Yesterday was a hot and sticky day, so we decided a road trip in the air-conditioned car to air-conditioned stores was in order. We started at Borders. Not only were there signs and posters everywhere pushing the new Borders eBookstore, but there was a Kobo eReader display, with a couple of employees showing it off—one [...]
A cover, an audiobook and a birthday
by Shannon on July 23, 2010 in Book news, Cats, kids or the dog
So much to talk about! My mom came over from Maine yesterday for a nice visit. We spent most of it working on genealogy and we finally found the relatives who made the trip from France to Quebec, so she was pretty excited about that. Ireland’s a bitch, though. Both her maternal line and my [...]
New recipe success!
by Shannon on July 22, 2010 in Uncategorized
I tried a new recipe last night. We’re an outrageously finicky bunch and we all dislike different things, so the number of meals all four of us will eat can be counted on one hand. This has inevitably led to our family eating the same few meals every single week. I’ve tried in the past [...]
Field trip!
by Shannon on July 21, 2010 in Contests
I’m over at Access Romance today, talking about library management and giving away a book! Come join in the conversation!
Spot the typo
by Shannon on July 20, 2010 in Uncategorized
Yesterday, the boys and I hit the highway to visit Best Buy. It’s about twenty minutes away, which is a good thing. Since the nearest Apple store is an hour away, the siren call of the iPad is muted by distance. We were after a few things, none of which were an iPad (although we [...]









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