March 29, 2017
(Not) Wordless Wednesday
I know today is suppose to be wordless Wednesday, but I would rather write something else.
A friend of mine suggested that I should blog about being a single mom, like my theme should be co parenting. I thought it was a good idea, and I may still go that direction, but b/c this is public and I honestly have no idea whose reading this, I'm a little on the fence about talking about personal life things. With that said, I am going to write a pretty personal blog today and it may be the last one I write, but I really wanted to do it.
There are 2 songs out right now that literally make my heart hurt to listen to. The first time I heard the first one, I did tear up. It's about kids growing up with parents that are split up. my son doesn't remember his dad and I together, and in a way it hurts me that he doesn't. But on the other hand it makes me glad to know that he doesn't b/c what he would remember wouldn't be good. Right now he sees his dad and I as friends who don't live together. This is normal for him. Even though he sees and knows that his friends have 2 parents that live together, he knows that his parents don't live together and that is OK. He was old enough when I moved out to know what was going on, but I guess now that it's been over a year, he doesn't remember anything else. It really does still bother me that he is from a broken home, but this song helped me remember that that is okay sometimes. Anyways, this is that song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FUVdTEQxu8
The 2nd song is about a relationship. I love it and it describes my relationship with my son's dad so well it breaks my heart. I tried harder in that relationship, more than I had in any other and it still failed. The song pretty much speaks for itself so I won't go into it too much, but I do wonder where we would be now if he was a better man. If he had put in half the effort that I had could we have been happy? I look at my friends marriages in envy b/c that's what I wanted with him. It just wasn't in the cards I guess. I asked him one day when he saw a happy couple did he think "I want that with Rachel" Or did he think to himself "I want that with someone" when he couldn't answer me I knew our relationship was pretty much over, b/c I knew what my answer was and it wasn't the same as his.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph9NQ8ASmX4
Sorry for the word vomit, but it's something I wanted to say
Pin it Tuesday
Just like any kids room, my son's room is a disaster. We fight about him cleaning it constantly. With him being on spring break next week I thought it would be nice to try and organize it. I am not sure how much we will actually get done, but I'm trying to pin some ideas to try. His problem is more he has really big toys, but this is a start!
March 27, 2017
Book Challenge
The weather this weekend was gorgeous, and I didn't have the time to do the prompts over the weekend so I thought I would post something today about a book for my reading challenge.
My reading challenge is one that Nikki found and we are doing the same one. It's made out to look like bingo board. When I am done reading a book off the card, I color it in. So far, I've only read 2 books off the challenge, but I have hope I will finish it this year :-)
The book I picked up last week for the challenge is a book recommended by a librarian. I told her I like YA and murder mystery or dystopian, but not so much romance. She put a book on hold for me and it came in the next day. It's called 'The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place' by Julie Berry.
There's a murderer on the loose—but that doesn't stop the girls of St. Etheldreda's from attempting to hide the death of their headmistress in this rollicking farce.
The students of St. Etheldreda's School for Girls face a bothersome dilemma. Their irascible headmistress, Mrs. Plackett, and her surly brother, Mr. Godding, have been most inconveniently poisoned at Sunday dinner. Now the school will almost certainly be closed and the girls sent home—unless these seven very proper young ladies can hide the murders and convince their neighbors that nothing is wrong.
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place is a smart, hilarious Victorian romp, full of outrageous plot twists, mistaken identities, and mysterious happenings.
It's suppose to be a murder mystery but funny...so we will see!
March 22, 2017
March 21, 2017
Pin It Tuesday- Easter Crafts
Spring is here!! My son has been so excited about spring coming, which is funny b/c he actually loves snow and the cold. But I thought I would pin some crafts to do with him to celebrate spring. These are more Easter than spring but they are a start!
March 17, 2017
3 books on my bookshelf
I might edit this in the morning to add pictures, but right now I'm just going to write about the books.
