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The Ultimate Laurie Berkner Band Collection

November 18, 2014 by Amy Leave a Comment

There’s a first time for everything, friends.  Today I am reviewing a music collection, of all things!  I was contacted by the publicist for the Laurie Berkner Band about reviewing a compilation disk of her most popular songs, and because I’m always looking for something with which to entertain the DLM, I said yes.   … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bloggy Randomness, Education, Preschool Tagged: Preschool, The DLM

Odds & Ends

September 27, 2014 by Amy 3 Comments

Busy week, but aren’t they all?  🙂  Steady Eddie sent me away last Saturday for an overnight trip all by myself, which was my first such experience.  I desperately needed it, especially because I’ll be giving my first wrap-up at CBS as assistant teaching director this coming Wednesday, and I really needed some quiet time … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Preschool Tagged: Odds & Ends, Preschool, Weekly Wrap-Up

Odds & Ends

September 19, 2014 by Amy 1 Comment

I’ve had one of those weeks of pure exhaustion in which I was barely standing by the time Friday finally arrived.  I think it’s the nature of the beast because of our out-of-the-house schedule and Steady Eddie’s work/school schedule.  Today’s Fun Friday would more aptly be named Flop Friday, so I’ll start there and work … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Kid-Speak, Preschool Tagged: Odds & Ends, Preschool, The DLM, Weekly Wrap-Up

Read Aloud Thursday–April 2014

April 24, 2014 by Amy 10 Comments

  Is it just me, or has this been a short month?  Whew!  It seems like March’s Read Aloud Thursday was just a week or two ago.   We’ve been reading, of course, but I haven’t had a whole lot of time or energy for blogging this spring.  Life is happening!  🙂 Because it is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Juvenile Fiction, Preschool Tagged: Juvenile Fiction, Preschool, Read Aloud Thursday

Odds & Ends

April 6, 2014 by Amy 4 Comments

We left spring break behind last week and as we entered the new week, I knew it would be a busy one.  Now that we’re on the other side of it, I can say that this is the sort of week I really enjoy, though the level of busy-ness would get exhausting if it were … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bloggy Randomness, Books, Education, Homekeeping, Kid-Speak, Preschool Tagged: Arts and crafts, Benny, Field Trips, Louise, Lulu, Odds & Ends, Preschool, The DLM, Weekly Wrap-Up
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Amy has read 24 books toward her goal of 60 books.
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
News of the World
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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