A friend of mine just put the following quote as her Facebook status: “The days are long, but the years are short.” I have been thinking about this so much lately. About how easy it is to always just try…
I’m a pretty frugal person, always looking for a way to provide for my family effeciently and effectively. Nothing makes me happier that to strike a good deal. I’ve also got two boys who grow like weeds, so every time I turn around its time to buy a whole new wardrobe for them, or find that their toys and books are no longer meeting their developmental needs. Since I first became a parent, however, I can probably count on my fingers the number of times this need to shop has sent me to a “New Items” store. Most times, I hit the resales.
April sent us this week’s Weird Picture, and tells this story to go along with it:
My daughter loves to help me bake-mainly becuase she gets to taste along the way and then lick the bowl at the…
Yesterday was a very full day. My son had his first day of preschool, which is a full day event in itself. Add to that some much needed grocery shopping and a mandatory meeting at work and that is more…
My husband and I were talking the other day about how our sons are growing up in a whole different world than we did. They will never see a phone actually connected to the wall, or have to read…
Happy Labor Day, everyone!
I always tell my husband that summer has two bookends – Memorial Day at the front end, and Labor Day at the back end. I hope everyone is enjoying one of the last great weekends…
She’s gonna kill me for posting this, but I just love this picture. Cath and I went out for sushi a while back and I took this picture on my phone (sorry for the poor pic quality). I love…
Have you been enjoying this fall-ish weather this week? My boys and I have been spending most of our time outside, care-freely playing at the park and soaking in this beautiful 70degree sunshine! We have had a great August and…
I love going out to the movies…but I don’t like to pay $9 per person. If you throw in the cost of dinner, popcorn, and a babysitter, going out for dinner and a movie just isn’t justifiable these days. So…
If there’s one thing I love about DuPage County, its the Forest Preserves. I grew up in small towns and down country lanes, and I’m not really into this cement-and-mini-mall jungle of the suburbs. Whenever we can my family…
