The Bit

  What a month this has been, let me tell you!  We are officially moved and am happily reporting to you from our new kitchen table.  There are still quite a few boxes and some love to put into this place, but home is home and I'm glad the move is over.  I did manage to put away three books this month amongst all the packing and hubbub, so without further ado, let me introduce to you our selections for this month. "Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found"- Jennifer Lauck   I read this book many, many years ago at a suggestion by my mother and decided to reread it as an adult.  It was even more heartbreaking the second time around now that I'm further into my life and a little more well rounded.  This book is a memoir that reads like fiction, you almost wish it wasn't a true story.  We meet Jenny when she is maybe five years old, serving as a live in nurse for her mother.  Times were different then and rough.  Jenny didn't know her mother any other way than

  If you follow me on Instagram or regularly on the blog, then you know our family is about to get bigger.  And very, very soon.  Like, in two more weeks soon.  My first pregnancy, I was a planner and a doer.  I felt I was prepared for the arrival of my child.  Maybe not the actual giving birth part (because, seriously, who is ever really ready for that?), but I knew my stuff.  I had the nursery set up months in advance, clothes laundered and ready, stashes of diapers and rash cream, I had done tons of research and felt ready to tackle any problem from thrush to cradle cap.  Dammit, I was ready!   This time around, I seriously dropped the ball.  First I gave myself an out because the first trimester was completely unbearable.  Then the summer was ending and I felt guilty because I hadn't spent enough time with my kid so we planed a few mini vacations.  Then the holidays.  Oh and my sister's wedding.  Then my kid's last birthday as an only child.  Suddenly I looked at the