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2018: Books 11-15
11. Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig
A very good read about a teenage girl on the autism spectrum who is in the foster care system. The story takes us through some relationships and experiences with both her foster and birth parent -- from whom she had been forcibly removed a few years before the story starts. There's a bit of a "mystery" element to ( Read more... ) -
2018: Books 6-10
6. Unclutter Your Life in One Week by Erin Rooney Doland
First, to be clear: the title of this book is an utter lie. There is no way you could do every project she suggests in this book, which range from things that address an actual 9 to 5 job, to household chores and housekeeping, to hobbies, calendaring, clothing, etc. in one week -- whether you ( Read more... ) -
2018: Books 1-5
(Evidently forgot to publish this in January; as discovered when I went to write/publish the Books 6-10 post).
- China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
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Frugal Accomplishments 2nd Full Week of February 2018
Received free candy at work for Valentine's Day.
My mom came to visit for the weekend. She repaired a cookbook of my daughter's that had a plastic spiral notebook type binding that had come apart (tied through the holes with strong crochet thread). She also brought a fleece zip-front vest that had belonged to my grandmother and that my mom no ( Read more... ) -
2018: Goals/Dreams/Plans
Now that we have reached February (and Imbolc/St. Brigid’s Day/Groundhog’s Day - and almost Chinese New Year), it’s time to get my hopes/dreams/plans/goals for 2018 out there into the world.
In part, I didn’t do this in January because I was sitting with them for a while; in part because time just got away from me - every time I would think about ( Read more... ) -
Phenology: The Season of January 2018 in Minnesota
Phenology: 1. The scientific study of periodic biological phenomena, such as flowering, breeding and migration, in relation to climatic conditions
2. The timing of a periodic biological phenomenon in relation to climatic conditions
(Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
The concept of phenology, or noticing the seasonal changes around us, is ( Read more... ) -
Frugal Accomplishments Second Week of January 2018
Feel like I didn't do too much last week other than hibernate against the cold weather later in the week ( Read more... ) -
Frugal Accomplishments First Week of January 2018
We had our extended family Christmas celebrations on New Year's weekend. Brought back leftovers from both sides, which were incorporated into breakfasts/lunch/dinners for the week. Pulled pork (also froze some for future use); havarti cheese slices, banana bread, pecan and pumpkin pie ( Read more... ) -
Christmas 2017 Wrap-Up
As Epiphany approaches, I’m writing a Christmas wrap-up for the end-of-year holidays of 2017.
We had an at-home Christmas with our little family on Christmas Day, unwrapping presents and having a Christmas dinner of ham with maple/brown sugar glaze and pineapple slices (Nora specifically requested the pineapple slices to go with the ham, mashed ( Read more... ) -
Sticky Post: A Note on Commenting
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