In the past few months, I heard mention several times of Naomi Alderman's Couch to 5K for reading program. Her original post about it is here. Well, on Sunday I saw a new post floating around from her, link here. This one was called "we can get your brain working properly again by December 31st".… Continue reading My very modest reading challenge
It has been a true Wisconsin December this year! (Which it often has not been in recent years!) We've been getting a lot of snow (and not just in a big storm here and there- we've been seeing frequent snow showers). If I had to choose when to get snow, I'd definitely pick December! It… Continue reading Snowy December, something odd/creepy, + SOMETHING SUPER EXCITING!
First, big news- Sarah's book cover is finally out!! Her book Best Laid Plans: A Simple Planning System for Living a Life You Love is officially available for pre-order! The book will be released in December. Is it not the greatest?!?! I pre-ordered it and cannot WAIT to read it. Seriously, Sarah's methods just make… Continue reading Books!
I know a LOT of people who read this blog are huge readers. I pale in comparison to the majority of you, with my maybe 1-2 books a month average. Funny story: so my dad reads this blog (hi Dad 😘) and he often finds the comments to be very interesting. ("They're all just like… Continue reading When are you reading so many books?
#1: Our first real snowfall! And Ethan’s first time driving in the snow. (Photo taken from passenger seat on the way to Ethan’s 7 am McDonald’s shift.) It wasn’t a ton of snow and it was wet, so it really wasn’t very slippery. But we still managed to have an argument (before leaving home) as… Continue reading Sunday scenes: teens driving in snow and teen reading
Thanks to all for the well wishes after my mom's fall! She is doing pretty well, or as well as to be expected. She's in her usual good spirits and otherwise totally fine, as long as she doesn't move. Moving around causes significant pain, so I think it's just mostly frustrating for her to be… Continue reading Saturday misc. + books
I can't let today pass by without commenting on our extreme heat situation up here in Wisconsin! Also, it's always very fun to sing that song and it instantly gets me in the mood to be somewhere tropical and dancing in a congo line. "Ole ole, ole ole.... feeling hot hot hot....." Ooh, especially the… Continue reading Feelin’ hot hot hot
I'm currently reading 3 books. Which is probably not that smart of me, because I seem to have a hard enough time getting through 1 book in a reasonable amount of time. (Because, as outlined in this other post, I guess I just prioritize other things.) But I do actually love to read. And I… Continue reading Books + reading speed
I'm excited to share my latest "tracking" obsession.... haha. You all already know that I like to track things in my planner. And reading is no exception. On each monthly Habit Tracker page, I keep this little section down at the bottom. The dates are at the top, so I can correspond a "dot" to… Continue reading A Book Spreadsheet + Book Notes
Work Book Club: I had my first work book club last night. As you all know, I don't read a TON or that fast, so I was mostly just pleased that I actually had finished the darn book!! 😄 We read The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. Everything was okay. 🙃 I thought the book was… Continue reading First book club and other misc.
