My weekend was heavy on dog activities. As usual, I went to the pack walk at the shelter on Saturday morning. In the afternoon, Jake and I met up with Jen (from work) and her dog Ruby at the Windber Rec dog park. There were like 10 dogs there! I was a little nervous to put Ralphie in there, but he did just fine. I guess he’s good with other dogs. He got quite a workout! Sunday afternoon, I went back to the shelter and did some solo dog walks. I haven’t done that in a while, but with the beautiful weather, I couldn’t pass it up. And the trend (sort of) continues tomorrow when I have a humane society board meeting.
full throttle
This was a book of short stories by Joe Hill (and a few were co-written by Stephen King). I prefer novels over short stories, but I’m not one to pass up a Hill or King story. I started it on vacation, but did not finish it (which was unusual because I normally read at least one book while on vacation). I then read a couple of novels before deciding to pick it up again and I really enjoyed the rest of it. There’s been a lot going on these past few years (divorce, pandemic, politics) and it has distracted me from enjoying reading, but I seem to be back into it now.
My rating: 4/5
halloween, pandemic-style
I wasn’t sure what to expect from the trick or treaters this year, but we had a normal amount of them, 42 to be exact (which was up from last year’s 30). This year, we put the candy out in order to eliminate having to interact with people. Normally, whenever I’m in charge, that’s what I do anyway so I don’t have to listen to the dogs barking for two hours. I did full size candy bars again and also put out some bagged chip-type things and mini Pringles cans. Surprisingly all of the Pringles went and we had some leftovers of the other stuff.
y tu mama tambien
I saw this movie listed on a “what’s leaving Netflix in November” list. There were two Mexican actors in it that I was a fan of, so I figured I’d give it a go. It was a coming of age/road trip type of movie and was quite good.
My rating 4/5
the closers
This book was by the author Michael Connelly. I don’t think I’ve read anything from him before, but I will definitely be reading more from him in the future. This story in particular was a crime novel about a cold case. I can’t say that there was anything I didn’t like about it (and when does that ever happen?).
My rating: 4/5