Sunday Snippets 3.22.15
On Sundays I like to share snippets from our past week or weeks. If you don’t already know, we live in a small town in Iowa and our kids are active in sports and music related activities. We have had a bit of a lull since basketball finished up last month and soccer games haven’t…
Read More Children’s Book Review and Giveaway: Fribbet the Frog and the Tadpoles By Carole P Roman
FRIBBET THE FROG AND THE TADPOLES A Captain No Beard Story By: Carole P. Roman Published: January 7, 2015 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing The group of friends on board The Flying Dragon are back to help each other out again in the next Captain No Beard Story. Fribbet the Frog has gone off to be…
Read More Book Review: Splinters of Light By Rachael Herron
SPLINTERS OF LIGHT By: Rachael Herron Published: March 3, 2015 Publisher: Penguin Random House NAL Fiction/Women’s Fiction Imagine you are a successful 44-year-old woman. You have overcome raising your daughter alone after your husband left you for a younger woman and started a new family. Your newspaper columns have become syndicated and you have authored…
Read More Book Review: The Settling Earth By Rebecca Burns
THE SETTLING EARTH A Collection of Short Stories By: Rebecca Burns Published: December 16, 2014 Publisher: Odyssey Books Fiction/Historical Fiction/Short Stories Ten short stories are woven together through settings and characters around life in New Zealand. Each story is very character driven as we are given a peek into their lives and what brought them…
Read More Recipe: Overnight Coffee Cake – Perfect for Easter Morning
I was looking for a special breakfast to have after my daughter’s sleepover birthday party. I wanted to do something different besides waffles, pancakes or cinnamon rolls. That week I spied a recipe for coffee cake. Our daughter loves coffee cake so I decided to give this a try. Her brothers also had friends over…
Read More Review: Grace of Gratitude Journal By Deborah Purdue
GRACE OF GRATITUDE JOURNAL By: Deborah Purdue Illustrated By: Tara Thelen Published: October 1, 2012 Publisher: Applegate Valley Publishing Several years ago I started keeping a Gratitude Journal, but like most new habits, it was easily pushed aside once life got busy. I tried to write down 5-10 things I was grateful for every evening.…
Read More Sunday Snippets 3.8.15
It’s been six weeks since my last Sunday Snippets post. February was a blur. We were busy nearly every evening with basketball games and practices and every weekend include an event or two as well. Since it was so miserably cold here, I’m glad it went by fast. I’m so thankful that our weather seems…
Read More Books That Came My Way in February
According to my Goodreads stats, I’ve read 12 books so far this year which has me a little behind on my goal of reading 80 books this year. But, like I say every month, life is busy and blogging is not always my priority. I wish I could spend my days reading on the couch…
Read More Wintertime
Even though I am sick of cold, snow and winter, this quote and photo brought a smile to my face. I took this photo after one of our snow storms this winter. Winter is full of some of my favorite comfort foods: chili, potato soup, and lasagna. Winter is a time for extra snuggles on…
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