I recently discovered the “30 Days of Truth” and thought it might be kind of fun to do. Then I read through the questions and changed my mind. Thirty questions is a LOT of questions – especially when you take a good look at them. Some seem kind of…
A week ago if you had told me that I would be in a room with a dead body and not be freaked out I would have said you were nuts. I would have been wrong. Tuesday nights are usually crazy at our house. Tuesday nights I direct our…
Life has a way of balancing out bad with good; although we were worried about Grandma’s health, we had Uncle Jay and Dee’s wedding to look forward to. Plans for the wedding were moving along quickly, and since we weren’t sure if Grandma would be able to attend the wedding…
Some things are better done with a good-sized margarita flowing through your system. Helping get your mother change your grandmother’s Depends is one of those things. Shortly after her diagnosis Grandma became bed-ridden and was moved from her second-story bedroom to a hospital bed in the sunroom. My aunt…
Some things are really hard to talk about, and almost impossible to put down in black and white. This is one of those things. Teacher and I were about to leave the house for our usual Friday Date Night when the phone rang; “Für Elise,” my parent’s custom tone.…
Winterfest is the annual fundraiser for my high school alma mater’s music program. My dad was actually instrumental in starting Winterfest while I was a student there, waaaaay back in the 1980s. Yes, I had reeeeeaallly big hair. I’d post photos if I knew where any of them were. Luckily…
I love my future sister-in-law, Dee. She’s kind and patient and cheerful and lots of fun to be around. She wants to marry my brother, which is really cool because he’s a great guy. She also has this adorable obsession with cupcakes. Remember these cuties? I don’t know if…
This is me, according to Little Guy. I blame Irish Girl; she’s the one who brought this cookbook into our house. Little Guy is obsessed with this cookbook. I don’t know if Irish Girl meant to leave it with us, or if Little Guy hid it so she couldn’t…
Between birthday parties and holidays we host a lot of parties each year! Over time we’ve discovered some quick and easy tips for hosting a fun party without going crazy or spending lots of money. Even better, if you visit the page before December 31, 2010, you can enter a…
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