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School began for us.  The kids had a full week….except for Reagan who started getting sick on Wednesday, ran a fever Wednesday night and stayed home on Thursday. I think allergies turned into a nasty cold.   Patrick – 7th Grade Bennett – 6th Grade Reagan – 2nd Grade Because we are a large (in…

THE LAST LETTER By:  Kathleen Shoop Published:  April 27, 2011 *** Katherine wouldn’t have believed it if she hadn’t found the letter…Katherine Arthur’s mother arrives on her doorstep, dying, forcing her to relive a past she wanted to forget. When Katherine was young, the Arthur family had been affluent city dwellers until shame sent them…

Last year, Jennifer of ListPlanIt created this amazing planner to help you get ready for Christmas by getting you started 100 days before Christmas.  She takes you through all the Fall activites and holidays and then breaks all the planning up in to manageable parts so you aren’t trying to do it all the week…

LAST OF THE SEALS By: Greg Messel Published: April 23, 2012 *** This is a featured guest review by my husband, Pat. After seeing the book in my stash, he thought the book sounded interesting and so I offered the review to him.   Mystery, romance and baseball in 1957 San Francisco.  Sam Slater is…

Summer is over for us as I post this.  Tomorrow the kids go back to school and we start the routine all over again.  I think we are all ready for the change, but still sad to say good-bye to summer.  There were things we didn’t get done, but hopefully can still fit some of…

I LOVE treating myself to a Starbucks Coffe.  In the colder months, I get either a caramel latte or a white chocolate mocha.  Only in the last couple summers have I started to enjoy the Frappuccinos.  I wasn’t sure I would like a cold coffee, but I certainly do.  Unfortunately, I live a half hour…

Susan from The Confident Mom has done it again!  She has found a way to make going back to school much easier and more organized.  I wish I would have had all these ideas when my kids were younger.  If you have child going off to a new school, or going off to Kindergarten, I…

This was a busy week with catching up from vacation and getting ready for school.  We purchased school supplies  sorted through the kids’ drawers and closets and bought new clothing.  We also did a lot of Olympics watching since we had missed out on it the first week. The boys had another Sheltered Reality performance…

After a week of being gone, it seems like it takes another week to catch up at home.  So, yes, this post is a week behind.  We had a great vacation starting off with a Cubs vs Pirates game in Chicago and then moving on to total relaxation at our cousin’s cabin on Lake Vermillion…

WICKED WIVES A Novel Based On A True Story By: Gus Pelagatti Published: July 1, 2008 **** “Wicked Wives” is based on the true story of the 1938 Philadelphia murder scandals in which seventeen wives were arrested for murdering their husbands. Mastermind conspirator Giorgio DiSipio, a stunning lothario and local tailor who preys upon disenchanted…