2 More Books

I finished signature of all things recently it was not really my favorite book but I stuck with it mostly because I abandoned like 45 books before this one.  I have much preferred some of Elizabeth Gilbert’s other books before this one.  Some of this one was really graphic.

And before that I read and finished this Christmas book Apple Cider Sleighing, it was really corny and not my type of book at all but it was a quick read and somehow I got thru it. 

So that’s two more for my 12 I counted up my good reads totals for 2022 which I think is 7.  Which all told is not really great but I am considering it a win because honestly I have literally started like 75 books I have not finished yet.

1200 Miles September

September I had 108.8 miles.  It was a pretty good month.  And I am now at 892.7 miles towards my 1200 goal.  I am hoping with the better weather and the many activities in October to make up some ground but its questionable if I will make 1200.

Football

My kids are both involved with our local peewee football all league Jones plays and thea is a cheerleader.  This consumes up soooo much of our evenings and weekends from like end of July on into October.  

They both love it so much.  It’s been a great way for them to form close bonds with their friends as well as meet new people.  In addition they are learning sportsmanship.  This season thea is cheering for a winning team and poor Jones’s team has been struggling they have had only one win and that was when We had rona.  

1200 miles Update July/August

In July I had 110.7 miles in August 81.  In August we also got Covid - blah.  September is back on track to be a bigger month already so hopefully I can make up some ground. Onward.

(Photo is unrated but from a weekend trip to Kings Island with a bunch of friends )

Book 4 - Slaughter House five

This was my pool read this summer.  And I was delighted to read at the pool this summer but I also found reading competing with socializing with many friends who we’d run into at the pool so this short book literally took me all summer to read and I barely finished it.  It wasn’t my favorite book, but I got it in the little free library and Kurt Vonnegut is from Indiana.  So it goes.  

27 - someplace new

Technically I have been to Pittsburgh before, but honestly I remembered like nothing.  So I am considering this “new”.

I took the kids on a trip just by myself.  Pittsburgh is not terribly far from us and actually the drive is very much like 1/2 the drive to DC.  

Each day we each picked things we wanted to do (from a list/or within reason), and we did that.  There were a few snafus like that “bicycle heaven” was more than a few minutes away, we got twisted around driving, and showed up to a historical site that was closed. 

But otherwise everyone got to have a little of the things they like and we had many fun adventures.  

One surprising thing that happened twice was screenprinting.  Warhol is from Pittsburgh and apparently we kept going places where randomly screen printing workshops were happening and we got to try it. My kids both enjoyed it and recommended we get our own speedball paint, pizza oven and screen.

1200 miles - June Update

In June I bought myself a new Apple Watch.  So the last few days of June which were crazy busy I did start resuming my 1,200 miles goal.  In June I logged a measley 25.9 miles.  Not impressive in the least bit but considering it was just 7 days of tracking that’s reasonable.  

This takes me to the grand total of 511.2 miles for the year.  Onward and upward towards this goal.  

(Photo unrelated but from our Kings Island trip in June).  

15 Visit JJ and Rob

Do you remember back to May? 

Ya me neither.  Lol

The last few months have Just zoomed past we have been so busy with camps, and friends and trips and fun!

But waaaay back in May we took a short trip to DC to see uncle JJ graduate from GWU.  It was a fun adventure.  

While there we got to go to a new Smithsonian exhibit, the hirshorn and visit several cookie destinations.  Oh and we got to see auntie Kelly, uncle Andrew and Auntie Sarah too.  Delightful adventures were had it was the perfect short trip.  

45 - The Wilds

Thea is a big fan of secrets of the zoo.  Part of it features the the wilds which is in Ohio.  This summer is the summer of our “short” trips and so when I decided to take my kids to Pittsburgh I saw that the wilds was like of on the way.   So we made it happen.  You can use the zoo reciprocal benefit for 1/2 price tickets which makes them reasonable.  The conservation park is the largest one in North America and it’s really very large.  We enjoyed it and out your guard was great.  Also to Thea’s delight she saw several animals from Secret of the Zoo as well as Kurt one of the zookeepers did from the show. 

Book 3 - The Last Garden In England

I have started soooooo many books in the last few months I actually just made myself finish this one.  This one i even read as an audio book.  the Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly was not really my favorite book it was a bit hard to follow because it’s following several womens stories and I kept being confused which women it was following and which time period it was.  But I made myself finish it.  Their stories kind of came together at the end.  I did enjoy the bits about the gardens I want to look more into English gardens.