I didn’t get all of my summer reading done by Labor Day. Oh well, at least I am not wearing white. Technically, I didn’t finish my summer reading, I never got to The Heights or Medium Raw, I need to carve out more time for reading. They will go on my Fall/Winter reading list coming…
Category: My Big Mouth
Financial Aid for Child Care?
“Poor Piggy” by Katie Greaney “Child Care Costs More Than College” was recent title in my feeds. With the youngest in full-time childcare and the oldest in college it naturally caught my eye. Especially this time of year when I am getting hit with fees left and right, $100 here, $600 there, and oh by…
Extra Credit Reading
Summer is coming to end far too quickly! I have completed almost all of my summer reads. I FINALLY got my library card renewed so I can stop buying books, as much as I love to. Before we headed to vacation I grabbed a few books from the library, which means I may need to…
Tools of the Trade
Showing some love for my favorite running tools… MP3 PLAYER Music and podcasts keep me going during my runs. At the Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon Expo I picked up the latest and greatest Walkman from the Sony booth. It is the W Series Walkman® MP3 Player, a far cry from my favorite Walkman back…
T Minus One Book
My nightstand pile has dwindled down to nothing. One more book to complete on my summer reading list, it is on order and should be here next week. I am going to need to compile a new list for vacation, I have a few recommendations already. The Help By Kathryn Stockett Completed! Did not disappoint,…
Summer Reading Continues
Now that I am all caught up on the available past seasons of Dexter I am flying through my summer reading list, even with the new additions. I haven’t gone through this many books in a long while. I love when I stumble upon great reading, planning out my list certainly helped. The Yellow House…
FACEBOOK – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
T H E G O O D U N E X P E C T E D. A random hello from someone I haven’t seen in awhile. E X E R C I S E. Keeping my brain fit with Scrabble aka Lexulous. K E E P I N G U P. Short bursts of…
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
At this rate, I will never get through my summer reading list… The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion Completed! I could have read this in one sitting. It is a story of the the author’s mourning. “You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.” Not a fluffy beach read,…
Summer Reading Update
The weather in the evenings have been perfect for sitting on the front porch and reading. My daughter and I have been trying to do this every night. As part of the library reading challenge she needs to get in 30 minutes of reading each day. As a result I am halfway through my summer…
My Internet Fab Five
A simplistic and basic top five to say the least, but they provide a strong foundation for my overall toolkit I rely on daily: Facebook: My preference tool for communicating with people I know personally. I was skeptical when I began using Facebook, I really only signed up to get a feel for what all…