
10. Vincent from Collateral

Do you have one that stands out in memory?

 

 

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I’m back with another highly subjective list!  There are so many places we’ve been around the country, but also so many places we haven’t, and I can only choose places I’ve been so feel free to recommend future trips!  The pics are mine 🙂

1. New York City.  Jason and I had visited a few times before we lived in midtown Manhattan from May – October 2000.  We go back as much as we can, next trip June.  I love the energy.
2. Washington D.C.  Jason and I met when we were both living in the DC area and lived there for 3 years (1995-1998).  I’d move back in a heartbeat if the opportunity arose. So much history and so much to do.
3. San Francisco, California.  I’ve been there twice, once in my 20’s and once in my 30’s and loved the coastal city both times.  Beautiful and charming.
4. New Orleans, Louisiana.  One visit in high school (1987) was all it took to appreciate the charm and culture shock of this city.
5. Boston, Massachusetts.  We visited a few years ago and I fell in love with the history and vibe of the city.
6. Niagara Falls, New York.  One of my favorite places is standing under the Bridal Falls on the US side of the Falls.  After that I recommend heading across the border and spending the rest of your day on the Canadian side 🙂
7. Santa Monica, California. Or somewhere around there.  I lived in West LA in the summer of 1994 and loved the access to so many of the beach communities.
8. Kelleys Island, Ohio.  I love big cities, but we discovered a little 4 mile island on Lake Erie only an hour from Cleveland that enables us to disconnect and take a deep breath.
9. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  We’ve visited here a few times because it’s so close to home.  Love the big city museums, the water, and the smaller city feel.
10. A tie because I can’t make up my mind and I’m not wasting any more time one this 🙂  Burlington, Vermont, Denver, Colorado, or Houston, Texas.  What’s your vote?

What are your favorite US cities?

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As an only kid who was able to stay home by myself at a young age, I have watched my fair share of TV.  I don’t watch as much as I used to, but coming up with a top ten is going to be tough.  I’m staring at the paper where I came up with possibilities and there are 26. Let’s see what makes the final list.

1. General Hospital  – yes it’s a soap but I have watched this on and off since for over 30 years!
2. Seinfeld – still watch it every time I catch it.
3. Survivor – We’ve watched every season since the first.
4. Parenthood – love this family saga.
5. Gilmore Girls – wasn’t a huge fan of the latest Netflix installment but it was great to see the gang altogether again.
6. House – we never missed the drug addled doc.
7. NewsRadio – laughed so much.
8. The Middle – this is the last season and I’ll miss the Heck family.
9. Quantam Leap – no idea how this has aged, but it was a fave when I was a kid.
10. Bob Newhart in anything.  The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart back in the day.

What are a few of your favorites?

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Seven years of Gage posts and I’ve chosen ten of my favorites.  From the highs of first being a mother, to health scares and diagnoses, to watching my boy blossom.

1. Baby Gage’s Arrival

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2. Sundays with Gage – Ventilators, ICU, Medical Mystery and a Miracle

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3. Sundays with Gage – An Early Celebration 

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4. Sundays with Gage – A Day in the Life of My 3 Year-Old

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5. Sundays with Gage – A New Era

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6. Sundays with Gage – Autism One

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7.Sundays with Gage – Scopes, Stress & a Tip

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8.Sundays with Gage – Booklovers Advent Tree (we still do this every year)

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9.Sundays with Gage- A Mother/Son Reading Challenge (I love that we accomplished this together!)

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10. Sundays with Gage – Fly

 

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1. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
2. Ever After (1998)
3. Only You (1994)
4. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
5. The Proposal (2009)
6. Serendipity (2001)
7. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
8. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
9. Chocolat (2000)
10. An Affair to Remember (1957)

What’s your favorite romantic movie?

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It has been a crazy few days and I didn’t have time to finalize my quotes list, so you get this mishmash instead 🙂  I worked at our library book sale this morning for 4 hours and these are the first 10 books I found that had Qs on the cover.  Haha. This is the best I can do today within the parameters of the challenge.  Have you read any of these?

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I’s been a while since I posted about my love affair with Postcrossing.  Here are the fronts and backs of some of my favorites.  So far Gage and I have received 624 postcards from around the world.

1. from Germany
2. from Austria
3. from China
4. from India
5. from Israel
6. from Russia 
7. from Netherlands

8. from Finland

9.from Pakistan

10. from the United States

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There are an unlimited number of one-hit wonders when you start perusing lists, but these are the ones that stood out to me.  Pick your favorite and have a listen 🙂  Have a great morning!

1. Mickey  https://youtu.be/NW7VnHnX3LQ
2. Come on Eileen  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVxcwe7EcaY
3. 99 Luftballoons  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE
4. Tainted Love  https://youtu.be/WlV5AKdIGOQ
5. Play That Funky Music  https://youtu.be/N-Xfr-gc8Pc
6. Lady in Red   https://vimeo.com/82491561
7. Puttin’ on the Ritz   https://youtu.be/OG3PnQ3tgzY
8. It’s Raining Men   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E
9. Don’t Worry Be Happy   https://youtu.be/d-diB65scQU
10. Somebody’s Watching Me  https://youtu.be/7YvAYIJSSZY

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Have you noticed that there are lots of books with full names in titles.  I thought that this was recent trend, but when I looked through by books I realize that it’s not.  Here are 10 of the books that I’ve read.  Read through the list and then vote on which name you’d choose if you have to use it for the rest of your life.  Say, you had to go into the Witness Protection Program and only had these names to choose from  🙂

1. Jane Eyre
2. Bridget Jones
3. Eleanor Oliphant
4. Cee Cee Honeycutt
5. Lucy Barton
6. Harry Potter
7. Ethan Frome
8. Owen Meany
9. A.J. Fikry
10. Samuel Lake