So, if you read my blog Couponing for Good Part 1, you know all about the items me, LuLu, and the Little Man purchased at Walmart (using coupons from All You Magazine, the newspaper, and bargain shopping) for the All [...]
Live: Adding chicken meatballs to the escarole soup from Sunday. Eating it on the porch while watching the rain and waiting for the family to return from their shopping trip. Love: LuLu and Little Man’s excitement for Halloween. They bought [...]
Yesterday the air was cool. We all wore thermals, my husband lit a fire, I woke up and baked zucchini muffins, later in the day made escarole soup, and for dinner, we had a hearty vegetable stew. We sat on [...]
LuLu asked me if she could begin ballet classes. This made me recall an incident in a coffee shop years ago where I overheard some mothers talking in front of their daughters about ballet photos. One mother warned the other, [...]
Live: Wearing a chunky knit fall sweater and feeling the crisp air. Fall is my favorite season. Love: Lu got her ears pierced today. She chose little pink flower earrings. She was so excited, and very bravely sat in the [...]
Live: Playing baseball with LuLu and watching her hit the ball. Amazing how fast she went from having us hold her arms to swing the bat to doing it all on her own. Love: The Little Man made up a [...]
Live: Nose to nose kisses and cracking up with LuLu because they tickled so much. Love: The weather today. Just gorgeous! Learn: My son is a total flirt. I had to take the Little Man to the emergency room because [...]
Live: Reading to Lu and Little Man, and then each of them taking turns “reading” to me. Love: One of the Little Man’s favorite shows is “Caillou”, which we watch on Sprout On-Demand. At the end of the show, there [...]
Live: Checking 22 things off of my “to-do” list. Most of them were small (like changing sheets and responding to messages), but man, how good it feels. Love: The hubby left me freshly made chicken salad for lunch today – [...]
Live: Playing the piano at my parent’s house. I am by no means a “pianist”, I don’t read music, but I used to play a few songs by ear. Actually remembering how to play them, and making some music was [...]