What I’ve Learned

This Meme is part of MommyFest (see my previous post).
What have I learned since becoming a mom?
Well, about myself, I’ve discovered that I’m a basically selfish person who knows nothing about raising kids. (Compared to how selfless and knowledgeable I thought I was prior to becoming a parent).
I’ve also learned strange things about the time-space [...]

Party!!!

How’d you like to go to a big party! One where you’ve only met a few of the people before. Let’s say there’s couple hundred women there who may or may not have something in common with you?
Me neither. I’d rather stay home with a good book. Sure, I’ve done it and it’s turned out [...]

My Best of ‘07

I’ve been tagged by Deb, Mom Of 3 Girls! I get to list the most popular and/or my favorite blog entries of 2007. My very first post was June 29th, so this will be a short list
In July, my most popular post, with a whopping 6 visits and 1 comment, was my Family [...]

Decked the Blog

Now that it’s December, I can get into the Holiday Spirit. The thought of decorating the house was overwhelming, so I started here.
The pictures in the sidebars are from last Christmas. It was a great morning. In stark contrast to the Christmas of 2005 when our family was falling apart at the seams. This [...]

Beatin’ Grinch Down With Frugality

Kim from the BitterBall gave the challenge to come up with ideas to do Christmas on a budget. Here is what I’ve thought of so far.
First, for my mom, who’s middle name should be DaySpring because she is a card-sendaholic. I am making her a set of cards.
These are what I’ve made thus far [...]

Wrapped Emotions - Enjoy Your Family

Post deleted due to visitors with a sick interest in seeing a picture of my 6 year old wearing glasses.
Shame on you for corrupting the innocence of a family blog.

Wrapped Emotions - For Melody

Melody, the fabulous woman behind Wrapped Emotions, is having a tough week. According to her other blog, Slurping Life, she is facing issues and decisions that are very difficult. Usually by now, the WE participants are wrapping their hearts around one of her creative challenges. So, since she is someplace else right now, I thought [...]