Sunday, May 9, 2021

Life with Leukemia (And Some Reading) - May 9


It's Sunday Post time!  This is hosted by the awesome Caffeinated Book Reviewer and gives us all a chance to recap our week.

This was a pretty good week.  Will came off this round of steroids and has started getting actual sleep again which we are all happy about.  His treatment week calls for a round of high dose steroids about once a month.  He's doing okay with them but they mess up his sleep which drops his energy level and can effect his mood.  So things are slowly getting back to normal until the next round of steroids when we start the cycle again.  We've been playing some video games and have had fun playing around with a trading site we found for Animal Crossing.  We've also been working on school to try and stay caught up and have been doing pretty well.  We finished up a lit book (Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White) which we didn't start out liking but really came to enjoy. It made for some good discussion as to why we weren't liking it and what changed.  

This was my birthday week AND I hit 2 weeks from my 2nd vaccine so it was a good week.  I went to the used bookstore and wandered around for awhile.  I picked up some good books and some bits and pieces for reading room that I'm working on decorating.  I also got 2 half bookcases from my dad who was getting rid of them.  They're temporary but it's allowed me to experiment some with the layout I want and I had 2 new bookcases to fill!  One is a for Will's school stuff but I was able to devote an entire shelf to Patricia Wentworth and another to some other favorite authors.  I do love organizing bookshelves!

Currently:


Reading
Dead and Gone by Dorothy Simpson and The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple by Anne Hart

Listening:  Be Our Ghost by Kate Kingsbury

Watching:  We watched Raya and the Last Dragon on Disney + and really enjoyed it.  I've also been watching Kendall Rae's True Crime YouTube Channel and really enjoying how she shares the information and Tasting History with Max Miller where he makes historical recipes and talks about context and then tries them. 

Have a great week and happy reading!

28 comments:

  1. So glad that Will is sleeping better! Animal Crossing is one that my kids enjoyed, though I'm not sure if they're still playing. I can't keep up! Your reading room project sounds fun! I love organizing bookshelves too.

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  2. Organizing bookshelves is fun. :) And yay for used bookstores! One of my favorite places, and we have so few of them here now. Glad Will is doing good and hoping you guys have a good week this week as well!

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  3. I loved Raya and the last dragon and still want to bring elements of it into the blog!! It's gorgeous!!!!! And I would like to have a soft toy of Sisu.

    Yea for new books and bookshelves! Always fun. I wish I can start doing it, but they haven't even started with renovations.

    Happy Birthday Katherine, hope you will have blessed and worry free year to come!

    Elza Reads

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  4. Good news about Will's treatment and your second vaccine! Happy birthday, too.

    Have fun with those bookshelves. I love arranging and rearranging mine, as I add more books.

    Happy Mother's Day.

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  5. Glad Will is feeling better after his round of Steroids! I bet getting out and going to the bookstore was fun!

    Have a great week and happy reading!
    Stormi
    Week in Review

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  6. Happy birthday! I'm glad Will's doing well with his treatment, and that you've gotten your second vaccine. A trip to the used bookstore sounds heavenly, and how lovely to be putting together a reading room!

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  7. Happy birthday! Congrats on being immune! Today is two weeks from my second shot, so I’m immune too. I can’t wait to visit the bookstore. Have a great week.

    Aj @ Read All The Things!

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  8. Looks like a great read. Glad Will is getting his treatment. I found myself at Barnes and Noble this week and took a few pics of books so I could find them somewhere cheaper.

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  9. Glad to hear you had a good week and happy birthday! That's great news you're vaccinated now. Sounds like you had a fun trip to the bookstore. I hope you'll have a great week!

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  10. Happy belated birthday and Happy Mother's Day. Hope you and Will have a good day/week.

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  11. Happy belated birthday 🎈
    I’m glad to hear you have all had a good week.

    Wishing you a great reading week

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  12. What a great week with Will sleeping better, your birthday and bookshelves! I'm glad you are fully vaccinated. Happy Mother's Day!

    Anne - Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post

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  13. So glad to hear Will had a good week. Happy Birthday and wonderful news that you are now fully vaccinated! I love organizing books, too. Happy Mother's Day and have a great week!

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  14. I am glad Will is feeling better this week. Happy mother's day to you, Happy Birthday and great news about vaccine. And you deserve new bookcases!

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  15. So happy to hear that Will had a good week. And wonderful to think that you are fully immunized and can get out again. The first place I went was a bookstore, too!

    Happy birthday! And Happy Mother's Day!

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  16. Lots of good things agin this week! Happy birthday and full immunization, and hooray that Will is able to sleep. Have fun filling those bookcases!

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  17. I enjoyed reading E.B.White to my class from time to time. Great that you were able to have good discussion around why not liking it but then changing. Good for persevering. Hope the birthday was good among all that you have going on. Organising bookcases is fun for sure.

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  18. Happy to hear good news about Will's treatments! Happy birthday and congrats on having your 2nd vaccine out of the way! Enjoy organizing your bookshelves and happy reading! :)

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  19. Happy Birthday; glad you had a good week and that your son is feeling better and able to catch some zzz's.

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  20. Happy belated birthday! And I'm glad to read Will got some sleep in.
    Walking around that bookshop sounds perfect.
    Have a great week and happy reading.

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  21. Steroids can do so much good but also have nasty side effects. I'm glad he's getting some sleep now. Hooray for being fully vaccinated and for the new bookcases!

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  22. Glad to hear that you had a good week! Happy belated birthday! Hope you have a great week!

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  23. Happy birthday and yay for your second shot! I'll have to learn about this Animal Crossing trading site. I've been kind of bored and ended up downloading a whole new game because I've pretty much done most everything on ACNH, except a few fish and things that seem impossible to get. Thanks for visiting my Weekly wrap-up post on Lisa Loves Literature earlier!

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  24. I am glad Will is sleeping some. That must be a relief. Happy belated birthday! I am glad you were able get some books. I am glad you liked Raya and the Last Dragon too! I hope you are enjoying your reading and have a good week, Katherine!

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  25. Happy birthday! And what fun to go into a bookstore and shop (or just browse!)

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  26. I am so glad that Will was able to get some sleep. I can only imagine how frustrating it is for him when the steroids make it hard to him to get the rest he needs. Happy Birthday, Katherine! Yay for new bookshelves. I hope that you are having a great week!

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  27. Happy birthday! Glad things went well this week and yay for wandering bookstores. Happy reading!

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  28. Baz and I read Charlotte's Web, and Stuart Little together, but not Trumpet of the Swan; in fact this is the first I'm hearing of it. Thanks for the heads up! I think I'll read it. 📚

    I am so happy Will is getting better sleep right now. Sleep is good medicine. 🤗

    Have you seen the British shows Supersizers Go, and Supersizers Eat? I loved watching them eat historically, so I'm going to check out Tasting History. 🍽

    Happy belated birthday! 🎉🎉🎉

    I hope you have been having a great week. 🌞

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