Review: Emily Alone

Emily Alone By Stewart O’Nan (Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143120490, December 2011, 272pp.) The Short of It: A wonderful, poignant follow-up to Wish You Were Here. The Rest of It: When I read Wish You Were Here back in March, I expected to love the writing because so many have gushed about O’Nan’s work, but I didn’t expect [...]

Review: Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here By Stewart O’Nan (Grove Press, Paperback, 9780802139894, April 2003, 528pp.) The Short of It: A lovely, heartwarming story about love, loss and what it means to be a family. Easily, one of my favorite books ever. The Rest of It: I honestly don’t know why it’s taken me so long to [...]

Awww..To Be Young Again

This is my daughter. All she cares about when she wakes up is what’s for breakfast, the weather (so she can decide on an outfit) and whether to wear her hair up, or down. These are the musings of a 4 year-old. When I wake up, my musings are a bit different but probably not [...]

Weekend Plans: Carrie Here I Come!

Only a few more hours of work for me. Tonight, we have our last Cub pack meeting and then we are celebrating with Cold Stone ice cream. The kids ought to love that! Saturday morning, I have a hair appt.. All I will say, is that as you get older, those little gray hairs that [...]

Feeling It

I started off my morning with a brutal, and I mean BRUTAL circuit training class which involved kickboxing, step work and jumping rope. Now in case you all forgot.. I have Lupus and even though there are days when I don’t feel as if I can do much, I HAVE to. If I don’t use [...]

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