Saturday 12 September 2015

Sunday post 8

What's kicking world?

The Sunday Post is a chance to catch up - chat about what's been going on on your blog and in real life, and what's coming up.

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It was my first week as a non-employed person, but spawn was sick for much of it, so I haven't quite settled in to any kind of a routine yet.

It was one of those weeks where you feel like you get absolutely nothing done but you're still exhausted by the end of it.

I did manage to blog a couple of times though.

I reviewed Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay: http://lifetheuniverseandcats.blogspot.co.nz/2015/09/in-effort-to-broaden-my-own-reading.html#comment-form

and also the movie Scream, which I watched for my Friday movie night: http://lifetheuniverseandcats.blogspot.co.nz/2015/09/scream-review.html

Coming up this week, hopefully will be reviews for The Rest of Us Just Live Here, by Patrick Ness and Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller.

I pretty much inhaled the Ness in a couple of days, and I have about 100 pages to go on Our Endless Numbered Days, so fingers crossed. Hopefully spawn will be back at school this week, and I can settle in to something that looks like a routine.

Up next, for reading, I have The Calling, by David Gaider, which is a Dragon Age novel, Prophecy by Ellen Oh, which I picked up at the library and fits with my personal 1/3 diversity reading challenge, and either Uprooted by Naomi Novik, or Finders Keepers by Stephen King.

For non-reading ... I didn't watch a movie this past Friday; instead I watched a couple of episodes of Empire, in order to clear some space on my hard drive. I love Empire - it's so, so, so clever. It's basically King Lear, set in modern times at a recording company wherein the owner is trying to decide which of his sons will succeed him.

I finished my 10 hours of stitching on Circe (I stitch in a rotation, of sorts) and I've started my Grey Wardens pattern. Which I'm keeping very simple because I'm floating without a net on this one.
I'm doing it on 28-ct lugana (I think) hand-dyed purple haze (I think) and I'm using 336 and 415 for the wording. I just need border colour ideas:
https://twitter.com/justaddbooks/status/642244102721945600

I met with the job consultant on Thursday, and I have "homework" of a sort to get done. Nothing taxing - just working on updating my CV and registering with job websites. Our next meeting is Tuesday week.

Speaking of, my redundancy payout came through (yay) so I can feed my family and pay my rent for a bit, which is nice. I'm still waiting on the superannuation though. So that's on the to-do list for this week for sure.

I'm hoping to finish Empire, and maybe Salem this week. I need to choose a movie for Friday night (suggestions welcome) and I'm hoping to finish Our Endless Numbered Days, and read Prophecy. I want to at least catch up on my Goodreads challenge.

I'm still batting at Inquisition and playing it badly but it's so pretty. *_*

How's your week been and/or going?

12 comments:

  1. I don't have any movie recommendations as I've had a hard time myself finding something to watch lately- I've been watching some shows on Netflix but not any movies lately. Enjoy your reads this week!

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  2. I've started Sense8 and Daredevil on Netflix - I need to dig into them both. Thanks Greg, you too! :)

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  3. Keen to read your upcoming reviews! I haven't ever watched Empire. I recorded the first few episodes but didn't get to them and then deleted them cos I needed the space. It seems there's too much on TV or too little. And it's the latter here at the moment!

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    1. Thanks Deborah :-) Oh, Empire is so great!

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  4. I haven't tried Empire..I will look it up. I love Patrick Ness and hope you enjoy the book. Enjoy your week Maree.

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    1. I hope you enjoy, Kimberley, it's very clever TV. Patrick Ness is amazing

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  5. I haven't watched Empire but I've heard great things about it and the clips I've seen are really fun. I'm watching NCIS on Netflix right now. I've watched the series for ever but it's been kind of fun to rewatch it all at once. Have a great week and hopefully everyone will stay healthy and you'll get more done but be less exhausted!

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    1. Katherine, I haven't watched NCIS but I have friends who love it :-)

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  6. I didn't understand the cross stitch discussion but it sounds like you are pretty advanced. Hope it all turns out beautifully.

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  7. Haven't watched Empire but I'll check it out. On the last season of Hannibal and then Scandal will be back on woohoo!! I haven't cross stitched for years, I used to do a bit but then got into scrapbooking and photography. Good news on your redundancy payment but all the best with the job search. Have a good week and happy reading :)

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    1. Teddyree, I have Hannibal on the go too. I love Hannibal. Thank you :-)

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