Friday night

Well, am I embarrassed! I am really late in wishing Mary and Donna Happy Birthday!  I do hope you both had a great one.  I'm sorry I haven't checked back in sooner or I wouldn't have missed your birthdays.

I hope you all are weathering the cold OK; I've been checking out my PA sites daily (love my pic of the Susquehanna River).  It finally hit Florida but, you'd probably be happy with our temps, ha, ha, ha!  Tomorrow, we're having a pool party but we'll all be sitting around in sweats as the high will only be 68 and there will be a cold North wind, thank you very much.

I'm sorry to hear people are sick with the flu, stomach bug, etc.  It's here too and I'm hoping and praying I don't get it.  I haven't gotten a flu shot in about 15 years b/c I kept getting bronchitis twice a season every time I did.  However, the number of people who've died from the flu is scary and they're mostly seniors of which I'm now part of that group.  I wash my hands thoroughly and often and try to stay away from large groups of people until this has passed.  Please get well soon.

I finished reading Captured by Helen Kirkman; it's a HH from 2007 which I picked up from the library book sale.  It takes place in 876 in the Warham area of Wessex and centers around the movement of the Viking army through the area and the efforts of King Alfred to stop them.  In the Viking army is a Mercian princess called Rosamund and her "maid."  Rosamund stumbles upon a beaten, chained man staked to the hard, frozen ground and immediately realizes that she can't allow him to die there.  So she engages in a game of dice with one of the generals and wins the man for her own use.  It turns out that Boda is a King's man and as he heals under Rosamund's care, they discover a fierce attraction for each other which could be lethal should it become known.  Also, neither Rosamund nor Boda are who they seem to be.  I had a lot of trouble following the story; I hope it's because I was tired most of the time I was reading it.  It was very vague which was a shame as I love historicals and this period isn't covered often.

Mary, it's a shame you don't get the Reading Eagle.  My friend sent me the article and that's a really good photo of my son, dil and youngest gs on the front page.  It would have been even nicer if I could have seen them in person; 5 1/2 years is a long time!

I have finally figured out how to do the Goodreads thing!!  I'm posting there and have caught up with my 2013 Challenge; whenever this one particular person posts I get an email about hers and then, I go in and do my thing.  LOL!

I still have my place torn up.  I found mold on my bedroom wall!  All my stuff from the back closet is in my living room.  I have boxes of TBR books all over the place.  I know I'm not neat but I have my limits and I've exceeded them.  I bought one tub and am trying to move things around, unsuccessfully. :(

Now I'm going to watch Shakespeare on PBS.  I think it's Henry IV.  Been wanting to see some Shakespeare for some time now.  Wonder if I'll talk funny afterwards?

Trudy