You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Here's hoping there will be lots of pages so I can earn lots of treats!

Good luck and happy reading! May many treats be yours! : )

Happy reading!

How's Midnight in Austenland coming along?

How's it going?

Yes, and it meets the October Challenge :) Yay for double-dipping!
It's not as good as Austenland. A lot more of a mystery, which is fine. The main character kind of gets on my nerves - she's very wimpy and very aware and focused on her her wimpiness. I keep wanting her to relax and enjoy the experience.

Now if I could ever finish it...

I FINALLY finished my first book! And read a book for the October Challenge :)

272 pages

We interrupt this program to report that j'mom has quit dreaming of Johnny Depp long enough to finish a book.

Do you think Jaxnsmom has any more sexy bodies in that special closest of hers that she might want to share with the rest of us? : )

Well, I was keeping this one for myself...



It's a little hot in here, maybe a quick swim to cool off, but that might just make it hotter :)

Oh, Jaxnsmom! 007 in the flesh!!! Be still my heart. He can put his slippers under my bed any night!!! ; )

OMG! Now this is a MAN!

I cannot believe you have been holding out on me!!!!! I'll take this instead of a badge on my wall!!!! hahaha

I knew you'd steal the picture right off of my thread and move him to yours!

If I only knew how!!! I shall have to enlist the help of others in this enterprise. I know they will take pity on me. You probably have an entire closet filled with sexy men... what is one more to you?! LOL

Thank you Jaxnmsom! I really needed that ray of sunshine! ; )
We are going to have to name you our sex master. LOL : ) or maybe master of sex

Connie wrote: "Thank you Jaxnmsom! I really needed that ray of sunshine! ; )
We are going to have to name you our sex master. LOL : ) or maybe master of sex "

Master? Mistress! ROFL

Hey, she DID come up with a sexy pic of my man! No one else has done that!!! AND she whipped up a sexy shot of Johnny for Debra! I haven't seen any other sex goddesses around here whipping up SEXY men for us!!!! That's it! We can dub her our "sex goddess." ; ) Nice! Way to go Jaxnsmom, you sex goddess!

Smoking...sizzling...zzzzzzpppppttttttt (electrical energy)

We need fans in here! ASAP!

Oh my, I'm going to have to start taking requests for pictures of men now, aren't I?

Was this really the reputation I wanted?!?!

We rarely get the reputation we wanted..... ROFL!

True, true.

I'm off to work now.

Me too - or I'll get the reputation of procrastination. Except, I probably already have that reputation.

Started listening to today and read a few pages of . I think I'm going to bed now and read.

I shudder any time I hear that someone is reading Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur. I was traumatized by that book.

I know what you mean by feeling traumatized. Some of it's so hard to read, so much brutality!

pssst, Judy, Darfur is in Africa :)

I majored in "austrich with head in sand".

Thought I'd better make a post for keeping track of my pages.

272 pages + 500 WB pages for Oct challenge

316 pages nonfiction

588 pages read
500 pages earned

Janice wrote: "I majored in "austrich with head in sand"."

lmao

And I didn't learn how to spell down there either. Ostrich, not Austrich, unless it was a species from down under.

I'm with Debra and Judy lmao!

I think I am going to have to haunt Jaxnsmom's thread since she is trying to snake my man away from me! I have been in tears all day!! ) :
I'm so hurt!

And I dubbed her the SEX GODDESS! What kind of gratitude is that?

ummm, excuse me, but after sex goddess, what did you expect other than a picture in bed? ☺

jaxnsmom wrote: "ummm, excuse me, but after sex goddess, what did you expect other than a picture in bed? ☺"

ROFL!

Janice - I found an Austrich for you :)

jaxnsmom wrote: "Janice - I found an Austrich for you :)



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ROFL! J'Mom, you are the best.

jaxnsmom wrote: "ummm, excuse me, but after sex goddess, what did you expect other than a picture in bed? ☺"

I love the picture, dear. I just didn't expect you to start getting mail from my man! No way! Too sneaky!

You were not supposed to use your sexiness on Daniel! How do I compete with the SEX GODDESS?! haha


Love the ostrich!

I'll have to tell you about a story I wrote about my husband, Pavarotti, and me. It was about being sexy and funny.

Do tell!!!

I finished finally! Couldn't get into most of it, and hated the ending. But it's an indigo and a Witch's Brew.

195 pages + 500 WB

Scorecard

Nonfiction
316 pages Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur nonfiction

Witch's Brew
272 pages Midnight in Austenland Oct challenge
195 pages The Awakening Indigo


Treats earned and spent:
500 free pages WB (Oct challenge)
500 free pages WB (indigo)

Just for the record, all is forgiven, and Jax and I are best buds again!

This happened years ago...back in the late 90s. It was when Pavarotti was on tour and PBS was televising his tours. The Three Tenors were really popular then, too. I love opera and ballet, so I watched PBS a good bit then to catch their shows. My husband cares for neither (he is a sports guy) but he does go with me to various larger cities to opera and ballet performances. His sister could not believe it the first time she found out he had gone to a ballet with me. He is a good soul, but some things just astound him about the whole world of opera and ballet.

