The Sunday Post #31 – Weekly Wrap-up
Welcome to my Sunday Post. Thank you to Kimba over at The Caffeinated Reviewer, who is hosting this weekly event. It is the perfect opportunity to share what happened here on my own blog, as well as some of the happenings elsewhere in the Blogosphere.
This week has been pretty long, it feels like, and very busy, too! At the beginning of the week, with all the rain we had, plus snow melting in the Alps, several rivers in Geneva flooded, and many bridges had to be closed. Luckily, I don’t live close to any rivers, but it was really bad how much water we had there, good thing it’s sunny again, even if the snow still continues to melt.
I also replaced one of my colleagues at the high-school where I substitute teach, so I had 13 extra hours of teaching. Which was exhausting! But it’s also good, because it means I’ll have some extra money for RT in Dallas next week 😉 And yes, I’m leaving very early tomorrow morning, so right now, I’m busy putting the finishing touches on my suitcases. While I’m at RT, I will mostly use Twitter, so if you want to see what I’m up to there, make sure to follow me.
Just because I’m a proud mom, and today is mother’s day, I also wanted to share my artistic oldest daughter. She’s been going to circus school for the past four years, and yesterday, they did a great performance. She’s also majoring in art in high-school, here’s her art page on Facebook if you’re interested.
This week’s posts:
- [6 May] Waiting on Wednesday #44 – Nowhere But Here
- [7 May] Thirsty Thursday and Hungry Hearts #14
- [9 May] Stacking the Shelves #83 Bought Borrowed and Bagged #33
- [10 May] The Sunday Post #31 – Ready for Take-off!
This week’s reviews:
- [4 May] The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater ★★★★★
- [5 May] With a Twist by Sawyer Bennett ★★★★★
- [7 May] The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu ★★★★
- [8 May] Can't Resist a Cowboy by Elizabeth Otto ★★★★
Elsewhere in the Blogosphere:
Carmel @ Rabid Reads wonders : Do You Read ARCs? And my answer to that would be a resounding YES!
Brandee @ Bookworm Brandee asks us What Makes Great Audio?
Robyn @ Robgirl Books shares her Theme Song for the month of May. It’s all about the moms!!
What have you been up to this past week? Don’t forget to leave me a link so I can come visit your Sunday Post as well.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you’ve enjoyed your weekend, and that next week will be filled with awesome!
Wow, your daughter is really talented! Jeg skjønner godt at du er stolt av henne. Ha en vidunderlig morsdag, og god tur til Dallas 🙂
Thanks, Anette. Jeg er veldig glad for at hennes forestilling var denne helgen, og ikke neste helg! Minste-jenta har neste helg, og da er jeg ikke hjemme enda 🙁
Takk, ha en flott uke!
Wow – Of course your a proud mommy – That was great!! Hope you have a great time in Dallas this week!
Thanks, Grace!
That sounds scray with al that water and the snow melting. I’ve been on vacation once in germany when the rivers got flooded and it was a scary sight, some roads were complete blocked by the water. Glad to hear the sun is shining now. I hope you’ll have a great time at RT! I can’t wait to hear about RT once you get back and I hope you get a lot of awesome books!
I agree, Lola, seeing roads looking like rivers was really weird.
I can’t wait to leave tomorrow morning! It’s going to be so much fun to meet fellow bloggers and all those authors 🙂
Wow, your daughter is powerful, I do admire her balance (and envy her a bit). I hope you’ll have a great time with Brandee and Berls at RT 😀 Enjoy !
I know, right? I wish I had her strength, balance and grace, too 🙂 Thanks for stopping by Iza.
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Amazeballs! Congrats and have fun lady 🙂
Thanks, Braine 🙂
Save travels to RT! Hope you have fun. Sorry I won’t get to meet you. I’ll be stalking you guys on Twitter for pictures. LOL
Thanks Jennifer. I’m sorry we won’t get to meet this time, too. Maybe another year we’ll both be able to go? And yes, I’ll use Twitter for pictures for sure! I’m giddy with excitement.
That clip is great. You deserve to be a proud mum. Have a fabulous Mother’s Day and enjoy your trip!
Thanks, Deborah 🙂 Have a great week!
What a talented young lady and Happy Mother’s Day! You’ve been a busy beaver but hopefully the RT trip will allow you a little bit of relaxation and lots of fun! BIG Hugs…Ro
Thank you, Ro 🙂 Have a great week ahead, too!
Have a great time at RT – I just couldn’t brave the crowds!
Thanks, Steph 🙂 I can hardly wait!
