I hope your neural pathways are in a state of homeostasis…and other hard-to-spell words
on Nov 16, 2009 in Family I mentioned a few weeks ago that C. had won his class spelling bee. So last Monday, he and I traveled several hours, along with other winners from his school, to the district bee for his school’s association. It was a long day, but one full of...

Piece de Resistance winner
on Nov 16, 2009 in General Ramblings I know, I know. I’m two days late announcing the winner of Sandra Byrd’s book, Piece de Resistance. I’m sorry! But without further ado, the winner is: Comment #15: Karen Congratulations, Karen!

FIR Giveaway: Leaving Yesterday
on Nov 11, 2009 in Book giveaways Giveaways Time for another Fall Into Reading 2009 book giveaway, sponsored by Bethany House! But first, here’s last week’s winner: The winner of Dawn’s Prelude is: Comment #12: Joyful Congrats! Here’s how the giveaways during Fall Into Reading 200...

Book Giveaway: Piece de Resistance by Sandra Byrd
on Nov 7, 2009 in Book giveaways Giveaways Guess what? I have a bonus book giveaway this week: Piece de Resistance, provided by the author, Sandra Byrd! (Check out the reviews on Amazon – they’re great!) Read on to find out more. Piece de Resistance by Sandra Byrd About the book:...

FIR Giveaway: Dawn’s Prelude
on Nov 4, 2009 in Book giveaways Giveaways Time for another Fall Into Reading 2009 book giveaway, sponsored by Bethany House! But first, here’s last week’s winner: The winner of Sacred Waiting is: Comment #13: TopazTook Congrats! Here’s how the giveaways during Fall Into Reading 2009 b...

Things to do when battling H1N1 or other mysterious viruses
on Nov 2, 2009 in Purely Random We still don’t know if it was really H1N1 that invaded our house last week, but I suppose it doesn’t really matter. We’re mostly recovered (though C had to start antibiotics this weekend because of a suspected secondary infection),...

FIR Giveaway: Sacred Waiting
on Oct 29, 2009 in Book giveaways Giveaways Time for another Fall Into Reading 2009 book giveaway, sponsored by Bethany House! But first, here’s last week’s winner: The winner of A Measure of Mercy is: Comment #2 : Sarah Congrats! Here’s how the giveaways during Fall Into Reading 2009 b...

Book Review: Lost Mission
on Oct 29, 2009 in Book reviews When it comes to novels, my regular readers know I like books that provide plenty of mystery. What they might not know is that I also love when a book weaves together seemingly disparate story lines into a grand story where everything fits together l...

iPhone apps for toddlers/preschoolers
on Oct 28, 2009 in Family Works-for-Me Wednesday Despite the title of this post, I technically do not have an iPhone. But I do have an iPod Touch, and the wonderful thing about the iPod Touch is that you can use nearly every iPhone app on it. And I’ve certainly downloaded my share of apps. I...

Invasion of H1N1?
on Oct 26, 2009 in Family If you were to visit our house today (and I advise you to not do so), you would find three people sitting around the living room coughing. It all started Thursday night. C. (11) was coughing a bit before bed, but I thought Hey, no big deal. Kids coug...