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It was during this time two years ago that I was really starting to stress. We had to decide whether to send our daughter to kindergarten in the fall or hold her back a year. Her late August birthday meant she would probably be the youngest in her class or the oldest if we held her back. She turned five the day before kindergarten, and we sent her.

For my husband, there was never an issue. He had a late September birthday and he did fine. She would go. For me, every possible outcome…

Read an excerpt and win an ARC of Black City by Elizabeth Richards to be published by Penguin at Safari Poet

A dark and tender postapocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war



In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and…

When I open my refrigerator I see the things that you'd expect to see like milk, eggs, and leftovers. Apparently when the kids open the fridge they see into another dimension or into a different plane of existence...

http://yourfamilyshouldhaveashow.blogspot.com/2012/02/lion-witch-and-fridge.html

Apocalypsies & Class of 2k12 author, Eve Marie Mont talks about what inspired her Unbound series + a chance to win a signed copy of her debut novel, A Breath of Eyre at Safari Poet.…

Title: Rebirth, Based on Actual Events

Author: Dave Longeuay

Publisher: Seven-7 Publishing

Pages: 357

Year: 2011

Note: A complimentary copy was received from Lightening Book Promotions. Other review can be read at…

My Dusty Read is the very popular Anna and the French Kiss.

My paperback had so much dust on it before I started reading.

Why did I wait so long?

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Title: Witchful Thinking…

Visit my Blog to see my new post on my thoughts on the Grammy's and my new reburbishing project!

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All Pooped Out!

Here's an easy and fun project you can whip up for your little one...

http://jessicakenenske.blogspot.com/2012/02/childs-reversible-tote-tutorial.html

From Jess @ A Winding Road…

There’s nothing like the Oscars to remind me that my fashion lacks star quality.  While celebrities sashay down the red carpet in Vera Wang and Versace, I spend my days as a mom dressed in the best discount stores and clearance racks have to offer. And it’s not necessarily a bad attempt most days. When I parade down the sidewalk during afterschool pick-up, other moms in their daily uniform of T-shirts and black yoga pants shout, “Karen, who are you wearing?”

“Vintage Mossimo for…

The snow melted this week and little dirt mounds have appeared everywhere. Moles! I had never noticed them in the snow, but they have been there, under the surface all along.  



As these pests burrow lawns,they create …