Greetings from Texas! Just wanted to pop in a quick post to wish everyone a very happy New Year!! 2007 has certainly had it’s ups and downs for me, but one of the biggest ups of all has been starting this blog and getting to know all of you. Hope that you enjoy your night [...]
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It’s that time of the year. The first time for me, time to do the blog wrap up for the year in books! This will most probably be my last post for the year. I’m going to Texas on Saturday to see Megan and I’ll be there until January 4th. Though I’ll have my laptop [...]
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I love these posts that people do, so I figured I’d do my own! A post all about cool Christmas gifts Here’s a picture of all the cool gifts I got, but I just remembered that I forgot to include two of my favorites…duh! First not pictured is the new Nintendo DS Lite Zelda [...]
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The past few days have been busy, have they not? It seems that everybody is tied up in Christmas festivities, be it shopping, get-togethers, reading, wrapping, etc. and I’m definitely one of those people! I doubt that I’ll squeeze in another post before Christmas, so I wanted to take the time to wish you all [...]
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Well the weather outside sure is frightful…the temperatures have gone back up again and I’m back to shorts and sandals. It’s officially 75 degrees right now in New Orleans and that’s a cool down from earlier. But we’re supposed to get some cool weather coming on Sunday night and it’s supposed to be down right [...]
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Wind Follower by Carole McDonnell is undoubtedly one of my favorite books of the year. As I sit down to write this review I find myself faced with the same problem I had earlier this year when reviewing The Time Traveler’s Wife…How do I do this book justice? Wind Follower is a complex yet very [...]
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It’s been a little rough trying to get into the Christmas spirit down here in New Orleans this year. I’ve tried everything. I’ve bought crap loads of presents, submerged myself in Christmas songs, surrounded the house in Christmas lights, baked cookies, watched all the specials, but it just doesn’t happen when it’s 85 degrees outside. [...]
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I seem to go through spells where I’ll have very vivid dreams that I remember well for a few months and then I’ll have no recollection at all of my dreams for a few months. Recently I’ve been remembering my dreams. I think it has something to do with the book I’m reading, Wind Follower, [...]
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In lieu of the recent events of my job, I thought that I’d post something on a more positive note about kids and therapy. I’ve been reading an incredible book by David Marcus called What it Takes to Pull me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out. The book [...]
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I’m sitting here in my office which is shrinking by the day, or becoming larger by the day depending how you want to look at it. Suffice it to say that my stuff is leaving the office a little bit each day. All that’s left now is a few case files, a bowl of suckers, [...]
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