Let’s Talk Beach  This is the time of year that I CRAVE sun and a vacation so Let’s Talk Beach!  In a land before children long, long ago, my husband and I used to spend the first week of the year in Hawaii or The Caribbean.  Then, the year I became pregnant with twins, my doctor […]

Great Thoughts’ Movie Guru was so excited about this movie that we needed to share this right away: “The King’s Speech” is a must see movie – It is a very rare occurence to have an audience applaud at the end of a movie.  I had the great pleasure of experienicing this first hand, and […]

Everyone who knows me well knows I read all of the time.  Last year, as a lark, I sent out an email to my friends of my top ten books (ok twelve books) of 2009.  Then, I would run into people that I didn’t know well at all and they had gotten the email- it […]

Here are the books I read in 2010, categorized by 1. I Loved Them!!!! Brooklyn  by Toibin, Colm Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler by Rouse, Wade Crowning Glory of Calla Lilly Ponder by Wells, Rebecca Eighteen Acres  by Wallace, Nichole Fall of Giants by Follett, Ken Girl Most Likely To by Sharma, Poonam Heart of the Matter by Giffin, […]

I recently finished 2 great books: 1. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman–  This book reminded me of The Help.  It is the story of a young girl in the South whose mother dies.  Her father is basically useless so her fabulous aunt (reminscent of  Auntie Mame) moves her to her home.  The interplay of […]