Farmer Life 168

I failed for March!  I read one book.  Yes... one.  The reason is because I have an injured shoulder that I mentioned on my other blog (link) .  Basically the short story is it's a slipped disc and intermittent pinched nerve that causes a lot of pain and muscle spasms and was the reason I had to quit my job and find a new one.  I have been taking muscle relaxers at night for the muscle spasms and they make me go to sleep pretty much as soon as my head hits the pillow (how novel!  I'm so not used to that!).  So I haven't been doing much reading at all.  So here is my one book for March... Link on Amazon I waited way too long to write this, so I don't exactly remember all the details, but my overall impression is that I liked the book although parts of it were extremely boring.  It was an interesting idea with interesting characters, but maybe needed some plot work... I'm no expert though, so this is just my opinion.  I enjoyed it though a...

I'm way behind on posting this.  I read a LOT of books last month, but I didn't do a very good job of writing them down because I was sick.  I think I found them all, but I might have missed one or two.  These are the ones I remember anyway.  Oops!  To make up for it I haven't read anything in March yet LOL! Amazon Link Some of you may remember when I was asked to review the third book Share & Share Alike in the Aspen Valley series by Hannah Hooton (my review here).   I love horse books, so I was surprised that it wasn't one of my favorite, but I still liked it.  Well the author asked me to review the fifth and final book in the series, but it would be about the characters from the first book which I had never read... so I decided to read it first!  I LOVED it!!!!!!  It was a million times better than Share & Share Alike.  I loved the characters and the story and was sad when it ended.  Great book! Amazon Link Chasing the Wi...

Hubby and his coworkers got upgrades on their work phones, so of course I had to try out the camera.  It has a 21MP camera that is super sensitive apparently because they all came out fuzzy.  Considering how much I move when trying to squat and catch a quick photo it really isn't at all surprising lol.  I just need practice.  They didn't turn out too bad though. This is the look Jackal gives me when he is in a sit/stay and REALLY wants the release word.  He's pleading with his eyes.  "May I go?  Pleeeeaaaaassssseeeee may I go??"  OrangeJello was posing for me!   I wish I'd had time to crouch though because he's missing a leg haha.  Weird angles!  He's finally learning to ignore me when I have a camera. :D  My pup is so gorgeous! Also I think I've decided on names for the goats.  Check out this POST on my other blog and let me know what you think.  Or offer alternatives if it's awful hehe.

I'm a little late posting my update, but what's new? Hehe.  I read five books in January (well I finished one today so it's technically Feb...) and only three apply to the challenge LOL!!  Also my mom is reading a series that she wants to include in the challenge, so we aren't reading them in order after all.  I won't be doing mine in order either so she doesn't feel like we have different rules for our challenges lol.  So here they are... Amazon Link I started reading 99 To Nowhere by Domino before we decided to do the challenge, so that's why it doesn't fit in a category.  This book was different from anything I've read before.   It's about the struggles of homeless teens and the pitfalls of foster homes.  I really liked it!  I was quickly drawn into the story and the characters were really interesting.... then about halfway through the book it started skipping so much time between scenes that it was almost like cliff notes... it was a little d...

I mentioned the author H.Y. Hanna during my reading challenge last year because I read several of her books.  I also used to follow her blog about her Great Dane Honey.  You can visit her website here (link) .  I'll be including this in my book challenge for this year, but I wanted to do a separate post about it too. I have loved all of her books, but this one was definitely my favorite!  Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down.  The setting for the story was very interesting and I enjoyed learning more about Oxford.  The information was well written and didn't bog down the story at all.  Some books get so caught up in sharing the history that you are completely pulled out of the story, but that was not a problem at all in this one. The mystery was great.  Although I had some suspicions on who the killer was, I didn't guess it before the end of the story.  The ending was perfect.  If you like mysteries you should definitely rea...

First off, we got snow!!  It's about three or four inches and it's soooo pretty!  :D  These are cell phone pictures, so they aren't the best, but you can see how pretty it is. Our driveway. Our little creek thing where the water flows through our yard in the winter. So pretty.  I love the morning light shining on the snow. Some geese flying overhead.  Jackal loves the snow!  He was so excited!  :D Now introducing the newest member of the family.  He's actually been here a couple of months, I just haven't gotten pictures of him because I've been so busy.  One of our customers at my old job told me she had a cat that was dropped off at her house and she couldn't keep him, so I offered to take him.  His name is Orange Jello, but they say it together like it's one word.  I've been calling him Michael OrangeJello lol!! He hates the snow, but he is the sweetest, most cuddly cat ever and he's my favorite color! I can't reach you!!!  C...

This is just a quick note to let you know that my mom and I have decided to do a 2016 Reading Challenge since we had so much fun with the one last year (link here) .  This time we aren't that crazy about the categories they came up with, so we're going to do a different one.  We are going to read a book for each letter of the alphabet, starting with titles, but if that goes quickly we will also do authors (by last name probably).  I will keep track of them on the blog.  You'll be able to read all of the posts here (link) . Hopefully this will make finding books easier.  I got so frustrated last year trying to find books for some of the categories.  I'm still going to try to branch out of my favorite genres and read stuff I normally wouldn't, but it will be much easier to find books for free this way (still broke lol).  I'll do an update post at the end of each month just like last time with a picture, link and my opinion of the book.  Wish us luck...