I'm getting so excited for my upcoming trip. My sweet sis and her hubby are getting sealed and I get to fly there in November (thanks, Andy!). I will be a mom without children (thanks, Ben!) and am now wondering which book(s) I should bring for the flight.
Have you read any good books lately? Comment and convince me to read your latest favorite book(s) on my trip and I will declare you the Official Book-Recommending Champion of the World.
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With me, what you see is what you get. I am a 37 year-old mom to four (adoptive mom to one). I have been lucky enough to be able to stay home with my kids, though I have been an in-home day care provider and secret shopper while at home. Before I was a mom, I was an elementary school librarian and reading teacher. I adore, love, and laugh at my annoying kids. I spend my free time planning home improvement projects and not finishing them. My pet peeves are untested idealism and ignorance. Someday (soon!?!) I want to learn to build cabinetry. Thanks to my brother Steve's pottery wheel and my sister Jamie's patient expertise, I got to throw two bowls this summer. Jamie will be the first to say the first one didn't count (it was NOT pretty)!
making quick work of my free time and yours
Blogging about these guys is waaay better than housework!
Ben is a sweet daddy, a funny guy, and my best friend. He makes life happy.
Tewlve year-old, RO, makes friends easily and is the student body vice-president at school this year. He eagerly awaits puberty, is a fantastic helper and a fabulous cook. His specialty is chocolate chip cookies.
JO is also 12 and loves doing stunts--I'm surprised he hasn't broken his arm yet. He is fascinated by repetition at school, on the trampoline, and in soccer drills. JO also collects bottlecaps and facts about "roller coasters and such."
SO is nine and still loves the monkey bars, reading, and math. She tolerates pink and purple only when mixed with all the other colors. SO faithfully empties the dishwasher and .
loves coloring and crafting.
CO is five and is at that cute age where she doesn't make messes constantly and is learning fast. She's a reader! CO can empty the dishwasher (kind of) and is learning to put dirty clothes in the right place.
The names of my children and hometown identifiers won't appear on this blog. If you know us, you already know their names, if you don't, you shouldn't! (If you forgot, e-mail me and I'll remind you.)
Tewlve year-old, RO, makes friends easily and is the student body vice-president at school this year. He eagerly awaits puberty, is a fantastic helper and a fabulous cook. His specialty is chocolate chip cookies.
JO is also 12 and loves doing stunts--I'm surprised he hasn't broken his arm yet. He is fascinated by repetition at school, on the trampoline, and in soccer drills. JO also collects bottlecaps and facts about "roller coasters and such."
SO is nine and still loves the monkey bars, reading, and math. She tolerates pink and purple only when mixed with all the other colors. SO faithfully empties the dishwasher and .
loves coloring and crafting.
CO is five and is at that cute age where she doesn't make messes constantly and is learning fast. She's a reader! CO can empty the dishwasher (kind of) and is learning to put dirty clothes in the right place.
The names of my children and hometown identifiers won't appear on this blog. If you know us, you already know their names, if you don't, you shouldn't! (If you forgot, e-mail me and I'll remind you.)
ABOUT ME
With me, what you see is what you get. I am a 37 year-old mom to four (adoptive mom to one). I have been lucky enough to be able to stay home with my kids, though I have been an in-home day care provider and secret shopper while at home. Before I was a mom, I was an elementary school librarian and reading teacher. I adore, love, and laugh at my annoying kids. I spend my free time planning home improvement projects and not finishing them. My pet peeves are untested idealism and ignorance. Someday (soon!?!) I want to learn to build cabinetry. Thanks to my brother Steve's pottery wheel and my sister Jamie's patient expertise, I got to throw two bowls this summer. Jamie will be the first to say the first one didn't count (it was NOT pretty)!
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My Favorite Motherhood Quotes
- "If you are a mother, you participate with God in His work of creation—not only by providing physical bodies for your children but also by teaching and nurturing them." ~Dieter F. Uchtdorf
- "Happy Mother's' day your cake will be served with buger springkles, and fish guts on the side. your name will be spelled with hair and worms and live ants on it, and your cake will be served on dirty underwear! EWW! Happy mother's day Mom I *heart* U :.)" ~JO
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"However strange it may well seem, to do one's duty will make any one conceited who only does it sometimes. Those who do it always would as soon think of being conceited of eating their dinner as of doing their duty. What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited of doing one's duty is then a sign of how little one does it, and how little one sees what a contemptible thing it is not to do it. Could any but a low creature be conceited of not being contemptible? Until our duty becomes to us common as breathing, we are poor creatures." ~from The Wise Woman by George MacDonald
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"We need not wait for a cataclysmic event, a dramatic occurrence in the world in which we live, or a special invitation to be an example--even a model to follow . Our opportunities lie before us here and now. But they are perishable. Likely they will be found in our own homes and in the everyday actions of our lives. Our Lord and Master marked the way (Acts 10:38). He in very deed was a model to follow--even an example of the believers. Are we?" ~President Thomas S. Monson
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10 comments:
Cold Sassy Tree and These is My Words are really good. What is your fave genrre?
Historical Fiction
Have you Read the "Wednesday's Letters"? It's a mystery and romance. Very good read and a quick one. My mom recommended it to me after she read it for her book club.
I'll just declare myself the winner. You should read "The Secret Life of Bees". It's a book that is really hard to put down, but it's also short enough that you can finish quickly. Logan gave it to me for my bridal shower and I read it in a matter of a couple days. The bonus is that they just made a movie out of it and part of it was filmed in the Wilmington, NC area. So once you finish it, you can make Ben take you out to the movie! I told you I'd win.
Have you READ Twilight yet? If not, Do it. I got a friend at work hooked. She picked it up yesterday, and is already half way through! :-D You'll LOVE IT!
Okay, Jamie, but you don't win. I've already read it twice. But keep thinking along those lines because I really loved that book. Was the Wednesday's Letters about the kids who find a stash of letters their deceased parents had written? I thought it sounded intriguing. I'll try the Twilight series when I'm not on my own vacation--I can see myself wanting the next volume and not getting it. I liked the first of the #1 Ladie's Detective Agency but I immediately wanted access to ALL of them. I can get engrossed in a good book/series. Just ask my parents. I was cuckoo for Babysitters Club eons ago.
Great job so far, guys. Keep 'em coming.
An Inconvenient Book by Glenn Beck
Sorry, I had to throw that in there.
I was going to say take all 4 Twilight Books. LOL. You can see my Shelfari shelf on my blog for books I have read lately. I don't think any were historical fiction though. Except if you like mystery as well, The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen was good. Have fun on your trip!
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