Tomorrow is May 1st. When no one in your household needs to worry about when school ends, it’s a pretty good time to officially kick off summer.
We’re getting ready to stock the freezer with hot dogs and hamburgers, fill up the propane tank, and, within the next couple weeks, pack up the last of our [...]

I was able to pick out most of my own gifts this Christmas, so I looked around for a bit, and finally settled on an Amazon Kindle. The Kindle is an ebook reader that also allows you to play games, surf the internet, and listen to music. It does more, too, but I really just [...]

Happy New Year, everyone. It’s the time of year again for resolutions. One of my biggies right now? Get back to blogging. This place is a madhouse, but there is always a lot of inspiration for posts. I just have to drag my butt over here and actually write them.
Yesterday, my husband and I celebrated [...]

There are 96 days until Christmas. Three months. Yikes.
A few years ago, in the middle of yet another flat-broke holiday season, I decided that, as I couldn’t afford to buy gifts, I was going to make some cookies and fudge for family members, put them on a tray, and hand those out on Christmas morning. [...]

Today, we moved the last of our stuff out of the old apartment and into the new. It was a crazy sprint at the end– Mark told the landlords that we would be out by today, and the new tenants (whom I love, btw) were starting to move in tonight.
I have decided that I do, [...]