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  • How to Make a REAL Sno-Cone

    Well, the first step is the most difficult.  You have to broker a deal with Mother Nature and get her to dump enough snow on your lawn to cover up all the gross stuff so you can eat CLEAN snow.  I’m not going to tell you what we did to arrange for this little snow […]

  • SNOW

    Yes!  We were hit by THE snow, and we have been hit hard.  I read an article recently that really struck home.  It was written about seizing the day and enjoying every moment of your life, especially appreciating your own children’s short childhood while we parents are left with our heads spinning, trying to make […]

  • Hot Tub Barbie Party

    Lately when the kids are in the hot tub so are the Barbies.  The Barbies (and, of course their pet dolphins) splash, cavort and play.  Everything was going along swimmingly until I was watering patio plants and tidying and came upon this sordid scene: GASP!!!  Apparently the summer sun got a little too hot for […]

  • It was Mother’s Day

    And it was the very best Mother’s Day I’ve ever had.  Why?  I got to stay home.  I got to sleep in past 6:30 then awoke to lovely handmade 1st grader gifts and thoughtful Daddy gifts (a spoon holder/picture magnet and outdoor speakers respectively).  Breakfast was simple, but together, then gardening for me.  A few […]

  • Hot Tubbin’ 101

    We finally did it.  What is ‘it’, you ask?  We bought a hot tub, and you can too in just four easy steps: 1.  Start looking on Craigslist two years prior to investing in a hot tub.  That way, when the time is right you will have a good gauge of what is realistic to […]

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