I was waiting in line at the grocery store this morning watching while the woman in line just ahead of me tried valiantly to stop her kid from demolishing the magazine stand.
But her son was on a mission. When mama turned for 2 seconds to get her wallet out of her bag he started grabbing […]

So yesterday was Pinky’s funeral. We ceremoniously took her/him (we never did figure it out, though M. insisted it was a “girl” goldfish) out of the freezer and “she” was buried in the small flower bed in the back garden.
The funeral itself was a simple affair, allowing all the kids to say goodbye to […]

So last night Hubs and I were feeling gooooood (now that we have recovered from the flu) and decided to up the ante a bit on the 30-days-to-more-intimacy experiment.
Falling asleep holding hands was a fantastic first step, (and about all we could muster at the time) but now we were both ready to dive […]

So who is Santa? Is Mama Santa? Naughty naughty mama….

Every mama needs a santa outfit like that!

I realize that some of you may be a tad worried about our tree situation given yesterday’s post about the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. Rest assured my friends; this year we found a great one.
Now that’s not to say I wasn’t worried when this quest began. I’m a city girl at heart and this […]