I have blogged about living in the land of church bazaars but I have to admit – with six kids, they get expensive. That being said, I always support my own church’s bazaar. That would mean this weekend. Our Lady of Angels is having its annual bazaar. It is not the same timing as it… Continue reading My Church’s Bazaar This Weekend
Yes, I have previously let my oldest son “entertain” or “host” a sibling but the first time I did this, he was living in a dorm room and his sister was looking at the college he went to. He didn’t do the actually rooming with him but found a female friend for her to stay… Continue reading A New Part of Parenting
It’s a rite of passage into summer. Ever summer, I head off to the bookstore – or, in today’s case, Sam’s book aisle – and purchase about $20 worth of books for summer reading. While I love reading nonfiction, during the summer my genre of choice is definitely light fiction that I can go through… Continue reading Summer Trip to the Bookstore
When my mom and stepdad moved to California, I was 15 – soon to be 16. I did not go with them. I had lived with my grandmother since I was 5 and I was staying put and finishing high school. They moved to San Jose and I visited occasionally. When my mom and stepdad… Continue reading South Lake Tahoe
While the talk about this will undoubtedly be along the lines of Angelina Jolie getting an Oscar, I am amazed at the number of people in my small town/city that showed up to see the movie this past weekend. I went to a 7:15 pm showing on Saturday night in a fairly conservative upstate NY… Continue reading A Mighty Heart
I have decided I truly have no life. Last night was the first Friday of summer. You would think, being single and all, that I would have wonderful plans. Well, I had a good night but I am sure the plans were not what people would expect of a single person. My youngest was at… Continue reading Truly No Life
What a blast!! About 200 7th and 8th grade band, chorus and orchestra students loaded on to four charter busses on Thurday and were off to Hershey Park for the day. I went as a chaperone and had a wonderful day with nine very active seventh grade boys. We rode coasters. We rode water rides.… Continue reading Hershey Park
This should make you laugh but some of you will understand – it is chancey, even with the calendar telling me that the official start of summer is Thursday, to say summer is here. I live where it may still get cold at night so hopefully, I don’t jinx anything. Summer is here. It is… Continue reading Summer’s Here!
The weather is suppose to be great so I am going to finish off the cleaning of my house that has been hit or miss all week and spend the rest of the weekend outside. I have a few organizational items to deal with in my room. Then, I want to put an exercise machine… Continue reading Weekend of House Stuff and Fun
Today is Flag Day! One, possibly both but I only have experience with one, of the elementary schools in our district has a huge Flag Day celebration. The entire school participates with the younger classes doing a march, or such, that is age-appropriate, while the older classes have fewer kids in them as most are… Continue reading “You’re a Grand Ol’ Flag”
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