Just Another Manic Monday

Sorry for being incommunicado this week. My family and I took in several Passover/Holy Week services and activities, and we celebrated our oldest daughter's ninth birthday. I always realize how tightly I sandwich myself in schedule-wise when I add in one more thing and suddenly, I'm dropping my blogging, reading, running, and writing like a panicked juggler.

The week was memorable and sweet, however. Most of my reading was religious in nature, but I did finish a Marian Keyes novel which I sucked down like a piece of chocolate cake. Also, I worked through a book about the "tween years" with my nine-year-old daughter, and read Beverly Cleary's The Mouse and the Motorcycle to my Irish twins. (This is the month of the year when we have two children the same age--who aren't twins and are not adopted. That is to say, I gave birth twice in a twelve month period. This year, we have two six year olds. IknowIknowIknow. I've heard all the jokes).

Bookish highlight of the week? I bought Tracy Chevalier's new novel Remarkable Creatures. Paid top dollar for it, too. Hardback. I was wondering when she was going to crank out another one. I'm going to review it for Vloggy Friday this week, which I am not going to forget about (I say, with a watery smile). I'll post my review for Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes on Wednesday. In addition to Tracy's new one, I'll be continuing to work through Zinsser's Writing to Learn.

Sheila is hosting the April 12x12 Challenge, so go check her out. (I'm sure you already do on a regular basis. That girl's blog is hoppin').

How was your Easter/Passover/Spring break? Here's a picture of my son washing his hands at his first Passover seder.