by Amanda | Oct 14, 2011 | Friday Favorites, Life
Life sort of went insane with freelancing work this week, the result of which is I didn’t have time/opportunity to bake and take pictures of the recipe thing I wanted to share. And since next week I’ll have my mom in town, and be down in San Antonio for my...
by Amanda | Oct 12, 2011 | Book Talk, Thoughts
War of the Rose The Serpent & The Rose; The Golden Rose; The Last Paladin By Kathleen Bryan I enjoyed this series quite a bit. It’s got some of your usual fantasy trappings (beautiful noble lady falls in love with common man, knights and magicians and...
by Amanda | Oct 7, 2011 | Book Talk, Friday Favorites
This Friday Favorite is a little bittersweet. I have been on Goodreads since July of this year (I know, late to the game) but didn’t stumble across the Bookswap they host until a few short weeks ago. And I was hooked. It’s an awesome setup. You list books...
by Amanda | Oct 5, 2011 | Life, Pretty Things
My cousin Erin scanned and posted a bunch of old family photos on Facebook. I had never seen any of these, so it was really cool to look through them – in particular, the ones of my Grandma Lori. I was really young when she died (I think only one or two?), so I...
by Amanda | Oct 4, 2011 | What I Wore
This past Monday (yesterday) was a bit crazy. I had my normal freelance work to do, chores around the house, errands outside of the house, a last-minute meeting with a client, and a critique group with my fellow writers. I needed something comfortable for the...