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Posted in Holidays on Apr 30th, 2008
Image via Wikipedia Maggie and I are going to Washington, DC! My sister is graduating from college there and had an airline voucher she wasn’t using and used it to buy me a ticket to the family party in DC. I’m so excited! My whole family, except the brothers-in-law and Degen will be there as [...]
Posted in Holidays on Apr 20th, 2008
Although I like to conserve energy and other resources, I admit I’ve never “celebrated” Earth Day. I remember hearing something about it in elementary school one year, and I think I’ve heard media references to it a couple of times, but I’ve never made a special effort to join the party. While I feel a [...]
Posted in Holidays on Apr 1st, 2008
I haven’t got any tricks planned yet for today, but I just like the idea of it being April Fools Day. I’ve been looking up neat, friendly pranks and found a pretty good site of ideas here. A couple of my favorites: The It’s So Heavy Prank Grab an empty cardboard box and tape it [...]
I've been on a lot of road trips, with and without kids, and there are some things everyone need to know about how to make one successful. There are also some things I do that some people would hate. Here are some of my ideas on the subject (some of it applies to flying or [...]
Here is where I'm brainstorming ideas for our trip to Kauai in a couple of months. Pick up a beach safety guide at the airport or hotel so that we can keep the little ones safe while we swim. Get leis, fresh flowers or the kind you can bring home, for the four of us. [...]
Posted in Holidays, Self Improvement on Mar 2nd, 2007
I’m going to get a haircut today, courtesy a birthday present from my mother-in-law and sister-in-law (Kim). I really need one. I haven’t even had a trim in over a year now. I’ve spent months with my hair pulled back in a ponytail and now that I’m wearing glasses I generally feel rather un-presentable. The [...]
Posted in Holidays, Things I Like on Mar 1st, 2007
Happy Birhday to me! I love birthdays! Some people have a hard time with the idea of getting older, and I understand that it’s hard to have your body fall apart as you get older, but I’m not to the body-falling-apart age (unless you count pregnancy, but that’s not age-induced). I like to think of [...]
Colin’s parents are taking the whole family to Kauai, Hawaii, in May and we just gt our tickets! Yay! I’ve been there twice, once with Colin on our honeymoon and once with Colin’s family before his parents’ mission. I honestly didn’t ever really expect to get to Hawaii, and three times is pretty much astounding. [...]
Degen’s birthday was on Saturday, and it was really quite miserable. He had a 102.something fever and a runny nose and cough and lethargy and grumpiness all rolled into his newly-two-year-old body. I baked him a cake…half-baked, that is. It was my first try at making a