It’s the last Saturday of the month and the first one of the year! It’s time for the “bonus” Saturday post! I’m linking up with Jennifer from My Joyful Life. She hosts the link-up every last Saturday. Now, let’s get to what we are here for: some things I loved, some things that sustained me, …
Month: January 2026
It’s the last Friday of the month, and the first last Friday of the new year! Let’s see what my runfessions are for January:) I runfess… that running/training was going pretty good, until the ice storm moved in. It is what it is, though. I figure undertrained is better than a broken bone (or bones). …
It’s time for another Monthly Musing, and it’s the first one of 2026!! Today, we are here to muse about winter fun and Valentine’s Day. 1. Describe your winter so far in one word. Icy (considering what it currently looks like). I’m sure this will be a word that will stand for Winter ’25/’26 as …
Happy Wednesday, friends! It’s time for Joyce‘s Wednesday Hodgepodge linkup. Let’s do this!! Here are this week’s questions with my answers in italics. 1. I live in the south so we’re pretty much only talking about the weather right now. Give us a weather report from where you live. Does the kind of weather you’re …
It’s the last Wednesday of the month, so it’s time to link up with Shaeffer & Shay for What’s Up Wednesday! |What I’m Eating| Well, at the beginning of this week, we were eating whatever could be heated up on the gas stove, because we did not have power. Now, thankfully, we have power, so now it is whatever …
Our topic for this week is: bookish discoveries I made in 2025 (New-to-you authors you discovered, new genres you learned you liked, new bookish resources you found, friends you made, local bookshops you found, a book club you joined, etc.). I didn’t really make any new “discoveries” other than some new-to-me authors. I will list …
It was an icy weekend! This is posting on Tuesday afternoon because we were without power until around 8 pm Monday night, and without Internet until Tuesday afternoon. Friday Friday was spent doing laundry and prepping for the predicted ice storm! Saturday I knew the ice storm was headed in, so I didn’t even set …
Happy Wednesday, friends! It’s time for Joyce‘s Wednesday Hodgepodge linkup. Let’s do this!! Here are this week’s questions with my answers in italics. 1. Ice skating, skiing, sledding, snowshoeing, playing in the snow, or a snowy walk…which winter activity do you choose? Have you done any of these activities so far this winter? Snowshoeing, playing …
Our topic for this week is: Goals for 2026 (Bookish or not! Share your reading goals, personal goals, etc.) I will have a mixture of both. 1. Get my Storygraph up to date, and keep it up to date This was a goal in 2025, and I did pretty well for a short time, but …
It was a nice, relaxing weekend! Friday Friday was spent working to purge and organize my room more, and then relaxing and just enjoying being at home. Saturday I was up early, fed the cats, changed the sheets on the bed, and met a friend to run 8 miles. After my run, I ate breakfast …