Stop the presses! I just got back from the grocery store, and I managed to leave the store using only my bring-along bags for $130 of groceries (after $50 savings). What an accomplishment, huh? In all seriousness, it annoys me to no end to have 10 or more of those plastic bags each week to [...]

Annie loves to draw pictures and then gives them to people. Her teacher has said that most days each child in class will have some “gift” from Annie in their cubbies by the end of the day. Mimi is the recipient of many of these pictures as well, and she has even gotten used to [...]

Not much in the way of excitement around here. Mike had/has a cold/cough. Annie was kept home from school yesterday to clear up some cloggage. And Mimi is still Mimi, loud and as off-key as ever. I did take some quick pics of the growing garden upstairs. All the plants are prospering and flourishing. We [...]

Last night Mike and I finally got around to syncing his iPod to our Mac. Up until now he’s just been stealing my iPod if there are new songs he wants to listen to. So now he and I have the same music on our iPods, and there will be no more excuses for him [...]

Meet Sam. Over a year ago Sam began his growth but was soon bagged in favor of other projects. The girls, Annie especially, have been begging (or bugging) me to finish making him on a monthly since. When I discovered the sack in which he resided while cleaning out the craft room he looked so [...]