At Home On one hand, I'm thrilled it's finally Friday because this past week has been crazy. On the other hand, I can't believe my kids' last day of school is in one week! I'm about three-quarters prepared for the summer. We have the workbooks, I've been working on their schedule and keeping an eye … Continue reading The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – June 2, 2023
At Home Is it Friday already? Well, I'm not sure where, exactly, the week has gone, but I'm glad it's a three day weekend. Even if I'm up to my knees preparing for the summer and our vacation. I did so much laundry this week to wash a ton of new clothes we've gotten for … Continue reading The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 26, 2023
Back in January I decided to not make a bookish wish this year. Making a wish this year just didn't quite feel right, so I decided to not do it. Actually, a lot of how I had been reading didn't quite feel right, so I've been working on changing things so I'm a lot happier … Continue reading My Bookish Wish of 2023 That Wasn’t
At Home This past week has actually been quite uninteresting. We're starting to get ready for summer vacation and our first family vacation ever in July, so lots of prep work (mostly buying clothes) has been going on. My son isn't really interested in buying clothes, but my daughter is in rainbow unicorn heaven. Her … Continue reading The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 19, 2023
It's only May and I've already found what this year is all about. And it's all thanks to books! Seriously, could it have been any other way? I've been a book lover since before I could read (according to my mom. I have no memory of "reading" to myself at a year old), so it … Continue reading That’s It, This Year Is All About Reclaiming My Childhood
At Home Where the last couple of weeks were full of errands and other not fun things (with a few fun things mixed in, of course), this past week has kind of felt like a massive social call. We spent Saturday at Disneyland with another family, which could have gone horribly wrong, but ended up … Continue reading The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 12, 2023
I'm a little sensitive to cursing these days. And how I wish I meant witch curses by that. Then I'd say I'm a little tired of being turned into a toad. Unfortunately, I mean those bad words. My son is not quite nine, but already plays around with them. It's gotten tiring trying to teach … Continue reading Books and Bad Words
At Home I thought last week was a bit nutty, but turns out even that could be beat. I have both been more absent from this blog than I had planned and literally absent from my home as nearly every day has had errands that needed to be run. And the one day that didn't? … Continue reading The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 5, 2023
This year I'm working to be more personal and honest in my opinions about the books I read. I've spent my entire time reviewing books here trying my hardest to balance the good and the bad and offer a similarly balanced rating no matter my personal feelings about the book. Last year I finally decided … Continue reading Love, Like, and Not For Me Challenge: March and April 2023
At Home For so many reasons, I'm glad it's Friday. It's been a very long week, though much of it has been for planning for stuff going on next week. I like planning, but this has felt a little like overkill with everything that's been going on. I had meant to start responding to comments, … Continue reading The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – April 28, 2023
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