Weekly Reads and Finds

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How are you all holding up? This week has been a wild ride and it finished with a news release that Ontario is rolling back some of the restrictions that recently opened. Universities have stated they will be online in January, and schools are telling kids to bring home all of their stuff just in case they aren’t coming back.

So it begins again.

I was going to buy tickets to the AGO’s Picasso Blue Period exhibition for a couple of days after Christmas and now I am debating whether I should.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

A white background with 24 items that I think would make great gifts, or would work well this holiday season.

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I am finding lately that I am staying up later and later and drinking more and more coffee every day which is the complete opposite of what I want to be doing. It’s crazy.

It’s like things are taking me longer to complete each day. I almost feel like I am going to reverse my days and nights. It’s exhausting.

Merle’s birthday is on Tuesday and I need to finish up her presents.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

A white background with 24 items that I think would make great gifts, or would work well this holiday season.

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Well, happy Friday! Merle got her first dose of covid vaccine today and it is like a weight lifted off my shoulders. She was excited, and I was excited. So far she feels fine, just a minor sore arm.

I submitted my final assignment for school this semester and I am just waiting back to hear what my final grade is. I’m doing pretty well and I think I might pull off a perfect grade for this one class.

I’ve got a headache and I am sooo tired tonight.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

A white background with 24 items that I think would make great gifts, or would work well this holiday season.

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I have to say that this is one of the first Black Friday’s in years that I have not bought anything. I mean, it wasn’t for lack of trying it was just that everything that I was looking for or that was on my list didn’t seem to be included in any sale.

Maybe Cyber Monday will be better?

I got smoked by the Zara sale. I don’t even know how people managed to buy anything because as soon as I found something in stock, it was sold and removed from my cart.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

A white background with 24 items that I think would make great gifts, or would work well this holiday season.

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It is Tom’s birthday today and every year he gets to request a cake that I make. For the last 3 years he has chosen the same cake. It is a cheesecake that I tweaked the recipe for since we aren’t huge white chocolate fans.

I am absolutely not a baker, but I substitute semi-sweet for the white chocolate and it is one of the best cheesecakes that I have had.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

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I treated myself this week and bought a pair of boots that I have been stalking since summer. By stalking, I mean keeping the tab open and checking to make sure that they still have my size every single day.

This may also have involved adding it to my cart and almost checking out too.

Does it count as treating yourself if you sell things to buy it though?

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