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Storytime Theme: Pancakes
So, I’ll be honest and say that pancakes aren’t my favorite breakfast food. But, my niece and nephew absolutely LOVE them and often get special chocolate chip pancakes when they stay overnight at my parents’ house. I’m much more of a lemon poppyseed pancake type of girl and if you’ve…
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Slice of Life Day 23: Beyond the Books
I love to read! As a librarian it works out really well – I get to be surrounded by books all day long (even if I don’t read as many as I’d like)! I’ve been a reader ever since I can remember, I loved going to the local library growing…
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Slice of Life Day 22: First Cookout of the Season
I had planned to make ham and potato soup for dinner last night. Those perfectly cooked potatoes, salty bites of ham, and lots of cheese – it’s heavenly. But, it was also gorgeous outside , a peak of warmer weather, blue skies, and time spent outdoors. So I flipped my…
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Memorial Day Weekend
It’s Memorial Day Weekend and for me that usually means I’m heading to my parents’ home for the long weekend to visit family. This year, my sister was planning to come out to my parents’ for a few extra days to do some wedding planning, but with everything closed it’s…
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Slice of Life: Home Improvements
I bought my house almost six years ago, knowing full well that I’d have to put in the time to do some minor renovations. I had no desire to spend thousands on kitchen and bathroom renos (although we did one bathroom). I’m talking mainly about painting and sprucing up rooms.…
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Slice of Life Day 23: Weekends Are For…
My weekends are usually spent cleaning up the house, organizing paperwork, doing laundry, vacuuming the floors, grocery shopping for the week, and catching up on work for my blog. We’ll usually catch up with a few friends at some point during the weekend – grabbing a drink or stopping by…
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Slice of Life Day 3: Garage Renovation
I would never renovate a garage over other spaces in my house, unless I absolutely had to. But that’s what’s been happening for the past few months. We had a major storm in August that left the manhole on the street dislodged, flooding our split level home – through the…
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Weekend Plans – Princeton Children's Book Festival
I’m hanging out at the Princeton Children’s Book Festival this weekend with a TON of authors, illustrators and book lovers! I’ve got Christmas and birthday gifts checked off my list for the next year or two for all the awesome kiddos in my life and I couldn’t leave without adding…
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48 Hour Book Challenge
Last year was the first time I heard about the 48 Hour Book Challenge and I haven’t had the chance to participate in it yet. My goal is that next year, I’ll set aside my weekend to try this out. The basic gist is that you said aside as much…
