Last Friday I went to my first library book sale in Alton, IL. I had missed the "preview" day the night before since I had to be home from work in time to watch the kids so my wife could get to a church meeting. I was kind of bummed that I missed the preview, but since I hadn't been to one of those things before, I didn't know if the $5 fee to get in the door would have been a waste. So I get there Friday morning and walk into the building and there are TONS of books. I was kind of blown away, to be honest. So I start digging and I came up with surprisingly very little. If you're into the current major contemporary authors - Patterson, Kellerman, Baldacci, Nora Roberts, Danielle Steel - then this is the gold rush. For me, not so much. I dug around for a long time before I came up with three hardcover Graham Greene novels, a paperback of Thomas Pynchon's Vineland and a hardcover of The World According to Garp by John Irving. Total spent - $3. I'll be throwing some pictures of these online in the next day or so.
Saturday was spent with the family and doing work in the yard. Cut the grass, do the edging, play with the kids. A good day,
My "gift" for my wife on Mother's Day was to finally get rid of the washer and dryer on the first floor of our house and move the stackable washer/dryer from the basement up to the first floor. I had other plans for after that was done, but I was so worn out that I couldn't get going and ended up just getting the usual routine stuff done.
My wife and I watched the final episode of Desperate Housewives, the wife's favorite show. I have watched almost every episode with her and while it's not really my thing, it's time that we spend together. It was fine - nothing great.
And now here I am. It's Monday.

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