1. Paying less than $3.00/gallon for gas. I remember back in college when gas was hovering right under a dollar and I wondered if it would really go that high. Ha! Now I call it a bargain if it drops below $2.50. Yikes. Check this out for tips on saving money on gas. (reminder - [...]
Today Blackbird has asked to see some decorations. Here it is:
Just kidding! That still cracks me up until I cry…in a good way.
My favorite kind of decorating involves taking ordinary items and making them look festive. For example, our ever famous train picture. I seem to post it all the time, not because I love [...]
I will do a meme from a cool blogging momma who tagged me the other day, MyNewFriend at Blest With Sons.
Thanks for encouraging me to move on and post something else tonight. Whew! What a day. I was out all evening with Karli, listening to some beautiful music and feeling a great sense of renewal. [...]
***update - the writer M**** is no longer blogging publicly and has asked that I help protect her privacy so I’ve removed her name from this post and comments and removed any links I had up to her previous site, which no longer exists but which had a URL bearing her first and last name.***
I [...]
It looks like I won that Blogs of Beauty award by a very slim margin. Thanks to whoever nominated me and to all of you who voted.
Most of all, thanks to everyone who stuck with me through “the twinge” and stoked my ego in the process.
Now, no matter where I go, no matter [...]
You know the ones I’m talking about. Your Uncle Biff or your Father-in-Law, your 30 year-old Dual Income No Kids neighbors, your babysitter or your kids’ school teachers.
These are the people who either have EVERYTHING, don’t want ANYTHING or maybe you don’t really know them at all but feel obligated to get them a gift [...]
This is a picture of me taking the picture to go in our Christmas cards this year. I didn’t put the picture we chose up here because if you are a real, flesh and blood friend or relative, I will send you one and I want you to be surprised. It is RIDICULOUSLY cute!
Laylee loves [...]
For show and tell today, I’m so excited to show off my NEW VAN! Well, new used van. It’s a few-year-old Toyota Sienna and I love it so much. Our trusted mechanic spent the day with it and said it’s in the best shape of any car he’s inspected in the last 3 months – [...]
Oh, really?
So LATE Thanksgiving night, my family was all asleep and I was up planning my shopping strategy. When I went to go to bed, I climbed up on the window sill to turn off the really tall pole lamp that should be hooked up to some sort of normal-height light switch.
I fell down.
Hard.
All —lbs [...]
11.29.05 Keeping a Toddler Occupied on a Rainy Day
11.22.05 Making Time for Yourself
11.15.05 “Cleaning” Your House Quick - somebody’s coming over
11.08.05 Eating More Vegetables
11.01.05 Dejunking without Waste
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