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Could This Week Get Any Worse?
March 7, 2008
This was quite the emotional week here in the Frozen Tundra. Our beloved Brett Favre has retired from the Green Bay Packers. His tearful and heartfelt
press conference didn't leave a dry eye in the house (even my 7 year old grandson cried and he lives in St. Louis). Brett and his family have been an institution here for the past 17 years and he will be deeply missed. Personally, my Sunday afternoons just won't be the same without the razzle-dazzle that #4 brought to the game. Enjoy your retirement Brett, you deserve it.
Then to top the week off, my doctor's office called to tell me my health insurance was cancelled and I totally freaked. Turns out it was my fault. It used to be that if you didn't pick a health provider every year, you just got the one you had the year before. Well, the rules changed and because I didn't physically say who I wanted, I was given the default insurance. So, the good news is that I still have health insurance, but the bad news is that it's with a different carrier. What a pain in the butt!
And don't even get me started on my hot water heater!
Because of the stress and depression that came with Brett's retirement news <sniff>, I only managed to finish 2 books this week (although I'm currently reading 2 more and listening to one in my car). I'll tell you what I've read and then you can let me know what you've been reading lately.
First up is
Warrior's Bride by
Gerri Russell. Lady Isobel was held captive in a tower with her mother until the age of 7 when her mother died. Now, as an adult, Douglas Stewart, the Black Wolf of Scotland has come to take her home to be his wife, by order of the king. Why is the king demanding this marriage? Will Lady Isobel tell her new husband of her unwanted ability, insane mother and evil father?
This medival romance combines fictional characters with real life people and events. They are interwoven into a tale of parental manipulation at it's worse with faith, hope and love at it's best. Though this is the second book in the series, it solidly stands on it's own.
On to Making Over Mr. Right by Judi McCoy. Theo Maragos is the stereotypical computer nerd who's company is ready to go public and reap the financial rewards. Zoe Degodessa is on a mission to add beauty to the world as the Muse of Beauty. Daddy Zeus has given her one year, but she's not allowed to fall in love with a mortal. When Theo hires Zoe to revamp his apartment for a magazine photo shoot, lightening bolts from Mount Olympus start to fly.
A contempory romantic fantasy, this third book in Judi's series wraps up the Muses' quest to get on the good side of Daddy Dearest and live happily ever after on Mount Olympus. Lucky for us, love is in the air as Zoe fights her attraction to Theo while doing makeovers, one woman at a time. Fun, flirty, fantasy that'll have you looking twice at the IT guys in your office.
Ok, now it's your turn to tell everyone what you've been reading this week. Don't be shy.
Bottom Line: Drying my eyes now because spring training has started and soon I'll be able to cheer on my summer love, the Milwaukee Brewers! (Of course, that implies that we will be having summer here in the frigid Midwest)
Posted by Barbara Vey on March 7, 2008 | Comments (27)
