Thursday, December 09, 2021

A Bring in the Old and the New Weekly Link Round-Up

 


I've got to get myself in gear and finish putting up my Christmas decorations. I've gone from Christmas Max to Christmas Lite, but in a way, I'm preferring this Lite version. In the Max edition, I pretty much put up the same things in the same way from year to year, but in the Lite version, I'm really enjoying changing things up. Even though I've downsized a great deal on how much Christmas stuff I have, I've still got plenty to "rotate stock" and to use old standbys in new ways. The only thing is... once I start thinking up new ways to decorate, it's almost impossible to shut off my brain. I really think I should have been a year-round Christmas decorator.

In other news, we have our new shower stall in the main bathroom, and every time I look at it, I feel as though it was stolen from some swanky hotel. Let me show you a photo before turning you loose on the links.

As you can tell, Denis took this photo before the shower doors were in place; otherwise, you never would have gotten such a good view of the interior. Ain't it pretty?

Enjoy the links!


►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄
 
►The Wanderer◄
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
 
►I ♥ Lists◄

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!

12 comments:

  1. Love that shower stall. Am green with envy.
    And you could open up a Christmas shop with all of your decorations. Glad you're enjoying Christmas-lite decorating.

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    1. I'm really enjoying it now that I'm done! *laughing*

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    2. Maybe your fan base could all fly in to take a shower in that beautiful room. (Yes, it's like a room.)

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  2. Oh, that shower is gorgeous, Cathy! I'm so glad it's done - it must be so nice to have it. And I don't blame you for downsizing the decorating; it allows you more flexibility (which is fun) and you don't have to do as much work. Thanks for the links, too! I have a lot to choose from this time. I want to see that cliff art. But that mosaic sounds irresistible!

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    1. I spend a lot less time on it, but that still meant six hours and an entire afternoon.

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  3. I have been doing Christmas lite the past 2 years and it has been both bittersweet and freeing. This year, I made sure I found all my favorites first! Snow today, not working--perfect day to read!

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    1. I've really been having fun playing around with new combinations of decorations.

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  4. The shower stall looks really nice! What a relief to have it done. Enjoy your Christmas decorating!

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    1. Denis and I have sworn off any more remodeling projects for the foreseeable future. For one thing... we have to get these paid for first!

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  5. The new shower looks really nice, Cathy. Congrats. We're done here with the new flooring with the exception of the baseboards replacement and painting...scheduled now for early January.

    I was wondering where all the "pandemic books" were hiding, but that Guardian link shows that here they come...not sure if I'm ready for them or not. May be a little to close to current reality yet. The only one I've read is Louise Erdrich's The Sentence, and as much as I liked that one, I still found myself wanting to escape from its pages a little more often than normal, I think. But seeing how future readers are going to learn about our pandemic via today's novels is certainly going to be interesting, so bring it on.

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    1. The only "pandemic novel" that I've read is Michael Connelly's The Dark Hours, and I really enjoyed how he incorporated it into his story.

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  6. Yes, another vote for The Dark Hours and Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch. So glad Connelly is featuring Renee Ballard.

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