Author: Elizabeth Peterson

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #6

March 26, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
#1. Up, Down, and Around by Lisa Ayeres Have a toddler that is constantly asking where her favorite foods come from?  Up, Down, and Around goes through all our favorite veggies and talks about whether they grow up above the ground (corn, peppers, okra) or down under the ground (beets,…

BOOK REVIEW: The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel

March 20, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Book: The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel Genre: Historical Nonfiction Description: As America’s Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy,…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #5

March 18, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments
#1. Space Song Rocket Ride by Sunny Scribens Sung to the tune of the “Green grass grew all around” children’s song, this is a cute, educational ditty about the solar system.  Since Sophia has been really interested in the idea of space, stars, and the moon, this was really fun.…

Slow Cooker Jambalaya

March 10, 2015 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments
Some of y’all were wondering about the recipe for slow cooker Jambalaya that I mentioned yesterday, so here it is.  Yesterday night was the first time I’ve made it but it turned out really well–nice and flavorful, just like Jambalaya is supposed to be!  I ended up modifying a recipe…

Homemaker Monday Linkup

March 9, 2015 Uncategorized 1 Comment
Good morning y’all!  How’s the first Monday after Daylight Savings Time treating everybody?  I have to say, I am not a fan of the whole time change.  It just seems pointless.  Maybe back in the day when everybody was farmers it made more sense, but I kind of doubt it–they…

BOOK REVIEW: The Boys In the Boat by Daniel James Brown

March 9, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Book: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their epic quest for the gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown Genre: Historical Nonfiction Description (bookflap): Out of the depths of the Depression comes the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West…

How We Do Mornings

February 27, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Smiles, coffee, lots and lots of coffee, blankets, snuggling, and warm milk.  Kiss two foreheads, say a prayer, make a plan that will inevitably change and evolve as the day takes on whatever shape the Creator has given it.  Baby curls, sleepy eyes. Some of us (AHEM K-man) take a…

BOOK REVIEW: Partials by Dan Wells

February 22, 2015 Reading Life 1 Comment
Book: Partials by Dan Wells Genre: YA, Dystopian Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America…