Julie Dove

Well, it turns out that the address in mom's book for my cousin was 8 years out of date,  so I am rewriting Renee's book in another journal. Found out today. Got 5 rewritten into the Second Edition book, since I figure we've lost the first one. Sigh. At least this one went through the post office instead of FedEx, so it wasn't around 60 bucks to send, although that one required a signature. 
          So, Aunt B's is on hold for now. I could still compose new as well, but my brain gets tired of writing. 
          Dipped water out of garage today...15 buckets rotated about 3 times... I didn't really count how many rotations of filling them up and carrying them out to dump on the grass I did. Lots. 8 black plastic buckets, 3 white huge buckets partially full, 1 plastic tub, 1 shopvac canister, 1 old metal oil drum type bucket that comes to my knees, 1 rubber bucket with rope handle...I think that's all. There's two big plastic and rubber storage bins catching water, a big plastic drawer, the bottom of a pet carrier, two more plastic tubs, and two small plastic boxes...and a bowl and a cookie sheet... as well as all of the above plus another huge white bucket, catching water. Another part of the roof is sagging and falling apart. Skylight should be falling in by the end of the year.... it's beyond repair.

Soooo.... it rained all day today. I had to go to town. So went to my three favorite places before going to Walmart. 
          CCC aka Cares Thrift Store: couldn't find a raincoat my size. Couldn't find new books that interested me. Wanted to buy something to support the community organization that helps a lot of people. Only ended up with two books I'd previously donated: Edward Eager's Magic Or Not? and Paulo Coehlo's The Alchemist anniversary edition. Both good books, I just have to cull books quite often due to lack of room.
          Bookish Emporium: Bought several pre-read books, including Having Tea With Anna Karenina, so then I had to get the beautifully bound Anna Karenina to go with that one. Supporting that indie bookstore when I can.  I now have 4 of the suede bound classics she has for sale: Anna Karenina, Jane Eyre, Oliver Twist, and Around The World in 80 Days. 
          Friends Of The Library Bookstore: Bought several bios including Archie Campbell (he was on Hee Haw) and Maurice Chevalier (singer/actor of olden days) and a fairytale collection book. 

I will not add to my reading list till I read some off there... I will not add more to my reading list till... ooh, I wonder if they have any books about (latest thing that pops into my head)? ... oh wow, that looks interesting! .... Maybe I'll add that to my reading list...
          Same old, same old reading dragon hoarding compulsion...
          I really do have good intentions...

@JulieDove4
          Thank you just doesn't cut it, but as we are cyber acquaintances only, please accept a virtual hug from a very grateful old guy.

Hello old friends.  Sorry there's not much on here these days. 

Thank you so much for adding so many of my projects to your reading list! I hope you enjoy them. 

@JulieDove4
          Hi, I can't thank you enough for all your reading, voting and generous comments, and apologize for the delay in responding. I finally got moved, also I finally got phone service, TV and internet back. When I was able to boot up, my email inbox was jammed - in two accounts!
          I have been going through them all morning, hastily paying bills that went overdue, and others that needed instant attention.
          Medical appointments - thank God I didn't miss them, although I'm not sure how necessary they really are.  (grin)
          Anyway, I will be back in the saddle shortly and able to keep up as before, so thanks again, very much.

If you want to read a book about life in China, from an American teacher's point of view, who lived there for several years while teaching English as a second language, this is a very good book. It's all one section, which makes it rather long to read, but you can come back to it and continue where you left off. Unfortunately, this lets a person vote only one time as there's only one section to vote on, but you can still make comments as you read it. Don't be daunted by the length; it's just a whole book in one section, even though the printed copy (on Amazon last I looked) has several chapters, which are listed at the beginning of this Wattpad version. 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/399989844?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=JulieDove4

Renee's book is done. Melba got her book. Yay!
          I really need to get more writing done. 
          Have a good day. 

Wattpad is eating up too much storage on my phone again, even though it's supposedly on external card. Sorry folks. I'll be cutting my reading list way down again. 
          Drats. 
          Maybe once my 64gb phone gets up and running, this won't be a problem, but right now I'm still using a 12gb phone.