read with us: a book you can read in a day

As it's January 31st, it's time to tell you about the books we read for the 2016 MMD reading challenge! Unfortunately, Steph didn't have time to get her book read (because we didn't tell her about the challenge until last week), but our mom did, so she's going to jump in in Steph's place. Our books this month are Bird Silence, The Little Prince,...

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read with us: mmd's 2016 reading challenge

About a year ago, my sister Val introduced me to Modern Mrs. Darcy. Anne (or MMD, as we like to call her) blogs about a lot of things, and one of those things is books. So of course I like her! Last year, Val participated in MMD's 2015 reading challenge, and this year, our sister Steph and I have decided to join her. Each month, we'll read a book...

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five friday favorites #21: week of jan. 22, 2016

It's Friday!!! I'd be more excited if it was a Friday in March and I didn't have to get up at 4 a.m. tomorrow for a speech meet, but such is life. Let's get on with the favorites! 1. Peanut Butter Cookies You've probably seen those flourless peanut butter cookie recipes floating around. You know, the ones that are just peanut butter, sugar, and...

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five friday favorites #20: week of jan. 15, 2016

Welcome to another Friday Favorites! It's been a while... Here's what's making me happy this week! 1. This gif from the Golden Globes I don't know how many times I've watched it, but it cracks me up every time! 2. Justin's Maple Almond Butter Since I have now successfully reintroduced almonds (insert round of applause here), and I'm desperately...

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"the bachelor" hits home ... sort of

Are you a fan (or hate watcher) of The Bachelor franchise? While I'm not a die-hard, can't-miss-an-episode fanatic any longer (thanks to Juan Pablo, Chris Soules, and Kaitlyn Bristowe for curing me of that), I still enjoy the show. And this season, my interest is just as high or higher than it was for Sean Lowe's season--and that's saying something,...

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top 10 books of 2015

I'm ahead of the ballgame this year--I got my top 10 reads of 2015 posted just two days into the new year! (In some years, the list has been published in February, so I'm doing really good to get it up today!) I had more difficulty than ever before in narrowing my list down to 10, so I ended up splitting my list into two: honorable mention and top...

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