December 31, 2011 – 2:52 pm
This is the first year that I set more goals for myself than just a number goal and I was so excited to look back and see that I’vc come really close to accomplishing all of them!
Goal 1: Read 111 books.
I did it! I ended the year having read exactly 125 books. I’ll share some [...]
December 30, 2011 – 10:43 am
1. So we’ve been home for three days and our house still looks like Santa’s workshop exploded in our living room. Izey maybe has the greatest grandparents ever and when I say that they took care of him at Christmas I am not kidding. He got so much stuff that we had to leave things [...]
December 29, 2011 – 9:15 pm
Yup, that’s right. I held out for a long time, and then this year I got a NOOK Simple Touch for Christmas. I was alway a little reluctant to get an e-reader, but not for any real moral reasons- while I love paper books, I was mostly concerned about the cost of the books themselves. [...]
December 28, 2011 – 5:35 pm
Zachary Taylor, by John S. D. Eisenhower
Is it bad that my general opinion of Zachary Taylor came from a little, brief mention on 30 Rock? Yup. I’m a total idiot.
Most of the other presidents, even if I didn’t know much about them going into this challenge, had begun to take shape for me before [...]
December 25, 2011 – 8:39 am
Merry Christmas, guys. Hope you have wonderful days filled with family and love and sparkily lights.
December 23, 2011 – 9:09 am
1. I’m listening to Yellowcard circa 2003. I had completely forgotten about this album, but a friend mentioned it on Facebook this morning. I am currently time traveling This is one of those albums that defines a whole time of my life for me and I loooooove it. I haven’t listened to any [...]
December 22, 2011 – 8:41 am
I’ve never been huge on jewelry. I wear my wedding band, my engagement ring and sometimes a necklace. If I’m feeling crazy I may wear a big, fun ring. Part of it is that I have a hard time finding jewelry that is “me”
Um. These are totally me.
And, may I add, it is not [...]
December 21, 2011 – 9:35 am
That is all.
(Edited: Just found out that this was released last week and in my Christmas-is-coming haze I missed it. Oh well. You guys don’t mind seeing it again, right? Right.)
December 20, 2011 – 9:09 am
The Book: Cloudsplitter, by Russell Banks
The Story: Cloudsplitter is a novel about the abolitionist John Brown (of Harper’s Ferry/Bloody Kansas fame), as told by his last surviving son, Owen. This book is Owen’s life story and confession.
Owen describes what it was like being John Brown’s son, kind of revealing him as a deeply religious father [...]
December 19, 2011 – 8:51 am
This is really more of a question than a legit post, but I’m curious: How do you organize your cookbooks? Because mine are in a mound/stack/pile on top of the fridge. It is not pretty.
I found these on Pinterest and while I feel quite inspired, I can’t imagine ever having enough cookbooks to pull [...]