You Have GOT to Read this Book!

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I have a friend Amy who has, with other Mom bloggers, just published her first book.  This book is AMAZING!  Oh so funny and I can relate to many of the stories, even though my son is going to be 23 years old this month. 

My morning routine consists of catching up on all my favorite blogs and hers ...My Real Life is one of them.  Last week she met with a few of the other authors of the book for a lunch meeting and they all signed a copy of one of the books.  THEN she had a giveaway and I won!  Yes, I have been on one heck of a lucky streak but now I will leave the giveaways to everyone else ..... I can't be too greedy. 

When I first read that she published a book, I immediately had to buy it.  I just love how she recounts her days raising four children, teaching full time and trying to keep a household while trying to maintain a speck of sanity on her blog so I knew the book had to be good.  It is.  You will NOT be disappointed.  Now that I have received my SIGNED copy (I am oh so excited to have an actual SIGNED copy and I am doing a happy dance), I will send the other copy I previously bought to my Mom.  I know she will love it as much as I do.

Did I tell you this book is on the Best Sellers List?!  Yep, that is how good it is.  If you are a Mom and crave some togetherness with other women in your shoes, pick up a copy.  You will cry, laugh and feel like maybe you are just a 'normal' Mom.  To can purchase a copy here from Amazon.

Thanks Amy! I will cherish it.   My recommendation....buy her book and remember to give your loved ones a hug!

Craft Day

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The weather was horrible again today. I am hoping for a couple of nice days yet so I can get the last of the house and buildings buckled down for the winter. I also want to shampoo all my carpets before I start decorating for Christmas so I like to have the windows open and the breeze blowing through the house when I start that big chore. Here's keeping my fingers crossed for a few more nice days.

Since the weather wasn't agreeing with my plans...I chose to finish up some crafting that I have been working on and do a little baking.

I am still not use to taking pictures for my blog so I have to apologize for not having any pictures of the baking I did today. I will get better at remembering, I promise.

I baked apple cookies, brown sugar cookies and Artisan bread. I will post the recipe and pictures of the Artisan bread tomorrow as it is a recipe that you keep in the refrigerator until you want to bake fresh bread. The dough will keep up to a week in the fridge. So I will definitely take pictures tomorrow and post the recipe for you. It is delicious.







I tried my hand at making a few bookmarks. Many of you older and wiser individuals might remember this squiggly worm bookmarks. I recall them from my childhood.

They will be sold at the Christmas craft fair.

I also completed Pasie's shawl for Christmas. It is a beautiful soft yarn that I really enjoyed using. I had purchased the yarn at Walmart on sale for $1 per skein. The pattern called for only two and a half skeins. At the same time I also purchased the same yarn in a soft green color which I will make an afghan for our living room after the Christmas season. Green is my absolute favorite color.

I also spent a better part of the day searching the web trying to locate all my favorite sites that I had bookmarked but lost due to the virus in my computer. Starting from a clean slate is a little un-nerving. I must feel more comfortable with a computer full of stuff. Thanks for the offer of help Syrlinus! I appreciate it.

Before I sign off for the evening, I ask all of my dear readers to say a quick prayer for the son of a friend of mine, Amy. Amy is a fellow blogger over at http://amysreallife.wordpress.com/ Her youngest son which she so aptly names Baby Monkey is currently in the hospital. He has all of a sudden been experiencing unexplained seizures. He is having a slew of tests with his Mom at his side. The power of a prayer is a wonderful thing. I know she will appreciate all the good thoughts.

Give your loved ones a hug this evening! :)