Book Club 2015: Update 3

My 2015 goal is 35 books....

1. Passive Aggressive Notes: Painfully Polite and Hilariously Hostile Writings by Kerry Miller
2. I'm Dangerous...I'm Not Gonna Lie by Erin Smith
3. The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
4. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
5. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley
6. A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
7. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
8. The Girl on a Train: A Novel by Paula Hawkins
9. Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
10. The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes
11. Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
12. The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
13. Clementine's Letter by Sara Pennypacker
14. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
15. A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
16. The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
17. How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
18. The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
19. Malice in the Palace by Rhys Bowen
20. Aliens for Breakfast by Stephanie Spinner

Currently reading: Wild by Cheryl Strayed; Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith; Frindle by Andrew Clements

Again, obviously several of these were for school... hence the 3rd grade level... :)

As you can see I enjoy the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny... pretty sure the new one comes out this month... WOOHOO!

Book Club 2015: Update 2

My 2015 goal is 35 books....

1. Passive Aggressive Notes: Painfully Polite and Hilariously Hostile Writings by Kerry Miller
2. I'm Dangerous...I'm Not Gonna Lie by Erin Smith
3. The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
4. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
5. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley
6. A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
7. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
8. The Girl on a Train: A Novel by Paula Hawkins
9. Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
10. The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes
11. Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
12. The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
13. Clementine's Necklace by Sara Pennypacker
14. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

Obviously several of these were for school... hence the 3rd grade level... :)

Currently I am working on the next book in the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny: A Trick of the Light. (Can you tell I LOVE this series?)

Reading Wish List:

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Every Fiften Minutes by Lisa Scottoline

The Dirty Duck by Martha Grimes

New mantra

Gotta get it together.

(repeat)

Pinteresting

Perhaps a Spring Break project...

Burlap Photo Wreath

(instructions HERE)

Avacado Dressing &/or Dip

Ingredients

• 1 large avocado
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 3/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Puree until smooth,
2. Enjoy!!

** I leave out the oil to make it more "dip-like"

Super yummy & the hot sauce gives it a little KICK!

Smashed Red Potatoes

These have quickly become a favorite!!!

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. 
• Boil some red potatoes until fork tender.
• Drizzle olive oil on a baking sheet, set potatoes on sheet and using a potato masher (or back of a spatula), gently smash each potato down, rotating masher both ways (so it looks like a thick cookie). 
• Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle herbs or seasoning (I use Mrs. Dash garlic herb).
• Then, top with some low fat mozzarella cheese. 
• Bake for 20 minutes.

Remember when....

I am constantly amazed by my 4 yr old's memory... She never forgets ANYTHING!

I think it is totally true that 90% of my brain cells went to her when she was born... I used to have a great memory (I think?) but am now a huge ditz.

Book Club 2015: Update 1

My 2015 goal is 35 books....

1. Passive Aggressive Notes: Painfully Polite and Hilariously Hostile Writings by Kerry Miller
2. I'm Dangerous...I'm Not Gonna Lie by Erin Smith
3. The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
4. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
5. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley

STILL reading The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes... one day I WILL finish it!  ;)

Reading Wish List:

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

The Girl on a Train: A Novel by Paula Hawkins

2015

2015: The Year I Regain Control...

~of my life
~of my health
~of my happiness
~of my career

Book Club 2014: FINAL Update

1. One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde
2. Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
3. The Dead in their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
4. Hidden by Kendra Elliott
5. The Seventh Month by Lisa Gardner
6. The Yard by Alex Grecian
7. Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson
8. The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde
9. The Man with a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes
10. The Old Fox Deceiv'd by Martha Grimes
11. The Cold, Cold Gound by Adrian McKinty
12. England my England; Anglophilia Exposed
13. The Black Country by Alex Grecian
14. Still Life by Louise Penny
15. Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
16. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
17. The Fault in our Stars by John Green
18. The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
19. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
20. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
21. Dinosaurs Before Dark: Magic Treehouse #1 by Mary Pope Osboune
22. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline  by Nancy Springer
23. The Devil's Workshop by Alex Grecian
24. The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
25. Judy Moody (#1) by Megan McDonald
26. The Hidden Gallery by Maryrose Wood
27. Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen
28. Blackberry Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
29. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
30. The Secret Place by Tana French
31. Let's Pretend this Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
32. Death Comes to the Village by Catherine Lloyd
33. Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osbourne
34. Death Comes to London by Catherine Lloyd
35. The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson
36. Passive Aggressive Notes: Painfully Polite and Hilariously Hostile Writings by Kerry Miller
37. I'm Dangerous, I'm Not Gonna Lie by Erin Smith
38. A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

Currently Reading:  The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes and The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny.