Monday, July 06, 2020

This Week....

I'm reading...

I haven't done as much reading as I would like this week, but I did get a fair chunk of The Goldminer's Sister by Allison Stuart while I was at the hairdresser on Saturday. It comes out in a couple of days so I should probably get cracking on it. This book is set in the same town as The Postmistress and features some of the same characters, but I don't think you would necessarily call it a sequel, if that makes sense. I will say that I was quite surprised by the events very early in the book.

I can't decide if this next paragraph in the I'm Watching paragraph, or here as an audio book because there was video involved but I was listening while I was working so I am going to count it as listening to it, like an audiobook.

During this week, I have been watching/listening to the famous Kiwi movie director Taika Waititi reading Roald Dahl's book James and the Giant Peach. He is so good to listen to, but along the way he has recruited some of his famous friends, and as he admits some people who he doesn't really know, to help bring the story to life. Amongst the people who make appearances there are actors, and musicians, and other famous people! And the great thing is that you can tell that they all enjoyed the experience to! So much fun. Highlights include Meryl Streep's turn as one of James' aunts, Cate Blanchett,  and many more. Every episode is an absolute delight and such a joy to listen to!

Do yourself a favour and check out the first episode here.





I'm watching...
I mentioned The Casketeers a couple of weeks ago. We spent our Friday night binge watching quite a few episodes, but really my weekend was about one thing.....


I have been eager to see this musical for ages now. We were just a few weeks early or late when we were in the US. In theory, it is coming to Sydney next year, and my name is down on the waiting list already. Hello long weekend in Sydney! But....who knows if that will actually happen next year now. I was therefore super excited when it was announced that it is being streamed.

We invited a couple of friends around for dinner and then we settled back into the comfy couch and watched the show, and I loved it. We aren't necessarily as familiar with all the background but it didn't take long to get into the story.

Highly recommended! And I will be watching again, more than once I am sure.

In life

We are now at the point where we can call our bathroom  renovation done! It took a bit longer to do than we would have liked because one of our special orders took a lot longer to come in than it should have done, but overall it wasn't too stressful. Luckily we had our ensuite bathroom still because I couldn't have imagined going without a bathroom at all for that long. So here's the before:


And after


I think I will be posting more about our renovations in the next couple of weeks.



Six Degrees of Separation

I've linked this post to It's Monday, what are you reading? as hosted by Book Date

20 comments:

  1. After hearing about Hamilton and how good it is for ages, I'm looking forward to it too. And thank you for the heads up about Taika's James and thhe Giant Peach reading!

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    1. I hope you get to listen to it Verushka! It's such a delight.

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  2. Your new bathroom looks lovely. I’d love to renovate my en-suite which has a pink sink and brown tile!
    I’ve seen Hamilton mentioned a lot though I have no idea what it’s actually about, I’ll have to investigate.

    Wishing you a great reading week

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    1. Our ensuite has a lovely chocolate brown toilet but it's days are numbered. I think it will be gone by early next year.

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  3. Oh, I love the new bathroom! I am a big fan of renovations and photos of that process. More photos will be enjoyable.

    Glad you got to watch Hamilton. I may have to add that Channel.

    Enjoy your week, and here are my WEEKLY UPDATES

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    1. Thanks Laurel-Rain! I am happy with how it turned out.

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  4. Congrats on getting the bathroom renovated! Anything with plumbing is such a huge undertaking. It looks great!

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  5. I hope you continue to enjoy The Goldminer's Sister. My family and I really enjoyed Hamilton as well. I definitely plan to watch it again. Your bathroom turned out wonderful! You must be so pleased with it. I hope you have a great week, Marg.

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    1. I am pleased with it! Thanks for stopping by.

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  6. Your bathroom looks wonderful! We need to completely gut the guest bath, but things have been put on hold due to the pandemic. Hopefully, we'll still be able to get it done before our niece from the UK comes for her next visit-- especially since she wants to stay for a month.

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    1. Nothing stops our renovations apparently!

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  7. Wow, your new bathroom looks fabulous! Love it!

    I haven't watched Hamilton yet but looks like everyone else has already. Most likely, the husband and I will camp this coming weekend to watch it, if our kids can do us the favor of sleeping early. We'll see.

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  8. Your new bathroom looks amazing! Nice work!

    We watched Hamilton this past weekend (spreading it out over two nights). We really enjoyed it and were thankful for the closed captioning. :) I know we'll watch it again before they stop streaming. Hmmm, wonder when that will happen.

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    1. I will definitely be watching it again Les!

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  9. i adore taika waititi! he is such a fun director.

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    1. Listening to him reading this book was such a delight Sherry

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