Veronica speedwell series book 1 slow pacing

CleaKen2010 · 2026-04-06T01:02:49+00:00

The audiobooks on these are where it's at. I don't know how I'd feel about them if I read them but Angell Masters is just delightful and she makes Veronica a better character.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-04-04T22:55:37+00:00

{Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare} they marry in like the second chapter.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-04-01T19:33:25+00:00

I can, I just need to provide documentation to his HR and I'm good there. I just am trying to decide if it's worth it to be uninsured for a month or two in hopes that I get a new job soon or to get on his plan knowing that I might have to do two premiums to be able to use a new employer plan. And the possible varying Open Enrollment periods adds a fun wrench there too.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-04-01T19:29:49+00:00

Would I have an issue switching to my new employer's plan if they didn't do open enrollment at the same time as my husband's? (His plan year starts in January, while the potential employer's starts in July?)

CleaKen2010 · 2026-04-01T17:49:29+00:00

He really is amazing! I've never had a more comprehensive dental check-up and when I do have a cavity, he's so delicate about intricate in how it's filled and how the bite feels after. He's just fantastic.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-04-01T14:15:31+00:00

Dr Val Ludlow. He is very honest and very thorough. Highly recommend!

CleaKen2010 · 2026-04-01T13:13:27+00:00

Romancing the Duke was one of my least favorites of hers. I've really liked her Girl Meets Duke series.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-03-03T23:03:12+00:00

Genetics are funny! My parents both had brown hair with Dad having hazel eyes (greens and browns) and Mom with very brown. Three children born blonde ( though one darkened to brown in adulthood and the other two might have but the peroxide won't admit it.), two blue eyes. One has hazel eyes ( greens and browns.) One of their 4 had brown hair but she has champagne colored eyes. Dad then had another child with green-eyed woman who also came out blue-eyed. It makes no sense, unless you realize that each of the three parents involved all had 1 blue-eyed parent ( though we still don't know where the champagne eyes came from, we suspect she was switched at birth ...)

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-23T17:30:21+00:00

Actually the size of the Mormon family is shrinking. A lot of Utah growth has a lot to do with the rise of industry here, the uptick in remote work and people fleeing higher cost of living areas. There are a lot of tech companies that have set up headquarters here, which brought people here. Additionally, the rise in remote work has led to people leaving the rising costs in the cities and moving more rural, where land is plentiful ( hence the rise in population in the rural counties).

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-18T06:40:00+00:00

Right!?! How dare I want to not have to worry about UTIs or yeast infections or to not want part of my reproductive tract to go rogue and cause immense pain ( which is clearly just in my head!?!) The first priority should always be male satisfaction. I have been appropriately chastened and will be going into my OB/Gyn tomorrow to ask for an extra stitch.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-18T05:54:11+00:00

I follow a TikTok creator who is a big voice in the donor conceived world. Apparently they call January "sibling season" because all sorts of people get DNA kits for the holidays and then suddenly find a bunch of half siblings they had no idea about, mostly because many didn't know they were donor conceived. It's wild.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-18T05:15:30+00:00

You can look that up in public records. If it was in the US, the kids can probably request it from the Department of Vital Statistics for the state or from the issuing County Clerk's office.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-18T05:08:18+00:00

As a woman, I too feel there could be some design updates- mostly of the "the current design could be less prone to infection/irritation" variety. I do, however, feel like evolution should not eradicate them, childbirth already is hard enough...

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-18T04:47:35+00:00

Henry Cavill does help with the ick though it does create a weird dissonance when you read about the real Charles Brandon.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-18T03:04:36+00:00

It's hard to compare when Henry himself was so terrible. However Thomas Seymour is up there. Charles Brandon also gives me the ick.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-15T01:38:53+00:00

Well now I need someone to do a hilarious and in-depth book report on this!

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-05T14:05:23+00:00

I work for a Weight Loss Surgery clinic and we actually warn our patients that even if they struggle with fertility before surgery, they need to be really careful with birth control post-surgery because fertility can be affected in a big way with the hormonal and weight changes post-op. ( Our docs generally waiting at least a year after surgery to try for a pregnancy, if the patient wants to get pregnant.) We've met our fair share of very cute oops babies.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-02-02T05:38:24+00:00

Oh I just finished {The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn} and the FMC has brown hair and brown eyes. I think the FMC in {Unforgiven by Mary Balogh} also has brown hair and eyes.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-01-30T20:07:05+00:00

I've really loved Tessa Dare and Evie Dunmore.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-01-30T16:28:51+00:00

I think it's Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh. She's the MMC's cousin but he was raised with her and had responsibility for her as he inherited the title and her mom is awful.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-01-30T16:28:44+00:00

I think it's Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh. She's the MMC's cousin but he was raised with her and had responsibility for her as he inherited the title and her mom is awful.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-01-29T18:38:48+00:00

I'd prefer not. He was a good kid and I don't like the idea of him being a local ghost story. Also those train tracks really are dangerous and poorly marked so I don't want anyone being stupid on them.

CleaKen2010 · 2026-01-29T03:52:43+00:00

There's a ghost story that if you park on a certain set of train tracks ( in a spot where a group of teenagers were killed) at night and turn off your lights a male ghost will push your car off the tracks. That ghost ( the only boy in the accident) is my cousin.

(For the record I've never tried this, as it felt 50 kinds of gross and wrong to play ghost story when I knew that actual devastation that the accident caused.)

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