Weekly Reads (11/30/18)

So I didn't do a Weekly Reads or Stacking the Shelves post last week so I figured I better split them or they would be rather long.  So we had a great Thanksgiving and I hope you all did too.  Mom and Grandpa came up so it was low-key but delicious.  Mr. Barb smoked the turkey as usual.  It was also Cass' birthday so cue some humiliating pics:

Also, the kitchen is pretty much finished.  I need to do a few paint and paint touch ups and I ordered a few prints from Etsy I'm waiting for but I will have pics soon - I promise.  We did manage to watch a few movies over the past two weeks too.  We saw "Equalizer 2" and while I still think I like the first one better, this one was still pretty good.  We also watched "Slenderman." It was pretty much "meh" but not horrible.  Seems like Slenderman was the IT thing this year huh?  We also started watching "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" and man is it dark and awesome.  Mr. Barb didn't want to watch it so I watched the first two episodes without him but he did eventually climb on board and has been watching the rest with me.  We have three episodes left.  

My truck is still in the shop so I'm driving the hell out of the rental.  They are telling me Monday so we'll see.  I didn't go black Friday shopping in the stores but grabbed a few cyber buys so all was good.  I've also been reading some good books and here is what's on tap this weekend and upcoming week:

And now on to my soapbox.  Very soon you may be see me in the headlines (just kidding).  Our city is trying to pass a "vicious dog" law.  Now they say they won't target certain breeds but I've heard of this happening elsewhere and that's always what ends up happening.  So in order to be categorized as "vicious" there has to have been complaints, attacks or no dog license (money making scheme perhaps) and if your dog is labeled a "vicious" you have to prove that you carry $100,000 insurance on them.  I'm no fool.  I know there are irresponsible dog owners out there and they shouldn't be allowed to get away with things.  But come on, let's focus on the laws that already exist which they don't enforce - say drug possession and distributing!  Also, there's already a leash law which makes sense so let's start by enforcing that!  Stepping down...

So what's going on in your world?