i've been reading alot...

but you've never know since I haven't been keeping up with my documentation here.

I finished Momzillas which was one of the funniest mom lit books I've read so far. It had very strong plotline similarities to Class Mothers, but I guess that is okay. I'm glad I am not part of the crowd that cares about getting into the "best" pre-preschool--I don't even know which one that would be here in STL.

After Momzillas, I moved on to The Marriage Diaries by Rebecca Campbell. It was British, there was a kid, but I didn't really like it. I really didn't like the middle of the book and almost gave up on it. The basic premise is that a stay-at-home dad begins to document his time at home with his son, and his working wife stumbles across his journal entries to find that he spends time with a mom from playgroup. So almost in an act of pre-revenge, she has an affair with a married friend, while the husband comes close, but never ends up cheating. So the wife cheated on her husband because she thought her husband was cheating, when he wasn't really. And then to top it off, the book ended with her quitting her job to stay home with her kids (one on the way whose paternity wasn't really addressed). I'm still looking for the book where she quits her job then goes back to work full-time! Does such a book exist?

I have been taking a break from the fictional world to read some non-fiction. I was a Really Good Mom before I had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood by Amy Nobile and Trisha Ashworth really helped me address certain expectations I had for myself regarding my roles as wife and mother and employee and helped me address the guilt I have for still working after having a baby. I have had it done for a few days now but I'm waiting to return it until I can methodically work through the super easy exercises they have. The last chapter is about living in the moment and it was a great reminder that these days are fleeting. I would have appreciated it even more if it had been written from a Christian perspective. Maybe someone should write that book... I feel like this book gave me permission to not always have my house clean and to let the laundry go for another day if it means spending quality time with the baby. I know it seems silly, but I do need to hear that.

Now I'm reading Working families: navigating the demands and delights of marriage, parenting, and career by Joy Jordan-Lake. This is a Christian living book about how to be a spouse, parent and employee and find and follow your life's "calling", whatever that may be, whether it is the same as your job or not. I hope that she talks more about the balancing and juggling act of handling all these responsibilities.

On the horizon I have the Last Summer of You and Me by Ann Brashares who wrote the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series for YAs and Austenland, which looks like every Austenite's dream.

K