• Books

    Book Girl Magic Reading Challenge

    This post contains an affiliate link. If you make a purchase using that link, I will make a commission at no extra charge to you. Along with improving my photography skills, I want to read more this year. You’d think that I’d read a lot since I’m a librarian, but I don’t. I mean, I buy books, start them, put them down to watch This Is Us and never pick them up again. This year, I’m going to meet my goal of 12 books for the year. Baby steps, y’all. BOOK GIRL MAGIC READING CHALLENGE I discovered the Book Girl Magic Reading Challenge on Carla’s blog, Rae La Soul. The…

  • Books

    2012 {To Be Read List}

    According to that sweet little widget on Goodreads, I met my goal of reading 12 books during the year 2011. Hmmmm…. that may have been my stated goal on Goodreads, but I didn’t come close to making my personal goal. But I will celebrate the small victories and aim to do better next year. I had a whole list of books that I wanted to read, you know, some were classics, others were books I’d heard about through my internet wanderings and the rest were ones I saw that had interesting covers. Yes, I do judge books by their covers. What of it? In the coming year, I’d like to…

  • Faith

    Bible in 90 Days: Day 7 SOAP

    SCRIPTURE Exodus 36:4~5 (NIV) 4 So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing 5 and said to Moses, “These people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the lord commanded to be done.” OBSERVATION Moses asked the Israelites to bring, according to their ability, whatever materials they had so that Bezalel and Oholiab and the other skilled workers could construct the sanctuary according to the God’s commandment.  Rather than just bringing the minimal amount or enough to say they had given, the people gave so much that the workers actually complained and Moses had to tell them…

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    10 Books in 10 Weeks: A Summer Reading Challenge

    I’m almost certain PBG over at Dirty Pretty Thangs didn’t mean for her post, 10 Books in 10 Weeks:  Our Summer Reading Challenge to become a challenge beyond her own household but it did.  I’m joining her for 10 Books in 10 Weeks, which began for her on 20 June and will end on Labor Day.  Since I’m a couple of days late ain’t that always the case with me? I’ma start the challenge just as soon as I get home from work today and go from there. My four choices for 28 June to 20 July are: My four choices for 21 July to 21 August are: My two choices for 22…