Title: Shanghai GirlsAuthor: Lisa See# of Pages: 336Genre: Historical Fiction I have long been a fan of Lisa’s See’s poetic prose. I first fell in love with her writing when I read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan while backpacking in Havasupai in 2008, and the love affair continued with her hauntingly beautiful Peony in …
Tuesday Tell-All
*I’ve never been a huge fan of cold weather, but there is one thing that I definitely don’t mind, and that’s the fact that I feel like I can get away with making soup almost every night. I try to get away with it in the summer, but it just doesn’t work as well, ya …
Spontaneous Date, Take II: The Piano Guys
After the success of last weekend’s spontaneous date night, I figured it would be pretty hard to top that (hence the reason I’d planned on staying in and baking all weekend). And I figured, “Hey, if I’m spontaneous all the time, it no longer becomes spontaneous: it becomes routine.” Right? I’ve got some sick reasoning …
Weekend Baking
I look forward with great anticipation to the weekends (I’m sure you’ve never felt the same way, right?). And each weekend, I try to have something to look forward to so my week seems a little more bearable. Last weekend, it was our little spontaneous date that Matt didn’t know about until I told him to …
Thankful Thursday – 7th Grade Edition
In carrying with the theme of gratitude that we’re supposed to be focusing on this month at our school, I made all the kids in my advisory write down things that they were grateful for. So, straight out of the 7th graders’ mouths, here’s a whole lot of thanks [all errors are theirs, not mine, …
Change It Up Challenge: Going More Vegetarian, But Not
I don’t know what started it, really–maybe it was the fact that we were eating greasy pizza a lot more often, or the fact that I couldn’t remember the last time I’d had more than about 2 vegetables in a day. But whatever the cause was, the result was clear: I realized I needed to …
Tuesday Tell-All
*Check out this amazing dress I got for FREE from my friend Petrice (who has an impeccable eye for style). I accidentally spilled on it the first time I wore it, so it’s been awhile since I’ve been able to wear it again (just because yes, I AM that bad at doing laundry). Just putting …
On Being Spontaneous
As mentioned in my last post, Friday was a day of much pondering. I don’t know what it was, but I just kept finding that my mind was drawn back to the past, which is something I don’t do much. After I thought of that perfect day of horseback riding so many years ago, my …