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Buy it I’m not going to pressure myself by calling this an actual “review,” so I’m just going to tell you what I thought about this book, okay? I’ve read several, if not many, of Eva‘s books–she was the FIRST coaching class teacher I had at OCW way back eight or nine years ago–and this […]

Anyone else out there noticing something different about the last few weeks? Like a noisier house? More lunches to fix? Exuberant children with nothing to do? Yep, it’s definitely summertime. I love the extra time with the kids, but with five to keep track of, I can tend to be too strict. Not so much […]

Went to the chiropractor today as my right arm has been going numb and weak from the shoulder down to the ring finger and pinkie. He took X-rays, came back, and asked how I’d gotten the huge trauma to my neck. What? I didn’t know I’d had any. He slapped the X-ray up on the […]

No one. A tad anticlimactic? I think so. I noticed the empty category of Pulitzer Prizes when reading The Oregonian this morning. The mystery is afoot–as Tarzan from Survivor would say. Imagine my thankfulness to Publishers Lunch when they graciously emailed an explanation to me. And all their other subscribers, I suppose. But it still […]

Andrea and her friend, who will be unnamed unless she signs a release waiver, needed to do some skits tonight for their class tomorrow. The skits were to focus on a very important subject: gum. So here they are, spotlighting the positive intellectual gain chewing gum has been proven to give, and the best way […]

Find out this and more on Ausjenny’s blog, where she’s posted an interview with me. Yes, amazingly, every now and then someone still wants to find something out about me. Ausjenny: Getting to know you Thursdays with Christina Berry Tarabochia Interviews like this help make me feel like I’m still an author, but another event […]

That is my dad’s LEAST favorite song of all time so we always tell him we’ll play it at his funeral. Yes, it’s kind of a ridiculous song. Except I feel really bad for farmers whose tractors can’t get no traction. But there is a kernel of truth to it in me … On New […]

Honestly, yesterday at this time I was still asleep in bed. So far today: ~made sweet husband breakfast (Not As Hard As It Sounds as it was only oatmeal)~packed his lunch~updated the money program we use after checking the bank~folded a load of clothes (NAHAIS as they just needed a fluff in the dryer)~got three […]

We were privileged to serve as a family this weekend at the live nativity put on by Lake Bible Church. The Journey to Bethlehem has a real baby Jesus–you know what I mean–a llama, sheep, a donkey, and great actors in wonderful costumes. Here’s my sweet husband dressed as a centurion. I made him practice […]

Photo taken by Ben Schumin on December 29, 2005. When Lili and I went to the local grocery store to get ridiculously overpriced, preservative-filled cookies for her class presentation–I don’t sound bitter that I can’t make them, do I?–I headed toward the self-check out.Beep, beep, beep, beep. Swipe rewards card. Swipe debit card. Input PIN. […]