Adventures
Bookish Questions – What’s Your Favorite Halloween Read?
What’s your favorite Halloween read? Fall always seems like the perfect time to pick up a spooky book or two. I keep meaning to get around to reading Slasher Girls & Monster Boys, which is a collection of spooky short stories that came out last year. It feels like the perfect sort of read for…
Read MoreFamily Photos
My mother has been wanting to get new family photos for a while now, but has put it off a few times, because either my sister or I was pregnant. But we finally got around to getting them a few weeks ago. Our photographer did a great job, especially with Millie and her cousin, Charli. …
Read MoreBook It!
Another month has gone by where I’ve only finished one book, but it was a good book. Soul Music Soul Music is the Terry Pratchett’s 16th novel about Discworld, and the 3rd to feature the anthropomorphic personification of death, who happens to be my favorite character on the Disc. In this particular novel, Death isn’t…
Read MoreOle’ Fashioned Corn Shuckin’
It’s harvest season. That means I’m dealing with my annual bout of itchy eyes and sneezing. I don’t think I was meant to live in the country, but somehow that’s where I’ve ended up. That means I’m living on Benedryl and Alaway Allergy Eye Drops. I’ll use a generic version of Benedryl in a heartbeat,…
Read MoreMildred Jane at 6 Months
Mildred Jane is 6 months old now. A whole half a year! I feel like it’s a miracle she’s survived so long with me for a mom. I couldn’t get anything except serious face when I tried to take her 6 month pictures, but she was extra smiley when we had family pictures taken a…
Read MoreNostalgia
Being in my early 30s, I wouldn’t have that I would be nearly old enough to start being nostalgic about things. But it seems that having Mildred has made me a bit nostalgic for the things I had as a child. I find myself looking at children’s toys and tv shows and wondering when they…
Read MoreBook It!
Would you believe me if I told you that I only finished one book this month? It’s true. Finding time to read has been dicey lately, as Mil hasn’t been feeling the best. She’s going thru a phase where she isn’t happy unless you’re holding her, and honestly, all I want to do when she’s…
Read MoreBookish Question – How do you get ARCS?
How do you get ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies) of books? Recently, the lovely Anna in Spain asked me how I got my ARC copies of books. And that is a great question. If you’re new to book reviewing, you probably don’t know where to start to get ARCs for review, which leaves you reviewing books…
Read MoreMildred Jane at 5 Months
Mildred is 5 months old now. That’s almost half a year! In the last month Milli has: figured out her play gym mastered rolling front to back and back to front on hard surfaces discovered her feet She is currently enjoying that play gym and playing with (if not reading) her crinkle books. Though her…
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