Update March 29, 2025

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Saturday

Saturday we were traveling. We got up at 6:30 and got to Aaron’s mom’s house at 3, 11 hours later. The kids were thrilled to see their grandparents. We also saw their aunt Eleanor.

Sunday

Sunday IL6 went to the park twice. Once with my mother-in-law and Aaron, and once with my mother-in-law, M12, and myself. I also got a letter written on Sunday.

D15 was feeling a little sick, but she still has a voice, unlike myself. I started to get a crackly voice on Friday night, then had a very gravely voice on Saturday. On Sunday, I was whispering after an initial, fading croak. I was hoping my voice would be back on Monday.

Monday

Monday my sister-in-law Kate came to visit with us. I still had no voice in the morning, so didn’t get much socializing in. My voice came back a little later in the day, so I was able to talk a bit.

Tuesday

Tuesday I spent a lot of time talking, happy to mostly have my voice back. IL6 and I baked a cake for D15’s 700th birthday. It was delicious.

Wednesday

Wednesday I spent 2 hours cross-stitching and finished up the eyes of my creeper. D15 and my mother-in-law went shoe shopping.

Thursday

Thursday, I concentrated on finishing my book this week (because I want to finish one book a week this year). I got a good amount of cross-stitch done as well. IL6 and I played with the toys. Aaron and I went out on a date. I took a nap after the date, and IL6 fell asleep for the night.

Friday

Friday I read a news magazine. Aaron played his online game. M12, my mother-in-law, Aaron, and I played Forbidden Island.

Week’s Photos

Reading to myself

Master of the Phantom Isle, by Brandon Mull
Witches of Eastwick, by John Updike
Thomas Cromwell, the Untold Story of Henry VIII’s Most Faithful Servant, by Tracy Borman
12 Major World Religions, by Jason Boyett
The Week: Which Way?

Reading to IL5

Mood Science, by Jim Benton
Stitchhead: The Spider’s Lair, by Guy Bass
The Pop of the Bumpy Mummy, by Troy Cummings

D14 reading

A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J Maas
Confessions of a Sociopath, by Patric Gagne

Media Completed

Franny decides her moods get in the way of her science. Her moods teach her a lesson.

Three witchy friends bond quickly with a new man in their town, but he turns out to be more than they can handle. I didn’t really like this book. It was well-written, I’ll grant Updike that, but it was very crude with no reward of an exciting plot to go with it. I found myself bored.