Books, Favorites

Books in the Flavia DeLuce mystery series by Alan Bradley (which you should definitely read if you like good mysteries with interesting characters & fully developed environments)

  • The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
  • The Weed That Strings The Hangman’s Bag
  • A Red Herring Without Mustard
  • I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
  • Speaking from Among the Bones
  • The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
  • The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
  • As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
  • Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d

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Events, Family, Favorites, Holidays, Inspirational, Memories

Twenty Three Ways My Kid Is Amazing (in honor of his 23rd birthday today)

  1. His sense of humor is unmatched.
  2. He’s smart and conceptual and thinks deeply.
  3. He never gets embarrassed. About anything.
  4. He taught himself to play guitar.
  5. A headbanger from the start, he now headbangs in his own heavy metal band.
  6. He’s hilarious.
  7. He is deeply compassionate and empathetic.
  8. He desires to make the world a better place.
  9. He works ridiculously hard.
  10. He desires experiences more than things.
  11. He sets goals and works to achieve them.
  12. He’s been “adulting” since the age of 19, paying his own rent and bills and way.
  13. He married his high school sweet heart and loves her with his entire being.
  14. He has a global outlook and cares about the world outside of his own.
  15. He laughs with his whole body.
  16. He carries things for me, (which is to say that he helps me any time I need it.)
  17. He programs electronics for his grandparents.
  18. He still loves old school video games.
  19. He has an inborn gift for music.
  20. He hugs his mama and tells me he loves me.
  21. He is never afraid to show affection to people he cares about.
  22. He has been through some things that would cripple lesser men, but the fires have forged him into a resilient and capable man.
  23. He is the best thing I have ever had a part in creating.

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Games, Geek, Inspirational

Things I’ve Learned From Clash of Clans

  • Be patient. Everything good takes time.
  • Ask for help. It’s the best way to have success as you are learning.
  • Help others. It pays back those who helped you and you get credit for it too.
  • Choose your battles wisely.
  • Protect what is most important.
  • You can’t do everything at once. Decide what you need most and focus on that.
  • Every member of your team has different strengths.
  • Just because something is available doesn’t mean you need to use it.
  • There comes a point when it’s best to rearrange everything to meet your goals.
  • Don’t worry about things to come. You’ll learn things as you need them.
  • Resources can be used to acquire new items or develop current ones. Stay balanced.
  • Keeping things tidy brings a reward.
  • You need a team with similar goals to advance as far as you can go.

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