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Cat’s Cradle: A Review

Cat’s Cradle was my first experience with Kurt Vonnegut and I was not disappointed.His chapters are like short gusts of wind, concise and powerful. I never knew where his story was going to take me...

Relay for Life

Made in memory of my grandmother. I had such an incredible time participating in Relay for Life! =) It was such a moving, thought-provoking, and happy event spent celebrating MORE BIRTHDAYS! I feel...

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An Abundance of Katherines: A Review

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green is just plain fun to read! John Green does a great job with his characters and drawing a reader into the novel; Colin, a child prodigy now in his teens,...

Awkward & Awesome

Awkward: -Did I mention that I watched Iron Man 3 twice on opening weekend?! Loves me some comic book movies! I thought it was better than Iron Man 1 & 2 by a long shot. -Catching the flu that my...

Comic Books Make the World Go ‘Round

Borrowed these two comic book trades from my Uncle Dana and let me tell you… the New 52 of Teen Titans is SO AWESOME!!! I love it. And Wolverine, can you ever go wrong with Wolverine? Looking...

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Love Anthony: A Review

This book. Wow. I happened upon this book through a goodreads giveaway… And just wow!! Love Anthony by Lisa Genova is a heartfelt account of two women and Anthony, a boy with autism. This is a...

When I Have a Jam-Packed Weekend:

Meaning pjs & books for this gal! =) Hope you’re all having a cuddley weekend.

The Fountainhead: A Review

Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead was an enjoyable read! I was mostly really impressed with Ayn Rand’s writing; the way it made everything seem simple and straight forward, but was really attending to...

Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Awkward: -Finishing all of my tasking for the week by Tuesday! I’ve had to come up with new things to work on. -Eating all of the candies that came in these cute little Hello Kitty keychains my...

My Mom

My mom and I are really close. Really, really close. With Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, I just wanted to say how much I love and adore her. She has given up so much for my brother & me and is...

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A Wrinkle in Time: A Review

I could not put this novel down! I wish I had known about it as a child, but we never read it in school. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle is reminiscent of the Narnia chronicles, Cinder, and...

A Writer’s Query

How do I write? And what? And why? These are all questions I pose to myself when I think about my future ambitions. I want to write something. Okay, well what? I want to write something good....

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Balthazar: A Review

The second novel of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, Balthazar delves into the semi-truths of the first novel Justine from another point of view. Balthazar pulls apart some of the happenings...

Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Awkward: -Being quite exhausted every morning. Wanting nothing more than to go back to sleep once I awake. -How freezing cold our office is, especially when it’s hot outside. Burning up outside,...

The Farris Littles

I got to spend another evening with my most favorite littles!!! =) Greyson is such a tough cookie! He’s definitely going to be a football player. Molly is becoming a cuddley girl. She’s so calm and...

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

Oh, isn’t he absolutely FANTASTIC?! To say I adore Fantastic Mr. Fox by the fantastic Roald Dahl would be such an understatement it is almost heresy to suggest otherwise. The movie grabbed me...

Franklin

Oh, what a little model my Franklin is!

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Cinder: A Review

Cinder by Marissa Meyer is an excellent and downright FUN novel! It’s The Hunger Games meets a modern retelling of Cinderella as a cyborg! A dystopia of sorts where androids, cyborgs, humans, and...

The Great Outdoors

We took Franklin on quite a lovely hike through the woods two weekends ago. The weather this spring has been touch-and-go, but we found a lovely day, just windy enough, to go hiking in the...

Outfit Post

Mitch & I had a spectacular date night last night! I wore my pretty floral dress with my big belt and purple tights. I felt like such a cutesie lady! We went to Domo [a hibachi grill] to get some...

This is why mom says I’m Lily

Absalom, Absalom!: A Review

At first I feared that Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner was just a novel which repeatedly allowed the same story to be told between snippets of “current life” for the characters. This is...

Dinner with Friends

Someone really special to me (this cutie Greyson) turned One this past week and we celebrated with dinner and dessert! We ate at Huhot (our group’s favorite dining establishment) and my friends...