May is quickly coming to an end and it has been a busy month for us but things are finally starting to wind down. I’m excited for the slow down and I’m looking forward to having some more quality time with my kids and time to read. Sports Madness Most of May kept us super… Read More May Recap
This book review was originally published on The Wordy Nerd Books on August 28, 2015. The topic of caring for disabled people is often one that is difficult to approach. It is often not easy on the caretaker or the patient but Jojo Moyes does an amazing job at exploring the many facets of the… Read More Me Before You
This book review was originally published on The Wordy Nerd Books on July 16, 2015. It’s not often that I can sit back and devour a book but yesterday, I did exactly that with Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman. When this book was announced earlier this year, I immediately pre-ordered it from Amazon and have… Read More Go Set a Watchman
Daniel and I started dating a few months after my fifteenth birthday during the summer between my freshman and sophomore year of high school He is very much my high school sweetheart. I married him when I was eighteen, just a few short months after I graduated from high school. In the course of our… Read More How We Keep the Romance Alive as Parents of Five
This book review was originally published on The Wordy Nerd Books on April 28, 2015. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins has been on several bestsellers lists for quite a while. I’ve seen other avid readers raving about it and comparing it to Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. I finally decided that I needed to… Read More The Girl on the Train
This review was originally published on The Wordy Nerd Books on March 14, 2015. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel follows a group of actors and musicians in a post-apocalyptic world who are trying to preserve the arts. It all begins when a highly contagious, airborne virus sweeps across the world. In a matter of… Read More Station Eleven
I did it! This past Wednesday I took my comprehensive exams to finish up my master’s degree! I was nervous about failing them but I passed all three of them! Tuesday night I will give a twenty minute presentation over a paper I wrote and I will take one more final test on Wednesday night… Read More I Did It! I Survived Graduate School!
This review was originally posted on The Wordy Nerd Books on February 12, 2015. In high school and college, I had several instructors who required their students to memorize dates for the history courses that I took. One date that was always required was 1066. As history major, I am very familiar with the Battle… Read More 1066: What Fates Impose
Wow! It has been almost a month since I have posted a blog entry. This past month has just been crazy and busy, but good! World Traveler My last blog post was on March 15 and I boarded a plane early the next morning to head to Italy! I had so much fun in Italy!… Read More Hello April!
I was recently tagged by Alicia at Adventures With My Littles to complete the Rocking Motherhood Challenge. Thanks so much for tagging me, Alicia! The idea behind the challenge is to encourage mothers to recognize and remember the things that make us great moms rather than focusing on the things we feel we might be failing… Read More 10 Reasons I am Rocking Motherhood