Book 1:
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child- This book is about a play (I think) with the children of Harry Potter. To be perfectly honest I really don't know what it's about. When I was tagged in an event on Facebook to go to a Harry Potter thing in Staunton I was stoked. I love the movies, and have the books, although I've yet to read pass book #2. I was really excited about the events of the day, but more excited to dress up as our house and hang out with my 2 best friends for the day. After high school, I really didn't have a lot of friends. I had random times where I would have people to hang out with for a couple months and then it would fizzle out. So when I (sort of) reconnected With Sami, and joined book club I felt like I finally had real friends. Side note: I say sort of reconnected with Sami bc we were close, but really not *that* close, we had kids the same age and hung out sometimes, but not as close as we had been before. And then even more so when I became really close to Nikki and closer to Sami (again). All day we hung out, in the thousand degree heat, and did some really cool Harry Potter things. After that we went back to town to be at Barnes for the midnight release of the book. We met up with some more friends from book club there. OH! And after the book release we went and made our own pizzas at Vocellis, we happen to know the owner bc we are cool like that ;)
All around it was a great day and the book reminds me of that day, even if I never read it, which I am sure I will, the book will always have a spot on my shelf
Book 2:
Charlotte's Web- One of my favorite books, and movies, as a kid. I actually bought this book for mason for his 3 (?) birthday. I didn't have a lot of money for a gift, so I went and got him this book. I thought it would be something to do together, and that he would like to listen to, and hopefully love it as much as I did. That year I also got him a sleeping bag b/c he was in this phase where he liked sleeping in pillow cases. At 3 years old he was very easy to please. He loved my gifts and every night for weeks he would sleep in his bag and I would read a couple pages to him. We have recently restarted the book and he loves it so far. He has seen both versions of the movie, but like me he also loves books and he wants to finish the book. I bet by next year he will be able to read it himself.
Book 3:
Twilight- This book will always hold a special place for me b/c I "blame" that book for getting me into reading. I read a lot until like 7th grad then I never really read b/c my one friend didn't think it was cool. Then when I lived in Earlysville, with no Tv, no internet, my cell phone didn't work out that far, and I had a boyfriend that I didn't talk to, I would read a little. But it was mostly random books his mom gave me. Then my sister told me to read Twilight. And I did, and fell in love. I read all the books in no time, and then shortly after that read a couple other random books. I know it's a cheesy love story and the movies are awful but honestly, when I get my book tattoo, I will find some way to incorporate those books, b/c I don't think I would have met the women I call my friends without having read those books. My house wouldn't be filled with books now and who knows what I would do with my spare time if I hadn't fallen in love with reading again.
I'm not sure if this is what that prompt meant, or if I was just suppose to describe 3 books on my shelf....but this is what you got, b/c this is how I took the prompt.
Book 1:
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child- This book is about a play (I think) with the children of Harry Potter. To be perfectly honest I really don't know what it's about. When I was tagged in an event on Facebook to go to a Harry Potter thing in Staunton I was stoked. I love the movies, and have the books, although I've yet to read pass book #2. I was really excited about the events of the day, but more excited to dress up as our house and hang out with my 2 best friends for the day. After high school, I really didn't have a lot of friends. I had random times where I would have people to hang out with for a couple months and then it would fizzle out. So when I (sort of) reconnected With Sami, and joined book club I felt like I finally had real friends. Side note: I say sort of reconnected with Sami bc we were close, but really not *that* close, we had kids the same age and hung out sometimes, but not as close as we had been before. And then even more so when I became really close to Nikki and closer to Sami (again). All day we hung out, in the thousand degree heat, and did some really cool Harry Potter things. After that we went back to town to be at Barnes for the midnight release of the book. We met up with some more friends from book club there. OH! And after the book release we went and made our own pizzas at Vocellis, we happen to know the owner bc we are cool like that ;)
All around it was a great day and the book reminds me of that day, even if I never read it, which I am sure I will, the book will always have a spot on my shelf
Book 2:
Charlotte's Web- One of my favorite books, and movies, as a kid. I actually bought this book for mason for his 3 (?) birthday. I didn't have a lot of money for a gift, so I went and got him this book. I thought it would be something to do together, and that he would like to listen to, and hopefully love it as much as I did. That year I also got him a sleeping bag b/c he was in this phase where he liked sleeping in pillow cases. At 3 years old he was very easy to please. He loved my gifts and every night for weeks he would sleep in his bag and I would read a couple pages to him. We have recently restarted the book and he loves it so far. He has seen both versions of the movie, but like me he also loves books and he wants to finish the book. I bet by next year he will be able to read it himself.
