Sunday Salon/Sunday Post - November 24, 2024: The Girl Lives

And that's a wrap! Last night was the fourth and final performance of my daughter's high school's production of Little Women. OMG. They were so, so amazing. I tend to bounce around volunteering and see bits of and pieces of the show, except for one performance when I buy tickets and barely leave my seat for intermission. Even so, I am again spending the next day wishing I could watch it again. 

This is probably my latest start ever on Sunday Salon and Sunday Post. Everything I planned to do Friday after work and all day yesterday ended up pushed til today. Which means today has been non-stop, but I'm determined to get this and my holiday wish post for today up before I crawl into bed with my kindle and a night-cap.

What I'm reading this week:

Friday night I did finish up reading The Woman at the Wheel (historical fiction about Bertha Benz), and started on Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Love (my first holiday read for the HoHoHo Readathon with Caffeinated Reviewer.

For print books, I'm starting to feel like I'm in the home stretch of Lightborne (hopefully I can wrap that up this week). I think I've currently given up on Little Women, but I do hope to read it over the holidays before I start a review copy of The Other March Sisters which publishes in February 2025.

Three Good Things:

1. Little Women. Sorry. I'll probably stop talking about it now that it's over. But SO proud of my Jo March, her talent, her dedication, and her amazing performance. Also, since it's sort of a small town, I get to see so many acquaintances at the shows. That's always interesting.
2. We found a new euphonium instructor for my son! Euphonium was the baritone, back in my day, and he started playing it last school year. He took a few lessons from a high schooler who is a friend of our family, but that high schooler graduated and went away to college. So today was my son's first lesson with a college student near us, who was recommended by the band director. The first lesson went well, and we'll be back next week.
3. A short work week! Man do I need this! Thanksgiving for us Americans is this Thursday. Hubs has all week off, and the kids only go to school on Monday and Tuesday. I'm so happy I at least get Thursday and Friday off. Woo-hoo!!

Three Goals for this week/month/whatever:

1. The chips are down! I have GOT to finish our advent jars this week. Obviously. Since the kids start OPENING the jars a week from today.
2. I couldn't decide whether this belonged in good things or goals, but I already designed and ordered our holiday cards (go, past Becki!) and now I need to address and mail them. The sooner the better.
3. I also want to put some of my quiet me time while everyone else is enjoying their shorter-than-my-week holiday week to finish up my Lego BrickHeadz so I can do my Bonsai tree from last Christmas before I get new Legos! LOL We're having a creative dream Lego sets backlog that needs to be taken care of!