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I’m super excited to announce our book club selection for Nov. and Dec. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I chose this book specifically for this holiday season. I am hoping it will help remind us of all the blessings we have in our lives. We live with incredible freedoms and opportunities in this day and age. This book helps us to remember and be great full for them. So what is The Hunger games about anyway? Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and … [Read more...]
For September and October we read Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay I was mesmerized by this book. The story was haunting and it stayed with me. I cannot imagine living in that time. The uncertainty and powerless you would have as a parent. Knowing you could not protect your children. I don’t know how I would handle it. It is hard for me to understand why people went along with this regime of evil. Why didn’t everyone rise up and say no, you are crazy and we are not going … [Read more...]
Here is our selection for Book Club for the months of September and October. Hopefully with kids back in school and colder temperatures we will be able to cuddle up and get our read on!! So I honestly don’t go out to the movies that often and I didn’t know that our last selection {The Help} was being made into a movie. And it came out while we were reading. So in looking up this book apparently it is also coming out as a movie. But reading the book is almost always better than the … [Read more...]
I hope it was helpful to have 2 mos. to read this time. Let me know your thoughts on the time. Is it too much time and you forget or do you like the extra time? For July and August we read: The Help By Kathryn Stockett I really liked this book. It talked about a time and a people I didn’t know too much about. The maids of this era weren’t far removed from their house slave ancestors. Yet I loved how the author brought them to life. They had families, fear and injustices … [Read more...]
I’m so excited to introduce Cindy from Retro Revival!! She was one of the first people who reached out to help with a guest post. You have to go check out her blog. It has some of the CUTEST retro products! And a sweeter person you will not find!! So without further ado…take it away Cindy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m so delighted to guest blog for Connie today! Like many of you, I’m an avid reader and thought … [Read more...]
Wait, July/August what? No I am not loosing my marbles. I am making a change. There have been a lot of changes around here recently. But hopefully this works better. I’ve had a lot of feedback that it is hard to find time to read even though you love it. Or that you have tried to read the book but things got busy and the month got away from you and by the meeting you only got half way through. Believe me I get being busy. So I decided to make book club a 2 month process instead … [Read more...]
Hope everyone is enjoying their summers. I thought summer would never get here as it kept raining. But it came on with a vengeance. Time to get out the sprinklers and pools and swimsuits!! Then mommie can sit outside and read while the kiddos splash around!! Ok here was our selection for June: Princess Academy by Shannon Hale I met a super cute blogger Annie earlier this week and she told me her mother is working with the author to compose a musical score for this book. They are … [Read more...]
Today I am thankful for something to look forward to. For those that don’t know, we are currently house hunting. It has been a hard process. Everything we love has a major draw back to it. Plus we are trying to stay in the same community so it completely narrows down our options. And I keep holding back on major craft projects because we are moving and half packed. So if you notice things getting a little sparse around here, just know that we are probably … [Read more...]
I had such good response to our last giveaway that I went in search of more amazing upcycled jewelry. Introducing JMP Designs!! Jill Porter is the talent behind these great designs. Here are a few of my favorites: Disneyland Smashed penny bracelet So we LOVE Disneyland but I’ve always shied away from the smashed pennies because I thought yeah they are a nice cheap souvenir but then what. You get them home and loose them. Not anymore what a great idea!! Retro 7 up … [Read more...]
The winner of an Awesome giveaway From Gingersnaps is: Via random.org # 7 Alicia @ Little sprinkels of fun. Alicia is a Blogger friend and Kindergarten teacher and I’m super excited for her!! Congratulations!! Now on to this months selection. Summer is here and I LOVE it!! There is something so great about long lazy day. Kids running around in the backyard, freshly mowed grass, I love it all. So In honor of summer, I picked a great easy read: Princess Academy by … [Read more...]
