Greetings Bookworms! This week I celebrated my second birthday under quarantine. I was told that I don’t have to count birthdays during the lost year, so I’m happy to report that I remain 36 years old. Just kidding. I’m 38 and it’s FINE. Really. I don’t know why I continuously have anxiety about aging because… Read more »
2021, Week the Eleventh: Jolly Madcap Rom-Coms with a Side of Faeries
Hello There, Bookworms, Ah, another week into 2021. Still pretty much the same old story around our house, but I’m optimistic that things will change soon. I mean, they have to, right? Because my “two weeks” of working from home with a toddler has been a OVER A YEAR. Vaccines are finally becoming less scarce,… Read more »
2021: Week the Tenth, Aural Adoration
Howdy Bookworms, Exciting week! I finished an audio book I’ve been working on for a while AND got through a second audio book! Sam and I have reached an agreement on the nap front. IE: I no longer expect that he’ll nap as a matter of course. We’ve compromised on his having “quiet time” in… Read more »
2021, Week the Ninth: The Lost Year
Howdy Bookworms, It’s March again. I’m having some feelings about the lost year. That’s what it feels like. It’s just… Lost. There’s stuff that should have happened that just didn’t. It’s a weird, time-warp-y situation, especially since we’re (knock wood) starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel. A year ago I… Read more »
2021, Week the Eighth: Say Hello to My Frayed Nerve Endings
Hey There, Hi There, Ho There, Bookworms! I hope you’re all warm and safe and healthy. I don’t know that I have a ton of readers at the moment, but if any of you are reading this from Texas, I sure hope things have improved for you. What a nightmare! I’m just here in the… Read more »
2021, Week the Seventh: Winter. Bleh.
Greetings Bookworms, It’s been frigid here in the Midwest for a solid week. Not just cold, but like, “you’re definitely going to get frostbite” cold. Which is extremely frustrating when you’re cooped up in a too-small house with a toddler who hasn’t played with other children in nearly a year. Throughout the pandemic we’ve had… Read more »
2021, Week The Sixth: A Bit of a Mishmash
Howdy Bookworms, I started compiling this post last week, but since I published a post of Kid Lit last week, I figured I’d save these discussions for later. Plus, I’m moving rather slowly through my current read and would have had no books to tell you about had I not procrastinated. Because I do almost… Read more »
Kid Lit with my Kidlet: Sammy’s Current Faves
Greetings Bookworms, It’s February now, and we’re quickly approaching the 1 year mark of our lives’ upheaval due to COVID. It’s so strange. In some ways time feels frozen. In others, it’s just kept marching on. Samuel, for one, has insisted on growing and changing this year as he progressed from 2.5 to 3.5. I… Read more »
2021, Week The Fourth: Whirlwind Romances For the Win
Howdy Bookworms, Am I the only one among us who googles the progress on COVID vaccinations on the daily? Sigh. I’m so glad vaccines exist and that they work, but I have never been so impatient to get a shot in my whole ding dang life. I might have been this impatient to get pain killers when… Read more »
2021 Week The Third: A Magical Mystery Tour
Greetings Bookworms! Today feels so good. The sun is shining, it’s one of those sneaky January days when 46 degrees feels like summer, and politics are boring again. What a wonderful world. Well, a wonderful and deeply flawed world, but let’s focus on the positive for a few minutes, at least. I have read some… Read more »