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How Childhood Books Make Us Who We Are

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Want to Read: Weird Because Normal Isn't Working

First Ever Indiana Artisan Market April 16-17

Homemade Pantry Staples

My Library Check Out List

The Tao of poop : keeping your sanity (and your soul) while raising a baby	Glyck, Vivian Elisabeth.	1/31/2011,23:59
Parenting, Inc. : how we are sold on $800 strollers, fetal education, baby sign language, sleeping coaches, toddler couture, and diaper wipe warmers--and what it means for our children	Paul, Pamela.	1/31/2011,23:59
Eat, sleep, poop : a common sense guide to your baby's first year--essential information from an award-winning pediatrician and new dad	Cohen, Scott W.	1/31/2011,23:59
Oh, baby! : Loving (and surviving) your newborn's first year	Mendelson, Robert A.	1/31/2011,23:59
Equally shared parenting : rewriting the rules for a new generation of parents	Vachon, Marc, 1963-	1/31/2011,23:59
Instinctive parenting : trusting ourselves to raise good kids	Calhoun, Ada.	1/31/2011,23:59
Today's moms : essentials for surviving baby's first year	Zoellner, Mary Ann.	1/31/2011,23:59
Your baby's first year week by week	Curtis, Glade B.	1/31/2011,23:59
Hell is other parents : and other tales of maternal combustion	Kogan, Deborah Copaken.	1/31/2011,23:59
The must-have mom manual : two mothers, two perspectives, one book that tells you everything you need to know	Ellington, Sara, 1969-

Library Hold List

Do you think the library staff will catch on? These are all the holds I have right now - :) Some reading material to help keep me off my feet in the last few weeks here.

• The happiest baby on the block : the new way to calm crying and help your baby sleep longer 
• Secrets of the baby whisperer : how to calm, connect, and communicate with your baby
• The nursing mother's companion
• On becoming birth wise 
• On becoming babywise. Book one : learn how over 500,000 babies were trained to sleep through the night the natural way 
• Heading home with your newborn : from birth to reality 
• The baby book : everything you need to know about your baby--from birth to age two
• The no-cry sleep solution : gentle ways to help your baby sleep through the night
• The attachment parenting book : a commonsense guide to understanding and nurturing your baby 
• Father's first steps : 25 things every new dad should know
• Let the baby drive 
• Your amazing newborn

Book Recommendation: Love's Pursuit

Been a little lacking in the reading department after going through too many great books all at once, kinda left me burnt out and left wondering how any book could beat the stories I had just read.

Well, I am finally getting bored and wanting to read again and lucky for me I happened to pick up an excellent read at the library the other day!



Love's Pursuit
by Siri Mitchell

A definite must-read - a great inspiration story about love - both romance-wise and faith-wise. A great twisty tale that had me on my toes trying to figure out what was going to happen next! And the tears! Oh the tears! :)

The Beginnings of a Bookworm

I have always been a bookworm and I think one of the big reasons, in addition to loving parents who read to us all the time, was the many great books I grew up around, many of which have take up residence on a little bookshelf in our new home. Looking back through them all though, there was one or two I knew I had loved but that I couldn't find. Of course, I vowed to find copies of these dear books and add them to our ever-growing collection.

Well, today while I was out perusing my favorite antique store guess what I found? TWO of my missing books! The Story about Ping and Seashells of the World!

I am not sure where the Ping book originally came from the seashell book (if my memory serves me correct) was in an old box of seashells that the owner of the house my parent's bought in Chalmers gave to us kids. I would take each seashell out and look it up in the book...ah, memories!



One of my favorite scenes out of the book!

My Reading Spot

This is my favorite spot to curl up with a good book - with my favorite pup-dog close at hand. This window seat is just perfect - especially when it is still daylight and the sun comes shining in! And there is a vent right above the couch - so winter or summer - this is the place to be! :)

P.S. Borders has a newly marked down $1 clearance book section! I stopped by on my way back from the Farmer's Market and didn't leave empty handed! :)

I can now add these to my ever-growing reading list:

- Crib Notes: A Random Reference for the Modern Parent by Amy Maniatis and Elizabeth Well
- Walking Ollie: OR Winning the Love of a Difficult Dog by Stephen Foster
- Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien

What I'm Reading: The Turtle Catcher

Well, actually I've already read it - but "What I am reading" sounds like a better post title. :)

I am always looking for a good read and they are so hard to come by! I can check out 10 books at the library and maybe come to find that 3 that are really good reads.

Well this book, my blog friends, is a good read! Had it done in two days!

I love books with twisty tales, that move forward and backward in the narrative and really gets your mind working on trying to figure out the plot and puzzling storyline!

So, if you're in a reading rut - check out the Turtle Catcher by Nicole Helget.

Recent Reading List

Been a reading fiend the last couple of months what with all my bus riding (a.k.a. an hour of extra time each day to do nothing but read or stare at my fellow passengers - or at attempt to knit within my alloted personal space and unintentionally risk stabbing myself and others).

Anywho, here's a little list of what I've been enjoying bookwise:

The People of the Whale
Just started but really getting into it...will give a synopsis when I'm finished.

As Good As It Got
Eh, an ok read. I don't think I was really their intended readership. I picked up the book because of the dog on the cover - yup, I thought it was some sort of dog-related story....but, no, it was about four ladies who willingly or reluctantly attend a suddenly single camp and their struggle and triumph through their individual relationial problems and the bond they form together.

Moon Shell Beach
Good story about two women, friends from childhood, who shared a secret beach all of their own. As they grew up they grew apart - but eventually their lives crossed paths again in the small town of Nantucket - good ending.

Ms. Hempel Chronicles
Another, eh, for me. Story about a young woman and her struggles early in her career as a teacher.

The Groom To Have Been
Pretty interesting story about arranged marriages in the modern day world.

The Gift of Jazzy
A good light read about a woman who lost her husband but gained a small dog - and the joy he brings her in her time of despair.

The Joy of Doing Things Badly
Pretty much my mantra in life!

I go back and forth between being in the mood to read fiction and wanting to learn something and read nonfiction...I think I am on the brink of getting bored of fiction. Getting in the mood to actually learn something real! I've got quite a few nonfiction reads on hand that I've picked up from the library. Would make a list of titles but in doing so I'm afraid I would sound like some sort of nutcase. :)