Sunday Synopsis (Cozy Mystery)

 

Murder Under the Mistletoe by Liz Fielding
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I know the Christmas season is over, but this is a cute book and you might not even mind that it's no longer the Christmas season while you're reading it. This is a cozy mystery, but it has more twists and turns than the typical cozy mystery.

Meet Abby, mom to three children, divorced, but her ex recently passed away, and she is seeing someone she has reacquainted herself with. She runs the gardens in the town.

Abby delivers the mistletoe and holly to the church for decorating. While she is there, Edward, who's unsteady on his feet, is attempting to place the star on the tree when he falls. As the accident is being investigated, they realize that this was supposed to happen to Gregory Tatton, on purpose, not by accident.

As the reader learns, Gregory Tatton was a ladies man and was blackmailing a large number of community members. It must be one of them who had it in fir Gregory. You'll have to read to find out, but this is a really well-written book.

This is Maybridge Murder Mystery #2. I haven't yet read number 1.

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Brrrrr. It's cold!

 Thank goodness the amount of freezing precipitation we were supposed to get here was grossly exaggerated!  They ended up canceling school for yesterday, but we didn't even have any ice.  There were a few overpasses that iced over on the weekend, but they were further north than where I am.  It barely got above freezing yesterday, and we had below freezing temps overnight, but it wasn't as serious as we were first led to believe, and we Texans PANIC when there is anything unusual about the weather. Now... our daughters in Dallas and Austin got full blown SNOW.  It's beautiful, but I couldn't get used to it on a daily basis. I don't know how some of you do it!  I guess it's what we are and aren't used to.  How's the weather where you are?

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Ensanada Taco Trail

 Which includes two Michelin Star Restaurants that used to be street carts.  

Pork and black bean taco with pickled onions, pineapple and salsa

Poblano Pepper and Cheese Quesadilla

Shrimp Taco

The Original Fish Taco (which is actually made from Mako Shark) This is the one Anthony Bourdain claimed was the best taco in the world.

Crab Tostada

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Trees, Beautiful Trees

 Yes, I love trees, even though I am highly allergic to many of them.

🌿 They make us feel calm

🌳 They connect us to nature

☀️ They make places more livable

🧠 They’re familiar and comforting

🐦 They support life

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And here's the song that I was thinking of when I wrote the title.

Cruising, on a Tuesday afternoon..

 

We are not home right now.  We're in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a cruise, and at the time this gets posted, we are likely headed to Ensanada, Mexico!  This trip wasn't just coming out to California to hop on a cruise ship but also to finally meet my son's soon-to-be Mother-in-Law and her brother and his partner. I felt like I knew them already, but a formal meet-up was quite nice. DH and I also went to Universal Studios Hollywood.  (I'm a big Harry Potter fan.)  More about that later!

Music I was thinking of when I made the title

Let's just get to some funnies.

It's NOT easy being green!

Mine is #17!

I see what they did there!

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Where am I going?

 Airport first stop.

Dinner at Turang with 4 people, 3 of whom we've never met.

The Wizarding World and Backlot

Surrounded by ocean

Game shows

Breakfast buffet

Tropical drinks

Bay cruise and a mighty bridge

Sea lions

Seafood dinner

Broadway style show

Taco trail

Port of San Pedro

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My Lovely Grandaughters

 

Last Christmas

The Zoo

Learning to Ice Skate

This Christmas

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Drip Spa?

Come on ! Have you seen a drip spa opening near you?  What IS a drip spa, you say?  It's where you can go to get vitamin, mineral, and beauty treatments intravenously.  WHAT?!?!

I don't understand the attraction.  First, I am not a fan of getting an IV when it's medically necessary, much less by choice.  I've been known to pass out when getting an IV, more than once. And have you ever had them miss the vein altogether?  Then, they dig around with the needle or have to stick you again. And what are they putting in your veins?  How is this even legal?

Here in Texas, a law recently passed requiring a doctor to provide a prescription or order for the treatment, but that doesn't increase my confidence.  It took the death of a woman receiving vitamin therapy to prompt the new law.  To each his or her own, but I will be avoiding the drip spa.

Happen to sue quite frequently!

Last One!

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