Reading Suggestions Anyone?

Any ideas for chapter books I can read aloud to my children? Books that specifically would be interesting to this six-year-old and his nine-year-old sister? It’d be really nice if the book could be enjoyed by everyone in this wild bunch. Please leave your ideas...

A New Cookbook

Early this summer I decided to buy a new cookbook. I (and my family) were a little tired of the same old same old. After reading reviews and even testing some recipes from other books (listed on the author’s website), I purchased this one. I have not been...

New Book Releases

(Disclaimer: My two-year-old shoved staples down the crevices of my keybaord rendering the comma key useless even after I removed the two staples he’d managed to lodge under that particular key. So no commas will appear in this post. Please turn off your...

Born to Run

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher Mcdougall Christopher McDougall opens the world of ultramarathoning. I enjoy running and one day want to run a marathon. (That will have to wait until all my...

Book Giveaway

I’ve enjoyed reading all your comments. It’s not too late to get in the drawing for your choice of one of these books. Go to this post and make a comment from now until Saturday morning.

Summer Reading Thing 2009

I’m finally getting around to posting this partly because my list is so short it’s rather embarrassing. My life is close to insane during the summer. I try to squeeze in as many activities and projects with my children as humanly possible so that by the...