Mister & Pete

We just watched "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" on Netflix. I highly recommend it.

Keeping Track of Current Events

I'm not sure if I told you this, but I stopped watching the Today Show.  It was just taking up way to much of my time and I was not working efficiently enough.

But then I felt like I had no idea what was happening in the world.

I found a website that I love.  It's a fast way to check the news and it has links to longer news stories if I have the time/interest to learn more.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

Then go to the "cheat sheet"

A Beautiful Letter

This letter is simply beautiful.  A must read.


http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/pastor-saeeds-letter-to-his-daughter-rebekka/

Reading Review

Oh, reading! A central component of my life. I don't do much leisure reading these days since I'm reading massive amounts for work everyday.

Thankfully, my once-a-month book club spurs me on to finish at least one extra-curricular book a month. Right now we're reading this:



I'm only in the third chapter. It's interesting. I never select the non-fiction books, but I'm always glad when someone does. I feel like I benefit a lot from stepping into someone else's shoes.

Last month we read this:



I would not recommend it. No offense to Mom and her generation, but I don't think you could fully appreciate this unless you were a hippie in the 70's doing a significant amount of drugs.

Caleb and I are reading this:



He's having a good go at it (reading it makes me want to use strange English expressions, with an accent of course). But I think when we're finished, I'll move to something a little lighter. Something like this:



Love you two! Can't wait to hear how the books go:)

p.s. Speaking of work - I teach Wednesday night until 9:45pm and work all day (9:00am-9:45pm) on Thursday. Caleb is available to come over on Thursday after Tomi's house, but I won't be able to see you until Friday morning. I don't have anything scheduled (except for a new believer's class on Sunday morning and Caleb's swim lesson on Saturday morning) for the rest of the weekend. I can't wait to see the Purdys and Grandma!

The Importance of Reading

At church this weekend, Lorrits talked about the importance of leaders being readers.  He mentioned that church leaders must be in the habit of praying and reading daily.  Not just reading the Bible, but also learning from others.  So that made me think about how I have kind of stopped reading the past few weeks...

So I decided I would post books on here to keep myself accountable.

To grow professionally, I am going to read Making Thinking Visible.

To grow spiritually, I am thinking of reading a Paul Miller Book.  Any thoughts about A Loving Life?

To grow as a mother, I think I am going to try to finish Bringing Up Bebe.

My plan is to try to just get a little bit of reading in each day, so I will probably be reading these for awhile.

Are you reading anything good?

Best Song for New Moms

This song gets me every time.  Especially if I put it on when I am feeding him in the middle of the night.  I love it.  Check it out when you get a second.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkCk-76DtKQ