Jo at The Book Jotter hosts Six in Six 2020, a yearly meme that helps us reflect back on our mid-year reading. The idea is to choose six categories from the list provided and list six books you’ve read that fit in those categories. Since I just started blogging again about a month ago, I Continue Reading…
I’m pretty sure I’ve never mentioned Downton Abbey here on the blog, but I am a big fan! My husband and I started watching it late and we’re slow series watchers, so we only caught up right before the new season started in January here in the US. I can’t believe tonight’s already the season Continue Reading…
So, with impeccable timing, my husband and I are going on vacation in about a week. To the National Parks of the Southwest. A few of them anyway. Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Zion. Do you see where this is going already? Yup. The government shutdown. I am generally an optimistic person, but I’m also Continue Reading…
I went to Atlanta over the weekend, primarily to attend the Decatur Book Festival (I intend to write about that later). My husband was an unbelievably good sport and went along with me for the second year in a row. When we went last year, we found out that Dragon*Con is the same weekend in Continue Reading…
So my birthday was last week. (Great big 33, if you must know. The 30’s are starting to seem a little…real) Of course that means I have to dish about what I got! My big gift was a new bike. My old one was more of a mountain bike and it was heavy and clunky Continue Reading…
A charming, fast-talking Italian man tries to win the heart of his “principessa.” A few years later, he uses his boundless imagination to protect his young son from the realities of life in a concentration camp. I absolutely loved this movie. I’m not a huge movie buff, tending to fall asleep about halfway through almost Continue Reading…
A few weeks ago I posted about author Masha Hamilton and her Afghan Women’s Writing Project. Check out my post if you missed it. This is a great project. I recommended the books A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, and Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi and Continue Reading…
Happy Father’s Day to any fathers out there! Let me tell you about my dad. He can best be described by a conversation I had with my neighbor recently. I had been out of town, my parents had stopped by my house to water my plants and check the mail, and my dad and Neighbor Continue Reading…
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! You are truly special people! I can’t think of a time when my own mom wasn’t there for me. Whether it was just staying up with me all night when I was sick, helping me with homework, taking us to the library weekly, being at every Continue Reading…
Alyssa from Teens Read and Write wrote a very positive post yesterday and asked us to share stories about other bloggers who have helped us or just made our days a little brighter. As I sat there thinking about who to write about, I realized there were too many to list in someone else’s comments. Continue Reading…
Happy 12th Birthday, Emily! You are growing up to be a beautiful young woman who is amazingly talented in so many ways. We are always proud of you! Love, Jennifer and Luis Emily is my cousin, and I don’t think she could have gotten a better birthday present than having Duke win the NCAA Championship! Continue Reading…