From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Guess what’s coming?

written by Katrina on August 31, 2009 · 59 comments

and filed under Fall Into Reading 2009, Reading Challenges

Note: Fall Into Reading 2009 has begun. If you’d like to join the challenge, or just want to check out the participants, please visit the official launch post. Thanks!

Who: You, me, and readers all around the blogosphere
What: Fun, low-pressure reading challenge
When: September 22, 2009 - December 20, 2009
Where: Here. And on your blog. And on [...]

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Overheard at our house today

written by Katrina on August 25, 2009 · 10 comments

and filed under General Ramblings

L. (calling from another room): Mommy, I’m going to look at this duck book!
Me: Okay.
L.: What? What you sayin’, Mommy?
Me: Okay!
L.: What? I can’t hear you! Mommy, I can’t hear what you’re sayin’. What?
Me: I said, Okay!!
L: What? What you sayin’? Mommy? WHAT YOU SAYIN’?
Me: I said, OKAY!
L: Mommy? Why you yellin’?

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Giveaway Winner & a Thank You

written by Katrina on August 21, 2009 · 3 comments

and filed under Bloggy Stuff

First up, I have a winner to announce. The winner of The Friends We Keep (and the bonus 40-minute Bible study) is:
Comment #20 –Viv
Congrats, Viv!

Also, I found out this week that my blog has been nominated for three awards in the Book Blogger Appreciation Week Awards. I don’t know who nominated me, but whoever [...]

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Amazon.com is trying to sabotage me

written by Katrina on August 20, 2009 · 10 comments

and filed under Purely Random

I’ve been a pretty good girl lately — counting my calories, trying to move more.
During June and early July, well, I was not so good (I call that time in my life, “The Tremendously Stressful Time of Potty-Training” and I treated the stress with some extra chocolate, cheese, and random carbohydrates), but for the last month+, I’ve [...]

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Book Giveaway: The Friends We Keep (& a bonus!)

written by Katrina on August 14, 2009 · 35 comments

and filed under Book giveaways, Giveaways

When WaterBrook Press asked me if I’d be interested in reviewing (and giving away a copy of) Sarah Zacharias Davis’ new book, The Friends We Keep, it didn’t take me long to say yes. The subtitle especially intrigued me: A Woman’s Quest for the Soul of Friendship. There have been many times in my adult [...]

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Hi

written by Katrina on August 7, 2009 · 21 comments

and filed under General Ramblings

So.
Well.
It would appear that I’m taking the summer off when it comes to blogging. Or, more accurately, it would appear that I’m taking the summer off when it comes to the Internet. Not only does my blog lie dormant and ignored…but my Google Reader has somewhere around 500 posts I haven’t yet read, my email [...]

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