Farm News - August 13, 2023

 

So, this week started off with a storm that made me no longer question whether or not Mother Nature is completely pissed off at mankind.  We had almost 4 inches of rain in an afternoon and two tornado watches that had my phone screaming at me to take cover and had me under the table with Apollo. Have I mentioned I have a HUGE fear of storms?  Yea, I'm pretty sure I had.  Anyway, our city has HORRIBLE drainage so whenever it rains just a normal amount, I know what parts of the city to avoid but it never lasts too long.  They refuse to do anything about it and then something like this happens which makes them scramble.  I doubt even Pennywise would take up residence in our drains and would take one tour of them and be like "Nope, not for me."  Anyway, here is a picture of our "main drag."  There are three lanes of road hiding there somewhere. For the record, that is a pic from the news, and I didn't dare venture out in that crap.

Besides that, the week went fine.  It did cool down some and there were days when Apollo even got three walks or playtime in the backyard.  Mr. Barb's back is on the mend, and he is down to PT one day a week.  Hope whatever has been done sticks this time.  We didn't really watch much this week that was all that notable.  I don't think we've recovered yet from our Insidious: Red Door experience.  Plus, it's also preseason football time so that means more TV for Mr. Barb and more watching/reading for me.

Speaking of reading, here are the books currently on the TBR stack this weekend.  I feel like August is already getting away from me!  I am reading The Dog Knight for the Dog Days of Summer Challenge.  It has such colorful artwork and lots of dogs.  I can't wait.  I have also started Looking Glass Sound.  I have read two books by this author.  The House at the End of Needless Street was a complete miss for me but I did enjoy Sundial. And I'm craving a vampire read so I may start Vampires of El Norte soon as well.  I never read The Hacienda but if I like this one, I'll definitely go back to it.

Finally, I want to thank the publishers and Netgalley for some ARCs I recently received.  Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot sounds super cute and of course, that purple cover caught my eye.  Plus it's the start of a new witchy series.  I couldn't resist Slime Doesn't Pay as I'm also looking for an excuse to visit the Goosebumps world.  And finally, I was thrilled to get Out There Screaming which is an anthology edited by Jordan Peele.  I love his movies and can't wait to see what I think of this book. I'm even tempted to preorder the hardcover which releases October 3rd.

So how was your week?  Hope everyone is safe and I suppose a lot of people are gearing for back to school.  Have you watched any good movies or read any good books?