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March 20, 2015 Jen

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Chicago Area folks, Mark your calendars! I will be at the Homegrown Makers Fair in McHenry next month, Sunday Nov 18, 10-3. I have lots of things that will make great gifts for teachers, neighbors, and friends. #craftfair #mchenrycounty #makersfair #chicagosuburbs #handmadeholiday #giftideas

GMorning, GNight by Lin-Manuel Miranda and illustrated by Jonny Sun. The internet can be a pretty terrible place, but there’s a little corner of Twitter where the brilliant, charismatic, kind-hearted, infinitely talented Lin-Manuel Miranda sprinkles sunshine and kindness. This book is a collection of tweets he’s posted over several years, marking the beginning and end of his day, which started as a way to impart control over himself and step away from his phone. But his little tweets resonated with people, who insisted they be made into a book. This is that book. They are arranged in pairs, one gmorning and one gnight to bookend the day, and on his forward, he says they are the things he needed to hear and he changed the pronoun. They are encouraging and kind, funny and quirky, honest and empathetic, emotional and intelligent, goofy and fun. This isn’t a long read, but definitely one I’ll keep on the nightstand and flip through when I need that little voice in my head of LMM to get me through. He is definitely one of the greatest minds of our time and I love how honest and real, smart and energetic he is in everything he does, and I appreciate his contribution to my time on the Internet each day. 5/5 stars ⭐️ #18readingchallenge #justjoshinreads #2018readingchallenge #goodreads #readersofinstagram #readersofig #booksofinstagram #gmorninggnight #linmanuelmiranda #linstagram

Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis. This is a sweet little story of Emma Jean Lazarus, the quirky middle schooler who doesn’t quite fit in or fit in with her peers. She uses her analytical mind to try to help solve the problems of her classmates, with predictably bad result. I found this book on a couple lists of books with neurodiverse characters and while it’s not specifically stated, Emma Jean certainly possesses characteristics of Autsim Spectrum. It’s interesting to read the story from her point of view, how she perceives situations and the other kids in her school. She’s a wonderfully rich character and the book was a nice slice of middle school life. 4/5 stars ⭐️ #18readingchallenge #justjoshinreads #2018readingchallenge #goodreads #readersofinstagram #readersofig #booksofinstagram #youngatheartyareader #ireadya #neurodiversity #representationmatters

I made myself another bag last week, last possible minute. I finished it about 5 minutes before I left to pick up the kids at school to head downtown to see Hamilton! After a year and a half entering every day, I actually won the ticket lottery so one of my kids and I got to go to the Room Where it Happens. (Still entering every day so I can take the other kid.) We day in the 2nd row and had a wonderful time. Someone from the crew even gave my son prop papers from the show. I needed a decent sized bag so I could carry the noise blocking headphones and some other misc kid-support materials so of course I needed a new bag! The front is paper pieced design made with @modafabrics Grunge and pattern from @fandominstitches and the bag pattern is Out of Time Tote from @dogundermydesk with the zipper moved down slightly on the front to line up with the top of the star. Lining is music note fabric I’ve had for years and never knew what I’d use it for, and it ended up being perfect! #dogundermydesk #dogundermydeskpatterns #hamiltonchicago #theroomwhereithappens #fiscommunity #fandominstitches #hamiltonmusical

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera. This book is a collection of essays written by a wide assortment of Americans about their experiences of otherness in America. It should be an essential read for everyone. Each of these stories is different, personal and important. Some were born in the US of immigrant parents, some came here as children or teens, some are Native Americans trying to preserve their culture, every one of them is inspirational and should be heard. When so many see immigrants as a plight and a threat, it’s important to remember that they are people, with history, kids, families, dreams, who came here for opportunity and safety and freedom and a better life. This book made me laugh and cry, the stories are touching and honest, funny and thoughtful. It made me angry and embarrassed and also made me hopeful. We need to do better for all Americans, whether they came here recently or were here long before. 5/5 stars ⭐️ #18readingchallenge #justjoshinreads #2018readingchallenge #goodreads #readersofinstagram #readersofig #booksofinstagram #americanlikeme #immigrantswegetthejobdone

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green. I finished this book in a single day, it was difficult to put down and grabbed my interest from the very beginning. The characters are deep and complex and the narrator, April May, is deeply, complexly flawed and frankly difficult to like. We meet her when she happens upon a 10-foot samurai-robot statue at 3 am, on her way home from a job she hates, and calls her college friend to come make a video of it. When she wakes up the next afternoon, she finds the video has gone viral and is a much bigger deal than just a cool statue and a goofy video. What follows is the improbable world she’s thrust into as social media sensation amid a global phenomenon. Her supporting cast of characters are all decent, intelligent, level-headed and pleasant, but go along with April’s endless string of poor decisions, self-aggrandizement and narcissism, and they all pay a price. I found the story interesting enough to read in a day, and the characters well-developed, but the plot just seemed implausible and somehow like I’d read it before. There were definite undertones of Ready Player One and other early adult interrelationship storylines which made it seem familiar. It’s a decent book and the writing is good, it reads like a conversation, even if the story is a little unbelievable and the main character repeatedly disappoints everyone in her life and you might actively root against her. 4/5 stars #18readingchallenge #justjoshinreads #2018readingchallenge #goodreads #readersofinstagram #readersofig #booksofinstagram #bookofthemonthclub

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Harry Potter Hufflepuff House Fandom Cross-body Bag Zip and Go Hipster Fandom Purse - RTS Handmade Cute Custom Bag - Hogwarts by JustJoshinCreations
Be a Mermaid Style Cross-body Bag Zip and Go Hipster Fandom Purse - RTS Handmade Cute Custom Bag - by JustJoshinCreations
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