Recently, while my husband was away in Japan and our two young daughters were missing him, the girls asked me to read them one of their favorite books, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean.
When we got to the page where the boy actually traded his father (who was lost [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 26, 2009
Swapping Daddy
February 23, 2009
My Children’s Aspirations
Today, my two-year-old told me, “Mommy, I’m going to be a scientist!”
I encouraged her, “Oh, that would be fantastic. To be a good scientist, you need to go to school and learn lots of things. It will be so much fun to learn about science.”
My little one responded, “When I go to school, I’m going to learn how to jump [...]
February 20, 2009
My New iPhone
I’ve had an iPhone for 24 hours now, and already I don’t know how I ever lived without it!
I used to carry around a cell phone, an iPod nano, a Palm Pilot PDA, and my laptop. Now I can do most of what I need on one handy little gadget. I’ll still probably lug my [...]
February 13, 2009
My Favorite Books Read in 2008
In my last post, Stacy asked me about my favorite books read in 2008. Sticking strictly to the list from my previous post, here is my response. I should mention that not all of these books were published in 2008. They are simply taken from the list of books that I, personally, read in 2008. You can click on [...]
February 7, 2009
Books Read in 2008
I’ve been meaning to do this for the past month, and yet it’s already February, and I am just now getting around to it. Here is the list of books that I read in 2008. There were 57 in all. This doesn’t include the numerous books I read to my kids over and over again, with the [...]
February 3, 2009
Book Review: Warrior Princess by Frewin Jones
Though I’ve been sampling the young adult fantasy fiction genre this past year, I had yet to read any of the work by Frewin Jones. Thus, I was quite interested when HarperCollins sent me several of her books, including a review copy of Jones’ most recent novel, Warrior Princess.
Not your average watered-down tale of sappy adolescent angst, Warrior Princess opens with a violent [...]
