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Mama Day Giveaway

Thanks to Hatchette Books for sponsoring a Mother's Day book giveaway - just leave me a comment with your favorite book of 2009 (so far) between now and midnight, Saturday May 9th.  A winner will be chosen in the evening on the 10th.

Winner will receive the following books:

Miracles of Motherhood

Odd Mom Out by Jane Porter

Mommy Grace by Sheila Schuller Coleman

Beginner's Greek by James Collins

The Road Home by Rose Tremain

Thanks for playing!

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Happy Birthday to U

One of my unproven theories is that everyone either has an Ernie head or a Bert head. I am an Ernie head along with Caleb, the rest of our family are Berts. So here, on a big ole birthday for my beloved husband (Bert-head) is a song from me (Ernie-head)

And it's a good day to be born - Happy Birthday to Baby Boy K! Hope to see you soon.

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I Loved I Lost I Made Spaghetti

reviewed here. With a bonus review/comparison of Cooking and Screaming.

Happy Friday!

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T Minus 8 weeks*

*hopefully less... until Baby Girl comes to stay. Still working on a name. And the nursery. But the painter is lined up and the room is almost empty.  I finally have my inspiration in the form of this print from Cathy Nichols on Etsy.

All the things in her shop are altogether lovely and tempting, but this one was the a-ha instant winner. Look for some etsy enabling soon - I stumbled upon lots of fun things while browsing for baby room prints.

For a reading recap, I'm still plugging away despite the lack of blogging. I am working on a couple reviews, one for The Lost Hours by Karen White and another for I Loved I Lost I Made Spaghetti by Giulia Melucci.

My in-real-life bookclub just met and discussed Still Alice, one of my favorite recent reads. It led to a wonderful time of sharing about caring for aging parents and disabled children. Plus we had a doctor who specializes in geriatric medicine in the group who had so many helpful insights into the world of dementia.  Good stuff.

Onto the fam: KWB is pitching in his first game tonight, Caleb & Owen are also playing b-ball. This means we have practice Mon-Thurs and games every Saturday and during the week. It's madness. Practices are great opportunities to read :), unless of course it's windy or raining.  Through watching year after year of baseball I really notice how the dudes are growing and getting stronger. And so far it doesn't appear that any of them have inherited my lack of coordination. I'm also having a hard time believing at the end of the season I'll be pushing a stroller through the fields. Eek.

What's happenin' with your family this spring?

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Good Good Friday

The review for An Offer You Can't Refuse by Jill Mansell is up on the feed.

If you haven't mailed your Round Robin book yet, please get on it.  For many, this is not the only book in their stack - so the more time the better.   I'm opening up comments in the RR section - if you are still waiting for your April book, leave a note there so I can follow up.

Have a wonderful Easter weekend everyone! He is Risen!

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