From Publishers Weekly: Debut author/illustrator Carnesi’s cartoon-styled watercolors and spare text provide a suspenseful yet reassuring account of the real-life rescue of a dog that was swept out into the Baltic Sea on an ice floe in January 2010. Direct, almost halting snippets of narration bring readers in close to the action: “Something is moving in the water! What is…
Or my dancer name would be Sexy Beast. r’s note: This post alludes to sex and may not be appropriate for all audiences. One of my social media friends, Sybil Lindsay, invited a group of mom bloggers to The Velvet Lily for an event hosted by owner Khara Cartagena. Khara presented a wonderful informative “how to” bring the spark back with advice about…
For a person who swore against public resolutions, I sure have a bunch of “goals” for this year. I am going by my mantra of my blog, my rules and since these are not self help type things I can post away. Don’t judge me! Ahem, I thought of starting a crochet challenge but quite honestly am not up to the task….
So long Farewell Aufwiedersehn Adieu Adios 2011!It’s been a year of wow! Today’s blog dare is to look back at 2011. Over the last few weeks I really tried to write this post a couple of times but I was having a severe case of feeling inadequate (let’s blame it on PMS). My crushing insecurities stepped in and as I read…
I have a theory. Action movies, kung fu movies and pornos are all alike: One puts up with the “plot” to get to the action. So when I went to see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, I was only going to fuel my Simon Pegg crush. The plot is something about Russian nuclear weapons, Ethan Hunt and the IMF team being disavowed…again…