Aloha!

 Wow, it's been a while...again. I've spent the last two weeks having various ailments. The 'rona? Who knows. All the symptoms of corona could be a million other things as well. I'm sure I've had it before. I thought my sore throat might be strep, but no swollen tonsils or white spots. Anyway, that eventually went away. Simultaneously, my old pal acid reflux showed up. It's been over two years since I had problems with this before, so I can't complain. Got myself on a bland diet and it's improving by tiny increments. I've been too tired and annoyed to blog, thank goodness for you all! Enough about that!

We had a foot or two of snow the last couple of days. We don't bother counting inches this time of year. Adam got us plowed out last night, so I made it to get my mail in town today.

Being sick, I didn't do much besides watch videos and read. What's new? I finished the Zion Chronicles and also read a four book series by Andrew Klavan called The Homelanders. It's a YA series of books about an 18 year old young man who infiltrates a terrorist organization. He's a Christian, a patriotic guy and is really good at karate. It all sounds rather cheesy, but I could not put these books down! Mr. Klavan writes crime novels and apparently is good at it. He grabs you and drags you at top speed through the story with nary a chance to catch your breath, lol. (He's also a favorite conservative guy on YouTube.) I read the first of these YA novels to see if they might be something my grandkids could read. Not until they're much older! The books are filled with action and can get kind of graphic, but this young hero (Charlie West) won this mama's heart. I had to see how it all turned out. I rarely give fives on book reviews, but these were all fives in my book. (Pardon the pun.) This is quite a departure from the genres I usually read. I want to read Klavan's autobiography at some point. He describes himself as a secular Jew who found Christ at the age of fifty. Sounds interesting to me!

Mixing that up with some of my usual Christian Regency romances and some theological type stuff. One book I'm reading is I Was a Stranger: A Theology of Christian Hospitality. (Or something like that.) It's okay, but I think people sometimes over complicate and over analyze things which could be explained much more simply. But then, they couldn't sell a book, I guess. (Ewww, what a cynic!)

And now for the parade of ATCs. My life is so predictable...

I believe this was just an open theme swap.

And these were probably from the Stamp Mix-Up swap which I mention below and in a previous post. I'm mixed-up alright. 

These are for the ongoing series known as "Cats and a little something extra". These are made with poker cards as the base and we're working our way down from Aces to twos.

This guy was a gift for the swap host.

These are for the Mid-February PAT (Pick-a-Theme). The players in my group asked for these particular themes.

The day before we got a foot or two of snow the kids were having fun on the slopes.

Did I show these already? Another of the "Cats and something extra" series.

March Weird Holidays...

The Emerald Isle swap...

I think these were for the  Map It swap. Just need to include a map. (Actually the ones in the middle were from the Stamp Mix-Up swap. They just happen to have a map in the background. I showed them previously. Hard to recall all this stuff.) 

And I think that'll do it for ATCs.

Well, I'm going to nip over to Micah's in a bit to watch kids until Adam gets home. Micah's taking Adele to dance class. That's a new activity on their schedule and Adele's loving it! Can't wait for the first recital!

Until next time, blessings and shalom to all of you. Thanks for stopping by!