I Love Cheap Thrills
Baby, I don’t need dollar bills to have fun… on vacation. Vacation wins: I booked directly with the hotel chain and joined their rewards club (for free) and got a […]
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Cookie Bakin’, Wreath Makin’, Doomsday Preppin’
The long Thanksgiving weekend was low-key for us. Thanksgiving was at my sister’s and was very nice. I brought the corn and also made honey-glazed carrots using carrots from the […]
Must Buys
Starting to feel nervous because the season of “must buy” is coming. Although God knows I certainly spent money this summer, it was technically optional. Movies, snacks at the pool, […]
Puppies and Valentines and Bowl-A-Rama
Yesterday was our first snow day of the year. All night long I dreamed that it didn’t snow at all. Then my phone rang sometime before 6:30 with the news […]
A More Perfect Christmas
It’s December 27, and since 7:30 a.m. on Christmas morning I have not been doing much beyond building with Legos, acting out scenes from “Frozen,” working on jigsaw puzzles, and […]
Christmas OD
I knew it was coming: although I tried not to, I’ve overdone it a bit on Christmas and now I feel a little Scrooge-ish. Today I’m going to try to […]
Christmas Continued
The Christmas machine is rolling along over here. I just finished putting lights on our tree, and tomorrow the kids and I will decorate it. Somehow it is the most […]
Thanksgiving/Guinea Pig Post-Mortem
Happy day-after Thanksgiving! I am not shopping. I kind of like Black Friday for the challenge of it, and the feeling of kicking off the holiday season. When I was […]
Love to Eat Turkey
Hey Thanksgiving. It’s 7:11 a.m. on Sunday. The kids knew I had a lot to do today so they very considerately woke me up at 6:15. I’ve got my lists. I’ve […]
Roast Beast
Live from the Lady Lair tm once again. I LOVE THIS ROOM! I have an ambitious dinner planned: roast beef, which I’ve never made before; Yorkshire pudding (ditto); and scalloped […]
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