Book 3:
Twilight- This book will always hold a special place for me b/c I "blame" that book for getting me into reading. I read a lot until like 7th grad then I never really read b/c my one friend didn't think it was cool. Then when I lived in Earlysville, with no Tv, no internet, my cell phone didn't work out that far, and I had a boyfriend that I didn't talk to, I would read a little. But it was mostly random books his mom gave me. Then my sister told me to read Twilight. And I did, and fell in love. I read all the books in no time, and then shortly after that read a couple other random books. I know it's a cheesy love story and the movies are awful but honestly, when I get my book tattoo, I will find some way to incorporate those books, b/c I don't think I would have met the women I call my friends without having read those books. My house wouldn't be filled with books now and who knows what I would do with my spare time if I hadn't fallen in love with reading again.
I'm not sure if this is what that prompt meant, or if I was just suppose to describe 3 books on my shelf....but this is what you got, b/c this is how I took the prompt.
March 15, 2017
March 12, 2017
Book Review
The Handmaid's Tale
By: Margaret Atwood
This book was the main book club pick for the month. We pick 2 books every month, and the 2nd one is usually an optional read since most of us finish the 1st pick quickly.
I was kind of excited about this book, because it is going to be a Netflix series. So I wanted to read the book and then planned on watching the series. I was even more excited about this book because I could get it as an audio book through kindle unlimited. Working overnights, I love listening to audio books. But I found this book hard to get through. It went back and fourth between past and the present, and the reader did nothing to distinguish between the past and present, so it would take a paragraph or a few sentences at least, for me to figure out she was talking about the past, or was back in the present. This may have been easier to follow if you were reading the book, but listening to it at work was confusing. On top of that, the main character would change her visions about the past. In one 'flash back' she changed the ended of what happened 3 times, so honestly, I don't even remember which was the actual truth in what happened. I looked up some reviews on the book and from what I read, I was expecting a "Hunger Games" like revolution. So I just kept telling myself the book would get better once that started. But it never happened. The book ended with the main character getting kidnapped and *sort of* hinted at the possibility of a revolution, but I was disappointed. The whole story was kind of boring, and if I was actually reading it instead of listening to it, I doubt I would have gotten through it. I was sure I would be the only one that felt this way about the book. When we read 'The Giver' for book club I hated it so much. I couldn't even get through it. When I tried to talk about it at book club everyone looked at me like I was crazy! So I was sure this book would be the same. I discussed it with my sister in law and she loved it, and told me why. I just didn't see her point. I just all around found it boring and anticlimactic.
Because of the potential snow storm tomorrow (YAY!!!!) I'm not sure if we will have book club this week to discuss this book (not that we talk about the books we read anyways haha). So this is my review ;)
By: Margaret Atwood
This book was the main book club pick for the month. We pick 2 books every month, and the 2nd one is usually an optional read since most of us finish the 1st pick quickly.
I was kind of excited about this book, because it is going to be a Netflix series. So I wanted to read the book and then planned on watching the series. I was even more excited about this book because I could get it as an audio book through kindle unlimited. Working overnights, I love listening to audio books. But I found this book hard to get through. It went back and fourth between past and the present, and the reader did nothing to distinguish between the past and present, so it would take a paragraph or a few sentences at least, for me to figure out she was talking about the past, or was back in the present. This may have been easier to follow if you were reading the book, but listening to it at work was confusing. On top of that, the main character would change her visions about the past. In one 'flash back' she changed the ended of what happened 3 times, so honestly, I don't even remember which was the actual truth in what happened. I looked up some reviews on the book and from what I read, I was expecting a "Hunger Games" like revolution. So I just kept telling myself the book would get better once that started. But it never happened. The book ended with the main character getting kidnapped and *sort of* hinted at the possibility of a revolution, but I was disappointed. The whole story was kind of boring, and if I was actually reading it instead of listening to it, I doubt I would have gotten through it. I was sure I would be the only one that felt this way about the book. When we read 'The Giver' for book club I hated it so much. I couldn't even get through it. When I tried to talk about it at book club everyone looked at me like I was crazy! So I was sure this book would be the same. I discussed it with my sister in law and she loved it, and told me why. I just didn't see her point. I just all around found it boring and anticlimactic.
Because of the potential snow storm tomorrow (YAY!!!!) I'm not sure if we will have book club this week to discuss this book (not that we talk about the books we read anyways haha). So this is my review ;)
March 8, 2017
March 7, 2017
Pin it Tuesday
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)