When Christina from a gentle mother asked if I’d be willing to take over setting up the Tuesday Library Haul link up, I was beyond excited. From attending Story Hour at the library as a child to working as a library aide during high school and college, I love all things biblioteca. Although the home […]
We used to only belong to a little local library. While it is adorable the selection is small, and inter-library-loans are a paid service there. So, we opted to get a library card in the bigger city library system a little ways away. I think it was $90 for a year? I agonized over spending […]
Treasures From the Checkout Pile The word of the week is “coping.” Cee continues to be in a lot of pain, so we pare down our life and focus on surviving. Here are a few books I chose with the intent that they would facilitate talking about how we feel and being grateful even […]
Treasures From Our Checkout Pile Cee’s pain has been all over the map this past week or so, and our library finds fill in the gaps to keep us entertained and still learning. Have you seen these Scholastic DVDs? Our library has many of them. They take books, add in the slightest […]
Linking up with a gentle mother to share the best of our library pile this week. Treasures from our Checkout Pile…Plus! My kids love to help in the kitchen. They like learning about ingredients, they like watching a dish develop, and they like tasting things. Don’t get me started on how much they like to […]
Linking up with a gentle mother to share the best of our library pile this week. Treasures from our Checkout Pile How’s a spork supposed to belong when he feels like he doesn’t fit in with either the spoons in his mum‘s family or the forks in his dad’s? Maybe it’s a stretch to call this […]
Welcome to the weekly link up, Just Enough Info (JEI). The internets can be a great source of community, and I’d love to get to know you better! Feel free to share your answers in the comments or link up if you have a blog. In honor of October being Respect Life month, that’s the theme for […]
Linking up with a gentle mother to share the best of our library pile this week. Treasures from our Checkout Pile! Buffalo Storm has just the sort of strong female character that I want my girls to see. Hallie’s relationship with her left-behind grandmother is sweet, and the words of the book are delicious. “like a […]
Welcome to the weekly link up, Just Enough Info (JEI). The internets can be a great source of community, and I’d love to get to know you better! Feel free to share your answers in the comments or link up if you have a blog. Let’s talk angels. 1. Naming your Guardian Angel: yea or nay? Once […]
I’m linking up with a gentle mother to share the best of our library pile this week. I don’t think there are any rules, other than 1. Library books and 2. Awesomeness. I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to develop a graphic for this linkup. I kept asking myself, “Does this adequately illustrate […]