Tweet It’s not a secret that I like to shop. It’s also not a secret that my daughters are getting older, finding their own sense of style, and also love to shop. I’m an equal opportunity shopper in that I love to shop online, in small local boutiques, and also at our local malls. However,…
Tweet There’s a spot as I drive north on I-35 into Duluth that feels like home. It’s the spot as I summit the hill at Spirit Mountain and pass under some railroad tracks. Duluth then appears over that hill; the harbor comes into view with its bridges, grain elevators and ships, and Lake Superior spreads…
Tweet I love to take pictures. All of y’all on my Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feed are now like “Yeah, we see the cat pictures ALL of the time!” So, yes, I love to share pictures too. That’s why I’m thrilled to tell you about the new Donate A Photo app from Johnson & Johnson….
Tweet I sat down with Astrid’s preschool teacher today so she could walk me through the process on how the preschoolers are going to send a letter to a grandparent next week. “Did you not get the letter with the instructions?” She asked Yes, I got them. I just didn’t understand them..so I…
Tweet It’s nearly noon and I am showered and dressed but haven’t put on make-up or made an effort to brush my hair. My feet are bare and cold and the breakfast dishes sit in the sink. I’m not sure what the kids ate for breakfast. I think I saw Eloise pour some cereal,…
Tweet It’s a difficult thing mourning for a cat. It’s something you truly don’t want to talk about because no one wants to compare an animal life with a human life, and truly nobody wants to fully admit that they are possibly some crazy cat lady. So I believe that most cat mourning is…
Tweet My Aunt gave us an old love-seat today. You’d never guess that this 12 year old love-seat is better than receiving Taylor Swift tickets for Christmas. We are slowly attempting to make our office into a functioning space and this love-seat gives us a place to start. Eloise and Esther immediately claimed it…
Tweet I’ve been quiet this week as I struggle with what to write. We’re busy. Busy with school and music and friends and activities and shopping and general prepping. Maybe busier than we need to be just so my mind can’t stop and think of the sad. And I’ve been looking for little…
Tweet I’ve been watching Neil’s Annual Blogger Christmahanukwanzaakah Online Holiday Concert for four years now. And every year I swear we are going to contribute a song. And every year I chicken out because we are not very good. Neil hosts some amazingly talented people who make me weep when I listen to them. …
Tweet I asked Eloise for a hug goodbye when I dropped her at a slumber party last night. I asked her for this hug especially because when she wakes up, not in our home, on December 2nd today and turns 10, well I won’t be there to hug her and tell her happy birthday. She…
Tweet You may have read my post last May where I documented the Five Stages Of Planning A Disney Vacation. You may have also noticed that we are not currently, have not been, nor are currently planning on vacationing at Disney because The Mouse did not make it into our budget this year. So…
Tweet We have to get in the car to swimming lessons in 10 minutes. The bag isn’t packed. No one has their swimsuits on. I haven’t applied make-up and even though it’s early on Sunday morning and we are just going to the pool, no one should be subjected to me without make-up. So…
Tweet We were at book club this weekend and as we were making the slow walk to the foyer, you know to gather boots and coats and discuss our next meeting details and say our goodbyes, we all called to our kids who were using the last 15 minutes of the meeting wisely by running…
Tweet There are so many lessons we teach our kids. The lessons of kindness, patience, giving, honesty, and love ring through the house daily. I can hear myself often reminding my kids to ask for little but to give a lot. And they aren’t kids to ask for much. They never ask for things at…
Tweet I received a comment on my post today that the organization I am working with to help children around the world also funded ads against same sex marriage in North Carolina. Ouch. While I don’t want to support an organization that channels their money in this direction, I am still glad that we could…
Tweet It’s the simple things that make me proud as a parent – when my oldest daughter automatically grabs her little sister’s hand to help her down the steps, when my middle daughter tells her big sister that she can have first choice for a fun treat one night, it’s my three year old wrapping…
Tweet I’m sitting at the dining room table right now. Our dining room table is the center of our home and I can see and hear into almost every other room. It’s where we eat, color, sew, do homework, work, write, and throw the cats off of approximately seven millions times per day. Astrid…
