Laundry Room Roundup

This month’s focus for the Round Up over at I’m an Organizing Junkie was the laundry room. Well, I completely forgot to take before pictures, but that’s O.K. The before is very easy to imagine. When we moved in in October the only things in this room were the wire shelving and [...]

Thursday Thirteen – Missed Shows

I think I’m going to break from the obvious Thursday Thirteen post today and do something a little unexpected.  There are so many things I’m thankful for that I’m not sure I could keep the list to thirteen anyway.
Instead, I’m going to write a post about…missed opportunities, if you will.  I love live theatre.  I’ve [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Evening Downtime

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Why? No. Why NOT?

I love my daughter.  I love my daughter.  I love my daughter.  I love my daughter.
There are definitely days when I need to repeat that over and over again just to remind myself, otherwise I might put my head through a wall.
I mean that in the most loving way possible.
My daughter loves to talk.  All [...]

Monday Morning Meme

1. Thanksgiving is this week! Where are you going? Besides eat, what do you do on Thanksgiving? Do you have any family traditions you’d like to share with us? Don’t forget to take pictures!
We are staying home and eating with just the 4 of us.  This will be my first time not having Thanksgiving with [...]

Fitness Friday

I’ve got two weeks to catch you up on after my little blogging slump last weekend.  I was having a really rough couple of days and my weight gain last Thursday was just the icing on the cake.  My gain was expected since I didn’t move off my arse the entire week last week and [...]

Thursday Thirteen – H is for Honeydew

Today’s list is brought to you by the letter H!

Hello – Thanks for visiting me today!
Horses – When I was growing up, I would have given anything to own a horse.  Not take care of a horse, mind you.  Just own one.  So I could pet it.  Because I’m afraid of riding them.
Heat – I’m [...]

Drowned rats and having a ball

We woke up last Saturday and I had the itch to take the kids on a “hike” in the woods again (does 1 mile constitute a hike?) and they were so excited to show Dave the place since he wasn’t able to go with us the first time.  The weather was nice and warm even [...]

Wordless Wednesday – A Walk in the Woods

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My Father’s Laugh

My family could count on it every year.
It always came at the same time.  We had gathered around mismatched card tables and stained folding chairs.  We had given our thanks and everyone had eaten more than their fair share of the food.  The leftovers were distributed to anyone who wanted them, fashionably contained in old [...]