Hers His Why yes, that is indeed a rock garden. Plus one avocado pit.
Change It Up Challenge: Couponing
I’ll start out this post by saying this: I never in a million years thought I’d be the crazy coupon lady. You know the lady I’m talking about—with her two carts full of groceries and her stack of coupons as thick as a slice of Texas french toast who takes about an hour to check …
Weekly Writing – Concrete
Back when I was still in creative writing classes, we did an idea that was something like this: take any regular, ordinary, “boring” topic and write an informal essay on it (not the stuffy, dry kind of essay that we all got assigned in middle school–the kind of essay that just gives you the liberty …
Faithful Reader Giveaway!!
Hey everyone! In honor of my 200th post on Autodidactic Ambitions (that would be this post, mind you), I am going to be the oh-so-generous person that I am and give away a $15 gift certificate to Amazon.com to one lucky reader of Autodidactic Ambitions. All you have to do to enter is:1. Follow this blog2. …
Change It Up: Audiobooks
Some of you may be wondering how a book-a-holic like me hasn’t managed to try out audiobooks yet. Well, I’ll give you three reasons: (1) expensive, (2) I’m a faster reader than they are, and (3) I didn’t want to get so distracted by a thrilling story that I end up back-ending the car in front …
Book #12 – The Lace Makers of Glenmara
Title: The Lace Makers of GlenmaraAuthor: Heather BarbieriPages: 288 I don’t know why book reviews always seem to make me confess something, but here goes another one: I confess that I never–never!–read any book unless it’s a classic/on a book list/a bestseller/or highly recommended by someone close to me. Which is why I was so surprised …
Bummer
I’m so bummed out. We had big plans to go home to Bountiful this Friday night after work and spend a leisurely long weekend full of food, fireworks, and family. Matt told me yesterday that he has to work up here on Saturday night, meaning that we’ll probably have to miss (or just be very …
Weekly Writing – The Man Behind the Photograph
Writing Prompt: Choose a favorite photo. Describe the scene/person/story behind it. We hopped off the pick-up truck, releasing our fingers from the iron bars that had been caging us in and letting our mary janes thump as they hit the dusty ground. The jungle around us throbbed with the ceaseless pulse of lurking wildlife–insects that …