Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

and then I didn’t even get a Squishmallow happy meal, so my justification for giving into McDonald’s (when really I just knowingly ran errands hungry) didn’t even work. Dang it!

On the other hand, though, my hubby and I have gotten to bed a bit earlier the last two nights, AND I just finished Kayla Miller’s Break, which should make certain of my children pretty happy. The latest installment in Miller’s ‘Olive’ books introduces Olive’s dad and deals with her ambivalence about his return into her regular life after living in New Zealand for a few years; it also touches on phone and social media use. (And while I wanted to shake Olive and spell out the mistakes she is so obviously making, Miller’s handling of the situation works much better.) The series seems to be trending in a ‘getting deeper’ direction, which is a nice thing to see; fans should definitely enjoy this one, and younger middle graders attracted to realistic fiction would do well to give Olive a chance.

In other news, I’m liking the Finch app as motivation for accomplishing the regular small things that sometimes fall by the wayside, my dad’s 82nd birthday was yesterday, and I’m making chicken recipe after chicken recipe since Ream’s had boneless skinless chicken breasts on for $1.59/lb last week. Hope everyone else is having a good January!