Ellie@Home by Nicole Kapise-Perkins

Enthusiastic 8 year-old hugs and hot tea.

I study, I work, and sometimes I cook. And when looking at the text for business law one more minute makes me want to bite my computer, I write a short blog post. Today I give you my Study-Time Top 15. These are artists, not songs. Fifteen songs would get me 6 pages in. I need closer to 6 hours. You're welcome. 1. DJ Silence 2. Delerium 3. Clannad 4. David Gilmour 5. Enigma 6. Two Steps From Hell 7. George Winston 8. Tim Janis 9. William Ackerman 10. Underworld 11. Lindsey Sterling 12. Mediaeval Baebes 13. The Piano Guys 14. Yanni 15. Cu Dubh You see here a list ranging from sweeping instrumental pieces (Tim Janis) to piano solos (George Winston); rocking bagpipes (Cu Dubh) to AMAZING guitar (Mr. Gilmour) to trance-techno (Underworld) and all kids of other stuff thrown in. You can check out DJ Silence here: http://heaven.chillout.zone/

Hello Friends,    As seems to be my habit, I have been long away. All of my daily tasks tend to turn into a whirlwind of whatever, and my poor blog is always the first thing to be sacrificed. So what's up @Home, anyway?    September 4 I started studying Business Administration at Bay Path University. My concentration is in Strategic Human Resource Management. I was promoted to Human Resource Manager in April, and by July I realized I had found my niche. My first love will always be Literature, but I have found myself in a career I enjoy and want to stay in. Bachelor of Science, here I come! (Well, in 2019, anyway)    Session I went well. One of my classes, 'Women as Empowered Learners and Leaders,' was both insightful and fun. This session I'm working on business law and marketing principles. Dry. As. Dust. (Sorry Professors!) The semesters are broken down into three six-week sessions, two classes each session. Twelve weeks of classes squashed into...

Anyone who has visited Ellie's Home at least once knows how much I LOVE books, and how much I enjoy sharing them with, well, everyone! Here is a great holiday idea I found on BookBub! And yes, it's still much too early to really think about the holidays, but if you're looking to buy 24 storybooks (or 7 or 21, depending on which holiday you celebrate), you may want to start a little early! https://media.bookbub.com/blog/2016/12/19/gift-wrap-books-for-christmas-ideas/?popupdelay=0

Three Things : An Irish proverb tells us there are three slender things that support the world: a stream of cow’s milk into a pail, a growing blade of corn, and a thread being woven into cloth. To the ancient Celts, these things were staples of life. In The Celtic Spirit, Caitlin Matthews asks that we consider what three ordinary things support ou...

I'm not a die-hard Martha Stewart fan...in fact I don't actually recall reading her magazine anywhere but at the dentist's office. So why did I feel the need to pick up the issue I saw at the grocery store? Absolutely for the promise of the ropa vieja recipe. Who doesn't love the smell of  slow-cooked beef stew? Because this is a slow-cooker recipe, I'm able to toss everything together and left it quietly do it's thing, slowly filling the house with deliciousness while I scrub the bathroom (no fun but entirely necessary). I am not ashamed to admit that most of Martha Stewart's recipes are over my head. I'm a home-cook, not  an uber-cook. (That title belongs to my sister who has a degree in culinary arts and has worked in amazing places like Wales and Cape Cod. For those of you home-cooks who can whip up a Martha recipe with one hand stirring and the other guiding you young reader across the page, I totally salute you. Please excuse me while I wallow ...