Friday Roundup

Good Friday morning.  We come to the end of another week.  Started out with my back bothering me, and as much as I wanted to go to class, I decided it best to stay home.  Didn't want to push it.  

Tuesday the weather was bad.  Snow, then ice, and later in the evening...rain.  I do not go out in that kind of weather anymore.  Now that I am older, I am so afraid of falling.

My coccyx seat pillow arrived on Tuesday.  I can't tell you how much more comfortable it is to sit now. I love this cushion. Great feel and comfortable support.  I just wish I had bought it much sooner. 

Started reading a new book, and I am loving it.  Just wasn't able to get fully into the 'When the Moon was Ours'.  Got about a hundred pages in, and I totally lost interest.  It had gotten very slow moving....in my opinion.   

Now this one I definitely cannot put down.    

From  the jacket cover:  "Three generations of Palestinian-American women in contemporary Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of traditional Arab culture in this powerful, heartbreaking, and hopeful debut novel—an emotionally resonant and culturally relevant story of love, secrets, courage, and duty that speaks to the lives and experiences of all women today, giving voice to the silenced and agency to the oppressed.

Set in an America that may feel removed yet is all too close at hand, 'A Woman Is No Man' is a story of culture and honor, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It is an intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world, and a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can destroy those we have sworn to protect. And above all, it is a tale of courage—of one young woman who bravely battles to find her voice and make her own choices."

This was the money tree hubby destroyed.   They grow huge.  There is one in my doctor's office.  Will get a picture when I go on Saturday.  This ear ringing is driving me up a wall.
  
I also decided it was time to find some activities closer to home so on the days I am not up to a 2 hour bus trip I'll have a place to go. So I looked up the monthly calendar of the senior center I attended for my art class.  Wow, do they offer some great things!  And it's only a 15 minute bus ride.   I started on Wednesday because I saw they offered a Holistic Medicine class in the morning.  You know that is right up my alley.  They serve some great lunches, and I would have stayed if Thursday was not weigh-in day.   

Yesterday, as you know, was weigh in day.  I DID IT.  Lost 3.4 pounds and am back to goal.  Not going to let this happen again....although I did get into the chocolates hubby gave me yesterday and ate quite a few of them.  What can I say?  I enjoyed them.

Was going to go over to the center this morning, but instead I have to sit and wait for UPS to pick up a package being sent back to Amazon.  Oh well.  Next week. 

Have a wonderful safe weekend.