Woohoo, A Date!!

Since Nana is in town Anthony and I are going on a date. We will actually be able to see Pirates in theatre, unless of course the curse stands.  Wish us luck!

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Menu Plan Monday

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This week has been pretty good and I did stick to the breakfasts and lunches for the most part. This weekend was very busy  and I still didn’t get to making that damn lasagne, do I will try one more week to get it done.  On to the plan.

Monday: B. – Weetabix, tea, 1 cup 1% milk,  L. – Sushi,  S: BBq’d steak and potatoes and salad.

Tuesday: B.– Cream of Wheat, Tea, milk, fruit  L – sandwich, raw veggies S: Lasagne

Wednesday: B– Cereal, tea, milk, L– Soup, bread S – BBQ Kabobs, Basmati rice

Thursday: B – Muffins, Tea, Milk, Fruit L – Sandwich, veggies S. something on the road, maybe bbq?

Friday: in Creston?

Saturday: On the road again?

Sunday: Hopefully BBQ Chicken at home.

AS you may have guessed from the menu plan, we are planning to try to take a road trip to Creston.  We are not sure id it will actually work.  We hope so, but the sleeping in the pack n’play for Aidan and the actual length of the trip make it all a question.  WE may have to decide to turn back if the sleeping thing and car ride don’t work.  The longest Aidan has been in the car for a stretch is 4 hours.  Did I mention that he doesn’t nap in the car?  lol, I do not know what will happen.  Wish us luck.

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48 Hour Book Challenge: Final Summary

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So I am finally awake enough to get my final summary posted. I really enjoyed this challenge and I hope that next year there won’t be so many things going on as I had this weekend. I didn’t get my new books on ontime, so I re-read a bunch of books that I have been wanting to re-read for a long time. I am especially glad I read Crusader and Wizards at War (previously I had only heard this one) because there is so much you can get out of a re-read. I am totally in for next year and I plan to actully take the weekend off from all activity and just read. Hmm I will have a three year old then. I guess I am only dreaming.

On to the totals.

Number of Books Read: 4

Number of Authors Read: 3

Total Number of Hours reading and blogging: 16 (my time keeping may be a little bit skewed to the lower side.)

Total Number of Pages Read: 1918

Comments: It was a blast and I can’t wait for the next one.

A huge thank you to Mother Reader for organizing this challenge. If you haven’t participated this year, you should add it to your to do list for next year. Take some time out for yourself and read!

P.S. I am in the Pacific time zone so I have this post up at 8:30 am. 🙂

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48 Hour Book Challenge: Last Book

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Title:  The Time Twister

Author: Jenny Nimmo

Pages: 374

Hours Read: 2

Copywrite: 2003

Publisher: Edgemont Books Ltd.

This is the second in the Charlie Bone and the Children of the Red King Series.  It was a nice fast read and let us go a little deeper into the world of Charlie Bone.  I didn’t like this one as much as the first in the series but it was well worth reading again.  In fact it has been so long since I read it that I only vaguely remembered the basic plot.

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