Category Just Life

Tot School: Little Life Lessons

Washing Dishes Daily life is full of lessons and fun when you have tots. We washed the dishes (just the plastic ones), played with bubbles and enjoyed ourselves. They love water but even more than that, they love to help…

Reader Input: Choosing Paint

 NOW *Update* After a compromise, we settled on Pumpkin Butter. Lowes has paint on sale this week…the paint I’ve been using to do the house. I have enough of the green left from my room to do our sitting room…

Depression Isn’t a Bad Word

Photo by Aelle This fall I was encompassed about by dark clouds. Thank you to those who took the time to comment or email me, sharing encouragement and personal stories. Sharing our stories brings depression out of the dark and…

4th Annual Storybook Breakfast

    Last year Chloe and I attended the 3rd breakfast. This year, Chloe, John and I  attended the 4th Annual Kids Can Fly Storybook Breakfast with friends.    Mommy, John and Curious George & John with the Bernstein Bears (his…

Bunny Tracks

  This fall I was delighted to discover that though the cold was coming, we could still head out to pick the carrots when we needed them. I left it a bit too late and one day I was out…

A Life Update in February

 “Spring Surprise” from a friend Yesterday Yesterday morning we baked our monthly cupcake order. I no longer am involved in any entrepreneurial endeavors at this time; I had to let them go for the sake of my time, energy and…

A Skype Call to Australia

At Christmas my sister, her husband, my nephews and my parents all came over for Christmas Eve. We had balloons, a potluck dinner, presents and fun. We also had a Skype call with my brother, sister-in-law and little niece. This…