Carol's Notebook – Page 218

Readers’ Workouts – 3/6

March 6, 2018March 7, 2018 by Carol4 Comments

Look at all the green! I made my goal this week, but barely. This week's activities: Thursday - Elliptical Saturday - Yoga Sunday - Yoga Monday - Yoga Dinners: Tuesday - Didn't write it down Wednesday - Pizza (at church) Thursday - Chicken and Szechuan noodles Friday - Macaroni and cheese Saturday - We were at a wedding - chicken, pasta, potatoes, cake Sunday - Chicken wrap and potato chips Monday - Spinach mushroom Manicotti and Italian bread Thursday's dinner: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf0wgDCA0VO/?taken-by=carolsnotebook Goals for March Gym – 4 times (current: 1) Pilates – 12 times Yoga – 1 (current: 3) :) 62 pts in the #MarchUP Challenge (Current: 15) Meal ideas for next week: "Skinny" eggplant parmesan (I still haven't made this) French bread pizza Slow cooker jambalaya Pork with wilted cabbage and apples 2018 Fitness Goals: - Lose weight. Goal - Lose 25 lbs. (current: -6 lbs) - Run 4 races of any length - Hit my weekly step goal (average 8,000 steps/day) for 48 weeks. (Current total: 5) How was your week? Readers’ Workouts is hosted by Joy at Joy’s Book Blog....

My Favorite . . Childhood Movie

February 28, 2018 by Carol13 Comments

My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. We're talking about movies again this week. I don't remember if there was a movie that I watched over and over when I was a kid, but there were a lot of good ones like Back to the Future and The Goonies. My favorite was probably The Great Muppet Caper (1981), the second of the Muppet movies. Kermit and the gang have to stop a jewel heist in London. I'm a huge Muppets fan in general, which some of you may know, and I love this movie. It also has the Miss Piggy synchronized swimming scene, which is just amazing. What was our favorite childhood movie? Join in at Maureen's Books....

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intro

February 27, 2018March 20, 2018 by Carol12 Comments

Every Tuesday Vicki at I'd Rather Be At the Beach hosts First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros, where we share the first paragraph or two of a book we are reading or thinking about reading soon. Mine comes from Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien. You know in the movies where someone says "You can't fire me, I quit!" . . . maybe don't do that in real life. Unless you don't mind working as a server in your parents' Chinese restaurant for the rest of you life. Turns out finding a new job wasn't as easy as I thought and my portion of the rent wasn't going to pay itself. My roommate and best friend, Megan Riley, didn't have the extra funds to cover my half of the bills, so there was no time to waste being "in between jobs." And to top it off, those pesky credit card people kept calling me day and night. Without any other options readily available and...

Readers’ Workouts – 2/27

February 27, 2018 by Carol4 Comments

It's warm and sunny out today again! Maybe I can squeeze in a walk sometime this afternoon. I didn't quite make my steps this week, but I was close. This week's activities: I didn't actually do anything this week except take a couple of walks. It was just a busy week. My "activities list" on fitbit does say I went outdoor biking twice. That actually translates as played the piano enough for it to think it was exercise. Dinners: Tuesday - Tuna rolls and mashed potatoes Wednesday - "Chicken delight" (at church - and I didn't find it particularly delightful) Thursday - Spaghetti with marinara Friday - Fish sandwich and macaroni and cheese Saturday - French toast Sunday - Hamburgers (with mashed avocado and cheese) and baked pierogies Monday - Pizza Hut Carryout I might put healthy meals in a different color print next week. There weren't any this week. :( Tuesday's tuna rolls: https://www.instagram.com/p/BfdySdhANSR/?taken-by=carolsnotebook Goals for February I can make sure I at least do a yoga video tonight, since I never made it...

Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 by Carol17 Comments

There are some classics that I wonder why it has taken me so long to get around to. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith is one of those. It's a dark, psychological thriller that shows anyone can be capable of murder, given the right, or wrong, circumstances. As the blurb states, Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno meet on a train. Guy tells Bruno the story of his problems with his wife, who he wants to divorce but who is putting up obstacles left and right, even though she's pregnant with another man's child. Bruno, meanwhile, tells Guy about his meany dad and suggests they trade murders. Guy declines, he's basically a good guy after all, but he fails to realize that Bruno is an alcoholic psychopath, who, after killing Guy's wife, expects Guy to follow through with his end of the deal. That's where the bulk of the novel, and tension lies. Bruno is manipulative and black-mailing; Guy never knows...

My Favorite . . Movie of 2017

February 21, 2018 by Carol22 Comments

My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. We see a fair number of movies. Amber likes her Superhero movies, David likes action and sci-fi, I prefer mysteries and Disney remakes, and we normally go to see each other's choices. Except when I skip out, like Logan and the most recent Star Wars. I think my favorite from last year though was Murder on the Orient Express. Yeah, I know it didn't quite go along with the book, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm still not quite sure why Poirot found A Tale of Two Cities so funny, but I do like that he laughs. What was our favorite movie of 2017? Join in at Maureen's Books....