Well, I’ve been reading, as per usual, and even more than usual, since it’s summer and in my mind summer is reading time…goes right along with holidays, and if I’m not going on holidays I should read extra to feel like I am, right? Some of the books I’ve read in the last couple weeks […]
Volunteerism
Our church is hosting a Vacation Bible School this summer, as most do, and to assuage my guilt and feelings of inadequacy at being totally unable to voluntarily choose to spend my time with large collections of other people’s kids, I volunteered to do some of the prep work. I can cut, I figured – […]
Choosing Happiness
“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” (James M. Barrie) Such a common quote, and so very true. Something it never hurts to remember when kids are making you crazy, or you’re stuck in a job you’re tired of and don’t look forward to getting […]
Time to shape up
Well, it was only a matter of time. Having a baby, for me, is the ultimate in weightloss, as I don’t have crazy pregnancy cravings and have the miraculous transformation of all my lower body weight migrating up to help my baby belly grow. Obviously, this time of life with pleasantly rearranged weight distribution cannot […]
Beach beauty
Well, with summer approaching my thoughts turn once again to the same things it turns every year. Iced tea and lemonade, watermelon and cherries, grilled food of all sorts, how to keep sand out of my house with beach volleyball season in full swing, and the colour (or lack thereof) of my skin. As many […]
Are you wearing pants? Don’t be so sure…
Many thanks to Chelsea, via Char, for bringing this hilariously helpful chart to my attention! This should clear up any questions you may have had :)
Good-bye Oprah…see you in the next election
Well, the end of the Oprah show is the end of an era of sorts. For me, Oprah was never really anything more than a channel to turn to while Ellen was in commercials. I couldn’t even commit to the whole finale show yesterday with the adorable and amazingly well-spoken Justin Bieber dominating the Ellen […]
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
My Elder Sister recommended this book to me ages ago, and I’ve had it out of the library before and had to return it before reading it, so this time when the due date (tomorrow) rolled around and I had yet to pick it up till yesterday, I was determined to get ‘er done. This […]
My Stroke of Insight
I’ve been reading this book for Book Club (if you’re Katy or Deanna, stop reading now or read away and skip reading the book!) and I had high expectations, which can never be a good thing going into either a book or a movie. I’ve learned it’s much better to be pleasantly surprised by […]
How to attract a mate?
A few days ago I was driving and saw a guy driving a Dodge Ram truck with this decal across his entire back window: Really? I have a pretty lenient sense of humor, I think, but really? While I recognize that I am clearly not the target audience for this particular truck driver, I’m kind […]
