Book Spotlight: Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down by Pauline L Hawkins
ASHES ASHES THE TWINS FALL DOWN TWIN TOWERS, 9/11 By: Pauline L. Hawkins Published: June 15, 2012 9/11: The Day That Defined a Generation Where were you on 9/11? That question has become part of the fabric of our lives as Americans. On that bright, sunny day, none of us had any idea what was…
Read More Scenes From Our Week – Week 51
Last week I forgot to post a special photo. We had a double date night with Pat’s sister, Julie and her husband, Bill. We had such a fun time visiting and enjoying wine at our local winery, John Ernest Vineyard and then a delicious Chinese meal in a neighboring town. Last week was busy…
Read More My 5 Week Challenge Update with Peak 313 Fitness
Today begins my 2nd week of the Living and Active 5 Week Challenge. I was surprised how easy last week was. I was able to fit in 4 workouts into my week which was a new thing for me. I was usually happy if I got one or two times in. But, I made it…
Read More Review: Golden Records: The Magic Continues Celebrity Series, Vol 1
Do you remember Golden Records from when you were a child? I sure do. Well known and much-loved children’s stories were read to you on records and now they have been rerecorded to CD and read by celebrities we know and love today. Golden Records was dreamed up by Grammy Award-winning music producer Arthur Shimkin…
Read More Scenes From Our Week – Week 50
Like I mentioned last week, Bennett won the election for Student Body President. Here he is with his campaign poster. We had our first week of After School JAMS. JAMS is a program that we started at our church on Wednesdays after school. Our goal was to reach out to kids in our community…
Read More I’ve Joined the Challenge
In my 40 Before 40 Challenge, I had stated that I wanted to lose 20 pounds. Well, I don’t think I am going to make that goal, but I’m going to give it one last good run. The perfect opportunity popped into my regular blog reading and I decided to join in. PEAK 313 FITNESS…
Read More What’s On My DVR
The Fall TV Season is upon us. I went through the summer hardly watching any TV, and now I am ready for some good TV. I’m not able to watch all the shows in their regular time, so I DVR a lot of them to watch while the kids are in school. These are the…
Read More Scenes From Our Week – Week 49
We had a fun Sheltered Reality performance last Sunday night. We were able to perform with some of our friends and get them up on stage. Everyone had a great time! Patrick had his first Cross Country meet on Tuesday. Yes, Tuesday, if you remember was HOT. It was still 95 degrees with high humidity…
Read More Story Time – If You Take A Mouse To School by Laura Numeroff
This morning I kicked off another year of Story Time at our local library. This is one of my favorite things to do and I am so glad I have the time to do it and the kids to offer it to. Today we had four kids from ages 1 1/2 – 4 years old…
Read More I’ve Been Published….Sort Of
Several months ago REAL SIMPLE Magazine asked what book turned you into a reader. I knew right away how to respond to that question, so I sent in my answer….and forgot about it. Until…..I was catching up on my magazine reading and came across the July issue of REAL SIMPLE (I know I am way…
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