This year, I have felt a bit like Mr. Scrooge and The Grinch. Not so much that I don’t like Christmas, but I have certainly felt too rushed, too obligated, and too busy to really enjoy it. I’m not really sure what it was about this year, but my goodness, we’ve been going at the…
We girls have an entire vernacular that is all our own, and the males in the room often have no idea what we are talking about when we pull it out. Just ask my poor husband, who lives in a household full of girls who, young as they are, have already come a long way…
I sure miss my grandmother. The older I get, the more I realize what a wonderful gem she was and I really wish I could have had more time with her. This cute little book, The Smartest Woman I Know by Ilene Beckerman is kind of like having my own grandmother back for a few…
I like to think that I know just how advertisers are trying to sway my thoughts and opinions and gain my buying power. I also like to think that I am in complete control of such things as my thoughts, opinions, and buying power. But, evidently, I am not so smart. I like the color…
I was supposed to post my review of this book this morning. But I have really good reasons why I didn’t, and they are even apropos to the topic—lucky me! I spent the majority of today in the urgent care, and then the rest of it in the ER. I went to help in my…
I’ve been seeing quite a lot of hype about this book, so I was excited when I was asked to review it. I have devoured it. Devoured. And I am excited to implement the principles I’ve learned in my own household. In the introduction, The Eyres explain how entitlement is the “one reason parenting is…
After three weeks of my children being in school, it’s clear that my willpower has been depleted. I know this because I have forgotten about some important things, despite the many reminders and writing them in my new, awesome planner. Because I yelled at all three of my children last night while we were working on…
Did you know that I minored in Linguistics in college? Not that a linguistic minor makes me any sort of expert on language or anything, but it does mean that I really love language and that all of its intricacies absolutely fascinate me. As a Vocal Performance major, I was required to study the diction of English,…
Can you imagine waking up in somebody else’s life? Or, at least, it feels like somebody else’s because you can’t remember anything about your previous experiences, not even your own name? Heather Justesen has written a book exploring just what that might feel like. In Blank Slate, Adrianna, a well-known concert pianist, is in an accident and…
If you read my blog at all, you know that I have not one, but THREE children, and you may think that this is an odd book title for me to be reviewing. And you’d be right. Lisa at TLC Booktours asked me to review this book on the premise that some of my readers might be…
Bad Habits? I definitely have more than enough of those. Unhealthy thinking? Unfortunately, yes. I struggle with that, too. Sometimes I wonder why I can’t control my actions as well as I would like. Self-discipline and moderation have always been a little elusive to me. I have my moments, but I also have my moments, if you know what I…
Like many of you, I love Jane Austen’s books. I mean, I’ve read Pride and Prejudice so many times that I’ve lost count. My husband isn’t a reader of fiction—he prefers things like biographies and music text books—but even if he were, I highly doubt he’d be very willing to pick up any of Jane Austen’s works….