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What I'm Into: May 2014
Linking up with Leigh! May: flying by faster every year. Here we go in a nutshell: Cell phone ridiculousness. I am due for an upgrade on June 9. Verizon did not want to cut me any slack regarding...
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My Stack of Books: June 2014
I'm linking up with Anne again. This month has been crazy busy. We are in our last week of school, and I am very much looking forward to afternoons and evenings full of reading time. As you will...
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My Stack of Books: July 2014
I'm linking up with Anne again. Now that school is out--we ended on June 20th, so we really haven't hit our stride with summer yet--I am able to ramp up my reading. Evidently I'm in the midst of a...
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My Stack of Books: August 2014
I'm linking up with Anne again. I have finally hit my stride with the summer reading. We have about two weeks left before the kids go back to school, but I have no intentions of slowing down! I'm...
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What I'm Into: August 2015 (and a welcome back)
I'm linking up with Leigh for the first time in a long, long time. Life took me in some different directions over the past year or so, and being here couldn't be a priority. I have decided to come...
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Trip Pictures (Mike, this one's for you!)
As I mentioned in my last post, we took an epic family trip last week.Entering Yosemite from CA-140Our first stop--Tunnel ViewThe kids seem to be enjoying the day.View from Yosemite ValleyCan you hear...
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Goals: Around the House
One of my perennial goals is to hang family pictures in our home. When we first moved into this house ten years ago this week, I was stuck. I wanted to badly to have this house feel like home, and...
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My Stack of Books: September 2015
Linking up with Anne!Here, in no particular order, are some of the books I have read in the last month.Kate Atkinson, Life After LifeThis was one of my top reads of the summer. I am an absolute sucker...
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My Stack of Books: October 2015
Here we go:The Fault in Our Stars, John GreenI may be one of the last people on the planet to read this. Oh, so tragic! Young love + cancer = bereft reader.The Gift of Failure, Jessica Lahey.A great...
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My Stack of Books: November 2015
Linking up with Anne--a little late to the party this month! Things were slower than usual this month. I abandoned a few books, and for a few days I just wasn't reading anything (oh, the horror!)....
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What I'm Into: the Old Year's Night edition (December 2015)
I'm linking up with Leigh for the first time in a while. One of the Maisie Dobbs novels I read took place over the end of a year, and Maisie referred to the festivities on the 31st as Old Year's...
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How I Did: the Modern Mrs. Darcy 2015 Reading Challenge
Last year I printed out the MMD 2015 Reading Challenge page, and I've been checking off books as I go. I never officially joined the Pinterest group last year, and I have fixed that for 2016.I checked...
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Open the new calendar! Turn over to a fresh page! It's goal time again! In no particular order, here I go:GeneralUpdate my progress on these goals quarterly--it'll keep me honest!Work-ish/Faithish...
View ArticleAnother Reading Challenge for 2016
I'm putting myself on the hook for another reading challenge for this year: Books and Chocolate's Back to the Classics Challenge.This one has different levels of participation: I can choose to read...
View ArticleBack to the Classics: 19th Century
I had already signed up for an online course through edX on Jane Eyre when I discovered the Back to the Classics reading challenge, so this is a two-fer! The edX class is still on week two of four, so...
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My Stack of Books: January 2016
Happy New Year, QuickLit! I'm linking up with Anne again with my reads for the past month.Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony DoerrI really wanted to love this one--like I wanted to love it as hard as I...
View Article2016 Goals: an irregular update
When I posted my goals, I was not intending to post a monthly progress report, but I do have some progress, and I'm in need of something to post about, so there you have it!The Health DepartmentFirst...
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What I'm Into: January 2016
I'm linking up with Leigh!ReadingI'll provide specific updates on what I read in January on the 15th, but my total book count is down from last year. One reason is because of the edX.org course I took...
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Saving My Life: Winter 2016
I'm linking up with Anne to share what's saving my life this winter.Norwegian Hand CreamMy hands have become so cracked and dry this winter; they're much worse than they've ever been. So the last time...
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Modern Mrs. Darcy 2016 Reading Challenge: #1
A Book You Can Finish in a DayI didn't start this book thinking that I would finish this in a day or that this would be my entry for this category in the reading challenge. I think this is one of...
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My Stack of Books: February 2016
I'm linking up with Anne again. Here's what I've been reading this last month: Girl Waits With Gun by Amy StewartElizabeth Gilbert is quoted on the cover as loving every page of this "smart, romping,...
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Keepin' It Real
I don't think I've written a non-books, non-goals related post in quite a while. I could say "all year" to sound more dramatic, but let's give the drama a rest for now, shall we?If you look along the...
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Linking up with Leigh again! February is the shortest month, but it so often feels like the longest. Cold short days over and over really take a toll on my mood, but this year? Not so much! We have...
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My Stack of Books: March 2016
That time of the month already? Okay, here goes:A Fatal Grace by Louise PennyThe second Inspector Gamache novel. All the old gang was back together again. I read this one in about two days, and it...
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Quick Lit: September 2017
I'm linking up again for the first time in over a year. Here's what I read over the last month or so:Glass Houses by Louise PennyWow. I say this after every installment in this series. Penny just...
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