List Day

Today we have a bulletted list because I'm kind of tired and can't seem to put together anything resembling a coherent thought.

• I finished Heart Of Light by Sarah Hoyt the other night.  After a slow start that had me a little worried it ended up being a pretty good read.  The Victorian era with a twist thing is one of my favorites when it comes to alternate history and Hoyt did it well.  The blurb on the back cover is a little misleading though as the main character is actually one of three and he is probably the least important of the bunch.  The magic isn't explained to death, something I've found a lot of lately.  Here is just is.  What is explained is why some people have more than others and herein lies the heart of the plot.  As with most Victorian romances and mysteries a lot of the angst comes from mistaken identity, assumed motivations and really bad choices made because while everyone talks they do so per the conventions of polite society so they never really say anything.  There is a real danger with this trope of Victoriana for it to get old and annoying but I'm happy to say that in this book, for me, it didn't.  I enjoyed the book and the other two in the series are now on my wishlist. 
• I've been working with spreadsheets all day and I swear its made my eyesight worse. 
• Tonight will be the third night I do a 2-mile in home walking program.  I so have to get a treadmill.  I don't know if I'll ever start running - not with my knees - but it would be nice to use the incline feature.  And I really hate gyms.  Too many people.
• The upcoming cruise is all set up and paid for so all there is to do now is wait for January 24th to get here.  Man, its going to take forever, isn't it?  I can't wait to do things I've never done before like kayaking (Key West) and a zip-line through the jungle (Belize).  Dad and I chose some more strenuous excursions this time, thus the emphasis on exercise in my life lately.
• I'm thinking of making a crock pot meal for Thanksgiving - Cran-Apple Chicken.  Except that means I have to actually fix chicken and I'm not sure about that.  While I'll eat meat I don't ever fix it myself.  But I don't think tofu works well in the crock pot and if I want to expand my culinary options I may have to learn how to handle chicken and fish.  
• Tonight should be a reading night after my workout and dinner.  I'm still working on the biography of Marie Antoinette as it isn't really holding my attention.  Time for some fiction.  Maybe a mystery of some kind.     
• At the moment there are no plans for this weekend and if it keeps raining I won't have to rake leaves either.  That means sleeping in.  YAY!