JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

Monday, March 7, 2011

As I was packing I decided to take a few pictures of some old projects that I never posted about. The first one is our calendar/to do board. I had seen these as plain dry erase boards on a few other blogs and decided to make a calendar for the kitchen with a dry erase to do list and grocery list. i also use is for our meal planning.

The other project I made awhile back is a fishing set for the kids to play with. They really enjoy it. I need to make up some more fish for it. I am thinking of making some of every color to help Lydia learn her colors.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel by Jeanette Walls

I picked up this book because I read The Glass Castle: A Memoir by the same author and loved it. This book was really good. It was easy to read and was divided up into sections that are only a couple of pages long. It is about the life of the authors Grandmother. She had some really hard things happen in her life but was an amazing woman. Most of the book takes place on different ranches, raising cattle etc. If you have not read The Glass Castle yet I would recommend it. It is sad but amazing.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

The Known World

I read this book because I saw it on another book blog. It is about black slave owner in the South before the Civil War. I love historical fiction and that is why I picked up this book. Can I just say that it took me forever to get through it! I am not a big fan of how it is written. It is a bunch of little snippets about at least 20 people or more that are all related in round about ways. The author will roam mid paragraph into the future and then come back to present time. It was fascinating to read just really hard for me to get through and a little bit depressing in the end. I kept waiting for the author to get to the point. He finally does in the last 30 pages or so. I have mixed feelings about this book because I was satisfied with the ending but it felt a little random.