Archive for January, 2010

Two More Days!

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

John and I have been counting down the days to February 2nd. Not because we are groundhog fans, but because that is the day that the new 39 Clues book comes out. This will be book 7, The Viper’s Nest.
Last spring when I was surveying mothers of 10 year old boys for recommended reading […]

Excuses, Excuses

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

I am way behind in blogging, but at least I have some good excuses. Well, the first isn’t a good excuse, but it is true. I just haven’t had anything interesting to say.
The second excuse is much better: I used all my creative energies for a couple weeks putting together the new allstarone.org website. […]

Our Last Pinewood Derby

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Is it wrong to feel so smug after John won his den race? Well, I can’t help it – beating ones friends is always fun. Especially when they are men. John finished out of the money in the pack final, but that didn’t matter since the den race is all I really care about.
Sadly, […]

Final Thoughts on India

Monday, January 11th, 2010

We had a great trip, but there are a few things I’d do differently.
1. Not fly home when Washington is experiencing a blizzard.
2. Spend an extra day in Ranthambore. Khem Villas was so comfortable and welcoming and I would have liked to get in a lot more hours of birding there. [Scott] And two safaris are […]

Birds of India

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Just a couple of more posts and then we are all done with India.
One of my favorite parts of India was all the birds. From the first morning when I looked out our hotel window in Delhi and saw parrots to our last rest stop on the way to the airport when I saw two […]