Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Jan 032008

I’m so excited about this book that I just picked up at the store. I wasn’t even intending to buy myself anything, but, a cup of coffee. I was taking my son and his friends to buy snacks and goodies for a party they are throwing tomorrow night. My daughter went along with us, and she and I went off wandering while we waited for the boys to pick out their stuff. We wound up at the books section, and that is when I saw it….

It’s called Speak and it’s by Laurie Halse Anderson. The librarian at my children’s last school (in Texas) had told me about this book at the end of our last year there. I’ve been meaning to pick it up ever since, and just haven’t done it.

There it was tonight, though, begging me to bring it home. It was calling to me… Really! Books do that, you know! I’ve got a bit of a tummy ache, so I think I’ll just go curl up in bed with my new book and relax.

The book covers a heavy topic, and it might be very depressing, but, I am very interested to read it after the glowing review from the librarian. I’ve been meaning to email her to say hello, anyway – now I definitely will have to, so that I can let her know I’ve finally read this book!

I’ll let you know my thoughts on it when I’ve finished reading it.

Posted by Mrs.Lisa at 10:33 pm

The Rockin’ Robersons!

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Jan 022008

Santa made our house even more musical than it already was, and we are so excited about it! The boys already had a trumpet and a trombone, and Patrick plays the French horn at school. Santa added to that collection, an electric guitar, a drum set, a karaoke machine, and a keyboard! It’s totally awesome! And then next year, Sammie will pick out her band instrument!

With all of this music in the house, Mark and I are feeling left out and would love to join in on the fun! He thinks it would be totally rad to be able to play the guitar and the keyboard, and he’d like to get back into playing the drums, too. I think it would be awesome to play the drums, and the keyboard, and to work on my singing!

I may have come across just the thing that Mark and I need, as far as the keyboard goes, that is. It is an email newsletter about Piano lessons & piano chords, through which the gentleman also sells full out DVD lessons for adults! That is so cool – that might just get Mark and I a spot in the family band!

The newsletter is free and comes out about every five days and there are 101 issues of it. The gentleman who publishes the newsletter and teaches the lessons, Duane Shinn, has been teaching music since 1965. Wow! That’s a lot of experience! I’m so glad to learn about his site – it’s just perfect timing for us!


Posted by Mrs.Lisa at 2:29 pm

Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Jan 012008

I have to say that I am so excited about these books! Ok, I know I get excited about a lot of books, but, come on! This is Laura Ingalls Wilder we’re talking about! I bought the first two in this series for my daughter and I can’t wait to dive into them myself!

Here’s the first one:

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It is subtitled, “On Wisdom and Virtue”, and in it Laura talks about living a life of integrity and helping others and keeping a positive attitude. Truth be told, some of her old ideas might actually rub me the wrong way. I’m not sure yet, as I haven’t read it. I’m willing to bet, though, that the core of her message I will not only agree with, but, I’ll be happy to be having my daughter read it. And should I discover something that is just an old ideal that I do not subscribe to, it will be a good jumping off point for a discussion with my daughter about some of those old ideals.

Here is the second volume:

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It is subtitled, “On Life as a Pioneer Woman”. Oh – this one should really be good! It will be full of great lessons for my daughter, I’m sure, about the value of hard work. I really can’t wait to read this one! (I need my teenage boys to read this one! Ha!)

I’m so glad to have two of my kids who completely fell in love with the Little House books. I don’t know that I can actually interest my son in these books, but, he really got a lot out of the main books. They both would love to visit Laura’s house! That would be such a neat trip!

Posted by Mrs.Lisa at 11:13 pm
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