See this post for an explanation of this Summer Book Club. Follow week 3’s post at Simple Homeschool. I’m really late with this! Week 3 was actually two weeks ago, but we have been traveling the past few weeks, so we’re behind. I did check out the books for Europe and took them with us to the beach! And got a picture on the beach just for fun. :-) The girls thought I was crazy but they humored me. (All…
See my previous post for an explanation of this Summer Book Club. Follow this week’s post at Simple Homeschool. This week is Africa! I have to admit, Africa is not an area that I feel very passionate about. I wouldn’t normally pick up a book about Africa to read to them. So, I was a little nervous about this week because I didn’t want to accidentally pass on to my kids that Africa doesn’t matter. But! I have really, really…
I finished both Madame Bovary and the first Harry Potter book this week! When I was checking out Harry Potter, the librarian said something along the lines of needing all three weeks to read the book. At the time I thought, you underestimate my speed of reading. Ha! It took me 3 days, working it around my other obligations – I have been reading instead of my normal tv watching and Facebook browsing time. Which, if you recall, was the…
One of the things I wanted to do this year was read more, and I’m not talking about reading outloud for homeschooling. Read more for pleasure and for my own edification. I set my goals very low, 12 books for 2016, in the hopes that I’d actually double that. Well, here we are at the end of January and I haven’t read a single book. *sigh* I started a book but was having trouble getting into it and decided I…
So far, 2016 has been plagued with sickness – all mine. I think the past 6.5 years of inconsistent sleep, and especially the past 16 months, plus months of eating out while we were renovating our house, have caught up with me. I got my wisdom teeth out right before New Years, and it took 2 weeks to recover. Thankfully I’m out of pain now but I was worried there for a bit! I’ve also had a really hard time…