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Part mommy blog, part book blog, part personal sounding board.
Listed: Jan 24, 2012
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Amanda ― 1 week 3 days ago
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
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,...
Amanda ― 2 weeks 2 days ago
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
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
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...
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...
Amanda ― 2 weeks 5 days ago
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...
I love having raw quick things in the fridge for snacks. Want something sweet? It’s ...
The time is upon us to be tan and fit. I love this time of year. The best way to get ...
Crock pot cooking is perfect for anyone on the go go go! Well here is a great dinner that ...