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Living, Learning, and Loving Life

 Amanda ― http://www.livinglearninglovinglife.com

Part mommy blog, part book blog, part personal sounding board.

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Listed: Jan 24, 2012

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Kid Quotes (5/18)

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― Welcome to my not-as-regular-as-it-should-be post chronicling the brilliant, fun, and crazy things my kids say. We’ve been using sandpaper letters (borrowed from a friend) with Bennett for quite a while to help him learn the difference ...

Tags: Stuff Kids Say

Amanda ― 18 hr ago

Book Blast and Giveaway: The Enemy by Larry Bograd

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― The Enemy A red-hot political thriller from a blue state author. Buried among the thousands of financial transactions he reviews each day, analyst Randy Duncan finds a secret web of laundered money financing the assassination of the President, ...

Tags: Book Blast

Amanda ― 4 days ago

Seven Years Ago…Yesterday

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― *sigh* Yes, I managed to miss my Blogoversary, and wouldn’t even have noticed if the kids and I hadn’t been talking about rocks. We got a “rocks” DVD from Blockbuster, and Jeffrey said he didn’t want to watch it ...

Tags: Blogging

Amanda ― 5 days ago

Excerpt and Giveaway: Writers Workshop of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― Follow the tour About the book: Writers Workshop of Science Fiction and Fantasy is a collection of essays and interviews by and with many of the movers-and-shakers in the industry. Each contributor covers the specific element of craft he or she...

Tags: Giveaways

Amanda ― 1 week 1 hr 24 min ago

Want to Encourage Other Bloggers? Join the Blog Blitz!

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― While I was attempting to sift through all the blogs involved in the A-Z Challenge, I found D.L. Hammons’ blog, and discovered an idea that I absolutely loved! Bloggers sign up, and from time to time, D.L. will (more or less) randomly choose ...

Tags: Blogging

Amanda ― 1 week 3 days ago

Quick Calendar Tip

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― I’m currently in the midst of implementing a great home organization program that I’ll be telling you about in a couple weeks. It is extremely helpful, and well thought-out, but only works as well as the person using it – which...

Tags: Organization

Amanda ― 1 week 5 days ago

Book Blast and Giveaway: An Easter Bonnet for Lily

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― From children’s author & illustrator Jodie Stone Prize Pack includes: $25 Visa gift card, Paperback copy of ‘An Easter Bonnet for Lily’ , Jodi Stone Illustrated Greeting Cards, Jodi Stone Illustrated Paper Dolls, Magnets,...

Tags: Book Blast

Amanda ― 2 weeks 2 days ago

Literary Addicts Weekly Meme – Best Supporting Characters In a Book

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― This week’s theme is Best Supporting Characters in a Book. I’d have to go with the whole crew from JD Robb’s In Death series: Peabody and McNab, Feeney, Dr. Mira, Summerset, Mavis and Leonardo, Nadine, Charles and Louise, and...

Tags: Literary Addicts Weekly Meme

Amanda ― 2 weeks 4 days ago

A-Z Challenge Reflections Post

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― Well, I actually did it. There were a couple weekends when my Saturday post went up on Sunday, and I skipped day between posting S and T, but I actually completed the challenge. I had a little tag at the bottom of each post: For some reason, I...

Tags: A To Z Challenge

Amanda ― 2 weeks 4 days ago

Wanna Blog Every Day In May?

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― So I just survived the April A-Z Blogging Challenge. Barely. And I was all excited about only having one post a day for the next two weeks, then back to my usual lacksadisical posting schedule. (The other daily posts are for the second half of my...

Tags: Blogging

Amanda ― 2 weeks 4 days ago

A-Z Challenge: Zee End!

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― Zee End! You know, I did warn you back on X that Z would be… interesting. I survived the challenge, and almost all of my posts were even written on the correct day. Here’s a final thought for you. Maybe you can file it under...

Tags: A To Z Challenge

Amanda ― 2 weeks 5 days ago

A-Z Challenge: Yikes!

Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― Yikes! So we’re cruising along to the end of the line with this challenge and I’ve been trying to think of something for Y since I wrote the X post. I had a couple ideas that would work in a pinch, but I wasn’t enthusiastic about...

Tags: A To Z Challenge

Amanda ― 2 weeks 5 days ago

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