Rachael Joyce, Maureen, Brian Branton, Homeworthy Christmas House Tour, and lots more on Monday Musings.
MONDAY MUSINGS NO.100
Good morning friends! How was your Thanksgiving? Did you travel to visit family and friends or stay home and entertain? If you traveled I hope that you are back home safe and sound and had no issues with weather or delays.
We stayed home this year and have been going non-stop since Thursday morning. Over the last few days we have hosted dinners, gone for long walks, visited Christmas fairs, shopped Black Friday, bowled, played games, watched Christmas movies, a parade and football among other things.
There were lots of laughs, food and fun.
I am ready to rest a few days before we start again on Friday.
Have you been shopping the sales? What did you purchase? Did you find any good deals?
Ok, enough bout me let’s get the +5 Things.
+5 THINGS
1.READ~Maureen
Maureen
Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to save a friend. But the story doesn’t end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make.
Only she can finish the journey her husband started.
Maureen and Harold Fry have settled into a quiet life, but when an unexpected message from the North disturbs their peaceful equilibrium, Maureen realizes that it’s now her turn to make a journey. But she is not like her affable, easygoing husband. By turns outspoken, then vulnerable, she struggles to form bonds with the people she meets—and the landscape she crosses has radically changed. Maureen has no sense of what she will find at the end of the road. All she knows is that she has to get there.
A deeply felt, lyrical, and powerful novel, Maureen explores love, loss, and how we come to terms with the past in order to understand ourselves a little better.While this book stands alone, it is also the extraordinarily moving finale to a trilogy that began with the phenomenal bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and continued in The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. Like those beloved books, Maureen has all the power and weight of a classic.
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Books for Kids
Holiday Books for Adults
2. WATCHED~Homeworthy
The beautiful home of Brian Branton who transforms his historic home into a holiday wonderland every year. He has Christmas trees in almost every room, wreaths on every window and his banisters and mantles are never forgotten.
3. LINKS: READ+WATCH+LISTEN
10 European-style Christmas Markets in the U.S.
Are ‘Elf’ and ‘Love Actually’ the Last Holiday Classics We’ll Ever Get?
Tips for the Perfect Paperwhites
10 Life Choices We Will All Regret in 10 Years or Less (If We Aren’t Careful)
“Girls in the Windows”: The Real Story Behind an Iconic New York Photo
A beautiful London Pied-à-Terre
How to Happy For Someone When It’s Hard
Use This 100-Year-Old Productivity Method to Get More Done
Carters’ Journey Highlights Tough Questions About When to Choose Hospice
4. SHOPPING BREAK~FINDS & SALES
Outfit of the Day
It is easy to “throw together” a holiday outfit. An embellished sweater works with a skirt for evening and slacks or jeans for outings during the day. Add sling backs shoes and a bag and you are ready for any celebration.
Games & Puzzles
It’s Cyber Monday and Amazon has some great sales on Games & Puzzles. They both make great gifts and are fun all year long. I like to work on puzzles in the winter. You can find all of these games and puzzles and a lot more in my Amazon store.
Other Sales
Amazon
Anthropologie~Up to 50% off
Boden 40% selected full-price styles* PLUS, an extra 20% off all sale with code E3N4
J. Crew 50% off EVERYTHING
J Crew Factory has 50-70% off storewide (here). If you love plaid, check out all of their cute plaid clothing and accessories (here)
Pottery Barn~ Up to 50% off in most departments.
5. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT~WEEKEND MEANDERINGS
This weekend I joined Kim and Juliet for weekend meanderings, Amanda Brooks, Small Business Saturday, Christmas Movies, Holiday Shopping and More on Weekend Meanderings.
THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
I hope that you enjoyed Monday Musings and found something to read, watch or even add to your cart.
What book are you currently reading? Are you binge watching a favorite show or listening to a good podcast? Have you seen any good movies lately?
Are you ready for the holidays?Do you have any recipes that you love and think we need to have on our Thanksgiving table?
Have a great day friends. Thank you for spending part of it with me.
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