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So I’m Going to be a Mother of 3 Boys

March 5, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 13 Comments

I'm expecting at the end of the summer and my two boys are now going to have another brother.  Having grown up with all sisters, having all boys in the house kind of feels like this. It's not like that ALL the time.  They do get sick every now and then. But honestly boys are a lot ... Read More »

 Posted on: March 5, 2014 1:16 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Funny, Journal
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Paradise is Lost and I’m Going to Find It

April 13, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 2 Comments

I'm finally reading Paradise Lost by Milton!  My main motivation (besides it sitting on my shelf for 8+ years because I couldn't understand it the first time) was that the character Jace reads it in The Mortal Instrument series.  I figured if Jace can read it, then so can I. Cassandra Clare, who wrote The Mortal Instrument series, ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 13, 2012 10:54 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Journal
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WHERE IN HADES IS MY BOOK?

January 6, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 7 Comments

There are two awesome book signings in Utah this month: Cinder by Marissa Meyer and Everneath by Brodi Ashton. My favorite thing about book signings is reading their books and then getting to ask them questions about it. Plus meeting them. Yeah, yeah and the signature, too. Luckily, Cinder is already released and Marissa Meyer won't be ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 6, 2012 4:01 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Funny, Journal
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My First Journal

July 28, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 2 Comments

I started this journal when I was 4 years-old in 1988. (I'm 27.  Stop counting.) The first entry is written by my mom since I was too young to write and it talks about how I learned in church about journals and wanted to start one. I scribbled in it, traced my hand, and drew ... Read More »

 Posted on: July 28, 2011 7:40 pm By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Journal
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I Only Read One Book at a Time…Kind of

July 25, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 2 Comments

I was sad to break my blogging streak, but I went on vacation this past weekend at Mirror Lake in Utah.  I had blogged for 35 days straight without missing a day.  It had to end sometime. I probably won't write much about the vacation because it's hard for me to write about what's happening in ... Read More »

 Posted on: July 25, 2011 2:22 pm By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Journal, Kindle
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