April 3rd's Sunday/Monday Posts

Hi all!  I'm happy to be back with another round of Sunday/Monday posts.  As I've been doing, I'll be participating in:

Sunday Salon
Sunday Post
Stacking the Shelves
Monday Mailbox
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

I know, I missed a week.  I was wrapping up a long-awaited family vacation to San Diego.  Well, the family vacation part was long-awaited.  We have tried a few times over the last few years, but things didn't work out for various reasons, including COVID, obviously.  We settled on San Diego a couple of months ago.  I was there with my parents, my brother, sister-in-law, niece, and nephew.  We found a wonderful place to stay right on the beach in Mission Beach.  We were definitely spoiled!  We did some sightseeing and just relaxed.  It was great.

And I've got to show off this painting I got.  It's painted on glass, so when the light comes in behind it, parts of it really light up.  Found a vendor who paints these one day when we were there, and I loved this painting, so I bought one.

This past week was back to work, unfortunately.  Real life is always so hard after a vacation, isn't it?  Plus, we started month end craziness this week.  But I survived.

Today, I bought some impatiens for my flower boxes.  Those who follow me on Instagram will see how they grow (or don't) over the next few months since I usually take pictures of the physical books I read with those flower boxes.  I do okay at keeping them alive, but there is a squirrel who likes to dig in the boxes to bury peanuts that people give him.  I found two peanuts in the shells when I was planting the flowers.  Hopefully, the squirrel repellent I have will keep him away.  And hopefully I remember to use it regularly enough that it does it's job.

Enough rambling.  Let's get to it, shall we?

This Past Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Disney Pin Review: Main Street Marvels
Monday - Book Review: Danger on the Atlantic by Erica Ruth Neubauer
Tuesday - Book Review: Three Shots to the Wind by Sherry Harris
Wednesday - Can't Wait Wednesday
Wednesday - Movie Review: Shooter
Thursday - March Reading Summary
Friday - Book Review: A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn Hart
Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

This Coming Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Book Review: Once Upon Another Time by James Riley
Monday - Ornament Review: Chewbacca miniature ornament
Tuesday - Book Review: Death in a Blackout by Jessica Ellicott
Wednesday - Movie Review: The Eternals
Thursday - Book Review: Murder in the Bowery by Victoria Thompson
Friday - Book Review: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

And I might stick a Can't Wait Wednesday and a Friday post in there, but we'll see how my week goes.

Book Haul from the Last Two Weeks:

I've had a couple of pre-orders come in over the last couple of weeks.  I'm actually surprised that Once Upon Another Time by James Riley already arrives.  It shipped a couple of weeks early since release day is this coming Tuesday.  But, since I had it early, I've read it, and I'll be reviewing it in just a couple of hours.

My other pre-order that arrived was Cheddar off Dead, the first in a Cheese Shop mystery series from Korina Moss.

Finally, I snagged a book during a Kindle sale today.  I'm very behind on Mary Marks's Quilting Mysteries, so I hadn't bought Knot Ready for Murder, the newest, yet.  But when I saw it on sale today for 99 cents, I snagged it.

What I'm Currently Reading:

I am approaching the middle of #FollowMe for Murder by Sarah E. Burr.  It's the first in a series about a social media influencer who gets involved in a murder mystery.  So far, I'm enjoying it.  The book came out a couple of months ago.  My target date for the review is 4/14.

I think that just about does it for me for this week.  Hope you have a good week.