These were taken on Thanksgiving . . .

When I was in about second grade, something happened on a Christmas morning that I will never forget.
I went downstairs, looking for signs that Santa had been to my house. I peeked into our living room and confirmed that indeed, the White-Bearded Jollyman had come. I ran upstairs to tell my parents and drag them [...]

Mr. Mouse and Friends,
You know, I’ve always tried to keep the peace with my animal friends. I had my decade long vegetarian stint. I was a member of PETA. No hunting for me. I try to be conscious of what I buy, even now, when it comes to animal products.
And even when I knew we [...]

Ahhhh . . . are we all up for air yet? Are we out of our tryptophan-induced food-coma? Things are starting to settle down here. We have just completed the last round of relative visits, the leftovers are coming to an end. But before we let go entirely of this most recent holiday, let’s recap [...]

My Thanksgiving recap will be up later, when at least one child is asleep. Before that I wanted to remind everyone/point out to everyone some great giveaways going on.
First, be sure to enter my giveaway for a signed and personalized copy of “The Stay At Home Survival Guide.” It would be a great gift for [...]

As it happens, it turns out this is my 300th post. That sort of crept up on me, so nothing amazing planned for it. Somehow I feel like posting this is appropriate.
 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Did I see Twilight this weekend? Yes
Did I see it twice within 24 hours? . . . um, yes.
Was it all that I hoped? I have no idea. I guess yes, because really I just didn’t want to hate it.
Was it without fault? Absolutely not.
Did I love it? Absolutely yes.
Hubby and I went and saw [...]