I figured I had better come and update. Life has been getting the better of me lately, but when it was pointed out to me that the last time I went on an extended absense this time of year it was because I had news that I couldn’t announce until immediate family members (aka, the [...]

I’d been thinking about doing this, and then Linda at All & Sundry posted this list, and it was easier to answer the questions than to think of ones to answer myself. A new tradition? If I can remember I did this next year ;) 1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never [...]

I should lead this off by saying that as a child, I wanted for nothing. We always had enough of everything. And then some. We weren’t OVERLY spoiled, but we were certainly not hurting either. But even with that, there were a lot of Christmases that came with a fair amount of disappointment on my [...]

Anyone who knows me, knows that I tend to avoid Halloween like the plague. I think in the 6 years we were at the condo, we handed out candy once. And that was because our friend was living with us at the time and he wanted to hand out candy. But now I have a [...]

For as long as I can remember, long before the husband and I were even anywhere close to actually getting married and having kids, I have sworn up and down that my child was not going to play soccer. Baseball, sure. But soccer, no. So you can imagine my surprise that it took a mere [...]