Festive, Frugal & (almost) sugar free ~ Our Harvest Halloween Party
October 31, 2009
I have always loved the fun of pumpkin carving and getting the kids dressed up. I especially love walking the neighborhood, kicking up crunchy leaves while my children run and scamper up walkways, ringing doorbells and shouting trick or treat. But not this time. Every single year we feel day-after ...
October's Sweet Reads
October 30, 2009
Did you see the first version of this post? The one with October Stuff Stuff in the photo (instead of what should be October Sweet Stuff). This afternoon my husband called me, "did you mean to say sweet stuff because the caption on the photo says stuff stuff". Well I ...
Have tent will travel
October 30, 2009
If you had told me years ago I'd one day be extolling the virtues of tenting I would be incredulous. I didn't grow up tenting. Vacationing with my family, yes. Staying in cabins and B&B;'s; but sleeping in tents - no. That was for hard core type folks. Or as ...
October at Wolfe's Neck Woods
October 29, 2009
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park is the place we go to when we want to be outdoors, to enjoy the woods and ocean, but don't have the time for a whole day excursion. This sweet little state park is a 1/2 hour from our home and although it only offers ...
Why Blogging Works for Me
October 28, 2009
Lately a few online blogging friends and acquaintances have taken mini sabbaticals or are re-evaluting the role of blogging in their lives and the time it takes them (mostly how to limit the time it takes them). All these "time spent blogging" posts got me thinking about my own creative ...
an old fashioned bean threshing
October 26, 2009
Firstly, I am feeling better, not 100% percent which I find frustrating, but better. I hate blowing my nose and I'm thinking for next time around (which hopefully will be many moons away) I might consider one of those nasty neti pots. And yes, I did get to enjoy the ...
under the weather
October 24, 2009
Well it was bound to happen sometime or another; I got ill this week. Diary of an illness: Thursday: 8:00am I feel a tickle in the back of my throat, I make sure to pack my own water bottle (whatever this is I don't want the kids sharing water with ...
