I recently had the thrill of watching Teacher on stage in the Kimberly Papermaker Players’ production of Cheaper by the Dozen. Which received a nice review by the local newspaper, by the way. My friend from Valley AEYC, Robin, was also in the play. She’d been in Papermaker Player productions…
Aren’t they pretty?! These fitted diapers are part of a custom order for Alexa. I remember making custom diapers for her daughter several years ago, and was so excited when she asked me to make some for her son. It was so much fun helping her pick out fabrics…
Day 03 – Something you have to forgive yourself for. When Teacher was in graduate school we lived in post-World-War-II apartments, owned by the school. There were six apartments in each building; three floors with two apartments on each floor and a staircase between. Each apartment had a laundry hook-up…
It all began when I decided to put our new wine glasses from World Market Explorer in the cupboard. First I had to make room for the new glasses by packing away the glasses that were already in the cupboard. It was an eclectic collection of drink ware acquired piecemeal…
When I posted about the homemade Mother’s Day card we made this year I mentioned that Mother’s Day had sneaked up on me so I was left scrambling for a card idea. Obviously I had to scramble for a gift idea too. I’m picky about the gifts I give to…
Mother’s Day caught me off-guard this year. All of a sudden on Tuesday I realized that since I was closed on Thursday and Friday I had to have a homemade Mother’s Day card and gift ready to send home on Wednesday. Yikes! I scoured my files and found the…
“Star of the Region,” that is. Let me start at the beginning… Several weeks ago I received a plain, brown envelope in the mail. It was from WFCCA, (Wisconsin Family Child Care Association) and I figured it was a reminder to renew my membership, or information about a special…
Day 02 – Something you love about yourself. It’s been a long, rough week – actually a rough 2011 so far – and I’m feeling worn out and beaten down. The mild temperatures and sunny blue skies we had earlier have been replaced with silvery skies, cooler temps, and a…
I have an image in my head. It’s what I’d like our basement family room to be when it’s done: Relaxing. Uncluttered. Clean. Bright. Natural. Step by step we’re getting there. We took a giant step forward last week when we had an egress window put in. Then…
