Category Archives: books

A Shelf for Piano Music

For the last few years I’ve had two pianos. One in the family room: And one in the front living room (my original piano): I have been piano-sitting the baby grand for my best friend while she made a temporary … Continue reading

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Book Review: Talking With God:What to Say When You Don’t Know How to Pray

As I continue on my faith journey I am always trying to improve my relationship with God. Praying is how we talk to Him, but am I doing it right? Is there one better way to do it than another? … Continue reading

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Book Review: A Call to Mercy; Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve

When I was growing up the model of perfect goodness was Mother Teresa. If anybody could be classified as holy and saintly, it was her. Before reading A Call to Mercy the only thing that I knew about Mother Teresa … Continue reading

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Book Review – The Catholic Catalogue by Melissa Musick and Anna Keating

As a fairly new Catholic I was intrigued when I saw ‘The Catholic Catalogue’ by Melissa Musick and Anna Keating. It seems like I always have questions about various aspects of the faith, but my husband is not always able to … Continue reading

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A Sketchbag for Christmas

Christmas is coming up and so I asked my sister what I could get her stepdaughter. It seems that this girl loves to draw so I was told anything dealing with drawing would be very much loved. This was new … Continue reading

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Book Review: The American Catholic Almanac

As a new Catholic I look for things to read that inspire me and help me to grow in my faith. Since I didn’t grow up Catholic I had high hopes that “The American Catholic Almanac” by Brian Burch and Emily … Continue reading

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How to Survive a Sharknado!

The world is going crazy. There are times when I don’t know if I should panic or if I should just let everything blow over and not worry. Well, I’m not good at not worrying so I decided that I … Continue reading

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Finished Bookshelves!!!

The last time I updated you on my bookshelves I believe that this is what I showed you. I finally managed to get all three stained and two coats of polyurethane tossed onto them. We waited until all three pieces … Continue reading

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Bookshelf Update

It has been a little bit since I last bragged about my beautiful bookshelves. In fact, I think this is how you last saw them: Jay would laugh, but even just seeing this picture makes me so excited! I can’t … Continue reading

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Christmas Bookshelves

In my previous post I mentioned that Jay was building me bookshelves for Christmas. It has been my wish to have a library in my house where I could display all of my books at once. When you have over … Continue reading

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