School is finally back in session for my kids, after the hurricane delayed the start of the school year a few days. Now that my oldest has her first year of middle school under her belt, she's feeling less like a child and more like a teen. She also is more willing to assert her opinion about pretty … [Read more...]
Front Row Only, Please
August 26, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
I spent the last day of summer vacation with my girls, my niece and nephew, and my sister in a popular East Coast amusement park (which shall go nameless at this point). The weather was gorgeous and everyone had a fabulous time. I even got my girls to ride their very first looping roller coaster … [Read more...]
Let the great clean out begin
August 22, 2011 by · 3 Comments
I don't know about anyone else, but all this talk of "back-to-school shopping" makes me a bit nauseous. My kids have more clothes in their possession than I have ever had in my entire life. Why must we keep this ritual of spend-spend-spend, even when most of us know we have more at home than we … [Read more...]
Come on ya’ll! Now what?
August 18, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Sometime in June, I saw a few friends posting on Facebook about a TV show they couldn't imagine ending (even though it had recently been cancelled after five seasons). Usually when I read comments like that, I'm not interested. I am one of those people who rarely gets caught up in the latest and … [Read more...]
Dude, what’s on TV?
March 22, 2011 by · 1 Comment
Well, we finally pulled the plug on our satellite TV last week (pun intended). Why? Well, it was becoming increasingly obvious that we were spending way too much money on TV (which doesn't exactly mesh with that missionary lifestyle I mentioned last week). More specifically, we had been DirecTV … [Read more...]
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