Every month my kid’s school celebrates student academic and character achievement (citizenship) at an awards assembly. This month both Megan and Paul were recipients of the S.T.A.R. award (Scholarship-Talent-Attitude-Respect). Paul was recognized for his “Excellent Writing.” His teacher wrote, “Paul has earned a star award this month for his excellent writing! [...]
This week is the Fall Edition of the Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Giveaway Carnival. To celebrate the employment of your’s truly, I’m excited to giveaway (2) one year online memberships to CalorieKing.com.
CalorieKing’s business is to set the food record straight. We exist to provide facts that generate the Aha! moments that anchor changed thinking about [...]
I’d be surprised if anyone noticed that it’s been a week since I’ve posted (unless you count the freaky grilled cheese jack-o-lantern picture which I pulled out of the archives…I needed to post something!). The reason that I haven’t had time to blog is that I got myself a j-o-b. That’s right. [...]
I’m lovin’ my customized PictureItPostage postage stamps. This is one of the most fun and unique products that I’ve had the opportunity to review in cooperation with the Family Review Network. PictureItPostage is an online service where you can create real postage stamps out of pictures, logos or graphics.
At $18.95 for an order [...]
“Cole Family Christmas is a delightful story about a coal-mining family of eleven in the Appalachian Mountains who learns that love and togetherness far surpass material things.” (from the website)
Do you have a favorite Christmas story (besides the Christmas story)? Favorite stories that I remember from my childhood are A Christmas Carol, The [...]
With Halloween just two weeks away chances are great that your weekend plans include completing (or in my case - getting started on) a Halloween project. Megan and I will be working on her cactus costume. Lately I’ve been admiring the great ideas over at Craftzine.
This one cracks me up. (Step by [...]
I took this picture last night from the front porch. When I get annoyed with city noise (helicopters, police sirens, dogs barking, fireworks) I grab a seat on the porch swing to enjoy the quiet sunset. Sometimes it’s all about perspective.
There are two things that Paul really hates when it comes to personal grooming: 1) having his nails trimmed and 2) having his hair cut. Even though Paul is five I still trim his nails while he is asleep. Every once in a while he will cooperate in the daytime. But for [...]
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