Happy Holidays & Radio Silence

Just a quick post to let y'all know that I'm wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season. Enjoy family, friends, and good food. Cherish every moment as they don't come by often.

I'll be spending my downtime getting organized. No seriously. Goal setting, planning home projects, getting my professional/educational decisions narrowed, and most importantly working on a better blog. I love this blog to death, but I know that I need a better management system to keep me on track & ahead of the game. I'll be pre-writing A LOT of posts and hoping to get myself set up for success.

I'll see y'all in 2013, ready & raring to go!

Happy 4th of July & a patriotic reading list

I hope you are all planning a safe & festive Fourth of July! I'll be enjoying grilled food & a local fireworks show myself. In honor of this great day I've compiled a mixture of fiction & non-fiction books celebrating this great nation. I hope you get a chance to read at least one or two of these at some point in time.

My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
True North: A Novel of the Underground Railroad by Kathryn Lasky
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
A Stitch in Time by Ann Rinaldi
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara

My favorite part of this holiday is the chance to reflect on our nation's history & thanking those who continue to serve & protect. Be sure to thank any police officer, fire fighter, EMT paramedic, soldier, or any other service worker. I'll leave you with another favorite quote of mine:

“This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” Elmer Davis

Happy Holidays!

In the true spirit of the holiday season I hope that you have a peaceful & restful time with good friends, great family, & plenty of food. In all the hub-bub of this time of year, we often forget to reflect on what's most important to us. I for one am very thankful to be spending this holiday with my husband & his siblings. While it is my first holiday season without my immediate family, I am enjoying this new experience & taking time to really appreciate everything.

So go forth, light candles, sing songs, make food, laugh, be merry, & above all else, be good to one another. It'll be quiet around here until a little after New Year, but I'll see you soon!

Holiday Time!!

I'm getting to see my husband and celebrate the 4th of July with my dad this weekend in Winston-Salem. I'm thrilled to go, but sad that I won't get to interact with you my lovely readers until Wednesday! My posts are still scheduled, so be sure to look those!

Have a happy and safe 4th of July and remember to thank a soldier for their efforts to keep this country the land of the free and the home of the brave.

*Don't forget that I only need 200 followers (2 more!!) to give away a special book. I've got a few to choose from like Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, or even Meridian by Amber Kizer. For every 25 extra followers I achieve past 200, I'll add another book!

Have a great holiday!

No matter what you celebrate, I hope you have a good holiday season. Enjoy family and friends and good food!

Catch you on the flip side!