Are you familiar with Restaurant.com? The basic idea is that you can buy a gift certificate to a restaurant at a deeply discounted price. The restaurant gets a customer they might not have otherwise, and you get a cheaper meal. There is usually some sort of clause on it (can’t be used on Valentine’s Day, you must spend at least…
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On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
9 of 10: Another stellar, gorgeous, want-to-read-this-to-my-children-and-maybe-send-it-out-as-a-Christmas-gift kind of book, On The Wings of Heroes proved to me that Richard Peck has more good books than just his Grandma Dowdel series. I know, I know; could the Richard Peck Love Fest get any bigger over here? Probably not. I just love his books so very much. on the wings of…
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In My (Teeny Tiny) Kitchen
I have been cooking up a STORM since we arrived in Boston, and I figured you probably have only 70,000 better things to do than read my menu, so why not share? (Note: I have sadly, resigned myself to the fact that we’ll be spending $50 a week on groceries here because it’s just not quite as cheap. On the…
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Back to School
You lovely readers keep emailing or commenting and even texting me to ask how the first week of school was and if I’m loving it. In a word, yes. I love it. It’s kind of hard for me to put in words all my feelings about it. There are so many parts of it – the lesson planning, the 800…
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What I’m Going to Read: Round 3
First of all, the winning book for Tell Me What to Read: Round 3 is The Art of Racing in the Rain, suggested by J. I’ve never heard of it, but it looks good, and I have it on request at the library already. Stay tuned for a review of it later this month. The other suggestions (and wow, you…
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