Day 149: Odds and Ends

Posted on 08/09/2020 by chick
  • I am reading The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell. I’m about a fifth of the way through, and so far it’s good, but it’s not suiting my mood. Consequently I’m not sure what to do with it. If I stop reading now, there’s a good chance I’ll never pick it up again. If I keep reading it, I might get bogged down.
  • I seem to have finally reached the end of my book spree. That is, there are no books en route or on hold at the library. Each of the kids has enough books to keep them busy for a while. I have enough to keep myself busy indefinitely.
  • Of the books I acquired during the spree, I have read nine. When I told my husband that, he said, “That’s pretty good, but how many did you buy?” “Only ten,” I joked. I don’t actually know how many I bought, but it had to have been at least 50. It will be interesting to see how many of them I can read by the end of the year, but that’s not what really matters to me. What matters is that, during a difficult time, I supported book stores, gave my kids and me things to look forward to, and to the extent that I could, also supported my library. I have no regrets.
  • Last night was another family movie night. We watched Captain Marvel. We all gave it a thumb’s-up.
  • Two movie nights in a row meant two nights of popcorn. We don’t have popcorn bowls, so we used a collection of mixing bowls and dutch ovens, most of which were larger than needed and which didn’t want to fit into the dishwasher together. I’ve always thought that popcorn bowls were a silly extravagance. Now that I have two kids who won’t share and who insist that they get equal amounts of everything, maybe popcorn bowls would be a good idea, and I haven’t used up all the silly extravagances that I’ve earned in life. But I’m done with clutter, so I’m not buying anything until I’ve figured out exactly what I do and do not need in my kitchen.
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