The Bit

  Instead of writing to #blogtunes today, I have "Friends" reruns going in the background.  Love that show; and I've been feeling pretty crummy lately, so it's been sort of couch potato material.  With the Olympics happening this month and varying doctors appointments, you know, all the stuff that comes with having kids, I was lucky to put away three books this month.  Three very good books. "City Of Dark Magic"- Magnus Flyte   This book was a little different, but it was also very interesting.  It has a nice little mystery built into it and is packed with art and music history.  If you have a fascination with Beethoven, this book is definitely for you.  The story follows Sarah Weston as she gets a prestigious summer job in Prague helping put together a museum, in which she offers her expertise in Beethoven artifacts.  Just before taking the job her mentor mysteriously dies, the police ruling it as a suicide, but she is skeptical.  Upon taking the job a

No #blogtunes today!  We've been watching the Olympics non-stop.  Is anyone else obsessed with watching?!  I haven't really gotten anything done this month, because I've been consumed with the festivities of athletics happening in Rio.  Then I looked at my calendar, holy crap the month is almost over!  Welcome back to reality.    I have been debating writing this post, because I think some might find it offensive, but it is something I've been thinking on for awhile now.  Even though we live in more "modern" times, I still think the pressure of being the "woman" is still very present.  This is my topic of today.  Err, this month. In Childhood   I grew up in a middle class family, my parents were divorced and remarried when I was very young; it was all I knew.  I grew up with strong women in my life, all of my grandmothers' went to college, my mom continued to expand her education beyond her Bachelor's when my sister and I were in middl