book report – 22 sep 2015
This week, I read a little more. It’s been a bit crazy with a big upcoming deadline at work, taking care of everything around the house while Rob has been gone and managing everything else. I have barely had time to breathe, yet alone read. I did manage to get in enough reading time to
book report – 8 sep 2015
This week, I kept reading the same books. I’ve been spending my “extra” time exercising, but maybe I will find more time for reading soon. I finally finished The China Study by T. Colin Campbell. In the end, the author really started to annoy me. I am still slowly making my way through The College
book report – 1 sep 2015
This week, I kept reading the same books. I’ve been spending my “extra” time exercising, but maybe I will find more time for reading soon. I continued reading The China Study by T. Colin Campbell. I’m actually skimming at this point. I can’t give up, but I just can’t spend too much time on it.
book report – 25 aug 2015
This week, I finished yet another book! Despite being sick, or maybe because of, I had some time to read this past week. I finished Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics by Gary Smith. While I enjoyed parts of it, I got a bit twisted around so that
book report – 18 aug 2015
This week, I finished yet another book! Thankfully, I’m finding even a few more moments here and there to read once again. I finished Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola. I wasn’t sure if I’d like it, but I ended up really enjoying it and her honesty about the things
college preparations.
Junior year. The time has come to start ye olde college search. The letters started to pour in last year after the PSAT. And they’re still coming. And now it is time to start putting some order into the search. I’ve started to read The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right
book report – 11 aug 2015
This week, I finally finished a book! While I still spent much of the week finishing up the spring cleaning project, I’m finding a few more moments here and there to read once again. I finally finished The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland by Pete McCarthy. I didn’t love it,
book report – 4 aug 2015
This week, I didn’t finish a single book. In fact, I barely read anything other than my magazines. I spent my time getting rid of books (and lots of other stuff) instead. We spent a lot of time cleaning, organizing, decluttering. And getting ready for school to start. Which it did yesterday. Maybe now I’ll
it’s a small world, after all.
Everyone’s heard of the “six degrees of separation”. But every time I find a new, unexpected connection out there, I get a bit giddy. You’ve been there. Right there on Facebook. A friend of yours comments on another friend’s status. But wait! This isn’t a friend circle. How does that kindie follower in NYC know
book report for 28 jul 2015
This week, I finished two books. I started and finished a book I found on our condo bookshelf, A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice. I thoroughly enjoyed this “coming-of-age” novel set in New Orleans. I finished up the library book from last week that I wasn’t enjoying, Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story
book report for 21 jul 2015
Last week, I wrote a little bit about what I was currently reading and how I keep a list of completed books on Goodreads. I also keep one here on my blog. But my list changes. And here’s what is currently at the top. This week, I finished three books. The first, Better Than Before:
currently reading.
Looking at the stack of books I brought with me from home and the books I’ve bought since we arrived reminded me of this post I wrote over five years ago about my changing book habits. Like then, I’m still reading a mix of books the kids bring home, books on topics that interest me,
better than before.
After getting so frustrated reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo, I moved on to Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin. Ah, that feels so much better. I appreciate her breakdown of different personalities and types. Whenever I
tidying up.
As everyone’s been discussing and praising the KonMari method, I wanted to find out what the fuss was all about, so I requested The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo from the library. Given its popularity, it took a while to arrive…just in time for us
winding down.
It’s that time of year. All the tests are behind them. Books turned in. Lockers emptied. But they still have to report to school each day. The teachers have been creative in relevant projects — just because the tests are over doesn’t mean that there is nothing left to learn! Chloe slept over at a
APUSH award for camille
Tonight, Camille was honored at the high school for all of her work in her APUSH (AP US History) class. She’s enjoyed the class, despite the volume of reading and analyzing it has required. Her enthusiasm was so evident that her teacher has been quite appreciative of her participation. Combined with her award from last
photography homework, week 3.
We’re three weeks done with the four week Photo 1 class. While I’d love to move right onto Photo 2, my schedule just won’t allow it right now. I’ve got work and a big Red Cross training that I need to focus on as we head into summer and our big trip. Our homework after
photography homework, week 2.
Last week’s homework was to experiment with white balance. This week’s homework was to experiment with shutter speed. While I had no waterfall handy, I did have Chloe handy.
photography dreams, part 2.
Almost a year and a half have passed since I (re)started my a Happiness Project. While this Happiness Project of mine seems to be a tyrant at times, it has been serving its purpose, freeing up some time for me to pursue my personal wish list AND helping me actually move forward on that list.
needle ice
With my Friday morning conference call ending early, Phelix and I headed out to Arabia ahead of plan. With our rush to leave, I neglected to check the weather for the day. I just threw on my usual: Keens (no socks), jeans, a turtleneck and a sweatshirt. When we arrived, Poppy reported that the temperature
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