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The Saturday 7

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I have to make this one quick. It's going to be the succinct version. 1. It was great to hear from so many of you - both on facebook and in person, that you're mean moms who won't let their kids have phones too. Let's stay strong together! 2. My dream of cozy nights at home hasn't completely died yet. I mean, we only actually sat at the table and had dinner together once this week (🤦), but there was one night that Lena, Levi, and I snuggled on the couch and read five chapters of a book together. Maybe I'll try harder on the dinner thing next week. Baby steps . . . 3. Justin and I took advantage of early voting and cast our votes on Thursday. It was nice to have the option. There were no lines, we were in and out in minutes, and I got the cool sticker I wanted. 😁 I do feel like I should be able to opt out from all political ads and mailers from now on, though. It's too late for me to change my mind! You can stop trying to convince me! 4. We actually had pre
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The Saturday 7

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Apparently these weekly blog posts have become biweekly. (Or is it bimonthly? I've never understood the difference.) I didn't even mean to skip last week. I was just super busy and super exhausted! Let's see if I can make up for it tonight . . . 1. I finished The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt and loved  it.  Seriously, I could gush about it for hours (and some of you have been recipients of that in person - lol). It's written by a self-proclaimed atheist, and refers heavily to evolution, but the research he's done and the conclusions he's drawn are so important! The research clearly shows that unfettered access to the internet (specifically social media, pornography, and video games) is destroying  the next generation. Suicide rates are through the roof, depression and anxiety are reaching epidemic status, and teenagers are not growing up - remaining, instead, perpetual adolescents. The constant onslaught of stimulation has created a generation of kids t
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The Saturday 7

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1. I love working at a school, because kids say the darndest things. I can only imagine the stories teachers have, because I'm with students for a much shorter amount of time per week, but still have some excellent blog fodder. A couple weeks ago, I went down to the second grade classroom to get their library books, and started walking out with my arms full when a girl exclaimed, "Do you work out?!" I'm not sure if she assumed I'm into fitness because of the strength necessary to carry all those books or because of my fit bod, but I took it as a compliment anyway. Never fear, though, before I could let it go to my head, my own child brought me back to reality. I was wearing ankle jeans and my HeyDudes, and Lucy said with a sneer, "You either need longer pants or taller shoes. You have old lady ankles." 🤷 I'm still not sure what constitutes old lady ankles, but I am  an old lady, so it tracks.  A few days later, a little girl was looking at my ID bad
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The Saturday 7

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Sorry for slacking last week. I didn't have anything to report. 🤷 1. I can finally share the "secret project" I've been working on! A couple friends and I are starting a church library! 🎉 I know, I know. You're all thinking of the moldering church library filled with dusty tomes from the 80s rotting on some shelf in your church's basement. And I won't lie. There's still potential for our library to take that turn. Haha. But we've been researching, visiting other church libraries, scouring used book sales and free book events, creating presentations for the deacon board, and making our poor husbands haul things and build things and become way more involved than they signed up for! We spilled the beans in the church bulletin a couple weeks ago, and started asking for donations. But we've been collecting books on our own for months. We found an affordable Library Management System ( libib , if you're interested), and have entered almost 900
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