Get out the sunscreen – we’ve found the first beach read of the year! Happy Hour is the kind of novel we like to enjoy while lying in the sun with a frozen drink in our hand -- but don't wait for the temperature to rise: you’ll be as engrossed in the story even if you’re huddled … [Read more...] about Book Bite: “Happy Hour” by Michele Scott
Books
self magazine editor lucy danziger on “the nine rooms of happiness”
I tend to be wary of self-help books because so many of them seem to be filled with simple common sense and lots of blah blah blah. So when I received a copy of The Nine Rooms of Happiness, I started reading it only because it was written by Lucy Danziger (editor of SELF … [Read more...] about self magazine editor lucy danziger on “the nine rooms of happiness”
Mbali Creazzo on the 29 Day Giving Challenge
As you may remember from our Resolutions theme, Resolution #1 was to pay it forward. After reading Cami Walker's life-changing book, 29 Gifts, I -- along with a number of you -- am starting the 29 Day Giving Challenge on March 1, and will be giving a gift a day for 29 days. I am … [Read more...] about Mbali Creazzo on the 29 Day Giving Challenge
Julie Subotky of Consider It Done Talks About How to Do Just About Anything!
Consider It Done now holds a prominent place on my shelf of go-to resources, so next time I need tickets to a sold-out event or to get the best seats on an airplane, I'll know exactly where to turn. Just reading that author Julie Subotky was able to sneak an elephant into a … [Read more...] about Julie Subotky of Consider It Done Talks About How to Do Just About Anything!
resolution #53: read more poetry
Like many teenage girls, I used to write poetry. My poems (a term I am using very loosely, having just cringed my way through notebooks of them, which I discovered while cleaning out my closet) are mostly about love -- of course. But because I grew up in the early ‘70’s, there … [Read more...] about resolution #53: read more poetry
Resolution #47: Get Out of the Damn Chair!
I spend most of the day sitting. I sit in my kitchen chair, writing, or I sit on the couch or in theaters, watching movies and DVDs to review for NickJr.com. All of this sitting -- while often, admittedly, comfortable -- has not done any good for my backside which seems to be … [Read more...] about Resolution #47: Get Out of the Damn Chair!
Closet Cleaning with Lois!
You know how people who don’t cook love to watch The Food Network? That’s how I am about organizing. I’m a Peter Walsh groupie, I’ve watched every episode of Clean Sweep and am now hooked on the OWN Network’s Enough Already. Yet my clothes closets look like something out of … [Read more...] about Closet Cleaning with Lois!
Love in the Time of Amazon.com
Midge Raymond is not only one of our favorite authors -- if you haven't read her amazing collection of short stories, Forgetting English, do yourself a favor and buy it now -- but she's one of our favorite people ever. So, when she sent us the hilarious and timely trailer she and … [Read more...] about Love in the Time of Amazon.com