Book Review: A Week at the Lake By Wendy Wax
A WEEK AT THE LAKE By: Wendy Wax Published: June 23, 2015 Publisher: Berkley Fiction Emma, Serena, and Mackenzie have been best friends since college. Every summer they have gathered at Emma’s family’s lake house to catch up on life and relax. But, the last five years, these friends haven’t been in touch with each…
Read More Book Review: The Vintage Teacup Club By Vanessa Greene
THE VINTAGE TEACUP CLUB A Novel By: Vanessa Greene Published: November 5, 2013 Fiction In this debut novel by Vanessa Greene, we are swept away to England for a touching story of friendship and how a vintage teacup can bring three women together for a lifetime. The story begins with Jenny, a bride-to-be in search…
Read More A Little Monday Inspiration
source Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Seneca, a Roman Philosopher Learning this has been such a “light bulb moment” for me. I learned that when I hung around negative complainers, I became a negative complainer. Then when I hung around with people who rather than focused on what was going wrong…
Read More My Trip to Nashville
I traveled to Nashville to visit my BFF, Tammy, who had moved there a year ago. I have been wanting to visit and made it part of my 40 Before 40 goal to get it done. I finally found a long weekend that worked for both of us and I booked my tickets. I had…
Read More Day #22 and #23 of Summer Vacation
We had a great time celebrating our friend, Adam’s 40th birthday. The guys had a grill session and the ladies chatted and we all ate the food! Fun night with great friends! The boys were in charge of making the Shirley Temple’s at cousin, Ali’s graduation party yesterday. They had a great time and the…
Read More Day #3 of Summer Vacation
Our friends came over and we enjoyed our first bonfire of the season last night. Lots of laughs, yummy smores, and good memories. O
Read More Friends Count at Build-A-Bear Workshop
Whenever we are in a mall with a BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP in it, our family can’t resist going in. The kids love looking at all the different animals and then spending all kinds of time looking at the different outfits they could get for their bears. I have to admit, it is just a happy place…
Read More I’ve Been Given A Liebster
One of my fellow bloggers, Sincerely Jenni, gave me this awesome Liebster award. It’s meant for bloggers that don’t have a lot of followers, but ones maybe you SHOULD be following! Jenni is a fellow Iowan and I think her blog jumped out at me first because of her blog title. Since then I have come…
Read More Heart Stopping – Heart Breaking
Last Saturday night, I looked out our back patio doors and saw a beautiful sunset. I decided to take a photo with my iTouch because I wanted to see how my new Instagram app worked. So, I took a photo and then applied one of the edits to the photo and this is what I…
Read More Review: Friendship Bread by Darien Gee
FRIENDSHIP BREAD By Darien Gee Publish Date: April 5, 2011 An anonymous gift sends a woman on a journey she never could have anticipated. One afternoon, Julia Evarts and her five-year-old daughter, Gracie, arrive home to find an unexpected gift on the front porch: a homemade loaf of Amish Friendship Bread and a simple note:…
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