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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/26/2020
What I Read I’m so excited that I got a bunch of reading done this week! I finished up Quintessence by Jess Redman, which I loved! Plus, I read Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad: Absolute Hero by Valerie Tripp which is a fun STEM early middle grade novel. I…
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Quick (& Healthy) Dinner
Anything that begins with quick and includes the word healthy when it comes to meal planning is right up my alley! The fact that it’s a curry means it’s automatically in my meal rotation! Last night I was able to pull together Bangkok Curry Noodles in 30 minutes and it…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/19/2020
What I Read It was a bit of a week – a few unexpected things popped up and I worked on our first Saturday open to the public which cut into my weekend reading time a bit! Unfortunately, I was so exhausted most nights, I didn’t even crack open a…
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#MGBooktober 2020
#MGBooktober is the brainchild of the MG Book Village team and author Annaliese Avery and is now in its fourth year! There’s a new prompt every day for #MGBooktober 2020. Some are really easy and others get me thinking. Prompts like “Book that challenged your thinking” or “Book that got…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/12/2020
What I Read This week I read three books, the first – Dear Universe by Florence Gonsalves is a YA contemporary fiction when all that matters is senior prom and graduation until it isn’t and how one girl manages her home life with finishing school. The second book I read…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/5/2020
What I Read I’m moving forward with this reading! Got held up in July and August, but my reading game is back and I’m super excited by it! I finished up The Candy Mafia by Lavie Tidhar and absolutely loved the noir-feeling of the book. You can read my review…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/28/2020
What I Read 2.5 books this week! I feel like in the past few weeks things have settled down enough at work. To the point, that I’ve got a better handle on balancing work, my blog, and my personal life. Granted, we’ll be increasing our open hours at work next…
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Home Improvements Continued
We’ve lived in our current home for about 6.5 years and one of the best parts about the house is the yard. We live on a corner lot with a HUGE side yard. Our lot is just over a quarter of an acre and it’s so nice. When we moved…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/121/2020
What I Read I actually read three books this week, making me feel much more like myself! I read Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. It’s an intense novel written with a deft hand. I also read Raising Lumie by Joan Bauer about a young girl raising a seeing-eye puppy.…
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Sundays are for Baking
It’s that time of year when the mornings are starting to get cold and I refuse to turn the heat on because it will eventually warm up. So, I turn to baking to make some delicious comfort food, but also heat up the kitchen with the oven! After all Sundays…