We don’t get the newspaper any more. It isn’t that I’m filling the gap by getting local news online. Quite the contrary. We watch two different local TV stations over the lunch hour to find out what is going on in our area ...
Have you noticed a recurring theme around here lately? If you haven’t then you have missed out on a lot of great Halloween-inspired content! In prior years, we’ve talked about decorating for Halloween and what to do with leftove ...
You’ve heard the phrase time is money. A couple weeks back I told you about the Dized app to help you learn how to play board games because instructions can often take a lot of time to read and comprehend and, you know, who has time for tha ...
A couple weeks ago we had new neighbors move in around the corner and as is our custom, we welcomed them to the neighborhood with a plateful of treats. They returned the plate a week later with a lovely chrysanthemum plant. That’s wha ...
Grrrr… Facebook! As much as I try to ignore those stupid ads they put between my friends’ posts, they finally figured out what will make me stop scrolling… cuteness overload. I was in the middle of trying to get some thing ...
Having a pet is more than, well, HAVING a pet. Tink is the first dog that has been part of our family since the girls have been old and responsible enough to be primary pet caregivers. It takes a lot of trial and error to learn the ins and ...
This is hard for me to do, but I have a confession to make. For those of you that know me, this will be hard to believe… but it’s true. It all started when I hung up the bird feeders. Each day I would enjoy enjoy watching the bi ...
While sitting at the girls’ symphony chair placement auditions a couple weeks ago, I couldn’t help but listen to the teenagers on the bench across from me chat about all kinds of things. Most of it was idle chit chat; typical te ...
As Halloween approaches, costumes are hitting store shelves and pop-up stores are showing up in strip malls. Every year, we can bet money on what characters will be knocking on our door come October 31st. The latest blockbuster movies, TV s ...
Last Saturday I agreed to take Kennedy to the trampoline park to celebrate her birthday with a couple of friends. She coordinated it late and sent a final text to two friends on Friday at 11pm with details: trampoline park at 10:30 AM. She ...
