January 27, 2009 – 10:17 AM
One snow day is an unexpected blessing. Two or three are less so.
January 20, 2009 – 2:18 PM
In his inaugural address, President Obama said “Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices.”
One of the first commercials that ran afterward was for Powerball.
January 12, 2009 – 5:43 PM
The Kroger parking lot was fairly full this afternoon. I pulled in next to a silver minivan, turned off my car, then sat for a few minutes organizing my shopping list. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed the minivan starting to back out.
Suddenly I felt a thump.
That’s when I realized that the [...]
January 5, 2009 – 1:14 PM
Mr. B and I started the new year determined to stick to our budget.
This was made tough even before the year began when we spent some time at his brother and sister-in-law’s new house and got our first real taste of HDTV.
We want one. We really want one.
But we agreed that we would try [...]
January 1, 2009 – 9:29 AM
Once again, I try my hand at prophesy.
January: BD turns 14 on the 10th. With any luck, we’ve taken down the Christmas tree by then
February: Once again, Mr. B and I eschew gifts for Valentine’s Day and settle for a quiet diner a deux, probably at home.
March: Warm weather gives us false hope before the [...]
December 24, 2008 – 10:13 AM
Wishing everyone a very merry and blessed Christmas.
December 21, 2008 – 4:59 PM
Hurray! I finally finished the wrapping today.
Now it’s on to some baking…
December 18, 2008 – 6:28 PM
Last weekend was the church’s choir party. I always have a great time there. I love the people, and the white elephant gift exchange is one of the funnest things I experience all year. However, all I wanted that day was a quiet evening at home.
So I skipped it.
Earlier this week, a friend had her [...]
December 17, 2008 – 8:32 AM
I haven’t done an actual photo Christmas card since HS was a baby. But I do take a picture of the kids to send with our card to people who haven’t seen them in awhile. This year was the first time I wasn’t able to get a picture of HS and BD together, so I [...]
December 15, 2008 – 12:21 PM
You know your kids are growing up when you realize that not only do you not have a clue where the video camera is, but you can’t even remember the last time that you used it.
And I didn’t want to shoot a video. I just needed the tripod that was with it so I could [...]
