This is why…
...I scrapbook. To share, preserve and put together in a single place photos like these. This is my Grandma and my mom in 1936. My Mom and me in 1968. Me and my baby boy in [...]
Pickles and Progress
So last weekend I did something new. I made homemade pickles. Yum, right? Well, let's just see about that. Photo 1: boy takes (very small) bite of pickle. Photo 2, 3 and 4: Boy responds to [...]
First Day of School
It's the first day of school here today...a nice, sunny, not too hot August day. A perfect day for new beginnings. There is something about the first day of school that always makes me misty eyed. [...]
Scrunch rules!
On my list of things I never thought I'd be blogging about, revealing the inside of my refrigerator and now, blogging about the rules of the card game scrunch are right at the top. I have [...]
Summer: The good, the bad, and the itchy.
I am still feeling a bit out of place, right smack dab in summer. How did this happen? Why wasn't I more prepared? Perhaps it was that spring completely skipped out this year...remember that Easter that [...]
Teacher Gift Ideas
Some of you asked what I did for teacher gifts. This blog post is in response to that request. Luckily, I snapped a few photos...because I had a little suspicion someone just might ask. :) Some [...]
The Last Day of School…
...is tomorrow! Which is really late for us (thanks to all those snow days this winter) and yet, it seems impossible that another school year is coming to an end. Where does the time go? One [...]
The Beginning of a New Era
I was going to entitle this post "the end of an era." But as this era draws to an end, what I'm most excited about is the new era that lies ahead. So what is this [...]
Happy birthday to…
Jay! Yes, today is Jay's birthday! Happy birthday sweetie (because I know at some point you'll read this...right?) So if you don't know Jay...well, he is my husband, the amazing father to our two children, my [...]
My World Rocked
And I mean that literally. Last night at 4:30ish AM, we had an earthquake! An earthquake. I'm sure you've heard by now...but I just have to share anyway because it was the craziest thing to happen [...]