New link

I've added a new link to my "blogs I love to read". Usually I don't do a whole post about a new blog I'm addicted to (mainly because I'm not going to admit to how many blogs I'm addicted to reading!). However, this one seems worth it to me, and I think it may be worth it for some of you out there. If not now, maybe someday. Anyway, today at my MOPS group, we had a woman named Karen Hossink come to speak to us. She talks about being an Irritable Mother. Specifically she talks about "confessions of an irritable mother" and how God is using the difficulties of mothering to challenge and shape her. I'm not going to type out her bio or go into great detail about her story. You can read about her on her website and blog. However, I do want to say that I have been challenged by her and encouraged by her. I didn't buy her book...but I have a friend who's going to let me borrow it to read it. I think it will be worth reading more than any fiction book I find. I guess what I'm trying to say is that despite the fact that many of the joys and fun parts of mothering get posted here by me, there are also other aspects of mothering that are harder to admit. The hard parts are real life, and those are (some of) the places where God is working in me.

Sometimes you just need a good book

So lately I've been a little...let's just say emotional. (Have you read my last few posts? I can hardly read them without more tears!) I needed a good lighthearted book, and thankfully a book that I've been anticipating came in for me this past weekend at the library. I've already finished it, and it's one where I wanted to read it as fast as I could because I loved it so much, but also wanted to read slowly just so it wouldn't be done too quickly! One of my favorite authors is Janet Evanovich, simply because her writing makes me laugh throughout the book. She has an odd sense of humor and a great imagination, which together make me sit and giggle as I read. Needless to say, Jason does tend to look at me like I'm a little odd while I'm reading her books. I try and explain the funny parts, but her humor is really only understood if you read the book and know the characters.

The book I just read is her newest from her Stephanie Plum Series, called Lean Mean Thirteen. If you need a good read that will make you laugh with a bunch of odd humor and characters, read through this series. I don't think you'll regret it!