Monday, June 29, 2020

This week.....

I'm reading....


What I learnt this week is that if you don't sleep at night you can read entire books! Actually, this isn't a new lesson for me, but it has been a while. Normally I play some games and then I can get back to sleep but it wasn't happening this week. The book I read over the course of two sleepless nights was The New Beginnings Coffee Club by Samantha Tonge and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I possibly would have benefited from sleeping instead of reading but never mind!

I have also started reading Tiny White Lies by Australian author Fiona Palmer. I have known about this author for a long time but this is actually the first time I have read her.

This wasn't the book I was intending to read just yet but I had an odd experience this week. When I got this book from Netgalley, I also go a book that also had the word Tiny in it. I sent both books to my Kindle, but when I went to open the Kindle this book kept on opening instead. So even though I had two different titles featuring the word Tiny, I really only have the same book twice. I've never heard of it happening again. I've requested the other Tiny book from the library so hopefully I will get to read it soon.


I'm Watching.....

I worked late every night last week so there wasn't really much time to watch anything, although I did watch the first couple of episodes of Sanditon. I have had it recorded on our Foxtel box for more than six months so it was probably time to start.

Life....

It's been a rollercoaster of a week emotionally. The things that were going on last week were still ongoing. In addition it was end of financial year and I have worked probably about 15 extra hours this week, (not counting the full day on Saturday) and most of those days have been stressful, or super stressful. At one point I am sure I could feel my heart racing on Thursday as I tried to get everything done.

In addition to that, my husband had to have a small procedure done on Wednesday which resulted in an overnight stay in hospital. I think that is only the second night we've spent apart since he moved in a couple of years ago. I didn't like it.

On the plus side of the ledger though we became the proud owners of a nearly new car this week. I have never owned a new car in my life. This one is about 6 months old and has only done 6000kms so far so it is close enough to new. The bonus was that because it isn't brand, brand new it was around $10000 less than a new car. We love the colour and it has all the bells and whistles! The salesman was going through all the features and we said you need to understand that our current cars only have a horn so we are already impressed!

And when you have a new car, you have to go for a drive right? So on Sunday we went for a drive to a town a couple of hours from the city to have a look at the painted silos. I have posted before about the silo art that is springing up across the country, and this is a town where they now have 5 different painted silos. It turned out there was another town half an hour away that has some painted silos too so we had to go and visit them seeing as we were so close!





17 comments:

  1. Wow those silos look amazing. We have never bought a brand new car either, our last few have been between 6 months and a year old, still low mileage but a lot less money!
    I love books by Australian authors, the voice feels so much more like my own UK one.
    Have a good week.

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    1. I think that is partly why I enjoy British books. It helps that I lived over there for a few years as well.

      Thanks for stopping by Louise.

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  2. Recently, I published my 3rd adventure book in traditional publishing. Grace Point Publishing helps me to publish my book. They offered me a contract to publish my book.

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  3. I had never heard of silo art, it's gorgeous! Congrats on your new car. We recently downsized from two cars to one. Doug and I are always together and this saves us on insurance and the extra Sirius XM radio subscription.

    Horrible that your husband had to stay overnight at the hospital. I would hate that too. Hope he is on the mend. Thanks for the suggestions on books too.

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    1. We possibly only need one car too, Tina, but for now we will have two.

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  4. Those silos look wonderful. I hope the stress lessens for you. Reading all night is good for your book total but not your overall health. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  5. What a fun outing in your spiffy new car! I've never seen painted silos. Very creative and attractive!

    I agree with you about reading a lot when struggling with insomnia. I was awake until 4am this morning! On the plus side, I got a lot of my current book read. ::)

    Hope all is well with your husband. Mine had to have a sleep study a few months ago and spent the night in the hospital. Needless to say, I didn't sleep well that night, but he was fine!

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    1. It was a lovely day out. It was so nice to get out and do something that we would normally enjoy doing Les.

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  6. The painted silos are cool. I'm so glad I don't do finances anymore. I had forgotten that the fiscal year ends tomorrow.

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    1. Year end has long been a feature in my working life!

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  7. Wow, I can see how this was an emotional week for you so no wonder you couldn't sleep. I could also read late into the night but on weeknights I fall asleep as I'm reading because I'm so tired.

    Congratulations on the new car!

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    1. I have this thing that I have to finish at the end of a chapter so I force myself to stay awake, and then it wakes me up!

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  8. I am sorry you're having a hard time sleeping. Stress can do that to you.

    Love the pictures of those silos. How pretty.

    Hope you have a better week. Enjoy reading.

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  9. Oh yummy almost new car. Hope the insomnia has passed. I cure mine by listening to podcasts, concentrating and then next think I know - conked out. I did listen to a book by Fiona Palmer and liked it. Although another Fiona - Fiona Lowe is my fave in the Australian Fionas!

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    1. i read a couple of Fiona Lowe books many years ago but I have her two newest here to read soon.

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