I Like Thursday #145

 One hundred forty-five weeks.  That is almost 2 3/4 years worth of posts.  I started joining LeeAnna's I Like Thursday bloggers in 2017.  Since that time I have traveled back and forth across the US three times, hence the reason why I don't have more post.

I like the interesting appliances I see while I wander the store at times.  A donut maker! 

Perhaps it could put me out of work if customers all decided to make their own donuts. 😮  Probably not ever going to happen.  

I recently purchased a new InstaPot that also has an air fryer too!  I will say I love it.  I was astonished at all the accessories for the InstaPot.

I saw a recipe recently using cookie dough in the insta pot and topping it with ice cream when it is done cooking.  Sounds yummy.

Bobbin got a sweatshirt. This is the first shirt I have bought her that the hood actually goes over her head.  While it is toasty on cold days she is not a fan, and can actually manage to wriggle out of it.  

While I am pretty proud of how self sufficient I can be, at times I fail miserably.  Example my sewing room used to have a ceiling fan with those small candle looking type bulbs.  Recently I had a day I turned the light switch, and nothing happened.  I shut it off and turned it on again, and it flashed on.  The next day same thing, but it took about 10 seconds before it came on.  I thought perhaps I needed a new switch.  After what felt like a bazillion trips up and down the stairs, I never did figure out what beaker would shut the power off to that room.  I finally resorted to shutting the power off to the whole house.  The new switch didn't work.  What happened was like a horror movie.   The light started flashing off and on.  We switched it off.  Decided to change out the bulbs....and it worked.  For a day.

Next was to just get a whole new fixture.  As I removed the ceiling fan/light I realized that the socket was cracked.  

The cracked socket made it so that the circuit was disrupted.  

This is my new light.  It has two 100 watt bulbs and is an amazing light.  The problem?  For some reason I have breakers which keep shutting down.  I finally decided that it was time to call an electrician.  My appointment will be for the 5th of February.  Obviously I did something wrong if it isn't working correctly.  Sometimes you just need to bring in the professionals, and say uncle.  

The books I read for the week were Desert Guardian by AW Baldwin.  Ethan was mountain biking the southwest, and goes over the edge.  He is rescued by a hermit named Relic.  Relic leaves Ethan at the River in hopes of hitching a ride with the white water rafters back to civilization.  

Throw in some relic hunters determined to protect their discoveries and a beautiful river guide and Ethan's life will never be the same. 

Magpie Speaks by R Allen Chappell.  The witch of Ganado is causing havoc and Paul T'Sosi needs to protect his family. 

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.  My mother was a teacher as I was growing up and her specialty was reading.  I remember this book sitting on the shelves at my house, yet I never remember picking it up to read. 

Kit is left an orphan after her grandfather dies and in an act of desperation she boards a ship for Connecticut to live with her Aunt and Uncle.  Arriving in colonial Connecticut and living with Puritans is quite the change.  Kit befriends Hannah Tupper and old widow that lives on the edge of Blackbird Pond.  Headstrong and spoiled Kit has a lot to learn about work, and her family has a lot to learn about friendship.

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