I saw the saying on Pinterest in the summer, but didn’t know how to put it all together until I went to Michael’s and found this house and these hearts: Jason and I pulled out the two dividers in the bottom portion of the house. I painted the roof black, outside of the house navy…
FOR TODAY the final Monday of 2013. Wait. Wha? Outside my window…there’s a light dusting of snow.I am thinking…that my to-do list is entirely too long.I am thankful…for time spent with family over the past week. And, yes, the new seat cushions at the kitchen and dining room tables that my parents gave me for…
FOR TODAY two days before Christmas … Outside my window… it is cold and dark.I am thinking…about M-girl and her nasty cold.I am thankful…that she was able to get antibiotic eyedrops for her double conjunctivitis.In the kitchen… I should be making dinner, chex mix, and pretzel kisses. Instead, I am not. ETA: Jason just got…
I finally finished Wolf Hall, but thought I’d share quotes one last week 🙂 He will never tell the cardinal about Mary Boleyn, though the impulse will arise. Wolsey might laugh, he might be scandalized. He has to smuggle him the content, without the context. (pg 124) —————————– He has never told anyone this story. …
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg My rating: 2 of 5 stars Own. But probably not for long. This was a simple, easy read. It was sensational (view spoiler)[he recovers from emphysema! (hide spoiler)], emotional (view spoiler)[the little girl sees her dead bird friend! (hide spoiler)], and led the reader by the nose (view spoiler)[he…
I had thought I wouldn’t do this since I live in quite the backwater of blogdom, but then Mystie and Brandy went through and found their top five and curiosity got the better of me. Ah, the peer pressure. Post with the most clicks Thanks mostly to Mystie for linking my post Academic Year 2013:…
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel My rating: 4 of 5 stars Library. Finally. The story of someone’s life, even in a work of historical fiction like this, doesn’t generally quite have the same plot structure where we build to a climax and fall to the conclusion. This book almost did. It was the story of…