Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Back in the Saddle

I began this blog years ago with a page about yard sale finds and selling some of the items on eBay for a profit.  Well, I'm back with eBay sales. However, this time I've gotten myself into a bit of a mess. After we had moved here and while I was shocked by my deep level of grief, I visited a lot of yard sales and thrift shops. Retail therapy? Partly.  But also, because I had watched a lot of videos about buying to flip for a profit. Neat side gig, right?  Here's the problem, you have to have space to store everything until it sells and if it doesn't sell, what do you do with it.

My therapist says it comes from my ADHD and addictive personality.  I don't drink to excess or do drugs, but I can obsess about ideas, things, even people.  At the time of my grief, I also picked up a serious problem with Temu.  I'm sorry to say my family now calls me a hoarder as all of my personal spaces in the house are deeply cluttered.  As I said, I'm in therapy and now I'm on new meds that are helping me.  It's better to be hyper focused on listing stuff on eBay and getting excited over every sale.

If you're interested in seeing what weird stuff I'm selling, click here.  To wet your curiosity below are a few photos:

  

 

 


 

  




Tuesday, October 28, 2025

BOOKS READ IN 2024




I learned early in 2024 that I had torn two tendons in my ankle, including the Achilles tendon. In April I had surgery and was down for six weeks.  I read a few books during that time.  After I could walk again without wearing a boot I had to endure physical therapy.  Not fun whatsoever.  We had a garden again and I had t have help in the kitchen to get the canning and freezing of the veggies done. However, my ankle was still bothering me, so I finished out the year knowing I'd have to go back under the knife. Still no friends but my books. 
(written in 2025)

  1. They Never Learn - Layne Fargo
  2. Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver (audible)
  3. Becoming The Boogeyman - Richard Chizmar
  4. The Fourth Monkey - J. D. Barker
  5. Wist - Steve M. Robertson (graphic novel)
  6. The Haunting - Natasha Preston
  7. Wicked Prey - John Sanford
  8. Heat Lightning - John Sanford
  9. Rough Country - John Sanford
  10. Storm Prey - John Sanford
  11. The Magnolia Inn - Anne-Marie Meyer
  12. Buried Prey - John Sanford
  13. The Last Dress from Paris - Jade Beer (audible) 
  14. Magnolia Homecoming - Anne-Marie Meyer
  15. Bad Blood - John Sanford
  16. Snow, Glass, Apple - Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
  17. Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubice
  18. Stolen Prey - John Sanford
  19. If You Ask Me - Betty White (audible)
  20. Possession - Brynne Asher
  21. Mad River - John Sanford
  22. Silken Prey - John Sanford
  23. Hail Mary - Andy Weir (audible)
  24. Phantom - Greer Rivers
  25. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle - Jennifer Ryan (audible)
  26. The Truths We Hold -Kamala Harris
  27. Nothing But Blackened Teeth - Cassandra Khaw (audible)
  28. A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking - T. Kingfisher (audible)
  29. I was a Teenage Slasher - Stephen Graham Jones
  30. Haunt Sweet Home - Sara Pinsker
  31. Pen Pal - J. T. Geissinger
  32. Graveyard Shift - M. L. Rio
  33. Sex and Vanity - Kevin Kwan (audible)
  34. Fiels of Prey - John Sanford
  35. The Lost Bookshop - Evie Woods (audible)
  36. Gathering Prey - John Sanford

BOOKS READ IN 2023





What can I say about 2023? It was cold and snowy at the beginning of the year. In June, I fell off a stool into the corner of an entertainment center, giving myself a concussion that turned serious. We had a garden and I preserved the produce by freezing it or canning it. I found a therapist at the end of 2022 who helped me deal with some of the grief from losing Mom. I'm still recovering.  I wish I could have gotten there in time.  I am still having trouble making friends, though I try to talk to my neighbors.  So when loneliness hit, I turned to books, of course. The end of the year was snowy and cold. Weather to snuggle up to the fire with a good book.

