Monthly Archives: April 2011

today’s purge | minimizing

As I was unloading the dishwasher today, I found myself wrestling a pile of cutting boards to squeeze one in. Which led me to ask “Lisa, why do you have so many cutting boards? Methinks you only tend to cut one thing at a time – two at most.” Which led me to pull out…

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it matters to them

Tonight at Ava’s swimming lesson, I sat on a bench with another mom – who was typing on her Blackberry. This was the class’ first time in the ‘big pool’ – which is 8′ deep racing lanes, rather than the 5′ deep small pool. One little girl in the class was crying – terrified and…

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unbroken | a book review

I could sum up my review of Unbroken with two words: Read it. I read constantly, and my tastes definitely lean to mystery/suspense. I don’t even remember the last time I read a nonfiction book – they’re just not my thing. But I kept seeing this book pop up, and 1500 reviews on Amazon with…

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