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5 Things

 

1. This is a picture of our Australian home. Seriously, we lived in a car for a few months.

2. As you can see, I’m busy working in the “kitchen” getting dinner ready.

3. Please note the bottles of wine on top of the car. We bought a case of wine and kept a list of where we were each time we had a bottle. These bottles went down on the list as “The Town of 1770,” the name of the nearest town.

4. We walked into The Town of 1770  and passed at least 200 dead frogs on the road.  Barry made me stop counting.

5. Looking at this photo reminds me that happiness can be found anywhere – even in the back of a car with dead frogs stuck to the tires.

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What Are You Gonna Do?

Here’s the thing about trying to act upscale when you really aren’t. The truth always comes out in the wash. For example:

If you want to move the coffee table in your room it probably shouldn’t do this:

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Summer Reading

 

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This weekend we went up North to attend Adam & Alyssa’s wedding (Congratulations, guys!!!!) and to visit our families. I found myself in a panic after finishing my book Sunday morning because having a good book to read is necessary in my life, especially in the months of June, July and August! 

I was rooting around my old bedroom’s bookshelf and I came across a box of my old books from when I was a teenager. Many of these books I read over and over again and some of them I’ve never cracked. I pulled a few of the not-so-sentimental ones with the intent of adding them to my classroom collection, but also pulled a couple of them to read again! Many of them are Newbery winners from the late Eighties to the mid Nineties. 

Tomorrow we will hit the road for a few weeks and with me I have packed a bag full of books, some of which came from the box I found in my old room, some from used bookstores, and even a few newbies that I’m thrilled to smell!