Welcome to this week's Sunday/Monday Post. As usual, I will be linking up to:
Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
Mailbox Monday
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?
What a week. When I last checked in, I thought the worst of fiscal year end craziness was behind me at work.
I was wrong.
Almost every day this week, I got some last minute, drop everything and work on this request for me. And, either the way it was worded or the timing or the stress factor made them all take me longer than they should have. I really do not get it. Why can't these things be better planned out so they don't add as much stress. The worst was one where I had done the work only for the file it was in to have vanished. I'm not sure if it was accidentally deleted or was a victim of our new file storage system. I'm not a fan and will be going back to the old network location, at least for my files.
Hopefully, this coming week will be better. At least, I have my deadline met, so I will have time for any more fire drill requests. I wish I felt like people would learn from this and things would be better going forward, but I know they won't be.
Ok, deep breath.
Today is my friends' monthly game day. The one is December is always a big deal since it's Christmas. Really looking forward to it.
And, it's time to get serious about wrapping presents. I've been putting it off, but I can't do that much longer. At least all the presents are in the condo, so when I start, I can dive in and get it all done in a night or two.
Joke of the Week:
This Past Week on the Blog:
This Coming Week on the Blog:
Book Haul:
Just two books to tell you about again this week. And this will probably be in until Christmas. (Now watch, some books I'm interested in will go on sale this coming week.)
The first is Whine and Dine by Marc Jedel. It's the second in his Redwoods Country Mysteries. I'm planning to make it the first book I read for 2026. It's set up near where my family lives, so I'm hoping to at least start it when I'm home for Christmas.
If you haven't noticed, I rotate through some series/authors for my audiobooks. I went to get the next in one of those series to listen to coming home from Christmas, and discovered that none of the library systems I have access to have the book in audio format. I guess I'll have to read that book. I might even have it around the condo, although finding it would be a challenge. Anyway, I skipped ahead to the next author in the rotation, and fortunately, I was able to get that one. And that book? Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman, the first team up for his two characters, Leaphorn and Chee.
What I'm Currently Reading:
As I teased last week, I've been reading Christmas cozy mysteries this week. I've only got two this year.
I've finished the first, which was Home for the Homicides by Rosalie Spielman. It's the fourth in her series, and the fourth I've read this year. Given all that, I'm sure it will be no surprise to say I enjoyed it. I've got to get the review written since I am hoping/planning to review it this coming Thursday.
As is tradition, the final Christmas cozy of the year is Five Golden Wings by Donna Andrews. She releases a Christmas entry in her long running Meg Langslow series most years, and I save it to read during December. I'm currently about half way through and completely enjoying it.
That's it for me this week. Off to hopefully write a review or two before I leave for game day. Have a great week!
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