(written in 2025)


  1. Secret Prey - John Sanford
  2. A Thousand Naked Strangers - George Newbern (audible)
  3. Souls (A Killers Novel) - Brynne Asher
  4. Spare - Prince Harry (audible)
  5. Murder By Other Means - Johns Scalzi (audible)
  6. Certain Prey - - John Sanford
  7. Easy Prey - John Sanford
  8. China Rich Girlfriend - Kevin Kwan (audible)
  9. Rich People Problems - Kevin Kwan (audible)
  10. The Serpent In Heaven - Charlane Harris
  11. Chosen Prey - John Sanford
  12. Mortal Prey - John Sanford
  13. The Light We Carry - Michelle Obama (audible)
  14. A House With Good Bones - T. Kingfisher (audible)
  15. Naked Prey - John Sanford
  16. The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn
  17. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris (re-read)
  18. Hidden Prey - John Sanford
  19. What Moves The Dead - T. Kingfisher
  20. Broken Prey - John Sanford
  21. A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons - Kate Khavari (audible)
  22. Little Sister Death - William Gay
  23. The President's Brain is Missing - John Scalzi (audible)
  24. The Man on the Mountain Top - Susan Trott (audible)
  25. Too Mulch to Handle - Hy Hanna
  26. Chasing the Boogeyman - Richard Chizmar
  27. Dark of the Moon - John Sanford
  28. Dance Macabre - Stephen King (audible)
  29. Invisible Prey John Sanford
  30. The Sisters _ Dervla McTierman (audible)
  31. Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan (audible)
  32. All The Dead Shall Weep - Charlaine Harris
  33. Starter Villian - John Scalzi (audible)]
  34. The Last Devil To Die - Richard Osman
  35. Kiajui Preservation Society - John Scalzi (audible)
  36. Phantom Prey -John Sanford
  37. Ruthless King - Meghan March
  38. Defiant Queen Meghan March
  39. Sinful Empire - Meghan March
  40. The Trees Grew Because I Bled There - Eric LaRocca
  41. Vines - Brynne Asher (re-read)
  42. Paths - Brynne Asher (re-read)
  43. Gift - Brynne Asher (re-read)
  44. Heart of Iron (First Draft) - C. M. Alongi

Books Read in 2022


The following books were consumed in 2022 while we settled into our new house, and I tried to recover from the grief of losing my mother in December of 2021.  I also lost my 2-year-old great nephew, Wyatt, in February of 2022 - exactly 2 months to the day of losing my mother. Over the summer while canning squash, jars I had in the pressure cooker to preserve exploded into my face and hand causing second degree burns. Then in September we lost my brother-in-law in a long slow death.  It was basically just an all-around shit of a year.

(written in 2025)


  1. Cemetery Girl: The Pretenders - Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden
  2. Cemetery Girl: Inheritance - Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden
  3. Cemetery Girl: Haunted - Charlaine Harris & Christoper Golden
  4. An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed - Helen Tursten
  5. After I Fall (Immortal Billionaire Series) -Melissa Sercia
  6. After I Break (Immortal Billionaire Series) - Melissa Sercia
  7. The Adventures of Alice LaSelles - Alexandrina Victoria & Jacqueline Wilson
  8. Billy Summer - Stephen King
  9. After I Run (Immortal Billionaire Series) - Melissa Sercia
  10. After I burn (Immortal Billionaire Series) - Melissa Sercia
  11. Secrets of the Greek Revival - Eva Pohl
  12. The Library of the Dead - T. L Hutchu
  13. The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osma
  14. Opium and Absinthe _Lydia King
  15. The Man Who Died Twice - Richad Osman
  16. The Russian Cage - Charlaine Harris
  17. Agnes and The Hitman - Jennifer Cruise & Bob Mayer
  18. After I Obey (Immortal Billionaire Series) - Melissa Sercia
  19. Suicide Kings - Stephen Blackmore
  20. First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones
  21. Rules of Prey - John Sanford
  22. Th One That Got Away - Charlaine Harris
  23. The Ink Black Heart - Rober Galbraith
  24. Shadow Prey - John Sanford
  25. The Body in the Wood - April Henry
  26. Silent Prey - John Sanford
  27. Winter Prey - John Sanford
  28. Night Prey - John Sanford
  29. Blood Will Tell - April Henry
  30. Levi - Bryanne Asher
  31. Mind Prey - John Sanford
  32. Travel By Bullet - John Scalzi
  33. Sudden Prey - John Sanford