You also need to know that my husband is older than I am. He was in his thirties when we married; I was in my twenties. When he was in high school, he was Most Handsome, Mr. SHS, labeled "Bedroom Eyes" in his yearbook, pitcher for the baseball team, on the football team, etc. In other words, he was handsome, cool, hot stuff, all the girls wanted to date him, and he knew it. When I was in high school, I was quiet, shy and into making excellent grades and not really being noticed too much. I liked fashion, but only because I like pretty clothes not because I wanted to be noticed by boys.
When we met my husband had been out of high school twenty years, but he still knew he looked handsome and thought that was important. He always has thought it is important how I look too. I on the other hand was looking for someone like my father (I am a Daddy's girl) when I got married. I knew that my dad represented security and that was what I wanted. I have a minor in psychology, so I have taken enough tests to know. Looks are fine, but they do fade over time.

One afternoon I was sitting in the den watching Pavarotti on PBS. I was having the time of my life, and my husband knew it. He slid into the seat beside me, brushing his leg next to mine. When I did not respond, he looked at me and then at Pavarotti.
Then he said, "You really like this guy?"
I said, "Oh, yes."
He said, "Why?"
"Because he sounds like an angel and looks like a sexy devil!"
With disbelief, "Him?!"
I said, "He can put his slippers under my bed anytime."
Now he is sputtering, "That little FAT man!!"
"Oh, yes, that little fat man with the dancing eyes and the voice of an angel."

My husband convinced himself that I was playing with him because he could not imagine anyone being drawn sexually to Pavarotti because he did not fit the image of a Most Handsome, etc. He just didn't understand the lure and magic of other talents making the weight issue totally disappear. He has only one image of beauty...the All American one.


However,I was very proud of my husband when years later I had to have surgeries which left terrible scars on a large area of my body, which can be covered with clothes. Although I was hospitalized for long stretches of time for each of the surgeries, my husband never left my side, even to get food. He just ate from my tray. I was in and out of the hospital for months, and my husband took a leave and stayed by my side. He is a workaholic, so this was so unbelievable that he would do this for me. And he convinced me that I am still the most beautiful woman in the world (to him). So many times he will say, "You cannot even see the scars!" I know that is not true, but I love him for saying it. I am so grateful that he has learned true beauty is within us.

Awesome story Connie. Did this happen before or after you were married.

Connie, I love your story. Sounds like your hubby has grown into quite an outstanding husband. It's sometimes strange how a crisis in our lives will bring people even closer.

Aww Connie, love that.

This happened after we were married, and I really meant for this to only be a funny story; however, once I started writing, the story sort of took over.
Debra, the crisis in my life changed both of us and brought us much closer in a way we had never been. You are so right. Scott has grown into a superstar husband! : ) You will see how people step up to the plate for you because they love you so much. People in your family will wrap you in so much love, and that is what will get you through this. And you will get through this because you are a strong diva like me! : )

Connie, sounds like you are truly blessed.

Oh Connie, I love your story. I can just see Scott's face and the sputtering when you said Pavarotti was sexy :) It usually takes something huge for a lot of people to realize that there are other things than physical looks that make people beautiful. I'm sorry you had to go through such troubles, but glad Scott realized what an amazing person he has in you. You are a true survivor!

Love the story, Connie. Thanks for sharing. You are so right. There is so much more to beauty than what is seen on the outside.

You are all so sweet.
I used to be so independent, and proud of it. Scott would tell me sometimes that I was just too independent, but this really changed me and made me realize that leaning on someone you love is a part of marriage. When I was in the hospital, I was placed in a cocoon-like device after each surgery, which immobilized me from the neck down. I could only move my thumbs a little bit, so Scott would put the nurses' call button in my hand when he had to go leave the room to use his cell phone. Each time he left, I begged him to return within 15 minutes, and he always raced back. I became dependent in ways I never dreamed: he had to feed me, brush my teeth, put a bedpan under me, and wipe my bottom; however, I had no choice, and I learned to depend on him for everything! This would last for 7 to 14 days after each surgery, and things did not stop when we came home between surgeries because there were so many things the doctors had him do for my treatment and so many things I could not do for myself.
You don't know how much you will need someone to help you in ways you never imagined. Life is not easy, and you will need help or to give help to get through. I am so thankful that I had a loving husband to help me.

@Jaxnsmom: you are too sweet! But sometimes it does take a crisis for us to realize how important the people around us are. It certainly made us closer and made us understand what a marriage really is. It was difficult to see it as a blessing at the time, but afterward we understood how much of a blessing it was.

Oh, Connie, it sounds like you went through hell. Now I understand one of the many reasons why you have been so kind to me in light of my upcoming ordeal. I feel that my hubby, Jeff, will be my rock, just like yours was for you. HUGS!

He will be, Debra, and you will learn to lean on him. Just let him take care of you because you have only one thing to think about and that is getting well. You have a strong heart (so much courage), and with the help of Jeff and Almeta you are going to kick this thing! If I could send Stephen King to help you kick this bad a** thing to hell, I would!
BIG HUGS HON!

Meeting Sai King and getting a book signed is on my bucket list. Send him on over, Connie!

; ) We need to take a girls' trip to Maine! How about it? When you are healthy again? You, me, Almeta, and anyone else who wants to come to King land.