Believe in Me by Susan Lewis Leanne is back in the place where she grew up as she's inherited her aunts house and business. The story is about her struggle with what's happened in her past and trying to help her teenage daughter as well. Leanne fosters a boy whose father is in jail. How… Continue reading September Reading Log
When our friends were staying with us recently we played a number of board games which were enjoyed by ages 8+. Board games teach many skills such as turn taking, patience, how to lose gracefully and following rules. The favourite during the whole visit was Phase 10. A game with a special set of cards… Continue reading Board Games for All Ages
When I was about 13 a member of my extended family members suicided. My mother was quite open about it and I can clearly remember her talking to us about it. Mental health issues affect or have affected a number of members of my extended family including my mother. My parents were always quite open… Continue reading World Suicide Prevention Day
As we went away for a week in late August I managed to read 6 books this month including 3 novels. Here's what I read this month: Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin As the title suggests the book is about developing habits. Rubin talks about how you can… Continue reading August 2018 Reading Log
This morning my daughter asked me to check the answers that she had in a crossword puzzle that had both cryptic and straight clues. After checking the answers that she had filled in, I helped her with a couple more clues. As I gave her some hints or told her what a few of the… Continue reading Learning To Solve Crosswords and Learning About Faith
I managed to finish 3 books in July: The Great Escape: health, wealth and the origins of inequality by Angus Deaton Talks about how much the world has changed, particularly since WWII. How combating childhood illnesses has increased life expectancy and how many nations are better off. But this has created a bigger gap between… Continue reading July 2018 Reading Log
I've mainly read novels this month. We went away for the May Labour Day Long Weekend at the beginning of the month, so I was able to read a few books then. So here's what I read this month: Carrying Albert Home by Homer Hickam I actually read this in April but forgot to blog… Continue reading May 2018 Reading Log
This month I read 8 books: The Celtic Stone by Nick Hawkes I attended a book fair in March. This is one of the books that I bought at the fair. I really enjoyed this story as it was set in both Australia & Scotland. Many of the places mentioned in the book I had been… Continue reading April 2018 Reading Log
Every month last year I blogged about the books that I read. I wasn't sure how many I would read but I managed to read a total of 60 books. I'm going to keep a reading log again this year. Will I manage to read more books? These are the books that I finished in… Continue reading January 2018 Reading Log
While we have done a number of different things for advent over the years, including building a paper chain by adding a link each night with a person to pray for & putting baby Jesus (one of my daughter's dolls in her dolls cot) under the Christmas tree. Two Activities have definitely become traditions. The… Continue reading Exciting Adventure Stories for Advent
