The interesting news of the week is really only from yesterday. Nick and I drove about an hour away in his pretty depleted 2002 Chevy Cavalier and we came back in a shiny 2011 Chevy Silverado. Yes, that’s right, my husband has finally got the truck he has wanted for years. I have to admit, I’m [...]

All in all, I think this past week has been a pretty normal week. As far as life in general goes, I’m as busy as ever at work. Last summer I only had 3-4 kids; this summer it’s turning out that I have 7-8 (I work at a daycare, in case you didn’t know). No [...]

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY Since I didn’t really post much last week, I failed to mention that I recently finished reading a book and listening to an audiobook: I finished listening to Dear John by Nicholas Sparks and I finished reading Anne of the Island by LM Montgomery. I read the later for Giraffe Day’s Mini-LM Montgomery Challenge–while I [...]

This is what I did this weekend No, that’s not me. One of my younger sisters got hitched. So, this is Kassy and her new husband, Nick. (Yeah, my husband’s name is Nick, too. It can get a little confusing at family gatherings.) This was the most involved I’ve ever been with a semi-Catholic wedding. [...]

The highlight of my week doesn’t have anything to do with reading. If you’ll remember from my last Sunday Salon post (two weeks ago), I mentioned I started running at the beginning of April. The catalyst for my beginning to run is my younger sister’s wedding next weekend–I want to look good for her wedding, [...]

It’s been over a month since I wrote up a Sunday Salon post and I’m glad to finally have some time to do it again! Nick and I have been living at our newly-purchased house for a couple of weeks now. That’s why I hardly wrote anything at all for this blog during March–the house [...]

Well, this past week was pretty normal…but the weekend was very busy. Nick and I spent twelve hours at our house on Saturday and about eight hours today. It’s a little disheartening because it seems that even though we’ve worked so long this weekend, the one room we’ve been focusing on most doesn’t look like [...]

Well, Nick and I closed on our house this past Thursday. I apologize in advance because I have a feeling that my Sunday Salon posts for the next couple of months will have a lot to do with updates to the house before we move in–I’m sorry. I know it probably won’t interest you that [...]

Yes, I am alive. I realize that I didn’t write any Salon posts the past two Sundays. I was just too busy that first skipped Sunday and I was sick this past weekend. But I am here. And there is big news I haven’t yet been able to share (unless you are friends with me [...]