Thursday, November 10, 2016

What Helen Read #7: October 2016

I gotta say, I'm very envious of Helen's reading prowess this month. What a reading month she's had. There has been a lot of reads and according to Helen, many of them good. :-)

I'm delighted to get this list from Helen. I won't prattle on so here's what Helen read for the last month.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Let's talk about sex

Let's talk about sex, baby. Let's talk about you and me ... I'm not asking you about your sex life but let's face it, sex sell. Sex in romance sells too, especially in recent years with the rise of erotic romance post Fifty Shades of Grey. I enjoy sex in my romance and personally, I love when the bedroom door is left wide open. I find it very emotionally satisfying when the hero and heroine finally get it on. Even when the sex scenes fade to black, I kinda want to know that they did the hokey pokey together. :-)

Couple kissing red flower

Thursday, November 3, 2016

What Deanna Read #9: October 2016

Hello, hello! It's the end of October and I'm writing this post early (Oct 30th!) and I don't normally do that but seriously, I don't think I'll get through another book before the end of the month. So sad! Life has been hectic.

As you may know, we are on vacation in the US. Sadly, it has not turned out to be the vacation we hoped it would be because we've spent most of it with Steve's dad being in hospital. As of right now, I'm exhausted and just back from the hospital with dad. Fortunately, this second stint at the hospital has been a short one and dad showed a fast improvement with the care he got there. The hospital he was in is FANTASTIC. All the staff were amazing. Everyone was really caring, kind and patient. The doctors were thorough and patient with us and all the questions we were asking about dad's health. They took a lot of time to explain things to us about dad's condition and how they are treating him. Of course, we are happy dad's home and dad is SUPER happy he's home. He's settled into the living room in his favorite chair with a blanket on his lap watching TV. He's comfy and happy.

Of course, we are happy we've been here to help out and be with mom and dad during this time. It's been a big help to them, I'm sure and we've been glad to be there helping look after them. We are grateful they are both well even though dad will need some continuing care.

So, on the reading front ... sadly, I've only read 4 books this month. I'm working on my 5th book but I don't think I'll finish it in time to fit into October.

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Too dependent on the internet

Have you ever thought you're too dependent on the internet? Wondered what you ever did without it? I have and most recently, our internet went down which highlighted the fact even more.

Internet
Photo via Visualhunt.com

Let me start you on my internet journey.

It's 1998 and I'm stuck in Cairo, Egypt on a project on my own (sort of). I had colleagues with me, of course, but essentially, I was on my own. On my own with my dial-up internet connection. Back then, we used something called SITA. I don't even know what that stands for anymore but it was one of those internet services which had dial-up numbers from all around the world. Very useful for someone who works all over the world (me) at that point.