One Thousand Gifts - Part 83

681. The patience of my little sister to talk me through hair styling 101.
682. Skype to enable us to have the conversation with vision not just description.
683. J5’s way of saying “Did you have fun…?” after everything we do.
684. My mom
685. Each and every one [...]

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No time today.  See you tomorrow.  I promise.  I will catch up…

Read the rest of NaBloPoMo - Day 23

Winter Haven, by Athol Dickson
How I came to read this book:
CFBA
Score Summary

Content: 10
Writing Style: 9
Re-readability: 8
Busy Mommy Scale: 8

Content
I loved this book. It has been a long time since I have read a really good dark book. Dark/gothic is a genre I used to read a lot of, but gave them up when I [...]

Read the rest of Book Review - Winter Haven - Rating: 8 out of 10

Since I’ve got nothing written up, I’ll give you my first post using the actual theme of this NaBloPoMo challenge: Letters
Today in alphabet form:

Aspirations
Book Review
Cleaning
Dog Food
Early morning
Fish & Chips
Gifts
Hugs (big)
Impulsive Hair Decisions
J5
Kissin’
Late Night
Mom (rocks)
Nemo Snacks
OUTSIDE
Pep talks
Quiet monitor
R
Shopping
Toy Story 2
Upside down
Vampires (as in Buffy)
Work
X….got nothin’
Yardwork
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (good night!)

Read the rest of NaBloPoMo - Day 22

Ok, so life is on a roll again. You know, those days when events are back to back and you have no time for reflection. I will be blogging (maybe tomorrow?) on Geocaching #2, and maybe other things that are going on with us.
I have another book review to post very [...]

Read the rest of NaBloPoMo - Day 21

A Clearing in the Wild, A Tendering in the Storm, and A Mending at the Edge
by Jane Kirkpatrick
How I came to read these books:
This is a three book series, though the third book is the one that is now being released. I was given the opportunity to read all three. Though “A [...]

Read the rest of Book Review - Change and Cherish Series - Rating: 7.75 out of 10

Very long and exhausting day.  Geocaching was 1/2 successful.  I’ll write more about our fun tomorrow.  Heading to bed now.  I’m going to be in significantly better shape by the end of the summer if we keep this up! 

Read the rest of NaBloPoMo - Day 20

It was a wonderful day with my boys.  Just did a bunch of house stuff.  Shopped.  Spent time together.  I really am blessed.
Tomorrow we go off to find a second cache!  I can’t wait. 

Read the rest of NaBloPoMo - Day 19

Well, the big news for today was the Illinois Earthquake! I was awakened this morning at 4:38 AM by what I thought was Avedis rubbing himself on the foot of the bed. By the time I had awakened enough to realize he wasn’t in the room, I saw that the baby monitor was [...]

Read the rest of NaBloPoMo - Day 18

671. Got to chat with my girlfriend, Amy, who now has taken full custody of her newly adopted daughter, Karina! They’re still in Kazakhstan and doing very well.
672. Spent the morning with J5 at the first of this sessions park district program for his age group. Tiring, but good!
673. First [...]

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