I absolutely adore visiting with my husband’s family. After all these years, I have gotten used to the cigarette smoke. Some visits it really seems to aggravate my allergies. After a few days of being at home, everything is back to normal. Now it appears my husband has developed an allergy to cigarette smoke that [...]
Whew! Two Christmas get-togethers down and one New Year’s Eve party to go. This time of the year is a mix between joy and survival.
We came back from visiting my husband’s family with illness. My husband is sick. Hopefully I can avoid it as I’m usually the one who needs a few day to detox [...]
To say that we are a tech family is putting it lightly. We have more computers than there are people that live in our household. Our favorite gifts are video games, board games, or computer accessories. So it is not surprising that Rae likes video games. In fact, she loves the Nintendo DS and even [...]
Oprah’s favorite things is my favorite show of hers each year. But most of the gifts are way out of my price range. They are great gifts but still on the pricey side. This is why I was excited to run across this article on Oprah.com about thrifty holiday gifts. It was on her show [...]
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Tomorrow we have a playdate to make reindeer antlers that I think the three-year-old will really enjoy as she has been talking a lot about reindeer lately. So to dress up as one should be a huge hit. It’s being held at lunchtime so we were asked to bring a reindeer inspired treat.
I’m going to [...]
Congratulations to Carla on winning the ‘Christmas Sucks’ book. Look for an email from me for more information.
It seems every year I have at least a half dozen ornaments that do not have a hanger. What happens to these hangers? I have no idea. It’s not like I remove them each year when I store them.
Packages of hangers are really cheap but are a mess to keep up with. They just seem [...]
Today while sitting in the living room trying to wake up, I noticed we had a visitor in the house. This cute, little mouse peeked his head out from under the couch.
He darted off but then was soon back again. If only the cat were inside! But alas, no. It will be up to us [...]
There’s one big problem with spring cleaning when you live in the south. It’s that you have about a week of spring-like weather before it starts heating up. Who wants to spend those first few days cleaning, right? Not me. I always lose that window of pleasant weather. Then it becomes too hot and I [...]
During the holidays, it’s nice to be able to laugh at the situations that seem to creep up year after year. Christmas Sucks is a new book that is a practical guide with comic relief to how to handle these very unique holiday happenings.
Joanne Kimes, who is the author of Christmas Sucks and Pregnancy Sucks, [...]
