Well hello everyone! Today is Aug. 1st and it's my oldest grandson's 17th birthday! I have been with some of you since he was little so, can you believe this, 17 years old? And he'll be a big brother again in Jan.!
I've been busy reading as many of you know if you're on Goodreads since I blog there. I've read Monica McCarty's latest Highland Guard release, The Hunter, which I recommend to anyone who wants an authentic period piece of Scottish medieval romance; if fact, I recommend the whole series very highly. I've read several other new releases as well including Michelle Willingham's "To Sin with a Viking" about a Viking who comes to Ireland to trade and is taken prisoner by an impoverished Irishwoman; the problem, he's married despite the sparks that fly between them. This is a book with real depth that explores cultural morals in the early Middle Ages. Another book dealing with cultural expectations but in the present is Kate Hewitt's "An Inheritance of Shame" about two people who grew up poor and unwanted in Sicily; one is now extremely wealthy while his friend has become a chambermaid in one of his hotels. When she delivers news that rocks him to the core, their lives change forever. I've read a lot of historicals and Blaze/Presents; this year has been difficult with the losses I've endured and I need the escape.
You know the close friend I said that was moving to NC and that I'd never see again? She has moved to NC and I said good-bye to her thinking I'd never see her again. However, a friend from my church has asked me to go to NC in a couple of weeks to her timeshare. Guess what? It's where my close friend has moved to!!! I'm excited to see her again, to go with my friend from church, who's b-day is the same day as mine (yes!), and to leave Florida for the first time in over 4 years!
I broke down and bought a new computer two weeks ago when QVC had a deal going on HP's. It arrived last week but I can't use it b/c I can't access the Internet!!!!! It recognizes my modem but keeps asking for my security key. I called Bright House and they told me that the installer should have written it down on the paperwork when he installed the modem, wrong! They also said that I could find it by going online and accessing my acct, again wrong. Nothing, none of the info I have works. Ugh!!!!!!!!! Now I'll have to call Bright House back and get them to walk me through this.
The other good news is, my student loan has been discharged! I've tried for years to get that discharged; the original loan was $27 and now it was $49 b/c of re-capitalized interest at almost 8% interest. There's no way I could pay it back at this point nor can I work ever again; this was the only option. I was dizzy and light-headed the whole day from the relief.
Trudy
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