Tag: books

  • 2016 book club books

    It’s that time of year again – to review the books my book club and I read over the year. There are only two of us, but we’re a club, darn it. Also, he’s a guy, so I think it’s nice to have both a male and female perspective.

    Here’s what we read each month and what was excellent and worth reading and what wasn’t, complete with a rating scale from 1 to 10.

    img_20161230_171945

    (more…)

  • 2015 book club books – part two

    Here’s the second half of my book club’s monthly books for 2015 – see part one here.

    (more…)

  • 2015 book club books – part one

    I’m in a book club. 

    I use the term “book club” loosely, as there are two of us – me and my favorite guy friend who lives across the country. 

    On and off for the past several years we’ve taken turns picking out a book each month. Sometimes, we discuss it in detail. Sometimes, it’s more of a, thank-God-that’s-over-with-let’s-just-move-on, kind of deal.

    As another end of the year post, I thought it would be fun to reflect over the books we chose this year. Ian was kind enough to give me a write up and rating for each one which I’ll share here. 

    I’m splitting the year’s books up into two posts, as Ian has not yet finished December’s book. (Cough.)

    (more…)

  • Wedding showers

    My wedding shower – or bridal shower if you will – was this past Saturday. It went perfectly, other than the fact that it flew by so fast I didn’t get a chance to speak with everyone individually as I wanted to.

    In the majority of my wedding posts I talk about the planning process, questions to ask vendors, etc. I hope as I write about my wedding journey I can advise and occasionally amuse others along the way.

    In the case of the shower, I had nothing to do with the planning and didn’t know where the location was until I was driven there. It was so wonderful to be out of the loop, to have one less thing to worry about.

    Consequently, I don’t have a solid list of how to plan a shower, but I would like to share what was done for me – I’m sure great ideas can be sparked.

    To start out with this, this was the cake, courtesy of my very talented future sister-in-law. I’m pretty sure all guests were shocked that she is not a cake person or baker by profession.

    (more…)