I have to agree with you both

I, too, have special books.  But in my recent "clean-out", I was forced to take a serious look at those I had, and sort out those with special meaning or emotion attached-the ones I couldn't bear to part with.  Right now, I'm re-reading the Kidd series by John Sandford.  I may have mentioned it before.  This was written in the early 90's when computer hacking first became an issue, but I feel an attachment to the characters.  They appear to have some human feelings, and, to an extent, ethics. This was also the series where I became aware of more routine usage of the Tarot, without attaching any mystical or magic meaning to it.  I will keep them -there are only four in the series--and probably re-read them again in the future.

I had done a major clean-out of my craft/art books early in the clean-out process, and there were some of those that emerged as "keepers', s well

I attended my " Watercolour Dragon Flies" workshop yesterday,  She is a somewhat inexperienced instructor.  It was a three hour class, but we had all finished our project in about 1 1/2 hour.  She scrambled a bit and found a second project, but I didn't have any extra paper.  She said she had run a practice class, but it was friends, and they took the full three hours. She now realized that it made a difference to have experienced artists.  I only had some powdered paints, and was wary, but they worked beautifully.

In the afternoon, we went to the casino--after over two weeks of being stuck in the house with our colds.  We only stayed for a very little while, but both felt better for having done it.

Otherwise, David has been watching the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction on tv for three days solid.  Evidently it's on again today.  He's been actively interested in it, and frequently comes to tell what's going on.  since I've been holding back on any hand work, it's meant a lot of time at the computer for me.

However, my weight is continuing to decline--very, very slowly, and with ups and downs.  I am hovering around my next goal, and have been for about 3 weeks.  Twice now, including this morning, I was dead on the goal--not 0.1 lb above or below-- but just can't seem to manage to get below.  Because I couldn't get the yogurt I wanted, I bought it in a different package, and took the time to read the ingredients, coming to realize that there is a bit of real sugar in the one I've used for months.  Not good.  So I checked the ingredients in a couple of other things I use regularly, such as my whey protein and discovered it also contains a sweetener ( Steava, whatever that is)  Have to take a look at options next time I shop.

Today, I'm cooking one of my pickled brisket pieces--definitely not on the diet, but this is a planned diversion.  And I'm going to try some beading.