The latest book for the BlogHer Book Club is The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green. Where do I begin?? I absolutely loved this book! I immediately fell in love with the story of Hazel and Augustus, two teens who are both victims of cancer. Hazel is living with lung cancer; Augustus had his leg …
[ Continue Reading... ]An email discussion with my kid while she is in France and I am not: Me, 1:03 pm: YOU GOT INTO ART AS YOUR ELECTIVE NEXT YEAR!!!!! Her, 1:03 pm: Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me, 2:20 pm: Hi, I hope you are having a great time! The teachers haven’t put any photos on the Yahoo group website since …
[ Continue Reading... ]It’s Episode 51: Welcome to summer!!! I talk about what I’ve been up to which includes being crazy busy, new shoes, running, yoga and more. I’m reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Lord Vader is obsessed with The Hunger Games (yes, we are going to see the movie on Friday night). Happy …
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Yesterday 22 students from my daughter’s 5th grade class left for a two week foreign exchange trip to Provence, France. My kid was super excited for this trip. I can’t blame her, it’s been the carrot in front of her since she was four years old. Anyone who has ever given her a gift of …
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The day is almost here, one that she has worked incredibly hard for over the last five and a half years in order to be able to go on this trip. Tomorrow, she leaves with a handful of her classmates for a two week trip to Salon de Provence, France. The kids were each matched …
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We walked down to see Saint Louis Cemetery Number One. We could have paid for a tour, but we just walked through ourselves. The tour was $20 per person, but everything on this trip was an added fee per person and this was probably one of the more expensive ones. I love this photo of …
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The latest book for the BlogHer Book Club is Diary of a Mad Fat Girl by Stephanie McAfee. Graciela “Ace” Jones and her friends (and her dog, Buster Loo) are from Bugtussle, Mississippi and there is never a dull moment. Try to imagine Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum — but with a house, a dog and …
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