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Weekly Wrap Up | 3/5/23

Aloha friends!

How was your first week of March in 2023? Ours went by pretty fast and in 5 days my kids start Spring Break and their dad comes home to visit. Yay! Honestly where has the time gone?! I got some reading done this week but there is an arc I might just DNF. I’m not feeling it so I’m not going to force myself to finish it. I can’t believe in 2 weeks my kids will be in their 4th quarter of school and that’s it – the school year will be over in 2+ months. 🤯

I’m doing better on the Tamoxifen. I give in to my naps – but at least it’s once a day now, I think my body has acclimated to the drug. I’m having some other effects from it, but hopefully my body adjusts to that also.

Today my kids have a Purim festival at their Sunday school so that should be fun.

By the way, how did I not have any book reviews posted this week? lol

Anyway I hope all of you have a good week ahead!

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Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

I’m DNF’ing Lies We Sing to the Sea because I am not in the mood for Greek Mythology at all.

Shows/Movies I Watched:

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

WWW Wednesday | 3/1/23

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

It is MARCH. Can you believe it? Meaning my kids are having spring break in 9 day and my husband comes home to visit in 10 days! Where has the time gone? By the way I am determined to finish Forestborn – it’s a book I started reading last year and put down because I had to finish up arcs, but it’s on my shelf near my desk, just staring at me and I told myself to read more books from my physical shelf. So I hope I can finish it this week!

What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 2/26/23

Aloha friends!

Ugh what a week. I’ve been dealing with the chronic fatigue that comes with taking Tamoxifen and it SUCKS really bad. For three days straight, I was napping before lunch time, wanted to nap after bringing my kids home from school and had to crash early for bed. How can I survive this for 5 years? Well I did cut back on a lot of caffeine because I was trying to get my blood pressure to perfect 120/80 but I did have to give in and started to add back a tad bit more caffeine in my day and it helped. I’m not drinking a whole cup of it – my heart can’t handle that anymore…but a few sips actually helped me stay awake all day! Thank god, because I was getting scared there for a moment…I have 2 kids, I can’t sleep the day away!

My husband does come back to visit in 2 weeks so the kids are excited, my daughter’s mood has been amazing since she found out he’s coming home for a little bit. It will be nice!

Anyway I hope all of you have a good week ahead!

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Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

Shows/Movies I Watched:

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

WWW Wednesday | 2/22/23

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

I think I got a lot of reading done this past weekend because my kids had a 4-day weekend and it rained all weekend also! So I was in the right mood to just sit down and read. I’ve been in a romance fantasy mood but also have to get through some arcs. Hope all of you are reading some good books!

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What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 2/19/23

Aloha friends!

My week started with a broken heart – the Eagles lost the super bowl but it made me love Jalen Hurts more, so I’m not totally bummed. It was a good game! Then Monday I had an appointment at the Cancer Center in town, and that was nerve-wracking only because I didn’t know what they would say about my risk…etc…plus I was on a time crunch and had to get back to my side of the island before my kids got let out of school. Anyway the appointment went very well – I am high risk, 31% chance of my lump turning into cancer in 10 years SO the plan is to monitor it VERY closely and I started Tamoxifen to help stop my cells from turning into cancer. I have to take it for 5 years and so far side effects are minimal but I’m only a few days in. I have hot flashes, and I did have a little bit of nausea the second night of taking it. But so far so good and I pray it does it’s job. I’m glad I caught this early and can go preventive medicine.

After that stressful beginning of the week, things tapered off and my kids are on a 4-day weekend. It’s been rainy so we’ve been mostly indoors but I don’t mind because I want to not drive anywhere this weekend or at least anywhere too far or drive all day. I just need a rest. And I’d love to read some books during that rest so yeah that was my week!

I hope all of you have a great week ahead!

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Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

Shows/Movies I Watched:

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

WWW Wednesday | 2/15/23

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

It was a tiring, emotional and busy start to this week so I didn’t get much reading done but I did get to finish books at least. I just now need to sit down and write the review posts after I get a really good night of 8 hours of sleep. Been having some anxiety but I’m looking forward to the massage I booked tomorrow! It’s long overdue self-care. So I think I’ll be in the reading mood again soon – I hope!

I did get the e-book for The Sweetest Betrayal. I’m in love with the cover and need it on my shelf!

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What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?

Weekly Wrap Up | 2/12/23

Aloha friends!

Today is the Super Bowl in the USA and the game will not have started when this posts but my family is rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles since my husband is from Philadelphia! The Kansas City Chiefs are a great opponent and their coach used to coach the Eagles so in a way we feel like we’ll be happy with whoever wins. I think having the Eagles win 5 years ago against Tom Brady and the Patriots took a lot of the edge off of my husband and me (he was such a bitter fan LOL…it was tough being married to him during football season 😆). I told him I’m his good luck charm because since he married me this is their second time going to the super bowl – woohoo! Anyway, my son isn’t a football fan so he’s whatever, my daughter loves to cheer the Eagles on and we’ll face time with my husband from the start to the end of the game so he can watch in Okinawa. I hope they win! If they don’t oh well, at least they got there, we weren’t expecting this year at all.

I got a few appointments done which is a relief. I was nervous about the one with the surgeon but since my lump is pre-cancerous I have a bunch of options! I can monitor it or get it removed. With my husband not here we had to discuss the options but my mom said she can totally stay with me and take care of me and the kids if I do the surgery – so I think I’ll do in the summer, after our Okinawa trip. I feel good about it – it’s a quick procedure, no overnight hospital stays involved and I should be after 1-2 weeks. Just in time to do back to school shopping. But we shall see, I have a few more appointments and consultations to go to before I make a final, FINAL decision on the surgery. And with that said – be sure to get your mammograms annually – so you can catch things like these early!

Can you believe we are pretty much at mid February?! It’s pretty wild to me. Anyway I hope all of you have a great week ahead!

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Books I Read:

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Currently Reading:

Shows/Movies I Watched:

  • Ginny & Georgia (Season 2 – Netflix)
  • NFL Football – today is the super bowl so I’m definitely watching since our team is playing!

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

WWW Wednesday | 2/8/23

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Hi everyone, well it’s another Wednesday and this is what I’m reading in. I’m working on a book from my physical shelf, one from my online library, a Netgalley arc, and a book from Kindle Unlimited. 😅 It’s a good balance! Hope you have a great rest of the week!

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Weekly Wrap Up | 2/5/23

Aloha friends!

Another week has gone by and it’s February – wow! I know this month is gonna go fast since it’s the shortest month of the year. I’m just trying to take it one week at a time. This past week was pretty much more of the same. I bought our tickets to Okinawa so that’s exciting. My parents will be coming with me and the kids so that will be fun and I’m grateful for the help on the plane and traveling a long way.

My husband is visiting us in 5 weeks and the kids are excited.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

  • Halloween horror background with spooky vines. Green branches and lantern with copyspace.

Shows/Movies I Watched:

  • Ginny & Georgia (Season 2 – Netflix)
  • NFL Football – the Philadelphia Eagles are going to the Super Bowl – which is the team we root for since my hubby is from there. Very exciting!

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

WWW Wednesday | 2/1/23

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Happy FEBRUARY! Are we really here right now in the second month of the year? January felt like it was so fast and yet slow too – weird, but if you know, you know. February is going to be filled with some doctor appointments and I’m excited for President’s Day weekend, just to get a break. I got only a few arcs due in February so I’ll start work on the ones due in March.

What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?

What are you reading right now?