The View from Saturday (1997)

My rating:  5/5 stars At long last, I return with a review of one of my favorite books out of  all of the Newbery medalists and in general.  E.L. Konigsburg has a knack for writing characters with depth and humor, characters you wish you knew in real life, or maybe – if you’re lucky –…

>The first obstacle

>Resolution Number One:  5 days down, 25 to go! Today is the beginning of what I hope will be my sixth day of getting all of my daily habits done, but I ran into a problem three days ago that I probably should have foreseen. It started with a few bad nights in a row. …

>Bye bye, doctor

>Monday morning Sebastian and I donned our raincoats and headed out for the exciting adventure of… going to the doctor!  Ok, not so exciting.  Though I love to hear official pronouncement that he’s healthy, I hate when he has to get shots.  I was feeling especially sad for him since I had gotten two flu…

>Birthdays

> In honor of MommyBrain‘s birthday (yay!), this week’s All About Meme prompt from her and Supah is about a most memorable birthday.  Now I LOVE birthdays.  I am all about them.  Mine is toward the end of October, and I begin counting down to it the second I flip over my calendar to my…

>A year and a half

>{Note: I started this post yesterday on the 8th, and am just finishing it up this morning.} Today my baby is a year and a half.  I love that for one brief moment I get to count his age in a way that makes sense to everyone, not just those of us with children.  So…