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Guys, I took this silly selfie for you. I’m not a professional book photographer and so it’s difficult for me to take good pictures of just books(if you want some pretty pictures of books though, and great recommendations, head to @anystorywilldo). ___ Also, these glasses probably have the tiniest amount of prescription possible in them. I never wear them except to smart-people parties, which I never go to, and so I guess I really never wear them. ___ Anyway, let’s come back from #tangentland. One reading goal I have for this year is to read at least one book a month that I would recommend to someone else. And now I have the brilliant idea to actually give those books away! ___ If you couldn’t infer from the photo and these words, this time I’ll be giving away a copy of When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. I wrote out my thoughts and some favorite quotes from the book on my most recent post on my blog so click over there if you want to know what I think. ___ To enter to win the book: -Follow me! -Like this really attractive selfie of me in my (almost) fake glasses. -Tag someone who you think might like this book or my blog or my face! -More tags=more entries. This giveaway is sponsored by Fake Glasses. #fakeglasses #bookgiveaway #booksofinstagram #readacrossamerica #nationalreadabookday #reading #bookofthemonth #adrilarsreads #adrilarsblog #adrilarswrites (at Spokane, Washington)

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Looking at pictures of me pregnant kind of makes my stomach turn. That’s just not me, I’m not eternally pregnant so I see this and it just makes me uncomfortable. ⠀⠀ But the reason I’m posting this is because I wrote out the story of when we found out I was pregnant with Alice. ⠀⠀ If you’ve had any form of contact with us in the last year and a half we’ve probably already told you this story. And for the other 3 people on the planet that we haven’t told well here it is. Or there it is, on my blog. ⠀⠀ It’s not an especially interesting story but I think it’s funny. I smell Tyler’s breath, take the test out of spite, good times. #adrilarswrites #adrilarsblog #pregnancy #imnotpregnant #alicejeanbean #blogging #writerswhoblog #authorsofinstagram #ashortstory #pregnancystory (at Spokane, Washington)

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Wishing it was spring. #Alternativecaption: This is a pretty picture of some pretty flowers because there are none in Spokane right now, that I’ve seen. It’s windy and cold and raining off and on and so now you know the weather. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also, check my stories today for a really interesting story about my eyelids. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #weather #raining #spring #cold #dsfloral #acolorstory #flowerschool #flowers #adrilarswrites #adrilars #provo #springflorals #spokanewa (at Provo, Utah)

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Three years ago while I was teaching, I loopholed my way into using the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty in my classroom. Not really a loophole, the movie is actually based on a short story written a long time ago—fair game in English teacher land. . . My students were not happy. The short story is really boring if you don’t know what to look for. And I wanted to discuss the movie but my students just wanted watch it while they picked their noses. After a lot of heel-digging they finally got into it and we came up with some pretty good stuff. ⠀⠀ . . To quote myself, “My students and I came up with a theory: telling someone or telling yourself to ‘live your dreams’ is stupid.” ⠀⠀ . . If you want to know why we think it’s stupid, you’ll have to finish reading the story when you click that *direct* link in my profile. Thanks for reading! . . #waltermitty #storyteller #storytelling #adrilarswrites #thepurposeoflife #tessakatecreates (at Spokane, Washington)

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Another book review for you! #abookiread ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This time, a cookbook! I won’t claim to be an expert on food or cooking, but I think I’m pretty close to expert level at eating food. So that’s why I feel I have merit in reviewing a cookbook. It’s the first one that, from us, has a 100% delicious rating from the recipes we’ve made. It is the *fairly* new @smittenkitchen book by @debperelman. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I read an interview she did. The interviewer asked her why she didn’t hire professional photographers or writers. She said that she wanted to be the one to create genuine content for her readers. And then at the end she added, “...and I’m lazy.” Which I thought was hilarious. And a little like me.😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #cookbookreview #smittenkitchen #bestrecipes #recipesuccess #adrilarsblog #adrilarswrites #bookreview #bookreviews #booksofinstagram (at Spokane, Washington)

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One thing we talk about often is the fact that when we’re done with school we won’t have built in long breaks at random times throughout the year. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We try really hard to live it up when there is no homework or tests or projects. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Often that turns into feeling lazy, or stressed that we’re not YOLO-ing(do the kids still say that?). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sometimes though we plan a few fun things and then fill the rest with what we feel like we want to do in the moment. This break ended up being one of those times. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Other times we usually end up reminding each other that this is our vacay time and it’s okay to do what we want. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do you have any tricks for soaking in your break time? I often find myself trying to find ways to be where I am. I’d love to know what you do that’s helpful! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I posted a little life-ish update on my blog. Just a little about where we are and what we did and didn’t do(ha!) on break! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #bewhereyouare #springbreak2018 #playgrounds #swingsets #myshortstory #alicejeanbean #writers #copywriters #writerslife #blogginglife #blogger #storiesforus #larsenpost #adrilarswrites #adrilarsblog #adrilarslife #gradschoollife #ptschool (at Comstock, Spokane)

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I call this look, ‘Who, me?’ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Pictures of just me feel REAL dumb while taking them, but then I see them and think, yup, pretty dumb. But then I look a little closer and I see me. The silly, goofy, doesn’t-know-what-to-do-with-her-limbs me. And that side of me is pretty fun and cool. This new blog post is not about how fun I am. Although I can write that one if you all are interested in that topic. This one is about my new👖! Don’t they look good? They are technically Mom jeans, but I laid out a pretty solid argument for why we should stop calling them that. Enjoy! Any other weirdly named clothing items that we need to change? 👚👗👠 • • • #momjeans #adrilarswrites #adrilarsisregular #adrilarsblog #adrilars #adrilarsjeans #adrilarsfashion #adrilarsisamodel #model #motherhoodrising #motherhoodsimplified #momswithcameras #mombod #whome #ootm #bymyself #themomlight (at Spokane, Washington)

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Sometimes someone says something and even though it may be an idea you’ve heard a thousand times it was the way that someone said it that actually made that something stick to your heart. The piece I just posted on my blog is one of those somethings. We all know we’re capable of change. We all know we can be better than we used to be. But maybe this time, the way I’ve explained it will actually make you feel that you are capable of being better. I hope you’ll read it. And if it resonates with you, feel free to tag someone who you think might also like to hear it. And there is a confession in there that will either make you feel validated or disgusted. So if nothing else you should at least read it for that. #betterthanyourdefault #adjustyoursettings #adrilarswrites #adrilarsblog #personalgrowth #writing #writingtime #sharegoodness #dobetter (at Spokane, Washington)