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Labor Day is coming right up, and we all know what that means - a three-day weekend! Where I live, it also means lots of traffic as people travel for camping, parades, and other events.
Out of curiosity I looked up the history of Labor Day, because if I'm benefitting from the holiday it seems that I should know a little bit about it. It turns out that Labor Day originated in the 1800's, when people often worked 12-hour days, seven days a week. We don't have that some problem anymore, but it's still nice to have an extra day off to spend time with our families.
If you are like me, you are not crazy about the idea of braving the traffic and crowds to do some of the traditional long-weekend activities - so why not do something different instead? Here are a few ideas of things you can do with your family this weekend!
If you are like a lot of women, you have heard for most of your life that "men are visual". But do you really know what that means? After reading Through A Man's Eyes by Shaunti Feldhahn and Craig Gross, I suspect that most women have no idea the extent to which men and women's brains are wired differently. There is no way we can actually know what our men go through as visual creatures since most women have no real frame of reference.
This book describes in scientific, practical, and emotional terms what it means for men to be visual. I feel like I have read a lot on this subject in the past and had a pretty good idea of what "men are visual" meant for my husband and sons, but I learned so much through this book.
It had been a fairly good day, and I was almost to the end of it. The kids were eating their macaroni in the kitchen, and I went into their rooms to find their pajamas. That’s when I saw that at some point during the day the kids had bunched the covers all up on Wyatt’s bed.
I sighed, because it was just one more piece of work to do, and I climbed onto his bed as I tugged and pulled the covers into submission. Before I knew it, a wave of that pregnancy fatigue crashed over me (it has just been intense this time around), and I collapsed onto the half-made bed - literally too exhausted to move.
I just laid there for a few minutes, and without even consciously letting my mind go there, the words “I can’t do this anymore” flitted across my brain.
It is rare that I actually end up reading a "trendy" book right at the height of it's trendiness - but somehow I heard about Jen Hatmaker's For the Love enough in advance that I am able to give a timely review of the "big book to read", for once! You are welcome, my readers who like book reviews. I will try to work this out more often.
To be honest, I have mixed feelings about this book. Let's start with the positive, shall we?
I was under the impression that August was National Watermelon Month, or something like that. It only seems appropriate, since August is the last month of summer, and hence the last month that watermelon will be available.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Beth K. Vogt starts with Vanessa Hollister flying to Florida to start planning her destination to her fiancé, but while she is there, she runs into her ex-husband, Logan. The two are forced to spend time together by a hurricane, and their time together leaves Vanessa confused about who she should really marry.
When I was a little girl, my mom had a notebook that she used to write down some of the cute things that I did. As I was sorting through my baby box a couple years ago, I found it and started reading through it. In addition to all the words about my cuteness (which was abundant - what can I say?), my mom also wrote notes of different things she was thinking and feeling through my toddler years. I loved reading through it.
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