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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317878) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 6 Jan

Good evening from cold and windy Green Bay, Wisconsin. I don't think we reached our high of 27 F. I've only seen 22 F and 24 F on the computer and on my phone. There's also been a brisk wind making it feel colder. Today was a...

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Back from a walk...

Stacey @xstitcher (32891) • Petaluma, California 6 Jan

Though I have no idea how many steps I have, as my step counter is acting up (won't open). I'll just keep carrying it with me, and hopefully it will decide to work (open) later today. I took a walk initially to...

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Plans for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317878) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 4 Jan

Good morning from another frigid day in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. It's 9F and feels like -15 F. Our high today will be 14 F. I'm going to need to dress warmly. Plans for today are simple. I have the Winter Market today. My...

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New year, new books

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (44860) • Staten Island, New York 3 Jan

New year. New books to read. I’m about to dive into a translation of a Russian classic: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. The novel is 817 pages long. How long will it take me to read this book? Hopefully no more than...

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Here we go again...

Stacey @xstitcher (32891) • Petaluma, California 2 Jan

Not a bad thing, but for me it's time to join the Goodreads challenge again. I haven't posted the first book that I plan to read, yet--but I hope to, soon. I posted a little less for my goal than I did last year,...

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Plans for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317878) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 2 Jan

With yesterday's successful start to the new year, what do I do to keep the memento going and make this day and year successful? Plan and keep to the plan. First, make it fun. If you can't have fun doing what you're doing. It's...

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Book Review: Hot Winter Nights by Jill Shalvis

patgalca @patgalca (18399) • Orangeville, Ontario 1 Jan

Most people wouldn't think of a Bad Santa case as the perfect Christmas gift. Then again, Molly Malone, office manager at Hunt Investigations, isn't most people, and she could really use a distraction from the fantasies she's been...

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2024 - What I'm Thankful for This Year

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317878) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 31 Dec

This year has been a good year in many ways. I have so much to be thankful for. I hope you do too. It's still 2024 in central United States. The east coast just entered 2025. So, I have time to tell you what I'm thankful for this...

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Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

patgalca @patgalca (18399) • Orangeville, Ontario 29 Dec

Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan, shop windows are decorated in red and green satin. Stella is standing alone outside a famous department store, when a charming man asks her opinion on the decor. It's a tragedy...

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I did it!

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (44860) • Staten Island, New York 29 Dec

I reached my reading goal for 2024. And I even surpassed it by one book. My goal was to read 75 books and I read 76. I actually didn’t think I’d make it but reading poetry books certainly helped. These books take less time to...

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2025 Goals and Plans

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317878) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 27 Dec

Soon we will say goodbye to 2024 and welcome 2025. It should be a good year. My daughter called a couple of days ago about a family vacation in Florida. My grandson, her youngest, initiated the vacation. They want to have it in...

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Book Review: Christmas on Reindeer Road by Debbie Mason

patgalca @patgalca (18399) • Orangeville, Ontario 22 Dec

Mallory Maitland knows all too well what it's like to feel abandoned, whifch is why she's sworn never to give up on her two stepsons - her late husband's children. But when the teens land in hot water, she's got a whole new...

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Good Morning

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317878) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 16 Dec

It's a beautiful morning in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Not because of the weather. There's no snow on the ground and the temp is in the high 30s for the moment. It's because of the game last night. When the Packers win, Green Bay...

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Book Review: My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis

patgalca @patgalca (18399) • Orangeville, Ontario 15 Dec

Bailey Moore has an agenda: Skiing in the Rockies, exploring castles in Europe, ballroom dancing in Argentina. Now that she has a second lease on life, she's determined not to miss a thing. What she doesn't realize is that item #1...

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14 December - What I'm Thankful For

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317878) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 14 Dec

Good evening from a mild, compared to the last two days, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. It's currently 33 F. The last two days we were in single digits with severe windchills. Today is a heatwave by comparison. It's also just started...

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Hope to get to my reading goal this year

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (44860) • Staten Island, New York 12 Dec

I’ve read 68 books so far this year. Once I finish three more books I borrowed from the library I’ll be at 71 books. My goal was to read 75 books by the end of the year. I hope I can do it as I’m so close. It will be a bummer...

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Book Review: The Magnolia Inn by Anne-Marie Meyer

patgalca @patgalca (18399) • Orangeville, Ontario 5 Dec

Book #1 in the Red Stiletto Book Club Series. Maggie: This is my start over moment. I'm 36. Recently divorced, and embarassingly unemployed. My only option is to prove myself to my mother - and really, to me - by fixing up the...

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Book Review: Tart by Katie Mettner

patgalca @patgalca (18399) • Orangeville, Ontario 30 Nov

My name is Bishop Halla, and I believe in love at first sight. The problem is, the woman I'm in love with doesn't. Amber Larson, the face of The Fluffy Cupcake, is the sweetest tart in the bakery case and I want nothing more than...

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Good Morning

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317878) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 28 Nov

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the United States and around the world celebrating today. I hope you all have a wonderful day. I enjoyed Thanksgiving yesterday with my son, his girlfriend, and my next-door neighbor. The...

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What do you think of my son's reading choices

Pitstop @pitstop (14235) • Australia 26 Nov

My son used to be an avid reader and now, at 14 years, his interest has dropped off with gaming and sports taking over. We dropped into the library on Friday and we wandered around and picked up these two books. He seems to like...

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