It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to.
This past week was semi-eventful but mostly errands and trips to pick up either glasses or medicine for the kitten who was sprayed by a skunk and then developed an eye infection. I wrote about that in my post yesterday.
There were a couple trips to my parents as well, mainly to help my mom while my dad went to various appointments and to clean the house a little. My parents live about seven minutes away, so it wasn’t too much of a drive at least. The weather was also very nice yesterday when we went to visit, if not a little chilly.
Little Miss had a friend over to visit, and they had fun dressing up in the same outfit since they both have similar-looking glasses now. They also had a lot of fun jumping off the railing of my parents’ deck, and I just hoped they wouldn’t break anything. Luckily, they did not.
I have not broken my book-buying ban for this month but I am in possession of two new Nancy Drew books. My husband found them at a local thrift store. They are from the Nancy Drew Girl Detective series from the early 2000s and are written in the first person. Not sure what I’ll think of them, but I have a lot of books ahead of them to read first.
What I/We’ve Been Reading
In Progress
I am slow reading Stillmeadow Daybrook by Gladys Taber. Since each chapter is a month, I plan to read a chapter a month. I am, of course, in April now. The book starts with April and my copy (used and in good shape) arrived two days before the beginning of April. I thought that was great timing!
I’ve already marked so much in the book that I have enjoyed.


I am also continuing to read Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse and Heidi by Johanna Spyri. I will finish both of them this week.
Up Soon
Up next, I am reading A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie as part of the Christie Challenge for 2026.
I am also looking forward to a Murder She Wrote book, Aloha Betrayal, sometime in April, but then I also remembered I wanted to read The Enchanted April this month so we will see which one comes first.
What The Family is Reading
Little Miss and I started Heidi this past week and I think she will like it.
What I/We’ve Been Watching
This past week I watched the British sitcom from the 70s, Two’s Company with Elaine Stritch and ….. some British guy I don’t know the name of. Okay. I looked it up. It’s Donald Sinden. It’s such a funny and entertaining show.
I also watched the 1937 movie It’s Love I’m After with Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, and Olivia De Haviland. It was so funny. I am so glad I found it while looking for Bettie Davis movies to watch this spring. I was going to watch mainly her well-known movies but decided to watch some lesser-known ones to start, ones where she was just starting out, and I am glad I did. I also watched another one called A Working Man from 1938 and it was great too. I’ll be writing about both later this week.
I watched one called Payment on Demand with Bette Davis earlier in the week and didn’t enjoy it. I don’t think I’ll be writing about that one.
I watched a ton of Bluey with Little Miss and her friend last night.
What I’ve Been Writing
Last week on the blog I shared:
- Saturday Afternoon Chat: Spring is struggling to start and the skunk-sprayed cat saga continues
- Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot April 10
- My March Reading and Watching Wrap-up and April Hopefuls
- Book Recommendation: Crooked House by Agatha Christie
What I/We’ve Been Listening To
I’ve been listening to the Jack Benny Show when I go to bed at night.
Recent Blog Posts I Enjoyed
Photos From Last Week








Some Housekeeping
Erin (Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs) and I host a monthly bookish link party called A Good Book and A Cup of Tea. This link-up is for book and reading posts or anything related to books and reading (even movies based on books!). Each link party will be open for a month. You can find that link up for this month here.
Each week, I host the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot with some great hosts. It goes live Thursday night, but you can share any kind of blog posts (family-friendly) there until Tuesday of each week. You can check my recent posts on the sidebar to the right for the most recent link party.
Now It’s Your Turn
What have you been doing, watching, reading, listening to, or writing?
This post is linked up with The Sunday Post at Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at with Deb at Readerbuzz, and Book Date: It’s Monday! What are you reading hosted by Kathyrn at The Book Date. Sunday Bookends with Boondock Ramblings and Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality.



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