We are reading The BFG as a family right now.  It's pretty darn great.  Both the book and how much we all love family reading time. ...

Last summer I went up to my in-laws to visit with one of Steve's cousins who was passing through town.  One of her daughters was read...

A few weeks ago, while reading in my Book of Mormon commentary ( Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon:...

I started reading this book last week and it's made quite an impression.  It's amazing.  I love Kyle's ability to tell ridicu...

In addition to adding more projects (or really, just doing projects), I've been doing a few book reports this year.  We did one with a l...

Even though I've decided to take poetry slowly for now, I eventually want to start an actual curriculum.  Right now I'm thinking the...

If you've read very many of my posts, you'll know how much I love the library.  In my head right now I hear my kids saying, "...

Several weeks ago I was playing a game with  my in-laws.  I can't remember the title (I'm TERRIBLE with names), but it was one of t...

A couple weeks ago I added a new line to their daily school check-off lists , Project.  We do a weekly project related to what we're stu...

We've made it successfully through the first half of our school year.  Yay!!! And a little yippee after that.  Last year (my very fi...

How many of you are members of Goodreads ?  I have to say, I both love it and am overwhelmed by this amazing website. I love it because I...

I have a secret to share.  I am full of conflicting wishes and desires.  There is a part of me that would love to try living downtown in a...

I just started reading a fictional series of books called The Great and Terrible.  Today I finished the first book, Prologue: The Brothers ...

Recently I came up with a fantastic way to describe how I deal with change to my husband.  I am like an old GPS unit.  Have you used one of ...

I love to read to learn new things.  I'll read anything that has to do with almost any area of my life: cookbooks, budgeting/savings boo...

I came across a quote while looking at Gretchen Rubin’s blog (the author of The Happiness Project ) yesterday that I loved.   It made me bo...

I finished an amazing book yesterday.  I don't usually like books that make me sad and the only thing that rescued this one for me was t...

Today was slightly crazy running from basketball practices (just starting up), soccer games (last of the fall season), a baby shower and try...

I just finished a book titled The Happiness Project , by Gretchen Rubin .  I liked it A LOT.  I think I liked it so much because the author ...