Books I Bought at the Book Sale

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman (read 2011)

Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love by Stephanie Dowrick

HTML for Dummies by Ed Tittel and Steven James

The French Chef Cookbook by Julia Child

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

L'etranger by Albert Camus

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Salterton Trilogy by Robertson Davies

The Manticore by Robertson Davies

The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence (New Canadian Library Series)

A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence (NCL)

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock (NCL; read)

As For Me and My House by Sinclair Ross (NCL)

The Lost Salt Gift of Blood by Alistair MacLeod (NCL)

Such Is My Beloved by Morley Callaghan (NCL)

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver (read 12/2015)

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (read 02/2016)

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson (read 2011)

Things That Can Be Substituted for Flour

1/4 cup of ground flaxseed for 1/4 cup of flour in a recipe

(adds omega-3 and fibre)

1/4 cup of wheat bran for 1/4 cup of flour

(adds fibre)

1/4 cup of ground nuts for 1/4 cup of flour

(adds a nuttier flavour, protein, and good fatty acids)

1/4 cup of wheat germ or oat bran for 1/4 cup of flour

(adds extra nutrients)

soy flour for 1/3 of the flour in a recipe

(adds protein)

Credits: Eating Well by Heidi Murkoff

Things I Miss About Being a Christian

community... encouraging community, where people care about each other (or at least that is the ideal, the goal)

asking for prayer... having an opportunity/reason/excuse for sharing when I'm not well

meeting people's expectations... being who they think I am... not being afraid that who I've become will disappoint them

feeling like a good person

music

Things That Are Great About My Mom

she cares about doing a good job

she creates clean, pleasant surroundings

she is organized

she is generous

she is good at her job

she is constantly learning and bettering herself

she takes good care of her possessions

she has successfully taken on the project of renovating her house, largely by herself (tiling, hardwood, new cabinets, granite countertops)

she owns and knows how to use a mitre saw

she gets so much done