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Thoughts on a Wild Month - Part 1 - Leaving the Library
July and August have been the craziest time in my memory, starting with Mike losing his job. Then my job search, finding a home, moving - I had three weeks to move my family and my life halfway across the state!! I don't know how I did it all. Really, wild as it all was, I think this move was meant to be, so much fell into place so easily. We are ( Read more... ) -
WALL-E...
Peanut and I watched Wall-E last night and it was the best animated movie I have seen in a long time ( Read more... ) -
Shhhh...
*Whispers*
Hey y'all! I am in a hotel in Dawsonville, GA that has wireless Internet access, woohoo, and I brought my laptop. The family is asleep behind me, so I am tip tap typing as quietly as I can.
I can never sleep in stupid hotel rooms, at least not for the first few nights. The beds aren't right and the temperature is always funky and lights ( Read more... ) -
Have You Read It?? (Children's Book Edition)
In an attempt to make myself feel better about how many of those "adult" books I hadn't read from the previous list, I decided to create one for someone like me, a mother and a children's book lover. So, without further ado, here's the list from the National Association of Educators of the 100 Best Children's Books. If anything, it's fun to ( Read more... ) -
Kentucky
I've been meaning to share these pictures!
We spent the Fourth in southern Kentucky on Dale Hollow Lake. It was gorgeous there - cool, clear water, a gentle breeze and a high of 85 degrees during the day. We stayed at my Aunt Mary Jo and Uncle Danny's cabin. They are from Illinois. My mom and dad joined us too.
The lake is a state park so it's very ( Read more... ) -
Mouse Soup
So I had this mama come in the library yesterday. She was checking out about 20 of our little beginning reader books - the very easiest ones with huge pictures and about three words to a page. She mentioned they were for her son who had just started reading. I asked how old he was and she said "He'll be four tomorrow." WHOA!
I said "Your three year ( Read more... )