I haven’t been able to blog or comment recently and I have really missed the Blog Universe!! I was down this past weekend with a wicked migraine and wouldn’t have been able to see even if I was able to sit at the computer! But I went to the doctor Monday and got a new medication that should help! We also were with our 14 year old niece and 11 year old nephew all day Monday as their dad had to leave town that morning and their mom was flying in from a conference that evening. So when I was on the computer, it was on the Webkinz site so they could update all their new critters! We had a lot of fun with them though! Yesterday was spent running errands all day catching up on all the things that should have already been done! Ugh! Hopefully today I will get caught up with posts and comments on everyone’s blogs! So here we go!

Over at 5 Minutes for Books, there is a new monthly meme called “What’s On Your Nightstand?” where you can share what you’re currently reading and why!

Just Jane by Nancy Moser is a terrific read that I picked up at the library. It is a fictional novel about the life of author Jane Austen. Even though I have yet to read a Jane Austen novel, I am thoroughly enjoying this one and do plan on reading Emma and Sense and Sensibility after I am finished with it! This book is one of three so far in Moser’s “Women of History” series. I will also definitely check out Washington’s Lady!

I’m also reading Eldest by Christopher Paolini. It is the second book in the “Inheritance Trilogy” about Eragon and his dragon, Saphira. I loved the first book and borrowed this one from my 14 year old niece. It is amazing to me that Christopher began this series when he himself was just a teenager! It is an imaginative and creative work that definitely keeps my interest!

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Sweet Pea ~ she is the “wild one” of my bunch! Sweet Pea was a stray that adopted us and was quite skittish for awhile. She is still very leery of people and if you come to visit, you probably won’t see her. But when it’s just me at home, she lets her “wild side” show! She is still somewhat skittish around Abigail but they are growing accustomed to each other and Sweet Pea is getting braver! She’s hilarious especially if Abigail is outside and she has free roam of the house! She’ll run up and down the hallway; slide into the living room; jump on the windowsill and attack the blinds; and her tail has a huge behaviour problem! She must learn to tame it!

“In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat.” – Warren Eckstein

Happy Wednesday, everyone!!