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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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30 Titles All About Colors
I just finished watching the first season of Get Organized with The Home Edit on Netflix. It’s a fun show to watch to get inspired to organize your home, especially since we spend so much time there right now! Their love of organizing things in ROYGBIV is what inspired today’s…
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I Am One: A Book of Action
Synopsis: “One seed to start a garden, one note to start a melody, one brick to start breaking down walls: Every movement and moment of change starts with purpose, with intention, with one. With me. With you. From the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind I Am Yoga, I Am Peace, I Am Human,…
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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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Four on Friday: Celebrating Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown this evening and like many other celebrations this year, it might look a little different. But, there are always great books to share with the family about this special time of year. L’Shana Tova! Four on Friday: Celebrating Rosh Hashanah It’s a Mitzvah! by Julie…
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Second Banana by Blair Thornburgh
Synopsis: “The kids in Mrs. Millet’s class are putting on their annual nutrition pageant. Every kid plays a food. Every kid gets a line. It is a big deal. But this year, there aren’t quite enough parts for everybody. So the class is cast: Fish, Cheese, Broccoli, Blueberry, Banana, and…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/14/2020
What I Read Finally! I’m back in the reading game. I’ve had to very purposefully set aside time to open up a book over the past few weeks. And it’s working, I’m trying to go to bed earlier or take time during my morning or lunch time to read at…
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12 Titles for Healthy Eating
Every Sunday morning I walk the pup and then come home and sit down to plan my meals for the week and get my grocery list together. I find that we’re much better about eating healthy when we put a little thought into it. With that in mind today I…
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Four on Friday: Hiking
Today I’m sharing a fun Four on Friday: Hiking edition. Now that it’s finally cooling down a bit from the mid-90s to a more reasonable temperature, I’m excited to get out on some hiking trails in our area. We’re so lucky to live around some great state and national parks,…
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I Got You a Present! by Mike Erksine-Kellie and SusanMcLennan
Synopsis: “A quest for the perfect birthday present leads to ever grander (and ever more imperfect) gift ideas in this clever metafiction story that’s hilarious any day of the year. “I wanted to get you the greatest present ever,” our narrator tells us. But somehow, none of the best ideas…