This book is one in a series of books by Dee Henderson. The main characters in this series are the O’Malley’s. This book centers on Stephen O’Malley. He has four sisters and two brothers. They all met at a children’s home and became family to each other. They even chose [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The Rescuer by Dee Henderson
Posted in Books, tagged book reviews, Books, Chicago, Dee Henderson, O'Malley, small town, The Rescuer on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Book Review – A Woman in Jerusalem by A. B. Yehoshua
Posted in Books, tagged A.B. Yehoshu, bakery, book review, Books, Jerusalem on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a story about a woman and a man. The woman is a foreigner who has moved to Jerusalem and taken a job as a cleaning lady at a local bakery. She is killed by a sucide bomber in the marketplace. Her only ID is a check stub. The Human [...]
Money Saving Ideas and Tips
Posted in Cool Finds, Everyday Life, Food, Green, tagged coupons, Food, Green, groceries, money, planet, saving money on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In my meandurings on the World Wide Web, I occasionally come across an item that I feel may be of interest to you, my dear readers. Acting responsibly is so important. This is as true of our planet as in other aspects of our lives. If we don’t take care of our [...]
Random Tidbits of Life
Posted in Books, Cool Finds, Crafting, Fashion, Thrifting, shopping, tagged Books, crafts, Fashion, flea markets, Lucky Magazine, papercrafts, Thrifting, victorian figurines, Waldenbooks on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday was a good mail day! I had signed up for a free trial issue of Lucky Magazine sometime ago. I received a bill for further issues, but no magazine and then on Friday they arrived. I now have my trial issue and the first of issue of my subscription. It’s [...]
Book Review – Stardust
Posted in Books, tagged book, book review, faries, journey, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, stars, unicorns on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I once read Little Women and then watched the movie with Winona Ryder. This was a huge mistake. The book was just too fresh on my mind and I couldn’t enjoy the movie. Every little difference and tiny nuance jumped at me and screamed. I didn’t want a repeat performance so [...]
Something to Watch
Posted in movies, tagged Chocolat, Johnny Depp, movies, Wizard of Oz, Zoey Deschanel on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We recently watched a couple of wonderful movies and I wanted to share them with you.
This is a wonderful movie about being different and being open to change. And it all happens in a Chocolate shop in France. It is a beautiful story and a beautiful movie. My husband loved it as [...]
Book Review – Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Posted in Books, tagged book review, Books, Cowardly Lion, Dorothy, Oz, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Wizard, yellow brick road on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After watching Tin Man on Monday I decided it was high time I read the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Although, I had seen Judy Garland sing “Somehwere Over the Rainbow” more times than I can count, I had never read the book. I found it a wonderful story. It is quite different [...]
Book Review – Chasing Shakespeares
Posted in Books, tagged book review, Books, Elizabethan England, historical fiction, reading, real life fiction, Shakespeare on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This was an interesting book. It centered around a controversy concerning the true of authorship of Shakespeare’s work. Being a fan of Shakespeare, I found the book quite fascinating. The main character, Joe Roper, finds a letter supposedly written by Shakespeare claiming that he did not write the plays for which he [...]
Bookstore Closing
Posted in Books, Everyday Life, tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson, Blueberry Muffin Murder, Books, bookstore closing, bookstores, Crafting, crafts, green crafting, Joanne Fluke, Junk Jewelry, Tennyson, Waldenbooks on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I received some rather sad news today! Our local Waldenbooks is closing its doors. It is one of three business in our mall that are currently going out of business. I hate to see a good bookstore leave the area. It seems there are so few. Hubby and I did [...]
Apron at Target
Posted in Cool Finds, Everyday Life, tagged aprons, birds, butterflies, cooking, kitchen, Target on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found this apron at Target the other night and just couldn’t resist! Isn’t it pretty. I love the butterflies and birds. Click here to visit Target and find out more. Below is a close up of the apron so you can get a better look at the beautiful material from [...]








