My mom and sister-in-law have been making cookies for the last 3 years on Black Friday. I know to some that sounds like blasphemy, not being out and catching all the good deals. I HATE shopping from Thanksgiving till Christmas. I live a mile away from a busy mall and I have to fight traffic…
Leftover Turkey Winners
I’m a leftover person (as is H). We are perfectly fine with eating the leftovers from a great dish all week. My freezer is filled with snap-lock containers I take for lunch every day. As a result, turkey leftovers with all the sides went fast in my house, and all that was left was a…
My (not THE) First Thanksgiving
Picture this, the first Thanksgiving that I am hosting. It is a big deal for me. In my mind this is the final step to becoming a “real” adult. My baby is almost a year old. We have been in our new house for just over a year. It is my first time…
Happy Monday
(sung to the music of “Holding Out For A Hero”) Where have all the good gloves gone And where are all the mittens? Where’s the street-wise Hercules To fight the rising odd mittens? Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what I…
November in the News
US midterm elections brought sweeping Republican wins. No one is sure whether it is a true referendum on the Democrats’ policies, rejection of the current administration, or just a lack of turnout for the Democrats. Either way, a Republican Congress and a Democrat in the White House have served to break gridlock in the past…
Embarrassing but True
I know it is two weeks after Halloween. I have been sitting on this story for over 2 weeks. Because really, it is kind of embarrassing. However, I will admit that I too am human. If I can tell embarrassing stories about my kids, I can rat myself out once in a while. My Mom…
Writing Challenges
I have made it a personal goal of mine to post once a week and write one article a month. I have been doing pretty with my personal challenges. However it is not as easy as it seems. You would think that I could just sit down at my desk and pound out a post….
Beyond the Typical Gifts for 7-9 Year Old Girls
It’s a joke that my mother never tires of… my girls are the Thanksgiving turkey, a Christmas ham and the Easter bunny. Because each of my girls’ birthdays are less than a week from these holidays. In a few weeks, the fun will start for me. I will not only be stocking up for Christmas…
The Games We Play
My girls and I play a game. This game doesn’t have a name. When we go to the mall we go into Bath and Body Works, Yankee Candle, White Barn or one of those other smelly stores (as we call them). The winner of this game is the one who finds the most hideously odoriferous scent….
Current Events, Don’t forget to Vote on November 4th
Honestly, there’s not much change this month… Ebola is still rampant in a few west African countries. The first patient on US soil who traveled from Liberia after lying on his exit questionnaire died shortly after infecting two nurses in a Houston hospital (both of whom are now clear). The CDC has ramped up it’s…