Friday, November 27, 2009

Friday Thoughts and Reading Weekend!


I woke up very early this morning, I'm not sure why. I think it may have been because Betsy was chasing Magoo all over the room and I was jumped on and run over 3 or 4 times! I have a hazy recollection of a cat landing on my chest and one running down my leg and then stepping on my head. Oh well! So I decided to read. And several hours went by. It was great! I thought about getting on the computer to check my mail and blog about reading for Thankfully Reading Weekend but I knew I would get sucked in to the blogosphere and be on-line for a while!

Sam and I and the kitties had a lovely, quiet Thanksgiving yesterday. We watched a little bit of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. There were some wonderful floats and performances...and a few weird ones like the large group that jumped rope. But they were good. We watched a short movie my husband wanted to see because the singer and song-writer, Maynard James Keenan, from one of his favorite bands, Tool, is in the movie. I also like Tool and Maynard is an interesting and very talented guy. The movie, Sleeping Dogs Lie, is a mystery story and it's good but could be better. It should be longer. The cool part was that I didn't recognize Maynard at all, even after Sam told me which character he was! I've seen him in a couple of other movies and he just disappears into the character he's playing, completely. It's pretty amazing. We also watched some of the Godfather I and II and played with the kitties. I read while Sam did a NY Times crossword. And we cooked, of course! Dinner was great and so filling. But when we were cleaning up we realized that we completely forgot about the stuffing, it was still in the Turkey! LOL Nice moronic move, uh?! lol We had a good laugh over that! Good thing we have lots of leftovers. Bob, Betsy, Magoo, Huxley and Dopey really liked the turkey. Jazzy, Hennessey, Sadie and some of the other visiting kitties didn't seem to care much for it.

As far as reading goes, this morning I read more of Double Take: A Memoir by Kevin Michael Connolly. I am almost finished this book. I also started Perfect Life by Jessica Shattuck can't decide if I like this book. I want to like it, but I'm not sure. There are 4 or 5 major characters and I think I might dislike 3 of them. Not good odds. But I want to see where the story goes so I'll keep reading.

16 comments:

  1. Sounds like a great way to spend a weekend!

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  2. I hope you had a wonderful holiday and hopefully the weekend will be nice as well as long as those kittens of yours let you sleep a little longer :)

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  3. My cats sometimes will wake me up that way too. :-) They've been relatively quiet today. We've all been lying on the bed, them napping and me reading. I am glad to hear you are getting in some reading today as well.

    It sounds like you had a nice Thanksgiving even with leaving the stuffing in the turkey. :-) Enjoy your weekend, Amy!

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  4. Yes, my white one likes to walk in a big circle on the bed when we wants us up, tromping on heads and feet. It sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving...I like the sound of all that reading!

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  5. Sound like a great Thanksgiving. I well remember having my head stepped on by my cats. Hoping you get more Thankfully Reading done.

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  6. So far my Thankfully Reading Weekend plans have been waylaid by house emergencies but I hope to get back on track today. Very funny story about the stuffing, but I for one think that leftover stuffing is WAY better than first night stuffing!

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  7. bermudaonion: I'm looking forward to it! I hope you have a great weekend! Thank you for visiting my blog.

    lilly: Thank you! The kitties let me sleep in a little bit this morning. When I woke up Bob was here, too which is always nice. Since we took him to the vet he's been a little standoff-ish. I guess he needed to be sure he could still trust us. So it was nice to have him here. I hope you have a very nice weekend & are feeling well!

    Literary feline: It sounds like you're having a nice weekend, getting in some reading and relaxing! I love those times when my husband and I and some of the kitties are lounging on the bed, some snoozing, some reading. That always makes me happy! Enjoy your weekend! Thank you for visiting :o)

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  8. Sandy: I guess most cats know how to wake up their humans when we are in bed! I hope you had a very nice Thanksgiving and get a chance to relax & read some this weekend! Thank you for stopping by :o)

    Beth F.: Hi, thank you for coming by! I am getting more reading done than I expected and fully enjoying it. I hope your cooking and listening is coming along! Have a wonderful weekend =o)

    Rhapsodyinbooks: I hope everything is okay and your house is doing well. Those are the "life interruptions" we cannot plan for. I hope the rest of your weekend is quiet and you find time to read and relax! Thank you for visiting me here, it's good to see you :o)

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  9. I'm glad you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My kitty Anni was also not so fond of the turkey left overs. She prefers the cheese from my pizza. I recently caught her licking the lid from my coffee ice cream container as well.
    It's great that you got so much reading done. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Wishing you, Sam and all the kitties all the best!

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  10. Sounds like a perfect way to spend a long weekend! We saw a bit of the Macy's parade but not the whole thing so I didn't see the jump ropers. Sounds kind of neat. My son (who is 5) loved the musical numbers -- especially Shrek. It would be fun to see that parade in person someday!

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  11. Oh I really like Maynard and Tool too (and A Perfect Circle). I'm going to look up that movie :)

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  12. Amy-hopefully I will get there in the next 6 months-I am consoling myself with the thought that the weather forecast is for a week of rain.
    I love cooking but I also find it very therapeutic and relaxing.

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  13. Sounds like you had a great weekend with Thankfully Reading. I thought it was fun!

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  14. What - no dog show viewing? I rooted really hard for the bull dog but the Scottie won. One of the family cats around us over the weekend watched with a wary eye.

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  15. Sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! Thanks so much for your note! :) I'm happy to be back to normal!

    Carey

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  16. Sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our kitties do know how to wake us up so we can fill their food dish, don't they?

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