Thoughts of a Wannabe

You have ONE VOTE. And it counts. Don't stay home thinking it doesn't matter. Don't stay home thinking it won't make a diffe...

Well, I haven't been around much lately, have I! Work has been busy. Home has been busy. Sometimes life just really moves fast. I can...

Katrina at Callipider Days is hosting a Fall Into Reading 2008 challenge. Over at Teen Lit Review we have a very ambitious list of books w...

These are some pictures of our last "vacation" of the summer (Went with my Mom and sister and her 3 kids). We visited the mountain...

This is the CHANGE that American needs. The anger that built in me from Thursday night's lie/bash fest was relieved today. I actually ...

Well, my kids all started school today - 1st grade, 5 th grade, and 8 th grade. They seemed equal parts of excited and disappointed that s...

There are a few days left until the drawing at Teen Lit Review for the book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made. Go here to enter!

Middle child sleeps in a loft bed, so I can't lay with her at all when I tuck her into bed. But I do climb the steps each night, cover h...

Teresa is giving away a cupcake scented gift set by Embrace Bath & Body , over at her personal blog . The contest is for USA and Canada ...

When I picked up middle child from her horseback riding lesson, she was holding a little kitten, about 4 weeks old. My daughter LOVES anima...

Movie Review #15 Journey to the Center of the Earth Starring: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem Rated: Rated PG for intense ad...

Jennifer won the drawing for the The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling (The Yada Yada Prayer Group, Book 6) book! It was a fun book - I h...

The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling (The Yada Yada Prayer Group, Book 6) is a great summer read! I really relate to the narrator of the...

OK - time to move on from the posts about the fire - I think I'm done with that - well, except for an occassional update on the rebuildi...

I don't know about you - but I keep a close eye on what my kids watch on TV/Movies. To preview Movies my kids want to watch I go to one ...

Here are the heroes that saved my Mom's life . . . . I have a new found respect for firemen. We have visited them several times since t...

Here are photo's of how Mom's house looks after the fire. Demolition begins this week - rebuild should take about 5 months. Mom actu...

Click photo to make larger: Here are some photo's a neighbor took of my Mom's House while it was on fire. I will post some photos la...

You never think those bad things you see on the news will happen to you. They always happen to someone else. I'll watch the news and vie...

Catch a Rising Star (Drama Queens Series #1) by Tracey Bateman When thirty-something Tabby Brockman has the opportunity to reclaim her rol...