As promised, I am here to tell you about how our holiday season went – and to share my notes about the 2008 Bell Wine Cellars Syrah that we enjoyed for Christmas Eve.
What I’m Using to Homeschool My Kindergartener
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Clicking on a link and making a purchase will result in me receiving a small percentage of the sale at no additional cost to you. My 5-year-old is doing kindergarten, and has been since August, since she was 4 when I started, we wrapped up some of the unfinished …
Happy New Year!
2018 was kind of an odd year around here. I’d hoped to have the blog more populated than it currently is, but life happens. That said, happy new year! It’s 2019 now, and we’re finishing out our winter break (It’s futile to attempt to homeschool while my 20-year-old is home visiting from college. It’s just …
Happy New Year! Welcome 2019
Happy new year! May 2019 bring you great contentment! Wow, was 2018 a weird year for me. It started out ok; I finished the Wichita Run 12k, The Big Run 5k, and Urban ICT’s 10k. I made it four miles into the Titan 10k. I ran every day in July. I trained for the Air …
Last Minute Gift Subscription Boxes
Subscription boxes are a lot of fun. (I know I look forward to my Medusa’s Makeup box every month). If you’re in a position where you’re wondering what to get that hard-to-by for person, you may want to check out some of these fun subscription box options. Here are some of my favorites.
Review: Leisure Arts Happy Coloring Series
My kids love to color, but what they love more than that is when I sit down and color with them. When a representative from Leisure Arts contacted me to ask whether I’d be interested in reviewing the latest line of coloring books – the Happy Coloring Series, I jumped at the opportunity. Here’s what I thought.
Unique Gift Ideas For Runners
When buying gifts for runners, or even someone who just likes to walk on their lunch break, it can be tricky to find something they don’t already have. Let’s face it, they are loaded to the brim with water bottles, have more shoes then they know what to do with and probably enough fitness trackers to arm a marathon full of people.
Book Review: Tony’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
I’ve reviewed books by Adriana Trigiani on here before, so when I was offered the opportunity to review Tony’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani, I was quick to do so. She’s quickly made her way up in my list of favorite authors over the past several years. Tony’s Wife does not disappoint. This novel is set during the 1940s, …
Book Review: Start Without Me by Joshua Max Feldman
If there were a more perfect book to be reviewing the week of Thanksgiving, I certainly am not sure what it would be. Start Without Me by Joshua Max Feldman is set on Thanksgiving Day. We meet Adam and Marissa in this novel, characters who have a chance meeting. We start the novel with Adam, who …
TLC Book Tours Guest Post from Kevin Bannister, Author of The Long Way Home
Today’s post comes from Kevin Bannister, author of The Long Way Home, a historical novel. Enjoy! I was thinking about what freedom means the other day. My historical novel, The Long Way Home (Fireship Press) concerns the search for freedom by ex-slaves and Black Brigade soldiers Thomas Peters and Murphy Steele. The two fight smallpox,Atlantic …
