Each year, it seems our neighbor/friend gift list gets longer and longer. I suppose it comes naturally with living somewhere for a while. You make more friends and acquantances over time. The problem is that we have a fairly limited budget for Christmas, so after making our list, I figured out that we could spend […]
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Tags
It has kind of become an annual tradition with the kids to make our own gift tags. Last year’s were so fun to make, I didn’t know what we would do this year. Luckily, my Christmas present this year is a Cricut machine (bought on deep discount on Black Friday). So I broke out my […]
Christmas ornaments
Every year I try to get the kids to help make an ornament for the Christmas tree, and every year I do all the work. So this year, I tried to find something that they could at least partially help with. I can’t remember where I saw this idea, but it looked easy enough for […]
Christmas Activities
Each year for our advent, I put together a list of activities to do with the kids. Here’s this year’s plan: 1 Get out and play with Little People Nativity set 2 Go see Santa & play at the mall 3 Make decorations for tree 4 Make candy covered Christmas trees (out of sugar cones/icing) […]
November Garden
I haven’t posted a garden update in a while, mainly because the summer heat ravaged the garden and pictures of shriveled plants are not so exciting. Luckily, I slacked off on pulling out the dead looking plants and now we’ve got garden-fresh tomatoes! Who knew we could grow tomatoes in November? There are larger ones which […]
A tried and true recipe
Because I know you all are dying to know how it is I catch every bug that comes through town, here is my top secret recipe for getting yourself (and your kids and spouse) really, really sick. The first ingredient you need is a really nasty virus. Where you pick this up is up to […]
National holiday
Today is a little holiday {hardly} known as “Make Your Bed Day“…a holiday we obviously don’t observe. We will, however, be celebrating tomorrow’s holiday: “Chocolate Milkshake Day“. Yep – that’s one we never miss!
SuperNanny would have a field day
I love the show Supernanny. You know the show: out-of-control kids are driving mom and dad to the point of suicide, but supernanny comes in and helps them turn their little devil children into snugglicious angels. Even though my main motivation for watching the show is to feel better about my own parenting ineptness (because I would […]
Bad Sales Pitches
About every three months or so, I get a kid on my doorstep trying to sell me something (usually magazines or the newspaper). The sales pitch is always the same. “I’m from a poor neighborhood and I’m trying to earn money for college/gain leadership skills/help my community (take your pick) by selling this garbage” blah blah […]
I am just a bit grumpy
A while back, my mom got DD a cute little Care Bear stuffed animal that came complete with a video. I’ve decided there is a fate worth than death in this world. It’s called watching the Care Bears! How absolutely horribly mind numbing it truly is. I can’t even tell you how horrible it is […]