Not Your Ordinary Trip to the Library

Why, yes, that’s a hissing cockroach.  And yes, my four-year-old is holding it.

Kudos to fantastic library programs!
(I think.)

When I’m Not Reading . . .

. . .  I can be found playing basketball on Thursday nights.

Well, it would have been nice if I had a picture of myself with the ball, but such is life.
I loved playing basketball in junior high and high school (I was never on any teams except for church) and it’s always been my sport [...]

When I’m Not Reading . . .

. . .  I can be found hanging out with these two adorable little guys!

I have often wondered these past couple months what I could be doing to relay some of those random bits of life and let my blog readers get to know the “real” me a little bit more.   So be on the [...]

The Halloween Pics! (A Day and a Half Later)

Halloween has been a month long event here at our house.  We got dressed in our costumes no less than a billion times and attended at least half a dozen parties as well as hosting one for all of my little guy’s friends.  I’m now raiding the boys candy stash and recovering by convincing my [...]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

I grew up not reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl but rather watching the Gene Wilder movie.  I loved it!  I watched it over and over.   When they announced the new movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Johny Depp you can’t imagine the kind of excitement (and nervousness – will [...]