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• Birthdays — October Memoir Challenge

  

  When my sister-in-law and I were planning the 18th birthday party for a nephew today, we decided he probably would still want a birthday cake. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club, Final Post for 2013

  

  Welcome to the Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club! We’re reading books to learn new things. This challenge ran from August 1 to September... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Pets — October Memoir Challenge

  

  Last year’s version of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge was organized by year — one post per year through age 25. That teased out some memories that... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Readers’ Workouts — October 1

  

  Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where we share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.I met my goal of 1400 minutes in September — in... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Missouri Library Association Conference Schedule

  

  I have only a few things I’m committed to attending at the MLA conference this week. My main purpose is connecting and reconnecting. So, if you read this and... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Book Review: Plate to Pixel by Helene Dujardin

  

  Book: Plate to Pixel: Digital Food Photography Styling by Hélène Dujardin Genre: Photography Publisher: Wiley Publishing Publication date: 2011 Pages:... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Sunday Salon, September 29

  

  Good morning!Time: // 10:27 amThe scene: // A sunny early fall dayRick took a photo of me taking a photo of a door.Listening to: // My husband fixing his... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Diversity Book Club — Short & Long Lists for 2013-2014

  

  The annual potluck and book selection meeting of the Diversity Book Club was last night. It was great fun to talk about good books over good food. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Q&A with Karen Karbo, Author of Julia Child Rules

  

  Karen Karbo, author of Julia Child Rules to be released on October 1, joins us today to answer some questions.Julia Child is the subject of your fourth book in... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Book Review: Clean by David Sheff

  

  Book: Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy by David Sheff Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date:... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• October Memoir Challenge, 2013

  

  Last year, I participated in the first October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Ann McLachlan. I posted one piece for each of my 25 years. Here... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club

  

  Welcome to the Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club! We’re reading books to learn new things.You’re welcome to join us! Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Readers’ Workouts — September 24

  

  Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where we share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.I’ve kept up my streak of daily exercise — now... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Reinvention — A Generation Fabulous Bloghop

  

  The blog hop theme at Generation Fabulous this month is Reinvention. Since I started this blog after I started my weight loss journey, I thought it was time tha... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Sunday Salon, September 22

  

  Good morning!Time: // 8:37 amThe scene: // Welcome to Autumn! It looks and feels like fall here.Listening to: // My Good Morning playlist on Spotify —... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 BOOKS

• Book Review: Julia Child Rules by Karen Karbo

  

  Book: Julia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life by Karen Karbo Genre: Biography / Memoir / Self-Help Publisher: Skirt! an imprint of Globe Pequot Press... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• The Diversity Book Club Books

  

  Our Diversity Book Club meets next week over a potluck supper to choose the books we’ll read for the coming year. These meetings are always rich with possibilit... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club

  

  Welcome to the Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club! We’re reading books to learn new things.You’re welcome to join us! The challenge runs... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 BOOKS

• Readers’ Workouts — September 17

  

  Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where we share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.I’m keeping up with my streak of daily exercise... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Sunday Salon, September 15

  

  Good morning!Time: // 8:15 amThe scene: // We finally cooled to September temperatures. Our high temperature on Friday was more than 20 degrees cooler than... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS