I haven't been able to get my mind into nonfiction at ALL lately (I've been reading the tagged book since last fall 😕) but I know a lot of you read lots of it & may be interested in @LaurenAshley 's round robin book mailing event!! Check out her page for more details about the #NFRoundRobin !!!
1. Met my husband in April 2010 & got married that July. Almost ten years later & he is still the best part of every day ❤
2. So many, but among the goals, I would REALLY like to finish the tagged book!
3. German - pork & sauerkraut. You have to eat at least one bite of sauerkraut if you want good luck.
Young'uns every year: “It's gross! I ate it last year & my luck was terrible!“
Gpa: “Think how bad it would have been if you hadn't eaten it!“
Final check-in for #Bfcr4 -
This was a really weird six weeks for me. Grandpa was in the hospital for about a month, and passed away last Saturday. I didn't achieve my goals or establish the good habits I was hoping for, but it was a reminder that it is important to stay flexible in life and focus on the people we love while we have the opportunity to do so. ⬇️
#Bfcr4 check-in...
Do you ever have a week where you just feel like hiding in a closet?? Paisley here gets it!
This past week has been incredibly difficult. This week my focus is on bringing some order back into my home and actually making supper every night. Also hoping to get through the next chapter of the tagged book.
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@Jerdencon @KathyWheeler @sharread @wanderinglynn
#bfcr4 check-in - With Grandpa still in the hospital, my goals were drastically different this week. I have been working on using the stairs, taking a brisk walk twice a day, and eating salad. I don't have the emotional stamina to read Vietnam right now, so that goal is on hold.
I think my biggest frustration with this round has been that part of my overall goal for BFC is to form good habits,⬇️
#bfcr4 check in!
This has been a week. Grandpa has been in hospital so the whole week has been rather chaotic. One silver lining is the amazing salad bar in the cafeteria there, so I actually have been eating pretty healthily! However, not much progress with my tagged book, despite the encouraging dedication from the brother who gifted it to me. :-D
Grandpa is doing better but not getting out any time soon, so I am adjusting goals to accommodate
#bfcr4 check-in!!!
As you can see, I am still working on my goals with mixed results. I am really trying to increase the number of veggies in my life! That is going to be my main focus for week 3. Vietnam is coming along, and I am hoping to complete through chapter 13 by next week, so we will see what happens!!
@wanderinglynn @Jerdencon @KathyWheeler @sharread
#BFCr4 check-in post!! Super busy day helping my sister move, so I don't even have the energy to take a picture to go with this post haha
I did great on my reading goal, getting through another two chapters of the tagged book. I really think I'm going to actually finish this beast by the end of the challenge. However, my exercise and dieting goals didn't go so well. I'm contemplating how to adjust them to make them still useful yet -----
I have been out of range all weekend so I'm just getting around to posting my goals for #bfcr4 ! This is my second time participating in BFC, but my first time on a team. This week is the busiest week of the year where I work, so my goals are pretty modest to start! I really want to finish the tagged book during this round, spend more time stretching & walking, & focus on healthier eating habits!
@wanderinglynn @Jerdencon @KathyWheeler @sharread
I'm super excited about #BFCr4 , which will be my second time participating. This time I've signed up to be on a small team as well!! I really want to try and finish the tagged book - I'm almost halfway through. Also looking to try and start walking every day and make some healthier adjustments to my diet! Check out @wanderinglynn for more details. I've copied @TheSpineView 's pic since she included the link you need to sign up!!
Well we have reached the end of #bfcr3 !! My final week was on vacation in Wyoming, & it was gorgeous!! This challenge has been great. It was a complicated six weeks what with a crazy work schedule & going on vacation, so I didn't establish the habits I had hoped for, but I did get moving some more, made a lot of progress on the tagged book, & have been eating fewer desserts!! Thanks for hosting @wanderinglynn & I hope there will be a round four!!
#bfcr3 check-in -
This week was middling. I did pretty good with skipping dessert and starting to work more salads into my life, but didn't do any walking. However, that will be remedied this week as we are on our way to the mountains!!! Currently in Iowa, hitting Lincoln (NE) tonight, and on to Yellowstone tomorrow!! I'll be offline all week, but never fear - I have brought plenty of books!!
Overall did much better with my goals for #BFCr3 this week. I'm back on track with my nonfiction book, & was also able to keep my dessert habits in check!! I'm back at work for the season, which is very physical, so for now I am not worrying about a cardio workout. I didn't get much walking in through the week, but we did take a 10-mile hike this morning. I am trying to replace some of my meals with salads as well. On to week 5!!!
@wanderinglynn
#bfcr3 check-in -
This was a week that went a bit off the rails. We delved into a remodeling project, which means my office/work area is now in a pile at the other end of the room!! I worked extra shifts and had some family drama, and all in all did not really even try on the challenges this week. :-/ Hoping to regain some balance and go forward this week!
@wanderinglynn
#BFCr3 check-in for Week 2 -
Doing great with my nonfiction reading by focusing on Vietnam when I am eating - it's a chunkster so I do better reading it if I just leave it on the table! Definitely failing on my efforts to eat less dessert, which comes down to a lack of self-control. I really do want to do better with that this week!!!
@wanderinglynn
The garden is definitely getting that late-August vibe, but mowing it yesterday definitely counted as cardio for #bfcr3 :-D
Making good progress in the tagged book as well. Things are heating up with the French. My husband laughs because I update him on Vietnam history as though it is current!!
#bfcr3 week one check-in - Some progress has been made! I definitely need to stop eating ice cream to hit my dessert-avoidance goal. :-D I started work, so I will be adjusting my nonfiction reading schedule accordingly. Overall I am at almost 100 pages so I feel good about that. Still hoping to up the cardio days, too! However, I have been doing better about getting out and walking. On to week 2!!!
@wanderinglynn
So I am giving #bfc a try this round!! Here are my goals for week 1. I mostly want to get moving more and eat fewer desserts!!! (Also that says "walk block" not black haha) I have no problems reading lots but really fall down on getting through hefty nonfiction tomes, so my reading goals will be focused on knocking out some chapters in the tagged book.
#bfcr3 @wanderinglynn
pickA more accurate subtitle for this book might be 'A Political History.' For anyone hoping to make sense of how the undeclared Vietnam war came about and eventually unraveled, this is essential reading. However, the more harrowing conflicts on the ground are minimized or glossed so at times the actual war feels like a distant backdrop for the bloodless battles raging in Washington. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
The time has come to call a spade a bloody shovel. This country is in an undeclared and unexplained war in Vietnam. Our masters have a lot of long and fancy names for it, like escalation and retaliation, but it is a war just the same. (James Reston)
If you give a girl a #ReadABookDay, she's going to want a martini to go with it (and if it's this book, she's going to need one) 📚🍸
Here, have some badass #WOC to kickstart your weekend. Punch a sexist white supremacist in the face. Make them proud.
"You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and I will win"
-Ho Chi Minh
Visiting our son and DIL for the weekend, and our grandkitty isn't interested in letting either of us read. She prefers my husband's book, but he's the one with the allergy. Trying to interest her in my book, but I guess she prefers nonfiction. #catsoflitsy
Vietnam: A history | 
