Hello!! It’s been a long while since I’ve posted on this blog; I’ve missed it and I’ve missed you too!! I hope you will take a moment to read it and enjoy my future posts. On to some thoughts! Today…
“I Did Nothing Special. I’m just an Ordinary Person.”
My Grandma Helen passed away last month. She was nearly 99. I had the honor of caring for her a few times in her later years, and over the course of those visits she told me about her life. This…
Pregnant Mom vs. Toddler: Showdown in the McDonald’s Balls
My mothering skills are now on display. I need to show those women my kid who’s in control.
Go Ahead and . . . Fail!
So we went to the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday. It was lovely, and I had the pleasure of sitting across the table from my niece, Julie. Julie is in her twenties and recently moved to Los Angeles. She’s still trying to find…
Grandma Helen. The Orphanage and Clyde.
In my last post, I talk about Grandma Helen’s Early Years as part of “The Grandparent’s Series” in this blog, which I am doing throughout the month of March. Today I talk about the next phase in Helen’s life: “The…
Don’t blink.
It happens in the most random of places. Perhaps you’re in the grocery store check-out, and your child asks you to buy a pack of lifesavers. Or you’re at the donut shop, and your toddler is pointing to a pink…
Anne of Green Gables on Happiness, Parenting, and Decorating.
I’m a big reader, and love all kinds of books. Recently I read Gretchen Rubin’s “The Happiness Project”, a book that drew me in with its tag line “Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean…
The Oscars, a $10 meal, and Chocolate Meringue Cookies
Thanks for stopping by, it’s my first post! Tonight my husband made a home cooked meal for under $10, and it fed three of us. (Just so you know, Ron likes to cook when he has time, which isn’t often….