My preferred morning jump start method involves the following....Coffee.That's how I started this morning (like every other morning)...although apparently, my 2 cups of coffee today were completely insufficient...for the kind of jump that I needed.Yesterday we went to pick strawberries with a friend and her daughter.  I take my kids every year at least … [Read more...]

I didn't watch the Royal Wedding.I know...gasp, right?!  I would have, but we don't have cable.  When you turn on the tv's in our house, you get this  ------->We got rid of our satellite a couple of months ago when we realized that we were paying $80 per month to watch about an hour's worth of cartoons and some late night HGTV on any given day.  It's been … [Read more...]

This morning I had the super fun surprise of talking on the phone to an old friend from high school.  She asked me how on earth I was hosting 2 parties in one week (the Egg Hunt on Saturday, and Tid Bit's 5th birthday party today,) so I thought I'd share about how I'm making it all happen in a quick list. How to do it allDon't sleep as much as you should, which we all … [Read more...]