My dishwasher broke on Saturday. When we came in from shoveling, I opened the door and pulled out the top rack to begin the unloading process...and two little pieces of plastic snapped and the rack dropped. Thankfully, I had a…
I'll admit it. I haven't been in an actual bookstore since the Borders near us closed. So that's...a long, long time. It's not that I wouldn't kill to go wander a bookstore. I would. Seriously, I would love to find…
One of the things I've loved about getting plugged in with the ladies over at InspyRomance is finding new-to-me authors. Particularly the independent ones (because finding new indies is sometimes a challenge.) Autumn Macarthur is one of those happy finds…
When I finished my first trilogy (the Grant Us Grace series), I realized that I just loved Matt and Laura, a married couple who popped up in all three books. I'd dropped enough hints in those first three books that…
The title kind of speaks for itself. It's another one of those "inquiring minds want to know" situations. I like Goodreads, but I generally just use it as a way that's easy and convenient to track my reading for the…
I think I've said before, and I'll say again, I'm a pretty laid back reader. I really am. If it's possible to suspend disbelief, I'm there and it's suspended. Something in the book has to be horrible, truly horrible, to…
Do you ever look at your family calendar and find your breath catching in your throat? I had that stunning little revelation this weekend as I was looking over the month. Gosh...we've gotten busy suddenly. Some of it is that…
My eldest turned eight this past week and so...tomorrow is his birthday party. As I think all boys of this age are, he's very into Minecraft and so our party will be Minecraft themed. I have grand plans for activities…
One of the things I'm hoping to do in 2016 is get back to doing some crafty things. As much as I love writing (and love it I do!) I've been missing crochet and that sort of thing that I…