The book arrived in the mail last week. I tore open the shipping package to find a ornately wrapped package with a seal. When a book comes s...

A year ago, Utah Dad decided he wanted a dog . Really!? I was shocked. He and the kids kept working on me and in April we got a beagle puppy...

All right. Last book review today. I promise. I received a copy of Day of Honey by Annia Ciezaldo from FreePress publishers last week and...

Amberly is becoming such a good reader and it makes my heart sing to watch her devour one book after another. She, of course, favors the pri...

I've been missing from this blog for a week. Utah Dad brought a nice bug home from his meetings and kindly shared it with the rest of us...

There is not a mother alive that wouldn't give just about anything to have a happy baby. Seriously. I can't (and they don't) gua...

I almost forgot to wake up this morning. After I hit the snooze button for the third time, I reached over and turned the annoying thing off....

After my expose post yesterday that even included pictures of my dirty children , I figured I better show some proof that we actually get cl...

The Headhunter's Daughter by Tamar Myers arrived in my mailbox on Monday (from the Publishers) just as I was finishing the other book. ...

I realized that it has been weeks since I have taken pictures of anything (with the exception of my wrapped foot). This is pretty unusual fo...

Audition by Ryu Murakami was listed as a give-away on Goodreads.com a few months ago.  I was intrigued by the story and entered to win a co...

Last fall, Neal and Utah Dad joined the other fifth grade boys from his school for a night at camp. When they returned they couldn't sto...

Once upon a time, I loved road trips. When we lived in New Hampshire, Utah Dad and I would wake up early on Saturday mornings and head north...

A friend recently recommended that I read The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. Since she is also in my neighborhood book club, we conspired...

I volunteered to help the PTA at the Book Fair (it's the buy one get one free--my favorite) yesterday. Between my wrapped feet and head...

One of my favorite things about having an appointment at the doctor's office (Jiffy Lube works too) is the wait*. Seriously. There is re...

I have no less than fifty books literally waiting on the shelf in my bedroom for me to read them. Sometimes when I'm in the middle of a ...

When I was pregnant my feet got very swollen. In fact, when I was pregnant with Neal my entire body got very swollen. Anyway, during my preg...

A couple of months ago a news story about a murdered homeless woman in Salt Lake City caught my eye. The story of the woman, how she had fa...

Utah Dad is sick with a cold and before heading to bed last night he took the prescribed dose of night time cold medicine to fight off the s...