Oh, your daughter is amazing. I used to do gymnastics and can appreciate her agility and strength.
Have fun at RT and Happy Mother’s Day!
I was never that agile, Laura, but I really love watching her!
Wow! What a talented daughter! Happy Mother’s Day. It sounds like you had a very busy week.
Thanks, Cindy 🙂 Yes, it was a very busy week indeed. But next week will be all play and no work 😉
Congrats to your daughter! Enjoy your week, and Happy Mother’s Day.
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Thanks, Laurel-Rain, have a great week 🙂
Happy Mother’s Day, Lexxie! 🙂 Your daughter is FANTASTIC. I wish I was as talented as her. 😉 Unfortunately I’m just about the least flexible person on earth… Have fun at RT! <3
Thank you Aimee 🙂 I’m not exactly flexible myself 😉
Hope you have fun at RT Lexie! Also really weird how today is Mother’s Day for so many people! Ours is around April time in the UK!
In Norway, mother’s day is in February… but somehow, Switzerland is aligned with the US for this one 🙂
Have a great week, Laura.
Have a great trip, and nice performance. Sorry to hear about the flooding, sound like a mess.
Thanks for stopping by, Greg 🙂
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Usually in April we get bad storms that cause LOTs of flooding but we somehow dodged it this year but lately the storms have been so bad only time will tell.
Your daughters performance was beautiful! I would be a proud mommy too 🙂 I wish her all the best in her performances she has some natural talent!
Have a fun and safe trip, I will totally be watching the tweets being all jealous over here 😉
Have a great week, Lexxie!
Thank you Michelle, it’s always so amazing to me to watch her perform 😀 It’s nice to be able to share with my blogger-buddies.
I wish you were here, too, Michelle! I had such a great time last night with Berls and Felicia 🙂
Have a great week yourself.
Happy Mother’s Day!! I hope you have a fun and safe trip to RT! I’m planning to go next year see Las Vegas is closer to me and would be more affordable. Plus it’s Vegas lol!!
Wow, your daughter is amazing! Circus school sounds like a lot of fun!
Have a great trip and I’ll keep an eye out for your Twitter posts =)
Vegas sounds like fun, too, Kathy! I’m just so happy I’ve been able to make it this year! The flight was very long, but I was able to have dinner with blogger-buddies – what a treat, ight?
Twitter: Mlsimmons
Your daughter is very talented. I can’t wait to see you at RT. Have a safe flight.
Have a safe flight today, Melanie 🙂 I can’t wait to see you this PM 🙂
Safe travels, Lexxie. Can’t wait to hear all about RT when you get back.
Terri M., the Director
Second Run Reviews
Thank you Terri 🙂
That was an incredible performance, lovely video – very obvious why you are so proud! Have fun at RT!
Thank you Katy 🙂
Have a great trip/time in Dallas! Your daughter is awesome.
Thank you, Nise 🙂
Ummmm… wow! There is no way in hell I could do that on a hoop! For sure I would break my neck! lol And circus school? Had no idea about that!!
Have fun at RT girl! Wish I was there with you!
Hope you had a great Mother’s Day!
Naomi @ Naomi’s Reading Palace
Yeah, both my daughters go to circus school, Naomi 🙂 The boys play hockey, and the girls to circus 😉
I wish you were here, too! It was jus so much fun to hang out with Berls and Felicia yesterday, and more bloggers are arriving today. I’m squeeing when I think of seeing Brandee this afternoon!!
*squee* I’ll be seeing you tomorrow! I’m putting the finishing touches on my suitcase today and I’ll be heading to the airport after I drop off the kids tomorrow morning. I can’t wait! Thanks so much for sharing that video. I’ve always wondered what kinds of things your girls learned at circus school. That was amazing and impressive. 🙂 **BIG HUGS**
OMG Brandee, only a fee more hours now! Our room is nice, it’s a bit far from the lobby area, but it should be pretty quiet here, I think 🙂 I slept like the dead and now I’m back to being really excited because you’ll be here soon.
Have a safe flight! *BIG HUGS*
Twitter: BerlsS
We’ve had tons of rain here actually too – though its supposed to be nice this week (yay!). We’ve also had tornados (don’t worry, should be fine this week too). Mother nature was just in bad mood this past week!
Your daughter is clearly talented – and must have some serious ab muscles! No wonder you’re proud!
Can’t wait to see you in… Roughly 4-5 hours!!!
YAY , the weather IS really nice, and it’s so amazing to hang out for real, Berls 😀 I look forward to seeing you again this morning.