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Hello everyone! It's that time of week again, that time to do an awesome "SHOW AND TELL" of the books I have been given, from authors, from publishers, I bought, borrowed, or received somehow, the library, a yard sale, or some way this past week! I LOVE showing books off like this! This is one of MY favorite posts to write!!
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Welcome everyone!
I feel bad this is SO late! My son moved in with us, and I'll take my son over anything!! I do feel VERY grateful! Even though he could be referred to as Pigpen from Charlie Brown's gang, I'll still take him! I love the kid! Kid? NO!! He's 19 now! A young adult already trying to make his way!! He and I tried to clean out the back room a bit for him, but with having to write this, I was stressing! I had to give this stress up to be able to help him, and we are still NOT done! We'll get there!
I hope you had a wonderful week!! I did! On Friday I went to the gym! I MADE IT!!! Yeah!!! Four MORE pounds OFF!!!! YES!!! I LOVE that scale!! LOL!!! You DO notice I ONLY love that scale ONLY when I DROP weight! LOL!!!!
I am STILL LOVINGGGGG TO SWIM!!! (This being the ONLY exercise I can do, it is EXACTLY what I want!!! I LOVEEEE this!!!) Seriously, even before Stiff Person Syndrome, I LOVED swimming! I STILL LOVE swimming! I love the feel of the water on my body, the way the water holds you so you can float, and what it feels like as you swim through the water! I love everything there is about it!
At the gym on Friday they did a Mannequin Challenge!! For those of you who do not know what that is, PLEASE go to YouTube and check it out!! My gym (the local YMCA) wants to TRY and get 1,000,000 hits!! I WILL be asking you to help us get the million hits AND TO "LIKE and SHARE" the video, PLEASE, once it's posted!!!!! I have NO DOUBT that next Sunday the video will be posted!! I JUST HOPE "I" was able to hold my pose long enough in the water!!! We won't know until AFTER they post the video!! Let's HOPE!!
One of the Lifeguards, Jeff, also approached me and suggested I do the 50 Mile Club!! He must be counting how many laps I do in a 1/2 hour! I've NEVER counted! Every 74 laps across the pool you make it equals one mile. I counted for about 20 minutes of swimming, and I swam 23 laps! NOT BAD! I'll take it! I AM going to do this Challenge! What a GREAT thing to achieve! 50 Miles of swimming, here I come!! I'm excited! Even a person with a disability like myself CAN do this! I LOVE it! Thanks, Jeff, our Lifeguard! He offered me this NEW Challenge! I'll keep you updated!
GIVEAWAYS:
Thankful for Cash Giveaway: NOW to 12-15/ends Thursday this week! Get your entries in (including myself!!) CLICK HERE!
Holiday $300 Cash Giveaway! NOW to 12-21! Enter today, too, by CLICKING HERE!
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SPECIALS THIS WEEK: SEVEN YEAR RULE by Alaina Stanford/Romantic Suspense! Only $2.99!
Reviews from last week will continue over to this week - PROMISE!!
BOOKS I RECEIVED FOR REVIEW: NONE RECEIVED THIS WEEK
BOOKS I BOUGHT FOR MY READING PLEASURE:
Everything We Keep, a novel, by Kerry Lonsdale
Welcome everyone!
I feel bad this is SO late! My son moved in with us, and I'll take my son over anything!! I do feel VERY grateful! Even though he could be referred to as Pigpen from Charlie Brown's gang, I'll still take him! I love the kid! Kid? NO!! He's 19 now! A young adult already trying to make his way!! He and I tried to clean out the back room a bit for him, but with having to write this, I was stressing! I had to give this stress up to be able to help him, and we are still NOT done! We'll get there!
I hope you had a wonderful week!! I did! On Friday I went to the gym! I MADE IT!!! Yeah!!! Four MORE pounds OFF!!!! YES!!! I LOVE that scale!! LOL!!! You DO notice I ONLY love that scale ONLY when I DROP weight! LOL!!!!
