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"A ROOM WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A BODY WITHOUT A SOUL" ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

• Making Your Home Meaningful | Author: Bre Doucette | 223 pages | Available Here  | 

Aspiring decorators will learn how to identify their personal style, implement it throughout their home, and effortlessly switch out key decor elements to celebrate seasons and holidays. What is the hardest part of home decorating? It’s figuring out how to get started. Bre Doucette, author of The Gift of Home and creator of the Rooms for Rent blog, helps you get over this crucial first step with proven and practical advice on how to discover your style and then apply it to every space in your home. Once these major decorating decisions have been made, the second half of the book shows you how easy it is to add seasonal touches that still retain the same look of the rest of your home, adding a festive, celebratory feel throughout the year. Making Your Home Meaningful will help you decorate and create heartfelt, authentic spaces that truly make your house a home you love living in.

• The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon, book 6) | Author: Dan Brown |688 pages | Available Here

Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon—a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript. Langdon finds himself targeted by a powerful organization and hunted by a chilling assailant sprung from Prague’s most ancient mythology. As the plot expands into London and New York, Langdon desperately searches for Katherine . . . and for answers. In a thrilling race through the dual worlds of futuristic science and mystical lore, he uncovers a shocking truth about a secret project that will forever change the way we think about the human mind.

• Battle for the American Mind, uprooting a century of miseducation | Pete Hegseth | 288 pages | Available Here

Behind a smokescreen of “preparing students for the new industrial economy,” early progressives had political control in mind. America’s original schools didn’t just make kids memorize facts or learn skills; they taught them to think freely and arrive at wisdom. They assigned the classics, inspired love of God and country, and raised future citizens that changed the world forever. Today, after 16,000 hours of K-12 indoctrination, our kids come out of government schools hating America. They roll their eyes at religion and disdain our history. We spend more money on education than ever, but kids can barely read and write—let alone reason with discernment. Western culture is on the ropes. Kids are bored and aimless, flailing for purpose in a system that says racial and gender identity is everything. Battle for the American Mind is the untold story of the Progressive plan to neutralize the basis of our Republic – by removing the one ingredient that had sustained Western Civilization for thousands of years. Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin explain why, no matter what political skirmishes conservatives win, progressives are winning the war—and control the “supply lines” of future citizens. Reversing this reality will require parents to radically reorient their children’s education; even most homeschooling and Christian schooling are infused with progressive assumptions. We need to recover a lost philosophy of education – grounded in virtue and excellence – that can arm future generations to fight for freedom. It’s called classical Christian education. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. Battle for the American Mind is more than a book; it’s a field guide for remaking school in the United States. We’ve ceded our kids’ minds to the left for far too long—this book gives patriotic parents the ammunition to join an insurgency that gives America a fighting chance. Whether you're a conservative looking to push back against the progressive agenda or simply someone who cares about the education of our children, this book is for you.

• Hocus Pocus - the first one. I didn't care for the second one.

• It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - this show never gets old!

• When Harry met Sally - I love this movie! 

• You've got mail - ♥️♥️

• Legends of the fall - Brad Pitt in this movie, sigh

• St. Elmos fire - I haven't watched this in a long time 

• Harry Potter (all 8) - of course this can be watched anytime but...

• The Wizard of Oz - Remember when this would come on over Thanksgiving holiday? 

• Good will hunting - I miss Robin Williams 

• Dead poets society - do you miss Robin Williams to?

• Witches of Eastwick - these ladies give Jack Nicholson a run for his money 

• Moonstruck - "That's Amore"

• Stepmom - not all Stepmoms are evil

• Remember the titans - everyone needs to watch a good football movie 

• The goonies (original) - my middle son LOVES this movie 

• Clue - This movie cracks me up 

• Sleepy Hallow - 👍

• Ghost busters (original) - never looked at marshmallows the same again 😆

• Rudy - another good football movie 

• Shutter island - I have the book saved in my wishlist