Book 16!

The 16th book on my Empty Shelf is "Pet Sematary" by Stephen King. I am not a Stephen King aficionado. I've only now read 3 of his books, the previous 2 being: "Thinner" and "Misery" which I enjoyed. This one however, seemed to be a horror book for horror's sake, but what do you expect from Stephen King?!

Have you read other Stephen King books? Any you would recommend?

Book 15!

The 15th book on my Empty Shelf is "Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell. When I first heard about the movie based on this book I thought cooking every recipe in a book and blogging about it seemed like a lot of fun! I have so many cookbooks and love cooking new recipes! But then I saw the movie, and I realized I would even have to cook the recipes that sounded yucky! No thank you! I don't know how she did it!

Recently I found this book at Dollar Tree, and had to buy it! Have you ever looked for books at Dollar Tree? I've gotten quite a few books from there, some good, some not so much... But always just a dollar, so I'm willing to take the gamble! I am glad I bought this book :) It obviously went into more detail of her year long cooking expedition than the movie did.

Maybe one of there days I'll find a cookbook that I think all it's recipes sound good enough to cook ;) And believe me, I'm typically willing to try just about anything! What about you, are you willing to cook things (like aspics?!) that sound completely gross?

Happy 7 Months Luke!

Today is my nephew's 7 month birthday!

(Bow ties are cool!)

His mommy & I took him on his first trip to Hong Kong Market. My Thai sister introduced me to Hong Kong Market many years ago & I love to go and get new things to try :)

This time I opted for a couple of new drinks to sample. The can is Grass Jelly Drink and the bottle is Basil Seed with Honey Flavor. There are also things I have to get anytime I go: wasabi peas (I eat them on my salads for a spicy kick), shrimp chips, and Hi-Chew for Hubby :)

Who needs to go to the aquarium?! ;)

He loved watching the fish swim around!

Yes I am "that Aunt" :)

We had lots of fun today! It's great to have family you love spending time with! And who introduces you to new fun things!

Book 14

The 14th book on my Empty Shelf is "The Shop on Blossom Street" by Debbie Macomber. This book was not as lighthearted as I had thought it would be. It felt with some tough issues, the most resounding to me was the issue of infertility. As I have wrote about before I have a friend who has had multiple miscarriages & I found myself crying & praying for her while reading this book. I love you & your precious family "mom who used to live downstairs"! 

This is a good book, it is the first in a series & I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

You can't trust everyone

Hubby and I are in the process of buying a new (to us) car. We have a very firm price limit because we have no desire for a car payment. Today we went to a dealership & a salesman met us in the parking lot asking if he could help us. Hubby told him we were looking for a high gas mileage car and told him our price limit. He took us back to his office wrote down what we were looking for in a car and went back "to see what we have". He came back and said the only car in our price range had just been sold, and would we like to finance something a little newer because "what you have would make a great down payment". Hubby declined and we walked out the door. The guy ran out to our truck and told us they had just found the keys to the car he wanted to show us, if we would wait just a minute they would pull it around for us to see.

Oh really...

Book 13 is finally finished!

My 13th book on my Empty Shelf is "The Great Influenza" by John M. Barry. Well there's a reason they say 13 is an unlucky #, & there's a reason this book took me so long to read. I am normally a fan of nonfiction, I actually had to be conjoled by Hubby to start reading fiction. However, this book was written more like a text book than a story. I learned a lot about the terrible influenza outbreak of 1918-1919, but I was bored to tears. If you are more knowledgeable about medical terms than me, then you will have a better chance of enjoying this book, but if not, then I would say skip it.

I can't wait to start my next book! I'm going to choose something lighthearted after that :)

Update on Our Pit Bull's allergies

Ghost had a follow up vet appt Monday morning to see if we were able to get his allergies under control or if more action was needed.

The first thing the vet said was that she was impressed with how much better he looked! :) that made me sooo happy!

Things have changed about him that I didn't even know were problems!

This is a pic from when we first got him. See those black spots on his face?

They aren't there anymore!

He also no longer wakes up every morning with gunk in his eyes! And he no longer has terrible gas plaguing us everyday!!! 

He doesn't eat chicken at all anymore, no plastic toys or food/water dishes, the only allergy we can't keep him away from is grass. So during spring & summer he will be taking 3 Benadryl a day to keep his red eyes & splotchy skin at a minimum. And he is only outside long enough to go potty :)

I am so very grateful for a vet who could look at my pup & know exactly what was wrong & how to fix it!

If you also share your home with a beautiful white pit bull, please make yourself aware of their possible allergies! I had no idea, but now I'm so happy to have a healthy happy pup :)