Book purge

I guess it has been a bit since I shipped out some books, as the stacks are growing and I am about to choke on them.

So, put your bids in and I will ship out some books to you!

The Keepsake--Tess Gerritsen. This one is brand new and it was really good.

Fresh Kills by Bill Loehfelm. New author to me, it was pretty good.

Rogue by Danielle Steel. I quit reading her years ago when she was so predictable that I could havc written it for her. It is a cute book, but just like all her others.

The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman. All her stuff is good, I liked this one too.
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The Hollow by Nora Roberts--this is part of the series about some old demon that comes back to haunt a small group of people.

High Noon by Nora Roberts. This is not one of her weird ones, pretty good thriller stuff.

Shadow of Power by Steve Martini. I love me some Steve Martini and this one is as good as the rest of them

Executive Privilege by Philip Margolin. This was really good.

So leave me a comment and a way to contact you, and I will send you which ever ones you want.
Getting rid of this will give me more space on the nite stand for the remote control!

This and that and some other-and a Book

Here is some shocking news---yesterday afternoon, I took a 15 minute break from work (well I might as well since I am assumed to take a one hour lunch whether I did or not and had not had one yet), and ran to the gym to lift some weights. Yeah, I know 10 minutes serves no purpose, except it got me out of there to take out my aggression on something besides myself and anyone who will listen to me, and it got me in the gym for the first time. Go me!

I needed some animal therapy by the time I got home from work last nite, after all the stress and misery of my week. I did not get here until 6:30 or so and Boce keeps sneaking in the door, so I let him stay in for a while to be friends and wait for Barry to get home. It did not work though, since as soon as he gave up looking for more food and decided to lay down, Simba sniffed him and for some reason it really pissed him off and he launched off into a tirade for 10 minutes. After the week I have had, I did not have it in me to listen to the drama of yet another fat ass complaining about his circumstances. Out he went.

Barry showed up from his week in Kentucky or wherever he was at about 7:30---and I had the big idea to make some soup for his arrival home. It was going to be some sort of hit and miss plan I had, but I bought all the stuff---and then he got home so much earlier than I anticipated and I was caught up in the internetz, and it did not happen. Big failure for the wife on that one--then again, he probably would have wondered what I had done to be attempting to cook for him.

This morning our first project was to run by the vet to get Simba's meds then go look at some hay, which turned out to be at the house where some family friends lived when I was growing up. I had not been there in probably 17 years. This place is really my dream place, and to know it is for sale right now sure did give me a little thrill. Then I remembered that I already have two properties, and with 4 jobs, I could never afford this place. It is truly beautiful and it was nice to be back there.
The owners have/are relocating out of State and have sold all their horses except this one, a 23 year old gelding who is the perfect family horse. He has years and years of experience toting young children, trail riding, showing, and just being a good citizen. I told him I would spread the word on him, as this is just the kind of horse people are always looking for and can never find.
If I had a kid, I would snap this dude up in a heart beat. If anyone is looking for the perfect kid horse who is sound and sane as he can be, with the perfect temperament, get in touch with me and I will hook you up.
Because he is not used to living along, the neighbor sent over a mare to be his friend. She is enjoying her time not as low man on the totem pole and is so content--she wanted to be with us the whole time, but made sure to keep her eye on her new friend the whole time. It is a win/win situation for everyone.
It made me happy to know that these people are taking such good care of their boy, that they got him a friend.

After that we went to WalMart for basics, and I always get worn out there. Now that they have remodeled, I cannot find the freaking potato chips--and I do not know why I care since you know they won't have the Reduced Fat Ruffles anyway. But what if they come back? And I will never know because now the towels are where the chips are supposed to be. I cannot take that kind of stress. I did discover some new flavor of ham in the deli--honey cinnamon. Whose big idea was it to put cinnamon on ham? How long has this been going on, I ask you? I do love me some good ham, which is kind of funny since I also love me my pet pig who is also ham, but that is how I roll--just a bundle of contradictions, aren't I?

I did however break down and buy the first of the Twilight books---I feel like an idiot being the only one who has not read them, especially since I also did not read any Harry Potter, nor am I about to.
We came home from there, and of all insane things, I COOKED lunch. I made spaghetti. I am not a fan of sketti but Barry is, so I cooked it up with some meat and mushroom sauce. Who am I all of a sudden?

I can tell you that all that domesticity kicked my ass. I did not get much sleep last nite so I decided to take a nap--naps are some of my very favorite things. Reading a good book to lead into a nap is one of my favorite things.
There is never any sleeping alone around here--which is why I was up until 3:30 am last nite (Tequila kept farting in my face while I watched TV so I had to search for a dog free zone to get to sleep). Today, since I was particularly serious about my nap, Slater got tapped for the nap---this is how he likes to sleep---upside down and flopped over on top of me.
Thus started a nap I needed so bad that I slept almost three hours without even turning over in bed, I was so tired. Even Slater's snoring did not interrupt me.

