Lance is a former weatherman turned stay at home dad. While his wife Darlene, the one with ambition works to start her new business a diner, which she and business partner Alec hope will turn into a franchise. Alec lives down the street and can't see past branding, even his own family it seems. Wren his wife at home is trying to live up to his ( Read more... )

Breaking Even: Kathleen Kole
Penelope has been engaged to Ben for three years now, but is still yet to set a date. Helping her future sister in law one morning with her nephews Pen meets Scott, or single Dad to Pen and her two future sister in laws. Scott sparks something in Pen who makes her question her relationship with Ben and what she really ( Read more... )

Ralph and Smith are roommates ands friends, they have been for years. Jem is their new female roommate that just moved in, who started a relationship with Smith, but Ralph is smitten with her. Though in a relationship with Jem Smith is obsessed with Cheri, the girl upstairs who happens To be having an affair with Karl, half of the couple that lives ( Read more... )

Telling the story from the perspective of someone on the edge this novel tells the story of a group of friends(?) in the 1920's. S group that lives a rich lavish lifestyle though you are never sure if they actually deserve the riches and how they are holding on to it currently, but none of them seem to know how to live any other way. It is a ( Read more... )

Ok I will admit it has Bren a few years since I went to the grand canyon, but in my opinion it is not a place you forget. Also, I do send people there regularly.
The grand canyon is one of the seven wonders of the world and earns that in my opinion. The canyon is 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide with a depth of over 1 mile, the Colorado river ( Read more... )

Holly is a new receptionist at a corporate bank, this book follows her emails as she learns the ropes. She learns about her coworkers, makes friends and enemies. The book is written all in email format and the reader is left piecing together what had happened that the character were together at or said to each other. But, in my opinion that makes ( Read more... )

I have been thinking alot lately about my creativity and my lack of it and motivation to try and be creative. I go through phases where I can be very creative then go where I have to work hard to be creative. The problem I have is when I get pulled into a time it is hard for me to be creative while I have other drains on my creativity and energy, ( Read more... )

Thought I would talk some about Seattle today. You would think that being from Portland I would go to Seattle all the time. Not the case, I went more when I was in high school on youth group trips and girl scout trips and visiting family who was up there at the time. Since then I haven't been till this last January. There was an exhibit that Chris ( Read more... )

This book follows Cassie and Peck, half sisters who's Aunt Lydia has just passed away and left the house to the two of them. In the will Lydia tells the girls to "seek a thing of utmost value" in the house and stipulates that they have to spend one last summer in the house together. The girls are opposites and spending summers with Lydia at house ( Read more... )

I figured this week we would do a close to home place travel (at least for me as an oregonian). With the price of gas going up local driving trips became popular a few years ago and in my opinion are still popular. Personally, for me I would/have made this as a day trip, but there are lots of hotel options with a variety of amenities and prices in ( Read more... )