I am STILL LOVINGGGGG TO SWIM!!! (This being the ONLY exercise I can do, it is EXACTLY what I want!!! I LOVEEEE this!!!) Seriously, even before Stiff Person Syndrome, I LOVED swimming! I STILL LOVE swimming! I love the feel of the water on my body, the way the water holds you so you can float, and what it feels like as you swim through the water! I love everything there is about it!
At the gym on Friday they did a Mannequin Challenge!! For those of you who do not know what that is, PLEASE go to YouTube and check it out!! My gym (the local YMCA) wants to TRY and get 1,000,000 hits!! I WILL be asking you to help us get the million hits AND TO "LIKE and SHARE" the video, PLEASE, once it's posted!!!!! I have NO DOUBT that next Sunday the video will be posted!! I JUST HOPE "I" was able to hold my pose long enough in the water!!! We won't know until AFTER they post the video!! Let's HOPE!!
One of the Lifeguards, Jeff, also approached me and suggested I do the 50 Mile Club!! He must be counting how many laps I do in a 1/2 hour! I've NEVER counted! Every 74 laps across the pool you make it equals one mile. I counted for about 20 minutes of swimming, and I swam 23 laps! NOT BAD! I'll take it! I AM going to do this Challenge! What a GREAT thing to achieve! 50 Miles of swimming, here I come!! I'm excited! Even a person with a disability like myself CAN do this! I LOVE it! Thanks, Jeff, our Lifeguard! He offered me this NEW Challenge! I'll keep you updated!
GIVEAWAYS:
Thankful for Cash Giveaway: NOW to 12-15/ends Thursday this week! Get your entries in (including myself!!) CLICK HERE!
Holiday $300 Cash Giveaway! NOW to 12-21! Enter today, too, by CLICKING HERE!
***************************************************
SPECIALS THIS WEEK: SEVEN YEAR RULE by Alaina Stanford/Romantic Suspense! Only $2.99!
Reviews from last week will continue over to this week - PROMISE!!
BOOKS I RECEIVED FOR REVIEW: NONE RECEIVED THIS WEEK
BOOKS I BOUGHT FOR MY READING PLEASURE:
Everything We Keep, a novel, by Kerry Lonsdale
Everything, Everything, a novel, by nicola yoon
(I heard this book will be made into , and I will be the first in line too see it!! I realize that the book is ALWAYS better than the movie, so I HAD to buy it even tough this book is young adult!!
Birth of an American Gigolo by Deek Rhew
I met this author on Twitter. He has SUCH a GREAT sense of humor, when he tweeted he wrote THIS book, well, I HAD to get this 'one' to at leaast tryt it!! I truly believe I WILL enjoy this book!
That is all for this week!
Thanks for stopping by!
Laurie
(I heard this book will be made into , and I will be the first in line too see it!! I realize that the book is ALWAYS better than the movie, so I HAD to buy it even tough this book is young adult!!
I met this author on Twitter. He has SUCH a GREAT sense of humor, when he tweeted he wrote THIS book, well, I HAD to get this 'one' to at leaast tryt it!! I truly believe I WILL enjoy this book!
That is all for this week!
Thanks for stopping by!
Laurie
Everything We Keep looks like a great read. I've been reading The Boy and the Dolphin by Dick Schmidt which is such a great read as well. There are some great books out there to read to slow down the chaos of the season.
ReplyDeleteYes! They all look great, don't they! Each one has it's own merit it stands on!! This year I have not allowed the season to sidetrack me with my reading much at all, except in October I did read a few Christmas books, which was a nice start to the season!! I enjoyed that!! I have not read any Christmas books this December, though!! I'm not into Christmas this year, though! I did NOT put a tree up, even! LOL!!!!! I LOVE that I don't have to take it down! LOL!!!
DeleteHave a great one and so nice to see you here!!
Laurie