This was the 4th book in Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein series. It felt like they never got to the actual story. I guess it’ll be in the next one, but I’m going to have to take a break from these for a bit. While I read the book pretty quickly, this was my least favorite from the series thus far.
My rating: 3/5
I got a lime tree last spring. As it turns out, citrus trees are very temperamental. When I first got it, it shed a bunch of leaves, but this apparently is to be expected as the plants do not like change. Once the weather warmed up, I put it outside so it would have full access to sunlight. By the end of the summer, it was full of leaves and blossoms and looking pretty good. I even got a tiny lime from it. But, when the weather turned cold again, I had to bring it inside and over time, it shed all of its leaves. And, then the branches started dying off. And now, all I’m left with is a stick in the dirt. So much for that experiment.
On the other hand, I cut the top off of a pineapple that I bought at the grocery store and put it in a pot of dirt and it sprouted roots, started growing, and looks fantastic. You would think that a tropical plant, such as pineapple, would be harder to grow than a citrus tree. You would be incorrect.
We wrapped up Brian’s annual trifecta of birthday celebrations last night. It was the cap to a busy day. Brian and I started off the morning at the eye doctor’s, where we both had our annual appointment. I also had a late day dentist appointment scheduled for Jake, but they called and asked if we could come in early due to the fact that they had a bunch of weather-related cancellations. So, I had to leave work earlier than expected to take him to his appointment. The only good thing was that we were going to have to take two vehicles to Brian’s parents’ house due to the timing of the appointment, but we were all able to go together since it ended up being earlier. The bad thing was that I had to leave work early and I’ve been quite busy at the office. Oh well, I guess the work will get done eventually.
This was another movie from our top 13. Jake liked it so much that he actually looked away from his phone and watched most of the movie. That is a rare occurrence.
My rating: 4/5
For someone who doesn’t like to paint, I sure find myself painting often enough. Today, I painted our upstairs bathroom (which is part of the overhaul of the upper floor of our house). I did a two-tone thing–a tan color and an off-white. It turned out nice–it looks so much better than before. It took longer than I was expecting, but isn’t that always how that goes?
Now, Brian will be able to put down the floor in that room and we can finish things up in there.