The Rancher’s Courtship by Laurie Kingery From the Back Cover: Though Caroline Wallace can’t have a family, she can still have a purpose. Becoming Simpson Creek’s new schoolmarm helps heal the heartache of losing Pete, her fiancé, to influenza. Then Pete’s brother arrives, trailing a herd of cattle and twin Read more
I’m up to 66 words for the night. Better than the last 3 days combined. Still… its like pulling teeth. Think I’m trying to force their relationship before they’re ready for it. I’m going to forge ahead for now anyway though. Was hoping to fit a smooch in right about Read more
Yet another goose egg… but my house is cleaner and my office is starting to take shape :D. That’s something. In a semi-related note… my 10yo is at almost 1900 words. She’s way past me, at least percentage wise. She’s nearly 40% done. I’m… 5%. Maybe. Not quite. But I Read more
Still no progress though my house is looking better ;). And my back is much better after my doc adjusted it for me. She did mention a possibility of a dreaded A word. Arthritis. I’m still a bit young but having four kids did a number on my lower back. Read more
I got a big ole goose egg so far today but if I’m gonna make it for NaBloWriMo I gotta post now ;). Had a good day with the kiddos, busy day at work and got caught up on ALLLLLLLL of my schoolwork done for the next week [except I Read more
It’s been one of those days. 6yo with a dentist appointment who stayed numb until too late to go to school [her nose was numb!], 4″ stack of papers to grade and so on. I’m currently at 2601 for the month which is 952 for the day so far. Taking the Read more
Hey! Look at that! Posting a book review on Wednesday! 😉 AND it’s Erica Vetsch’s book too! Have I mentioned I <3 Erica? She’s so way cool! And my favorite orange panda rhombus too! [Yeah, most of you won’t get that. A few of you might ;).] Anyway… I picked Read more
Morning!!!! Okay – it’s not morning. But it is day 1 of National Novel Writing Month. This year I’m also attempting National Blog Writing Month which simply means new blog posts. Every. Day. Yeah, we all know what trouble I’ve had with that lately :p. So my plan is to blog Read more
Okay – it’s been more than a year since I first claimed my theme song. It’s That’s What Faith Can Do by Kutless. I was over on Erynn Mangum’s blog last night [question of the day: What’s Your Theme Song? – and can I just say that Erynn is cute as Read more
From the back of the book: Behind every broken vow lies a broken heart. When Eric and Kyra Yoshida first met, they thought their love would last forever. But like many marriages, theirs has gradually crumbled, one thoughtless comment and misunderstanding at a time, until the ultimate betrayal pushes them Read more