Garage Sale Sweetie

sick

sorry for my lack of blogging lately.
I’ve been feeling sick.  not really sick, just sick of myself. 
Do you ever feel that way?  Just tired of your own personality… your own quirks… your own thoughts.
That’s how it’s been ’round here.  I think it’s the late-summer haze that I get into when I’ve been with my kids [...]

TTAH Tuesday – Try This Yumminess

OK, who needs chocolate?
(I do.)
During your coffee break today, try this.  (you do take a coffee break, don’t you?)
Chocolate Cake in a Mug
4T flour
4T sugar
2T cocoa
1 egg
3 T milk
3 T oil
3 T chocolate chips
splash of vanilla extract
Mix dry ingredients in a large (as big as you can find!), microwave-safe mug.  Add egg and mix.  Add milk [...]

a penny for your thoughts…

Something I’m learning about parenting:
“Each stage of parenting feels like the hardest… until you get to the next one.” ~me
A quote I’m trying to take to heart this summer:
“Thank you God for children with merry eyes and trusting smiles and giggles that never stop. Remind us often that Parenthood is more than an endless task [...]

TTAH Tuesday – Plant a Garden

I am in no way an experienced gardener.  In fact, this year I planted my first “real” vegetable garden.  (And by real, I mean a garden that has more than one plant and is planted in the actual ground and not in a container.  This is the first summer I’ve had the space for it.)   
But [...]

Excitement Outside the Window

My boy was loving this last week!

TTAH Tuesday – Spend a Day, Not a Fortune

OK, so I stole that line.
We went to Martin’s Fantasy Island a few weeks ago.  I haven’t been there since I was very young.
I’ll tell you, if you have pre-schoolers, or young school-aged kids, this place is way better than Darien Lake.
Cheaper admission prices.
Free parking.
More kids’ rides.
A petting zoo.
Miniature golf.
Water park (although we didn’t get [...]