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Shoestring Budget Books: Shattering the Two Income Myth
Over the past 6 months, Josh and I have been practicing living on a shoestring budget so we can build up our emergency fund savings account. It’s not easy. Or all that much fun. And in fact, it’s pretty dang difficult most of the time. But it’s working, and our savings account is ticking up…
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The Best Yes by Lysa Terkeurst
Saw my friend Kim was reading The Best Yes by Lysa Terkeurst a while back, and it’s been on my radar to take a look at, too. I’m so glad I did! I didn’t know a ton about the book ahead of time – going into it I just knew it was about working on boundaries…
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The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
About a month ago, after deciding we wanted to have a garage sale, I got a notification from the library that they had gotten in the copy of The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up I had asked them to hold for me. Turns out, this is like the best book you could ever read…
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The Tao of Bill Murray – Real Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing
“If you’re not enjoying reading, you’re reading the wrong things,” I recently said to a student in one of the high school classes I was sub teaching for. Then I reached into my tote bag and pulled out the copy of The Tao of Bill Murray I had checked out of the library. I handed it…
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Oil Painting for Beginners Book Recommendation
Show of hands, where’s my folks needing some help with oil painting for beginners? You’re among friends here, I’m a total newbie, too. Last fall, my friend Kim and I took a Bob Ross oil painting class. I was so nervous going into it. I was positive I wouldn’t be able to hack it. Real artists…
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Classic Childrens Books I Love
One of the really great things about taking our kids to the library all the time is getting the chance to read tons of classic childrens books. Sometimes I’ll hunt them down, because there’s titles I want to make sure my kids get a chance to read. Curious George titles are in heavy rotation in…
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Show Your Work by Austin Kleon – Book Report
I’ve been reading like crazy lately – looks like I’ll be able to hit my goal of a dozen books in 2017 with no problem at this rate! I picked up a copy of Show Your Work by Austin Kleon because I’m working on getting into more group art shows this year. Turns out this…
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed – the Book I Read Because of Gilmore Girls
Remember when we were all on that big Gilmore Girls kick over the holidays because Netflix released 4 new episodes? If you always considered yourself a Rory + Loralei nerd, lemme tell ya. You haven’t reached true Gilmore Girl nerd status until you read the book Wild by Cheryl Strayed just because it was part of…
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How to Become a Beekeeper: First Lessons in Beekeeping Book Report
There ain’t no honey more local than the stuff being made at your house – so if you’re wondering how to become a beekeeper, read on. In the spring of 2015, my husband Josh got his first two nucs of bees. By summer 2016, we were able to harvest our first fifty pounds of honey.…
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Gardening Book: A Blessing of Toads by Sharon Lovejoy
I read another great gardening book I had picked up at the library over the past few weeks – A Blessing of Toads by Sharon Lovejoy. Between this book and the last one I read, I am super pumped to start planning our garden for spring. One thing that really spoke to me about this group…
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One Woman Farm by Jenna Woginrich: A Book Report
OMG guys I have an amazing book for you this time. You gotta read One Woman Farm by Jenna Woginrich. This time when I went to the library, I changed things up a little and actually got to focus on the big people books. Rincon library’s pretty small, so I helped the kids get the…
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Book Report: Weird Hikes by Art Bernstein
I’ve been taking the kids to the library pretty consistently starting with their 2016 summer reading program, so it’s kind of weird that I only just realized a few weeks ago that I maybe could pick up a book or two for myself as well. Duh. A few weeks ago, it finally dawned on me…
