This week we have been enjoying, “Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art.” If you have a budding artist in the house, then I can not recommend this book enough. In the pages of this fantastic book, you will find a collection of short, focused biographical pieces from various childrens’ book …
1 brand new sofa 2 states of residence 3 houses we have owned 4 amazing children 5 tablets currently in our house 6 vehicles 7 years of swim team 8 years without cable TV 9 countries in Europe together 10 years of New Smyrna Beach vacations 11 guns 12 and a half years on one …
If you shop online at all, then you need to sign up for Ebates. It’s a simple concept and easy way to make some extra bucks. You shop. Ebates pays you back a percentage in cash back. It’s as simple as that. All you have to do is open the store browser through ebates and then …
It was less than 2 months into my parenting journey. At the time, my tiny little baby just would. not. sleep. ever. Then, suddenly, one night she slept. Maybe 5-6 hours straight. The relief I felt was indescribable. Until the next night. When she barely slept at all. I found myself so upset,”Why can’t …
Some pregnancy moments are stranger than others. This one that is seared in my memory forever. It’s the craziest ultrasound photo I have ever seen unless you have one that beats this one for my 4th baby.
(This post was originally published on my former blog in October 2007) At one time, I was a pretty self-sufficient person. I set out to do things and went about accomplishing them. I did well in college and became a teacher, which had been a long term plan of mine. I taught middle school students and was …
It’s a fact. It is easier, most of the time, to do things WITHOUT help from little hands. I make less mess, get things done more quickly and enjoy my own thoughts in the quiet. “No thanks guys. I got it. That was very nice of you to ask.” Then I can have my quiet time and …
