Books

I've let another month go by without writing here. It's been busy and extremely hot. For about 3 weeks, we've had temperature of over 90 degrees without much relief.

Gotta say, staying at home so far has been GREAT! I love being able to spend this time with my kids.
Each time I take a year off from work, I sort of do it as a challenge. Can I deal with this one baby 24/7? Can I deal with a baby and a toddler? And now - Can I deal with a baby, a 2 year old, and a 5 year old, and put dinner on the table everyday and keep the house somewhat clean? It's a daunting task at first but now I know that yes, I can do all of that!!! I'm gonna add it to my resume. And this summer, to that list, I am also able to take all 3 kids to the pool by myself and keep everyone afloat. So far, I have not had to get the lifeguard to jump in the water for my kids. That's a big deal!

Anyway, aside from all that, I've been really loving my time for reading. On the weekends, when Pat is home, I can sort of read during the day, while I'm in the kitchen cooking or during the little moments here and there. But during the week, I end up reading before going to bed, and bed time gets pushed back to 3am. But that OK because the next day, I can just nap when the kids nap.

I'm gonna start a list so I can keep track of my reading. I try to read a wide range of books but I actually really love chick lit....


Eat Pray Love
Julie and Julia
Cleaving
Shoppaholic series
Yaya reading group series
Outlier
Game Change
My sister's keeper
Blindside
Nothing To Envy
American Wife
Some girls: my life in a harlem
Oprah by Kitty Kelley
Bridges of Madison County
Thousand Country Roads
Thousand Splendid Suns
Sunday at Tiffany's
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pepin
That Book Woman (my favorite children's book)


On the list:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series
Blink
Tipping Point