• Steppin’ it Up

      Video taken November 24, 2010.  Jacob decides to walky-walk-walk more than just a few steps (like he first did at my mother in-law's house a couple of weeks before).   Of course, he had walked at least 20 or so steps before I made a run for the camera to…

  • He’s back!

         Egbert Nelf the elf is back!  The kids awoke yesterday morning and found him here, above the front door with a salute of some sort.  This morning, we found him hunched over the back of the fish tank and there were little scraps of fish food all around. Apparently,…

  • Thankful

     So thankful for my three little turkeys this Thanksgiving! Blessings to you and yours for this holiday season!

  • Seeing Green on Black Friday

    Recently I, along with my friend who runs this blog, was interviewed by my local news station for a feature they did about Black Friday and coupons and such.   I never turn down the chance for free publicity since it almost always helps my business blog, but this Black Friday topic was also right up my…

  • Review | PictureItPostageâ„¢ Stamps

     Recently I was invited to to review PictureItPostageâ„¢ Stamps and create my very own customized stamps!  I was immediately excited to take part in this since I have always wanted to do this!  How cool to have customized stamps on every envelope that leaves your house, as opposed to that…

  • Christmas Cookie Countdown: Cinnamon Spirals

    This year I am trying something a bit new.  I decided the first week in November that we'd do some sort of formal cookie-baking at least once per week from now through the holiday season. This week's cookie choice came from the newest book I picked up while shopping last…