Reading for Fun!

I loved it when a new magazine would come in the mail. I love books. I remember when we lived in a town of 250 people, the book mobile would come every couple weeks! I could hardly wait because there was a new adventure waiting. In 2009, I read over 20 books. Some of my favorite were A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Running Up the Mountain.

I love this quote...You'll be the same person you were last year, except for the books you read and the people you meet.

I read with two book groups, so it keeps me on my toes. I constantly have at least 3 books that are partly finished.

Over the last several years I have thought about the idea of less is more. Less clothes that I don't LOVE, and a few that I do love. Less toys around the house, less mess, and more conversations, and connecting with my children through games and reading.

So when I saw this free book from one of my favorite blogs I thought of you! Do you like a free book mobile that comes to your computer????

Free ebook: Thriving on Less--Simplifying in a Tough Economy

Download a free copy of Thriving on Less--Simplifying in a Tough Economy here.

What are some of your favorite books and how did they move you?

mother's day

I love mother's day! Breakfast in bed, off to church and they give me chocolate, come home from church and I get to open presents {that i bought myself at anthropologie} go to my parents house and get spoiled, then come home and my husband does the dishes!

I would love this EVERYDAY!

on saturday, stephen asked if i would like to go out for mother's day dinner, oh ya!

jacob loves going out to eat, like, he asks me EVERYDAY can we go out to eat? so i thought he would be ecstatic to go eat.

no mom, i want to play on the slip/n/slide that we bought at target.

hey buddy, we can do that later, this is mommy's day and i would love to go eat at pf chang's... they have yummy food {trying to entice my child}

no, mom i don't like going out to eat {hello a big lie!!!}

jacob, this is my day.... it's about me, me, me, me, me! i wanna talk about me and what i want to do!!!!
a grumpy frown on a normally happy child

so we go to pf chang's with a grumpy boy in the back who, while at the restaurant, decides this is fun to go eat!

prom was this weekend so we saw a lot of teens in formal dresses and tuxes. one teen was a punk rock dude with a green mohawk, tattoos everywhere, and enough earrings to fill my jewelry box. jacob was starring at the guy and said "it's okay to have a mohawk just not a green one!

by the way, the great wall of chocolate was delicious!

happy mother's day to me and all the wonderful women who keep our kids in line!

Back when hair was big and the pom poms were bigger. Seniors, seniors what's your number 90-90-90-90!!! ya! Here is one of my senior pictures.... ah memories!

What are some of your favorite memories from high school?