The best part was that when I woke up, Barry had moved hay at the farm, fed everyone, put Grandpa's winter coat on him since it is cold and ugly and flipped a load of laundry for. Can you imagine how nice it was to have things happen while you are sleeping?

We then went to a movie--we saw Zack and Miri Make a Porno and laughed our fool heads off, it was really funny.


I have a new book to give away....somehow I ended up with two copies of this---I already read it and either gave it away or lost it, but it was a good book. I will send it out to the first person who requests it----"It only Takes a Moment" by Mary Jane Clark.

Hope you all are having a great weekend...I am trying to talk myself down from this stress by focusing on other things, like some volunteer opportunities. The best way to get happier is to focus on doing for someone else---its good karma, I think. Do any of you have any projects like that you are involved in?

Book swap #6

I have more books to offer up for a new home---

On my desk today is "Love the One you are With" by Emily Griffin. It is a cute book, about a newlywed couple. Vacation reading, kind of.

"Lie Down with the Devil" by Linda Barnes. This is about a PI named Carlotta Carlyle, part of a series, but I had never read any of the others and do not feel like I missed anything. It has some good killing and I did not figure out the mystery on page 4 like I usually do.

"The Front" by Patricia Cornwell. Not her best work, but I still like her.

Let me know who wants what and out they will go. I have a few more to list at home as well.

I knew it could not last

All my productivity is going down the drain

I retrieved the hair samples for DNA on Gypsy from the Gator (whose starter is not sounding healthy by the way). Now I cannot find the DNA kit. I was so careful with it too. I swear that is the story of my life.

I also got all ready to send the camera in, and the place that carries the warranty--that you have to call-is closed until tomorrow. They cite holidays, but I sure do not know what holiday it is. I am ready though for tomorrow--even have the box out to pack it in. Skeery

Barry has lost his phone which mostly means he is almost comatose. And it is not a personal phone so that he could just go to the store and get a new one--it is his work phone. So he has to get it all cleared with his work to have it dealt with. He is awaiting the call that Brant's wife has foaled--she was to be induced this morning, I think, with a girl baby to be called Izzy. Guess he will keep waiting since he had no phone. He is worse than a girl with his phone, so I hope this does not continue for very long. I cannot take the moping, you would think his dog died. Woops, I should never say that around this joint

Tequila had an accident in the house last nite. Other than when she was on steroids for her injury, that has never happened. I thought she was acting weird this morning too, and when I emailed Barry on it, he said she would not get up and would not look at him either. So something is going on there. Of course it is.

I am getting ready to make another post office run to ship books out--probably tomorrow. There are still a few that are unclaimed, and I will go right now to update all the book swap posts so you can see which ones are still available and put in your requests.

Then I am cleaning my office to see what else is lost up in here.

Book Swap #4

I guess I already read these, they were on the top of the many stacks of books in the kitchen.

"Stranger in Paradise" Robert B Parker. This is one of the Jesse Stone series. I think they ruined his character for me forever when they made the Magnum PI guy play him in a movie. Still good books though. This is one that just came out this year. TAKEN

And

"Death Walked In" by Carolyn Hart, one of the "Death on Demand" series, of which there are 9 jillion, but they are not reliant on each other mostly. This is a 2008 book, in case that helps you figure out if you already read it. STILL AVAILABLE

GO! Claim your books girls!

Book offering #3

I just finished a book by an author I have not read before, Carolyn Haines. This one is called "WishBones" and is the 7th in a series about Sara Booth Delaney, a private eye in Mississippi. Obviously I have not read the previous ones, but this one is about her acting in a movie and solving a mystery on the side. STILL AVAILABLE

It is kind of a silly book, so it is an easy read. I read it before my nap today, and just finished it tonight.

I also have a copy of James Patterson's "You've been Warned" that needs a new home. TAKEN

Book List

I finished Tribute by Nora Roberts last nite. Very cute book. TAKEN

Who wants it? Leave me a comment if you want it and I will ship it out.

This is kind of fun, giving my books away

In which I try to dispose of some books

I do not know about you people, but I have a reading problem. I read all the time, while I eat, while I watch TV, while I take a bath, while I hang out in the pool--I even read while I drive. Scratch that, pretend I did not say that.

I do not think I have ever ridden on a horse, but it is just a matter of time.

The down side is that there are so many books in this house that we are forever tripping over them. I box them up weekly but that is still not fast enough to get rid of all the books.

So here is my idea. If you people read, and can tolerate the kind of drivel that I read, I want to pawn my books off on you. I figured I would just post the name of the book I just finished and whoever wants it can speak up and it will shortly arrive in your mailbox.

Any one interested in such a thing?

The books I have finished this week are:

The Vanishing by Bentley Little TAKEN
The Potluck Club by Linda Evans Shepard and Eva Marie Everson STILL AVAILABLE
7th Heaven by James Patterson TAKEN
Hide and Seek by Fern Michaels TAKEN
Below the Surface by Karen Harper TAKEN

Ok maybe those are not the ones I read this week as some are a few months old if not more---but those are the ones on the table closest to where I sit.

Any takers?